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The Activision Guide to Being a Dick: Dealing with Personnel
The intraweb is blazing over the recent dispute between money-sucking-soul-crematorium Activision and the previous heads of Infinity Ward, Jason West and Vince Zampella. Basically, Activision, after probably spending an obscene amount of time investigating a legal way to bury West and Zampella up to their chins next to a fire ant mound, decided to just fire them under a cloud of vague accusations. Luckily, the dispute gives the public a glimpse of how a big developer like Activision, who some have accused of acting like a giant asshole that extrudes video games after leeching away everything awesome and fun about their ...
Real Bad Company 2 Gamers Don’t Need Functionality
Dice, the developer of Bad Company 2, wants you to know that you've been spoiled. They want you to know that your fancy friends list and reliable server browsers have made you soft. Real PC gamers don't need sophisticated multiplayer options that function properly. REAL PC gamers are happy with a keyboard, mouse, and something on the screen to strafe around. At least that's what it feels like Dice is trying to say with the frequently broken, sorely lacking multiplayer interface for Bad Company 2.
The Starcraft 2 Beta is Making People Crazy
The Starcraft 2 closed beta test went live last week. Blizzard is conducting the Starcraft 2 beta like every other Blizzard beta by sending out beta invites in waves. This is a process that some eager fans aren't handling very well. Starcraft 2 is probably my most anticipated game release of all time, so I can understand how those gamers without beta access are feeling. Unfortunately, some people are taking things a little far.
