Another Reason The Industry Needs To Stop The War On Used Game Sales: Think Of The Children!

Crap. I can’t sleep (I never can before big press events), so you get another boring, opinionated  article to pore over. With all the overly dramatic (and highly annoying to folks like me with large game libraries) fuss over used games and how developers and publishers aren’t making a dime off sales of pre-owned games (or consoles, for that matter), I figure I may as well add some opinions about a few things here. First of all, it’s the industry itself to blame for NOT capitalizing on the used market sooner, which helped breed the concept of used game retail in the first place. Had the big publishers figured out (say, back in the 90’s) that buying into a retail chain or setting up an online shop where their games could be fed back into profit, we probably wouldn’t be seeing this narrow-minded view of all used sales as the crime of the century (next to the piracy issue that the industry is even more toothless against despite some recent “victories”)…

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The Amazing Spider-Man (3D) Trailer: A Sticky Reboot, Indeed…

OK, despite some interesting performances and casting, I despised Spider-Man 3, and despite the bank-breaking box office tallies, so did a lot of you out there (from what I’ve read). Apparently, so did a good chunk of the cast who worked on the trilogy, as they’ve been replaced with new blood for this 3D reboot. Well, all that cast tweaking (and a new director) seems to have paid off, as this spectacular-looking trailer someone actually woke me up about so I could post it (grrrr!) shows. Enjoy – I’m going the heck back to bed now, zzzzzzzz….

Battleship Super Bowl TV Ad: What. The. Hell?

Yeah, it’s real (with Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and official movie site pages up and running) and yes, I couldn’t stop laughing despite the dead serious action vibe in the trailer posted above. Yikes. Is Hollywood REALLY that short on ideas that they’re going BACK to making movies based on board games? Can I get a Clue, anyone? OK, Clue was kind of amusing in a way, but still… yeesh. If this film makes money, well then dear reader, Milton Bradley/Hasbro has a ton of dusty old games on the top shelf of the hall closer to pick through for “new” film projects. Personally, I’d love to see Operation or Hungry Hungry Hippos turned into modern horror flicks a la SAW or some other icky torture porn, if we’re going to go all the way with the baffling ideas taken to illogical extremes.

Feh, I guess anyone under 25 was all psyched that this slick new action flick is shooting into theaters this May. As for yours truly and probably anyone else of a certain vintage that remembers the game and those goofy commercials (“You sunk my battleship!” )… we’ll pass on spending money for a ticket, but we WILL be sure to get a little drunk one night and catch this when it hits cable sometime early next year (if not sooner)…

ModNation Racers: Road Trip How-To Tutorial Twofer

Just about to come screaming around the corner on launch day, ModNation Racers: Road Trip is sure to be a go-to game for PS Vita gamers all over the globe. Sony’s not taking any chances with you newbies getting hung up on the possibility of creating endless amounts of tracks and sharing them over SEN (formerly PSN), so here’s a look at two videos that offer a bit of assistance for this crazy kart racer. Enjoy!