Nov

19

An Open Letter to Infinity Ward

By Chris Rhodan

infinity-ward-logoInfinity Ward,

I don’t have a copy of Modern Warfare 2 and there’s a good reason for that; I haven’t gotten around to downloading it yet. The only reason I’m bothering to even download it is because the singleplayer sounds good as always…. for the whole 5 hours it lasts. However, having tried it on someone else’s machine, the multiplayer is unplayable, and I wouldn’t pay anything close to full retail price for a 5 hour  game not named Portal, let alone pay the higher than normal price you’re asking.

But it didn’t have to be this way.

Just 6 months ago I was a day one sale; I even considered pre-ordering it which something I almost never do, and now I’m glad I didn’t. I spent hours playing Call of Duty 4, and regard it is as probably my favorite multiplayer FPS game not produced by Valve. I skipped Treyarch’s World at War imposter, a game which was only really notable for its Nazi Zombie game mode, and waited with anticipation for your next masterpiece.

Then shit hit the fan.

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Jun

11

E3 – Thoughts, Opinions and (way too early) Excitement

By Chris Rhodan

So, E3 was back to its old tricks, stepping out of the shadow of itself that it’s been for the past few years and reverting back into the  far more exciting behemoth it should be.

Quick satire of major announcements and my thoughts on some games from E3 after the jump.

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