Austin realizes he has no idea how to segue as he and Al discuss whether or not games can be timeless, thanks to an article on theglobeandmail.com. Also, Stephen King defends games against the dumb games-as-porn bill; the Warcraft Frostmourne sword sells for thousands; Penny Arcade starts up a digital-distro outfit; a roguelike game comes to Wii, wtf???; Sony's head honchos scoff at GTA IV Downloadable Content on the Xbox 360; Digi Matrix asks if game stories have recently started off promising and become lame; and more.
Sony Dismisses Appeal of Extra GTA IV Content
http://blog.wired.com/games/2008/03/sony-dismisses.html
And on the subject of roguelikes.... Chocobo Dungeon Wii Gets U.S. Release
http://blog.wired.com/games/2008/03/chocobo-dungeon.html
Is there any question to the potential value of the Warcraft sword?
http://kotaku.com/375050/frostmourne-for-379-seems-cheap-now
Comcast Tech Abuses Power To Rack Vegeneance On Xbox Hackers
http://consumerist.com/375070/comcast-tech-abuses-power-to-rack-vegeneance-on-xbox-hackers
****c, GameCube Controllers Gimped For Mario Kart
http://kotaku.com/374920/****c-gamecube-controllers-gimped-for-mario-kart
Penny Arcade starts up a digital distribution system.
http://blog.wired.com/games/2008/04/exclusive-inter.html#more
RIP SIXAXIS PIR
http://kotaku.com/375169/sixaxis-discontinued
Tony! Look! Mercenaries is coming out!
http://kotaku.com/375877/mercenaries-2-has-a-release-date
Stephen King *defends* games and talks about game violence. Score.
http://kotaku.com/376518/stephen-king-weighs-in-on-video-game-violence
Curious. Echochrome is going to be download-ONLY for PSP?
http://blog.wired.com/games/2008/04/echochrome-down.html
Sam & Max Officially Official on Wii
http://blog.wired.com/games/2008/04/sam-max-officia.html
They've got Epic games on Steam now.
http://www.steampowered.com
Interludes courtesy of:
Grand Theft Auto IV Trailer (X360, PS3)
Super Mario Bros. Theme Crossfade (NES, SNES)
Blacksite: Area 51, Opening Stage Dialog (X360)
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Running time: 1:54:14
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