Category: Soapbox
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SBA: Why do game companies keep making live action trailers?
While yes I do think that some of the live action stuff can look cool, I see dropping the video on the web as more of a keeping the momentum going and not a building momentum for a launch. The LAV should be made and then released a little after the game comes out so
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Sadness surrounds the Ni No Kuni Wizard’s Edition!
In yet another tale of why Eric doesn’t preorder things, Namco Bandai has stated that they oversold the Wizard’s Edition and some people are getting their preorders flat out canceled. This sucks because I actually did ponder ordering this at one point and now I’m very happy that I didn’t. Many people have been angered
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HAPPY NI NO KUNI DAY! *UPDATED*
Are you getting your copy today? I know I will be! Remember though, no matter how hard you try, I’ll beat it first! On a side note, I was completely down for going the digital route and downloading the game while at work today but the stupid PSN wasn’t updated yet. AT 7:30 IN
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Square Enix Usurped EA and Zynga as the King of Micro-Transactions!
You guessed it folks, Square destroyed all of our hope for what could be a great nostalgic trip by instituting a horrible string of microtransactions in to yet another game. Kotaku did the math and found that the iOS game could end up costing you over $50 to play, that’s not even including “resurrection items”
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I Beat It First Best of 2012
As 2012 comes to a close, the staff here at I Beat It First would like to wish you happy holidays as we announce our favorite games and favorite gaming moments of the past year.
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THIS IS ENTIRELY POSSIBLE!!!!!!
Ok, this is in NO WAY confirmed at all! This is all mere speculation of something awesome that could happen. I was sitting at my desk yesterday thinking about how another year has gone by and yet there is no word of KH3 yet. The Ps3 is over halfway through it’s life cycle, and yet Square has
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Ni No Kuni Demo is Live on PSN!
Yes I talked about it just a minute ago on the PSN update, but I wanted to express how important it is that you download the demo! We have written about Ni No Kuni before HERE & HERE, so head to those for a refresher. If you’re lazy though, I have reposted the trailer after the
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Activision got part of their plot wrong in CoD: Black Ops 2
Here is a video from CoD:BO2 showing a sort of hostage rescue section. While sure you should always want to rescue hostages from evil Eastern European types, they over looked one small aspect that makes it so everyone in the club should have died… it’s a dubstep night club. There should be a tertiary, higher
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Crowd Funding Round-Up
Crowd funding websites like Kickstarter are a great way for a game to get funded, especially with publishers liking to play it safe, and stick with sequels. It allows gamers to have a voice, putting their dollars directly into the development of the games they want to play. Industry vets and up and coming indies
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It'sreally great and cool post.
This podcast review sounds exciting! I love how it combines anime discussion with a unique hero system based on trust.…