LittleCactaur

BlogAfter months of telling myself that once the news portion of Videogam.in was put up that I would dig in whole heartedly and really commit myself to the community here, E3 has come and gone, and not a single post from this ol' Cactus-lovin man. I love this place, I feel I owe some sort of explanation for what seems like a lack of presence. Read on

Square Enix producer Shinji Hashimoto was in the question-answering mood yesterday, responding to a handful of queries thrown his way via the Square Enix Partners Twitter account. Hashimoto addressed the possibility of DS remakes for Final Fantasy V and Final Fantasy VI, stating (according to Andriasang's translation), "for FF5 and 6, there are technical issues as well, so at present these are also undecided."¹²

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1. Joystiq ↩

2. Andriasang ↩

An indie game developer known as CalbiTheZebra has created a wonderful 2D interpretation of Modern Warfare 2, last year’s $1.5 billion behemoth from Activision and Infinity Ward. Though short, the game features loads of variety (snowmobiles! helicopters!) and includes memorable locations and blockbuster moments from the original game. And the best part of all? You can download and play it yourself, for free, RIGHT NOW.¹

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1. Games Radar ↩

This year's Anime Boston may have been Nobuo's first anime convention, but he said that after the weekend, he's sold on the idea. He said if he attends next year, he wants to cosplay as a chocobo.¹.

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1. Kotaku.com ↩

"The team seems committed to ensuring the [co-op] experience is in no way compromised," writes Mike Channell (editor of Official Xbox Magazine). "You'll be able to enjoy, ahem, intimate moments with your co-op friend and eventually produce offspring together."¹

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1. Joystiq ↩

I spent the days doing anything I felt like, researching whatever kind of technology struck me, playing whatever games piqued my interest ... for example, I wound up playing Dragon Quest IX for about 400 hours.

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1. Via Joystiq ↩

The descriptions on the back of the games you buy will be updated as of September. The new descriptions include "Cartoon Violence", "Fantasy Violence", "Intense Violence", and "Sexual Violence". These changes to the ESRB ratings system will ensure that gamers are looking for just the right combinations of violence before making their purchase.