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Posts tagged Steven Spielberg
The terrible, horrible, no good, very bad game and how it got there
Mar 15th
Bad games are everywhere. In fact, they seem to be more abundant in recent years than ever before. As the video game medium has increased in popularity, so have the number of releases and with that, obviously the number of bad titles. Still, what exactly makes a bad title?
Is it under funding? Is it a lack of development talent? Is it simply a bad idea from the ground up? Yes, sometimes to each and often to all three. Still, that doesn’t explain how even the most well funded and best development teams can make a bad game out of what sounded like a surefire hit idea. More >
Steven Spielberg and EA to bring us Boom Blox for the Wii
Feb 13th
Last week it was finally announced that Steven Spielberg would be working with EA to bring us Boom Blox for the Wii, a Jenga-esque puzzle game which will utilize the Wii-mote extensively. The game will feature single player, co-op, and versus modes through 300 levels as well as Create mode to edit any of the games levels using unlockable props and characters which can be shared over WiiConnect24.
In a press release on the EA website, Spielberg explained his reasoning behind wanting to break into the industry stating: “I am a gamer myself, and I really wanted to create a video game that I could play with my kids. BOOM BLOX features an enormous amount of fun challenges and cool scenarios for your kids to solve or for you to master together.” More >
