Jeff Partridge

Stubborn amusement is here once again to brighten your day. You might as well give in. Whether you like it or not, it WILL brighten your day. It’s quite stubborn and shall not be silent. It’ll keep hitting you over the head until you’re enjoying the thrills of colored ice cubes.
Today’s gaming interlude is Cubis [...]

Everyone who has played computer games for more than a few days knows Electronic Arts. They’ve been around nearly forever. Kuju is a much newer name to the American market, but they were tagged for notice when Microsoft picked their Train Simulator for distribution. Then Microsoft decided that a train simulator didn’t fit into their [...]

Sony has seen the number of ‘unofficiqal’ trading sites and decided ti get a piece of the action. I’ve never seen widespread abuse, so I can discount that supposed motive.
Sony plans to launch an online marketplace where fans of its multiplayer games can buy and sell virtual artifacts, a practice it previously discouraged.
The Station Exchange [...]

Microsoft will give the public its first glimpse of the next Xbox during a global MTV broadcast next month.
MTV outlets in North America, Europe and Asia will air a 30-minute program titled “MTV Presents: The Next Generation Xbox Revealed” on May 12 and May 13, the software giant announced Monday.

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“The first computer game designed to take full advantage of the 64-bit features of Advanced Micro Devices’ Athlon chip came out Tuesday, although the operating system to run it won’t appear for about another year.
Atari has released a 64-bit version of “Shadow Ops: Red Mercury,” according to AMD and Atari. Chips that allow 64-bit [...]

“Apple Computer co-founder Steve Wozniak has joined the advisory board of a small software upstart, Eye Games. Wozniak, an entrepreneur and founder of wireless technology company Wheels of Zeus, and Stuart Moulder, former general manager of Microsoft’s gaming business, joined the advisory board this week, according to Eye Games CEO Gina Smith.
The Orinda, Calif.-based [...]

“Video game publisher Acclaim Entertainment, which has been hampered by a lack of hit titles, filed for bankruptcy liquidation on Thursday after failing to line up new financing.
The move was not a surprise. Acclaim, one of the oldest brands in the industry, has been known as much for failures like “Turok: Evolution” and controversial [...]

A story published today in ZDNet’s ExtremeTech site details serious delays in release of the handheld PSP game system in the U.S. Current reports have it pegged to “the first half of 2005″ or “June 2005″ (for actual sale of the units in this country).
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I’m sure that’s going to ruin the Christmas list of [...]