Is it just me or has the whole April Fools thing been blown way out of proportion? When I saw the gamespot front page thing I thought, oh yeah that must've taken loads of time and effort. Then I watched the Major Nelson thing and was like, okay cool they made graphics for all the fake products. Then I see the MGS4 thing and I'm like woah, do these companies have nothing else to do, and then finally seeing this zelda trailer I was just in awe.

I mean, that trailer had CGI, locations, graphics, actors, costumes and everything. I have no idea how IGN could put something together like that. sure, as an actual film it would be hilariously bad, but it's scarily convincing. I still don't get how or why they did it.. April Fools isn't even that big of a thing... So confused.

I remember paying £50 (100 dollars) for Majora's Mask back on the N64 - good game, but obscenely overpriced. I don't care what you guys say about economies and whatnot - $60 isn't too shabby.

Not to say I wouldn't prefer cheaper games, but think about how many years and how much effort and money it takes to make a half decent game. Michael Pachter (an analyst) once said that he thinks video games are underpriced.

If i'm honest I don't know much about frontlines fuel of war but I think army of two looks quite cool - they've had loads of extra time to fix all the issues the reviewers complained about a few months ago.

As far as multiplayer goes, I think it's all two on two. There are some modes where you just fight and stuff, but I think the coolest one is this obstacle course thing where the two teams have to get to the finish and avoid being killed by the others at the same time.

The (unofficial but timely) podcast awards. Post who you think should win and why. (Note that some nominees are from the past)

Okay, so the categories are:

Best Theme Song

• The Hotspot - Too Hot
• 1up Show - 1up show theme
• 1up yours - 1up yours theme
• Major Nelson - Major Nelson Theme
• Bungie Podcast - Bungie Kids

Best Host

• The Hotspot - Rich Gallup
• The Hotspot - Vincent Caravella
• Major Nelson - Larry Hryb
• 1up Yours - Garnett Lee
• Bungie Podcast - Luke Smith

Best Sidekick

• The Hotspot - Jeff Gerstmann
• Major Nelson - e
• 1up Yours - Shane Bettenhausen

Best Sound Quality

• Major Nelson Podcast
• 1up Yours
• Bungie Podcast
• The Hotspot

Best Newcomer

• Arrow Pointing Down Podcast

Best Community Section

• 1up Yours
• The Hotspot
• Bungie Podcast
• Crash FM podcast

Most epic podcast length

• 1up Yours
• Major Nelson
• The Hotspot

Funniest podcast

• The Hotspot
• 1up Yours
• The 1up Show
• Bungie Podcast

Overall Best Podcast

• The Hotspot
• 1up Yours
• Major Nelson
• The 1up Show
• Bungie Podcast
• Crash FM podcast
• Arrow Pointing Down Podcast
• Voices in the box

I thought 2008 wouldn't be able to top 07 but after GDC I'm confident that it will - there are so many great games coming out that it's insane.

• Gears 2
• Fracture
• Castle Crashers
• Bionic Commando
• BC rearmed
• Rock Band (UK)
• GTA 4
• Ninja Gaiden 2
• APB
• Mercenaries 2
• Army of Two

And more...

Do you think 2008 will be better than 07?

i wish i was getting it but my mom wont let me. it sux being 14.patsfan4liferjn

I've been there.

I never thought about this before but it's really annoying that even though all live arcade games are only priced in 400 point increments, you can only buy points in 500 point increments. I want to buy rez HD which costs 800 but I'll have to buy 1000 points. It seems pretty stupid - why can't you just buy 800 points? Also I want to get poker smash but in order to get both I would have to buy 2000 points, meaning I get 400 extra which I don't have any need for. I suppose I could buy a crappy old little game as well but I really don't want one.

Why don't they either make games 1000 points (and make the points cheaper) or allow you to buy 800 points?

[QUOTE="talkingpie92"]I've got a child account and it downloaded just fine...klon56

...grrr....:|

Don't worry - it's not that brilliant