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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Game Developers Conference Here I Come...
Tomorrow I leave for San Francisco and my 10th Game Developers Conference ... and oh how things have changed. When I first started to go to GDC it was a small, intimate affair that didn't even register a mention on even the most hardcore gaming sites. Even people within the industry rarely heard …
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Is Gaming Really to Blame? The Videogame FPS vs. The Real Life FPS
Gaming has recently been attacked yet again in the media following another terrible America school shooting. Mainly, games are being lauded as training tools for the perpetrators of these crimes, so I thought I would take my FPS skills into the paintball arena to see if games really have conditioned …
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Gaming Steve Episode 69 - 02.15.2008
After years of waiting, dreaming, speculating, hoping, wishing, fantasizing, and talking about Spore, we finally get ... a release date! Sure it's still seven months away, but now we all have something to look forward to for the next seven months! Just think, seven months of waiting, dreaming, spec …
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Why a Champions MMORPG Could Be Awesome
Recently it was revealed that the Marvel MMO canceled and that Cryptic Studios was instead working on a Champions MMO named Champions Online. Champions is one of the longest-running and best superhero RPGs and as the resident RPG guru, Steve asked me to take a minute and explain to folks why this is …
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January NPD Results ??? Shortages Cause Low Numbers
It seems Wired have managed to beat most of the other sites to the punch with the NPD results for January. There was little to separate the main consoles this month, mainly due to the supply constraints of both the Wii and the 360. Here are the all-important hardware numbers: Wii ??? 274k …
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5 Things I Love About Advance Wars: Days of Ruin
In the first of a series of articles where I detail things I love about games in the form of some lists, I decided to take a look at Advance Wars: Days of Ruin for the Nintendo DS. The game has split opinions in the industry, with some people saying it???s become too easy and doesn???t have as ma …
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First Post! Meet New Gaming Contributor, Chris Holmes
Hello your royal readership, I am a brand new writer for this wondrous oasis of gaming journalism that is more commonly known as Gaming Steve. My name is Chris Holmes, and my Gaming Steve forum alias is which I actually use for most of my online services, thanks to someone already taking on Live w …
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Is The Professor Layton Downloadable Content Broken?
I've been immensely enjoying playing Professor Layton and the Curious Village on my DS, but I have yet been able to enjoy the weekly bonus puzzle. I've been trying to download this new content for days now and it always stops downloading around 3/4 of the way through. A quick search on the Nintendo …
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Gaming Steve Review: Sam & Max Episode 203: Night of the Raving Dead
Sam & Max Episode 203: Night of the Raving Dead Developer: Telltale Games Publisher: Telltale Games / GameTap Price: $8.95 Platform: PC Category: Adventure ESRB Rating: E for Everyone Release Date: February 12, 2008 (US) With minimal spoilers, Sam & Max Episode 203: Night of the Raving Dea …
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Matt Chimes in With His Fave Console of All-Time ??? The Super NES
An article that Steve posted recently regarding the greatest gaming console of them all has spurred me on to post some thoughts regarding that of my own. Yes siree, the good old Super NES. Please, allow me give you 20 reasons as to why it holds such a crown.... 20. It Looked Fab Well, the Euro m …
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Return of the Red Scare in Red Alert 3
A leaked cover from PC Guru and the newly revealed PC Gamer confirmed the development of the next game in the Command & Conquer: Red Alert series. Rumors have formed around this game before, but this seems to be just short of an official announcement from EA. Presumably, this game will be releas …
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When it Rains, it Spores ??? A Recap of Today's Spore Stories
Wow. After months/years with little to no information on Will Wright's Spore we were treated to an explosion of new information in a matter of hours. With so much concrete information released it almost makes you believe something crazy ... like, you know, they might actually release the game in th …
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Spore's Release Date Announced!
With no warning and little fanfare the release date for Spore has finally been announced ??? September 7, 2008 Spore will be released for PC, Mac, DS, and mobile phones. To view the entire video announcement you can see it at the Spore website, and you can also read the official press release as …
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What Constitutes A True "Murder Simulator"?
As Grand Theft Auto IV approaches release everyone???s favorite lawyer, Jack Thompson, has made his usual unspecified legal threats against the release of the game. In these threats he once again refers to any Grand Theft Auto game as a ???murder simulator." I???ve been working with simulator pr …
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Gaming Steve Review: Sins of a Solar Empire
Sins of a Solar Empire Developer: Ironclad Games Publisher: Stardock Price: $39.99 Platform: PC Category: Strategy ESRB Rating: T for Teen Release Date: February 4, 2008 (US) A really simple, two-word summary of Sins of a Solar Empire would be "ridiculously epic". If you think spending 2 …
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Gaming Steve Review: Poker Smash
Poker Smash Developer: Void Star Creations Publisher: Void Star Creations Price: $10.00 Platform: Xbox 360 Category: Puzzle ESRB Rating: E for Everyone Release Date: February 6, 2008 If you own an Xbox 360, love puzzle games, poker (or better yet both), then you owe it to yourself to try o …
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World of Warcraft Minis Announced ??? Government Orders More Money To Be Printed
Upper Deck can't seem to get enough of the World of Warcraft gaming franchise (and who can blame them). Last year they released the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game, and now they are planning to release the tabletop miniatures game World of Warcraft Minis. From the official announcement: "E …
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Steam Has 50% More Users than World of Warcraft (15 Million)
In perhaps the largest rebuttal for the whispers of the death of PC gaming since World of Warcraft reached 10 Million users, Steam today announced that they have surpassed 15 million users of their digital distribution and community driven PC gaming platform. Straight from the mouth of Gabe Newell …
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"Donate Games to the Troops in Iraq" with Cheap Ass Gamer
Have some games you've finished last year? Would you rather not add to Gamestop's insane used sales numbers? Well with Cheap Ass Gamer's help, you can send your old (or new) games to deployed troops in Iraq. From CheapyD's post: No matter your stance on the war in Iraq, I think we can all agre …
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"Bring Down the Sky" With The First Mass Effect DLC March 10th
BioWare has announced on their forums that the first piece of downloadable content for the virtual orgasmic rape simulator ... err, I mean the awesome interstellar action-RPG, Mass Effect, will be available March 10th for the low low price of 400 MS points ($5). "Bringing Down the Sky" will inclu …
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