Gaming Steve
Gaming Steve is an industry insider and independent commentator of the gaming industry. Through his podcast, web site and forums, Steve delivers inside information, opinions and commentary about the video game industry.
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Stop The Presses! A "Real World" Journalist Actually "Gets" Gaming
In an excellent satirical piece for the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Humorist James Lileks details the failure of Minneapolis's attempt to pass an anti-violent video game law. James points out both the ridiculousness of a $25 fine for selling to minors, as well as the Judges comparing of the violenc …
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Gaming Steve Review: Lost: Via Domus
Lost: Via Domus Developer: Ubisoft Publisher: Ubisoft Montreal Price: $29.99 Platform: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC Category: Adventure ESRB Rating: T for Teen Release Date: February 26, 2008 (US), March 7, 2008 (Europe), February 8, 2008 (Australia) The highest compliment I can pay Via Do …
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February NPD Results ??? Last Gen On Top Again
The Official February NPD numbers have been released, and they make for highly interested reading. It was a great month for everyone, but there was an unexpected high inflation of PS2 sales, even though hardly anything was released for it in February. Here is the complete list: DS ??? 587.6K …
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Solid Snake Secret Super Smash Bros. Brawl Taunts
Never thought you lived to see the day Otacon explains Donkey Kong to Snake tries to wrap his head around a 2D Mr. Game-and-Watch? In what I'm now labeling the most hilarious video game crossover ever (though Star Wars characters in Soul Caliber is pretty ridiculous) Solid Snake has a special, clas …
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Echochrome PSP Demo Hands-On
Last week the demo for the M.C. Escher-like Echochrome was released over the Japanese PlayStation Network. Always a fan of unique games, we downloaded the PSP version to see what all the fuss was about. After the very small download (approximately 4MB) and a few screens covered in Kanji, the main me …
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New Mass Effect DLC Released
The new Mass Effect downloadable content was released onto Xbox Live today for 400 Microsoft Points, which translates to $5/ in real money. This DLC pack comes with 50 Gamerscore Points to achieve, along with a decent sidequest, as opposed to the mostly disappointing ones that were in the full game. …
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Starcraft II's Zerg Reveal Themselves, Then Burrow Underground
The last race to be detailed in the sequel to Blizzard's competitive sport, the Zerg, have been released upon the world in the form of a shakey-cam video from a presentation in Korea. As much as I don't trust Blizzard to make a release date, this game looks great, and could actually be in our han …
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Xbox 360 Price Drop In Europe
Microsoft today confirmed that they are dropping the price of the Xbox 360 in Europe. Starting Friday 14th March, price drops for all the current SKUs will take place, taking the Arcade SKU to the Premium SKU to and the Elite SKU to price drops are quite aggressive for Europe, as now the Arcade v …
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Spore Coming to the iPhone (and iPod Touch)
In retrospect it's not a surprising announcement (Spore will be on everything in few years) but at a press conference where Apple detailed it's iPhone software development platform, EA was happy to announce a specially made version of Spore for the uber-popular iPhone (and iPod Touch). Details ar …
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A Sims 3 Teaser Site is Live
An official EA website has gone live to hype the upcoming, official announcement of what is presumably the next game in the line of the highest selling video game of all time: The Sims 3. While a sequel to what is arguably EA's biggest cash cow was a no brainier, the fact that its announcement i …
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Ziff Davis Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection
The publisher in charge of such well known gaming magazines as Electronic Gaming Monthly and website 1up.com, has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy in an attempt to lower the companies debt. Ziff Davis has reportedly had money problems for a while now, with nearly 400 million dollars worth of debt. …
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Upcoming Book Blasts the "Violent Video Game Hype"
Dr. Cheryl Olson of the Massachusetts General Hospital hopes to give parents a real world understanding of the violent video game studies seen so highly sensationalized in the media. Olson's book, Grand Theft Childhood, is intended for the "parents, teachers, and policy makers" as a way to unders …
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Region Free Freeloader Emerges for the Wii
Datel has recently unveiled their hotly anticipated Freeloader for the Wii, allowing you to run games on your Wii from any world region. Nintendo hasn't released an official comment on the device yet, but one can imagine they will not be too pleased about it, especially as they blocked the GameCu …
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Gaming Steve Review: Wipeout Pulse
Wipeout Pulse Developer: SCE Studios Liverpool / SCEE Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment Price: $29.99 Platform: PSP Category: Racing ESRB Rating: E for Everyone Release Date: February 12, 2008 (US), December 14, 2007 (Europe), December 12, 2007 (Australia) For those of you who have no …
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Metal Gear Solid 4 Dated "Late Q2 2008" Along With MGS4-PS3 Bundle, Online Beta
A few important pieces of Sony news surfaced yesterday, most notably a slightly more finalized release date for the highly anticipated Metal Gear Solid 4. Gamers can expect to see the game sometime in "late Q2 2008". Earlier reports stated the date as June 12, 2008, but that date has been shot do …
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The First Big Gaming Time Sink of 2008: Phun (with Physics!)
If you thought that the Falling Sand Game and Desktop Tower Defense already took up too much of your time, then quick, avert your eyes! The simple, 2D physics simulator, Phun, will suck you in and never let your go! Phun is a fairly deep, yet easily accessible 2D physics simulator. It's not a "g …
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Gaming Steve Episode 71 - 02.24.2008
The Game Developers Conference has come to an end and I've put together a fantastic roundtable to recap the show.On the show I have Brent Lassi from VirginWorlds.com, Michael Zenke from Slashdot and Massively.com, and Michael Gordon Shapiro from MikeMusic.com (and the man responsible for the Gaming …
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Take-Two Blocks EA's Unsolicited Proposal As Inadequate
Earlier it reported that EA's John Riccitiello contacted Take-Two in the hope of purchasing the publisher in a $2 Billion deal. Take-Two released a statement and rejected the deal as inadequate. The main complaint over the alleged deal from Take-Two is that EA only wishes to purchase them to take …
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EA Proposes to Acquire Take-Two for $2.0 Billion
On Sunday, EA announced that it has proposed to purchase Take-Two for $26 per share in cash, which is equal to approximately $2.0 billion and an 64% percent premium on the going rate for the stock over the last 30 days. The move is bound to give the publisher near-complete dominance in the gaming wo …
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Puzzle Quest Sequel Unveiled (Again): Galactrix
The sequel to last years surprise hit "puzzle RPG hardcore casual game", Puzzle Quest, was revealed last week as the Sci-Fi themed hexagonal puzzle RPG, Puzzle Quest: Galactrix. The game was actually announced last year in April, but was today re-branded as part of the Puzzle Quest series. The ga …
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