Tuesday April 08, 2008
WAR and Beta Signup Numbers... by Tim at 11:11 AM
Last week, EA Mythic announced that they would most likely breach the 1 million mark for beta signups for their upcoming MMO, Warhammer Online.   I have issues with this kind of a statement.  I cannot believe they actually think this...

Wednesday August 29, 2007
Hypocritical filth! Now with eight cores! by tditto at 09:08 AM
So there I am sitting at home one day looking at my game room storage area and I say to myself, "Self, you have too much unused gaming crap. Why don't you trade in some of that crap for something...

Tuesday August 28, 2007
Plot Twist Overload? by scottsh at 10:24 AM
Does every story-driven game have to have a plot twist now? Wait, you probably don't know what I'm talking about. Let me back up. Oh, and let me warn you in advance that I'm going to be using examples and...

Tuesday July 10, 2007
Nice News Stealing G-News by JP at 07:04 PM
(Image courtesy of MadMonkeyShop) It seems that the 'fine' people over at G-News have nothing better to do than to repost the news we post here at Gaming Signal. Seriously. Look at the posts there, then look here. Obviously,...

Monday January 29, 2007
Overyhyped Game Designers by scottsh at 09:31 AM
A funny thing about games - sometimes the designer's name carries some weight. So much so, that they actually get credit on the box or, if you are among the elite, in the title! Examples of this are Sid Mier...

Thursday January 25, 2007
Halo Hype by Tim at 10:03 AM
Let me start by saying I am a Halo h8a (thats hater for those not in the know).  I have always felt that this series which had some interesting ideas when it was originally announced years ago.  Now, it...

Thursday October 19, 2006
Advertising and Gaming by Tim at 04:50 PM
Unlike my normal curmudgeony type self, this topic comes up again and again these days as developers and publishers work to release titles and recoup the development cost of said titles.  The MMO market does not have this problem...

Monday October 02, 2006
Maybe, I am just getting old... by Tim at 04:49 PM
Not to follow on JP's thunder, but... Lately, I am finding many of the other gaming blogs out there are just not all that appealing to me.  I know they are a "fan" sort of thing with opinion running...

Friday August 18, 2006
CGW farewell by scottsh at 08:39 PM
Last week, Ziff-Davis in a partnership with Microsoft announced that starting this fall, the magazine formerly known as Computer Gaming World will change its name to Games for Windows : The Official Magazine. Jeff Green, editor in chief, gave a...

Wednesday July 19, 2006
Intel and Episodic Gaming Are BAD!!! by Tim at 02:07 PM
Well, at least according to Mr. Mark Rein of Epic Games, and the presentation he gave at the Develop Conference last week. According to the articles I have linked, Mr. Rein has indicated that Intel's integrated graphic solutions are...

Friday June 02, 2006
DRM: What is it good for! by scottsh at 03:13 PM
Come on - you can finish the statement with me, "Absolutely nothin'!". Whew, do we all feel better? In all seriousness, Digital Rights Management (or DRM) has spawned lots of controversy both here on GamingSignal as well as in...

Wednesday May 31, 2006
What do you mean they don't ask questions? by Tim at 01:48 PM
The Sony PS3 BlueRay DRM post here has been going strong with some great discussion (go on and check it out - I can wait...), but the originating statements implied that Sony was doing yet more nefarious things to prevent...

Wednesday May 10, 2006
Sigil leaves Microsoft for SOE? by Tim at 11:21 PM
In the MMO news of the hour, Sigil Games Online have bought back the publishing rights to Vanguard and has worked a deal with Sony Online Entertainment to publish the game. For me this news is summarized as holy crap...

Friday March 31, 2006
WOW, Gold Farming, and PC Gamer by Tim at 11:05 PM
Now, we had a whole post that discussed the ramifications about gold farming and buying items for MMO games. Heck we even submitted that lovely article to the Carnival of Gamers for March since we felt it really had a...

Tuesday March 21, 2006
Curmudgeon's Rant: XBox360 Availability and the PS3 by Tim at 10:12 AM
In a conversation with my esteemed collegue, JP, he forwarded me to this lovely news item. Interesting news item, but how does that make me feel - check out the extended news below and find out......