Video Gaming on Justin Carmony

On the Eve of Modern Warfare 3

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 18:39:12 +0000

While I do work some in the Video Game Industry, I don’t write about it very often. However, I thought I would write some thoughts on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3:

Ultimately, I’m approaching it with a great deal of hesitation. Here is why:

When you start up a Video Game, much like watching a Movie, you will see some credits. In Modern Warfare 2, you’ll see Activision’s name, which is the Publisher, and Infinity Ward, which is the Game Development Studio. While the publisher can be involved in making (or ruining) a game, ultimately its up to the studio to produce a high quality game.

Ghostbusters - The Video Game

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:38:47 +0000

I actually think this game has potential. The details look great, and it looks like the developers are taking a lot of care to make a good game. Usually games that get licensed out are pretty bad, with developers relying on wal-mart moms who don’t know better to buy games with popular names. We’ll see how this game develops.

http://www.gametrailers.com/remote_wrap.php?mid=43329

I'm Boycotting Electronic Arts (EA) Games

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 04:52:05 +0000

As of today, I’m not going to buy another Electronic Arts (aka EA) video game. I’m tired of their “quantity over quality” point of view, and their poor decisions. I’ve blogged about my problems with EA Games before, but today I read that they are implementing a new system for their forum moderation. Basically, if you get banned on their forums, or any other part of their website, all relating account & games will be banned as well. So for the dozens of EA games that I own that I play online, some volunteer moderator at the EA forums can think my post is out of line, and ban me from all my purchases with EA? Some games aren’t played online, but almost all games now have some form of online participation.

EA - Lack of Quality & Out of Touch

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:04:30 +0000

An article posted on Slashdot just set me off today. Custom PC reports a quote from EA’s CEO, John Riccitiello, about DRM & their recent games:

‘We implemented a form of DRM and it’s something that 99.8 per cent of users wouldn’t notice,’ claimed Riccitiello, ‘but for the other 0.2 percent, it became an issue and a number of them launched a cabal online to protest against it.’ The use of SecuROM in EA’s recent PC games, including Spore, Mass Effect and Crysis Warhead, has caused a lot of controversy on the Internet, resulting in hundreds of one-star reviews on Amazon.

WoWscape Totem Vendors

Tue, 01 Jan 2008 22:26:31 +0000

If you’re a Shaman Alliance and you’ve glitched one of your totem quests, there are totem vendors on WoWscape. However, after looking on their forums and search the web, no one could tell me where they were. So I’ve found them, took the coordinates, and make a screenshot.

For Alliance in Stormwind Keep you can find them at (Stormwind City) [77,24]. I’ve included a picture of exactly where. Hopefully you won’t wander around aimlessly like I had to for ages.