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Spore Shows Off New Screens, Hints At Sacrifice Of Meat To Wooden Gods

EA released some new screens of Will Wright’s long awaited magnum opus of all Sims. The accompanying press release doesn’t mention anything about offering up sacrifices to wooden totems with cuts of raw meat as the above pic suggests. But it does point out gameplay details like hunting and gathering, animal husbandry, and primitive warfare on creatures that don’t look like your creatures. In other words, fuck Gandhi in the earhole. The game ain’t called Pacifism. More screens after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »

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Interviews

Dead Space Producer Glen Schofield Wants “To Scare The Piss Out Of You”

By now you’ve heard of EA’s play into the horror-survival genre–the one that doesn’t involve a hostile takeover bid of Take-Two. We’re talking about their upcoming title, Dead Space. Players will assume the role of Isaac Clarke, a space mechanic sent to a distant solar system to find a mining ship, the USG Ishimura, that’s gone missing. As we have already noted, space travel generally ends very poorly unless you’re William Shatner.

The guys at EA Los Angles, executive producer Glen Schofield in particular, have made effort to scare the shit out of you. We caught up with Schofield to talk about putting the fear into gamers, “strategic dismemberment” and his own neuroses. Hit the jump for the interview.
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Game Trailer

Madden 09: Hitting People Is Fun

So what if this is a picture of Darren McFadden delivering a stiff arm instead of Ray Lewis making a ball carrier shit out their spleen. We still like the headline since it goes with the new trailer EA just released detailing in-game hits and the new Madden tackling engine. Read the rest of this entry »

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Brett Favre Might Not Retire?

In an interview posted on GameTap, Brett Favre, the coverboy for Madden 09 sorta kinda hinted at the possibility of a comeback. After 17 years in the league, three MVP awards and a Super Bowl ring the guy proved he was pretty much indestructible. How could he not give the Madden curse a shot at ending his career? Read the rest of this entry »

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