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Archive for August, 2007

Fable 2 News Update

http://community.lionhead.com/blogs/…
I don’t care what anyone says, Fable was a pretty great game.
Yes, it was much too easy and, yes, it was too short and it was over-hyped, but it was still a lot of fun. I think that Fable 2 is going to correct these issues and it will be one of the most enjoyable [...]

RSS Watch

New- added since the last RSS Watch

Jeremy Liew- LSVP- another VC blog, but this one is actually pretty interesting
Wired’s Game|Life- its like Epicenter for gaming, very good.
Gadgets.BoingBoing- you just can’t say no to Boing Boing
Bug Labs

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Gridskipper- I am a big fan of their Paris feed… It’s a must for travelers
Gamasutra Articles- great gaming content. [...]

IllBleed Trailer- too funny

There is some foul language in this, so turn the volume down if you’re at work.

Thanks to the Retronauts for knowing about such gold…

Boing Boing Gadgets

http://gadgets.boingboing.net/
That’s right- Boing Boing has a dedicated tech page now. It’s going to be run the Joel Johnson (Gizmodo, Dethroner…) and it’s a totally separate feed from the main site (which means it’s basically a new site).
I’ll be subscribing and keeping an eye on it, they should have some very good content. Not that the [...]

Asus U3- Take a Look…

http://www.trustedreviews.com/notebooks/review/2007/08/23/Exclusive-Asus-U3-Hands-On/p1
Some great weekend reading- the first extended look at the Asus U3 ultraportable notebook.
I’m not sure it’s a Sony TZ-killer, but it’s a very cool looking notebook.

Here is an awesome article at Gamasutra that looks into 20 very challenging games from way-back-when and examines how difficult they actually are, what made them difficult, and what lessons we should take from them.
Given the average quality of games released lately this is just the type of article I like to see. The article [...]

So I went away for a week and beforehand I unplugged my Wii so I knew it would be safe. Not that there was anything to worry about, but it seemed like a simple enough thing to do.
I started it up today for the first time in about 8 days and I got a strange [...]

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