Well I can’t say that I saw anything I’ve seen coming in the new year. Everything now days seem to shock as humanity corners a new low each and every time. But nevermind the Palestinian/Israeli fight #182547 or the guy in California that sold his 14 year old daughter and whatever CNET bloggers are peddling for clicks. EGM just died.
Yep. EGM, the most famous of all gaming magazines died of Cadillac unrest(that’s right, not heart failure). Ziff Davis, its former owners needed the monies. Its no secret that the print industry is dying a slow death due to easier means to get information…yes, the internet. A few days ago, the Ziffers let go 40 people from its staff before handing over the ownership of 1up.com to UGO.com. With half the staff, 1up.com has to move forward as a shell of its former greatness. The overlords at UGO promised that they wouldn’t interfere with 1up operations, but we all know how mergers/buyouts work. Eventually, they will start poking at the scab and reopen the wound. Unfortunately, Ziff gets to keep FileFront which is one of my favorite download places and works well. Not sure for how long though since Ziff is liquidating.
It seems that I am getting my wish. Another update to a game that I was looking forward to gets announced and…its a delay. Battlefield Heroes was pushed back to later this year into the heap of chaos that is Fall/Winter releases. I can easily see this get pushed into 2009.
Finally, Bionic Commando: Rearmed will be released soon. But what does that say about the PC version which seems to be absent from a particular blog announcing the XBLA and PSN versions.
Its that smell again. The heat, sweat and tears of a bunch of gamers shoehorned into one convention center for about a week. A number of games are slated to be announced and a ton more will have demos and videos. My interests however is the rumors of a surprise Nintendo game that is supposed to woo the hardcore despite the WiiFit pimpage. And of course, many PC game makers are planning surprises as well. Its all wait and see from here on out.
Ok, so I keep saying that I will one day keep this thing up to date. I even went through the pain of merging 3 of my blogs to keep attention on one area. Well, despite my abilities I still neglect to update. But now that is over. I will force myself to post atleast once a day for sure.
I was shocked when one of my favorite brands of hot dog chili makers just got hit by a recall for botulism. And its not just the chili but everything that they make at the Georgia plant. That is a very long list of stuff. I am glad that I leave the stuff on too long in the pot(not intentionally but still). So far they say that there has only been 4 victims but I expect more as time goes by.
