So my friend Pete send me this link that the folks over at XFX have made. For those who don’t know who XFX are they make and overclock some of the best graphics cards on the market. To promote their new 7000 series AMD cards they’ve made this short movie. strange – yes, funny – yes, lost it? You be the judge…
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I’ve been diversifying from standard gaming of late. A while ago the Android Market Place had a ‘sale’ of sorts where they sold loads of apps and games for between 10p and 15p – bargain at twice the price. So naturally I bought pretty much all of them. I encouraged the usual suspects to buy them also. I’d not really bothered with them until Rich asked me if I’d played a little game called Game Dev Story, I naturally haven’t as I’m probably like most gamers in the sense I buy a ton of games in sales (dam you Steam) and then don’t bother with them for ages. So I fired up this tiny game on my phone and played it…and played it and played it…
What a ridiculously simple game! You take on the role of a game studio boss developing different games. There are 4 aspects to the game – fun, creativity, graphics and sound controlled by the skill levels of the staff you can employ all with the goal of creating a top selling game. There’s other little quirks too like showing out at game shows, award ceremonies for the best games of the year and ‘Hall Of Fame’ accolades for the best games you create. If you make a game that earns itself a place in the Hall Of Fame you can then make a sequel with slightly boosted scores to start. There are different platforms to develop for all with equally familiar yet comical names. It’s a winner! It’s currently £1.60p on the market place, go on, treat yourself.
Another winner I’ve been playing is Fieldrunners HD. We’ve all seen tower defence games and this one is no different it’s just done really well. 
Maybe its playing HD games on a phone, maybe I just like taking the sting out of long journeys or maybe it was cheap as chips and im a gamer at heart! A bunch of fast firing turrets and having to adopt a funnelling tactic to achieve the 100 wave goal to open up additional game modes. This one, sadly, has increased to £1.90p…
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Start here and end up pi**ed of and skint?
I’d never want to see anyone fail, especially any of my local stores which sell games but you can’t help thinking that Game is shooting itself (repeatedly) in the foot and then moaning about the pain. I’ve been in store to buy my last 2 titles, Batman: Arkham City and Battlefield 3. When I went in to pre-order Batman I asked the guy behind the counter, who turned out to be the manager, said that I would get a £35 trade in for Gears Of War 3 so with my £5 deposit I’d get a straight swap – good times. I’d already finished gears so it made sense this close to Christmas to take advantage of this. When I went to pick it up on day of release sadly the trade had changed. I was with a friend of mine and we both left the store with brain ache, let me try and explain what happened…
I'd like to change the shop title to 'Lame'
With this still ringing in my ears slightly I next went into town to pick up my copy of Battlefield 3 I’d also pre-ordered on the same day as Batman. Surely this would be hassle free? I’d paid a £5 deposit and EVERYWHERE was selling it for £29.99 well, actually some outlets did have it for £32.99 but surely one of the largest game retailers wouldn’t sell it for any more than this? “…With your £5 deposit and your £12 gift card that is £20.99 to pay please…” *Heavier Sigh* fine, I’ll pay it but I had a small vow to myself on the spot that I wouldn’t use game in the future unless it was an extreme gaming emergency. £37.99 For Battlefield 3, ok, I’ve been putting some time into it and I love it but come on Game! The reason your share prices are dropping is exactly the above, you’re unable to compete with supermarkets. Surely you have that same buying power? If not I fail to believe you have to hike the prices this much to turn a profit?
Open 24 hours, cheaper than most and they're everywhere...
Myself and Rich picked up Gears Of War 3 from Tesco at midnight release for £37.99. No hassle just straight in and pick up our pre-order, could this be the future of buying games?
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