Author: Vance
August 10th 2009
Tags:
360,
Riding the Hype Machine
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"Whether you think the new Avatar marketplace on the 360 is a great way to customise your online persona or a stupid waste of everyone's time and money, you'll probably want to take a look at the wardrobe options."
Another day, another thirty nebulously-written press releases from our special bus friends at ...
A few weeks ago I made a point of addressing Kotaku's transparent shilling for Project Natal. At the epicenter of that heroic grab for the 2009 Keighley Prize for Self-serving Douchebaggery was one Stephen Totilo.
His latest attempt to curry corporate favor is, if nothing else, surprising, as Sony rarely fills ...
It seems that any danger Kotaku was in of appearing as a credible, unbiased source of gaming news has been thrown right out the window.
This just days after attempted-comedian Jimmy Fallon devoted NBC airtime to shilling for Microsoft's Project Natal and Xbox 360. Kotaku was sure to cover that too...four ...
Author: Vance
December 17th 2008
Tags:
Previews,
Riding the Hype Machine
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Halo Wars: So epic that they had to reannounce the release date! Or maybe they're realizing that an RTS caters to Halo fans about as well as free soda appeals to a busload of diabetic Mormons. Halo Wars' anticipated sales of four entire units consist of two confused Halo fans ...
Author: Vance
December 9th 2008
Tags:
Riding the Hype Machine
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X-Play will be airing some strange combination of interview and press release with the industry's pre-eminent hype machine, Peter Molyneux. Apparently Crazy Uncle Pete will be unveiling exclusive details on two new games he's "working" on, which means at least one probably exists solely in the realm of his largely ...