March 15th, 2007 Kotaku reports that the Wii VC re-release of Tecmo Bowl has had the real NFL player names “scrubbed” from the game since EA now owns the NFL license.
Is it just me, or is this kind of crazy and oddly revisionist? I suppose it makes some sense, but it’s kind of stupid at the same time. Should every game that ever came out before EA bought the NFL license be recalled and scrubbed for “infringing” content? None of the players from the game are playing any more anyway. Can’t we just let old games be old games?
Posted in Idiocy, Jeff, Virtual Console | 3 Comments » February 27th, 2007 This isn’t going to be news to anyone likely to read this site, but Slate just posted an article by their resident “Gaming” writer, Chris Suellentrop, about the joys of casual gaming. He owns a Wii and 360 and has apparently been playing more Texas Hold ‘Em than is traditionally considered healthy.
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Posted in Geoff, Virtual Console, Xbox Live | 1 Comment » February 22nd, 2007 Kotaku is reporting that Sega is releasing four more games for the Virtual Console. They could be awesome games for all I know (I never played any of them), but the games themselves aren’t what concern me. What concerns me is the fact that Sega says the game will “start” at 800 Wii Points. I have to agree with Crecente’s sentiment here. “Starting” at 800 Wii Points? Are they going to charge more than 800 points for games that are 10-15 or more years old? Are they kidding?
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Posted in Jeff, Virtual Console, Wii | No Comments » February 19th, 2007 A few weeks ago, there was a lot of chatter about Nintendo’s Virtual Console success - $1.5M VC games sold as of the end of January. As someone who considers the VC’s cost-to-benefit ratio to be unimpressive (I own one VC game - Contra - and am unlikely to buy many more), I was a bit surprised that it was doing so well. But the more that I think about it, the less surprised I am.
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