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Newsweeks NGai Croal: RE5 Contains Racist Imagery

2008-04-12 16:01:57 by GamePolitics in GamePolitics.com
 
...Newsweeks popular videogame writer NGai Croal was the focus of the series opening article, MTV Multiplayer decided to devote a second installment to hisperspective on whether or not there is racism in Capcoms upcoming Resident Evil 5 Some readers will no doubt recall last years controversy , triggered bya trailer which showed the RE5 s white...
 
Tags: imagery, racist imagery, zombies, black zombies, black, black professionals, classic racist imagery, resident evil, black hawk
 
 
 
 
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E3 2009 Opening its Doors to the Public Next June

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2008-10-20 21:32:29 by Chris in Gaming Today
...Newsweeks NGai Croal is reporting that the Entertainment Software Association will announce tomorrow that E3 2009 will be undergoing some major changes from its current incarnation. The event will take place during the first week of June at the Los Angeles Convention Center and will be open to the public on Friday, June 5th and Saturday, June...
 
Tags: june, major, major event, june issue, june 5th, event, june 2nd, attendance cap, attendance
 
 
 
 
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Their First Time Video Game Luminaries Share Their First Gaming Memories

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2008-01-14 13:55:38 by Stephen Totilo in MTV Multiplayer
...Newsweeks Level Up First Gaming Memory : My first memory of playing a computer game dates back to the early 80s. My father was studying for a masters degree at the time, and from time to time he would take me and my two sisters with him to the university computer lab on weekends, where they had a couple of Apple IIs. If they werent in use,...
 
Tags: memories, video game, game, video game memories, video game industry, game types, game designer, video, pong
 
 
 
 
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Spore release date announced, DS version evolves

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2008-02-13 10:23:00 by James Lyon in Wii Wii
...Newsweeks NGai Croal, VP of Maxis Lucy Bradshaw, spilled the beans on the differences between this and the core console experience. Adopting the moniker of Spore Creatures, it will, as its name suggests, focus on creature creation. Were not quite sure if this is an excuse for the cutback of features the DS couldnt handle or a dedicated...
 
Tags: spore, spore creatures, spore species guide, creatures, console, generation console, creature creation, creature, core console experience
 
 
 
 
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The Cultural Significance Of Video Games

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2008-02-16 00:57:50 by John Walker in Rock, Paper, Shotgun: Making False Idols For 2008
...Newsweeks excellent games reporter, NGai Croal, has been inspired to write a series of essays , reflecting on Gaynors post, and that of another response by The Plush Apcalypses Borut Pfeiffer more
 
Tags: superbly inflammatory statement, blogger steve gaynor, cultural discourse, ngai croal, gaynors post, level designer, comic books, significant form, writers
 
 
 
 
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No Joke Comes To Mind: Meier on EA/Take 2

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2008-03-03 11:15:34 by Kieron Gillen in Rock, Paper, Shotgun: Making False Idols For 2008
Newsweeks NGai Croal writes that he managed to ask Firaxis Sid Meier about the possible EA take-over of their owner Take 2 . To which Sid responds We worked with Electronic Arts ten years ago. We respect them highly as a company. Theyre a great company. We enjoy working with Take-Two. Well let them sort that out [laughs]. Take-Two has been very...
 
Tags: electronic arts, games, proper big-boy journalism, firaxis sid meier, sid responds, creative freedom, company, take-two, priority
 
 
 
 
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The New Old Thing: Single Player Coop Play

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2008-03-07 11:49:36 by Harold Goldberg in VH1 Game Break
...Newsweeks Level Up blog to talk about the trend. In an essay about Single Player Coop Play, Narcisse says, when he plays the casual/hardcore game Portal, By my lonesome, I might've chalked up my occasional frustrations to poor design, frazzled reflexes or my own cognitive bottlenecks. Playing co-operatively with B allowed me to take some of...
 
Tags: fairly deep talk, talk, narcisse speaks, occasional, single player games, narcisse, level, newsweeks level, single player game
 
 
 
 
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Todd talks D&D on Level Up

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2008-03-19 15:09:06 by gstaff in Bethesda Blog
...Newsweeks gaming blog, Level Up , NGai Croal has interviewed several folks from the videogame industry to hear how D&D impacted their lives both personally and professionally. Today, Todd Howards interview with NGai went up. Heres a sample Q: What do you remember about your first experience with Dungeons & Dragons A: My earliest memory was...
 
Tags: todd, todd howards interview, tuesday night, tuesday, ngai, ngai croal, game store, game, ngais interview
 
 
 
 
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The Week In Multiplayer 50 Cents New Title, Rock Band On Wii, New GTA IV And Alone In The Dark Trailers, Echochrome And New PSN Games

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2008-03-29 12:00:00 by Tracey John in MTV Multiplayer
...Newsweeks NGai Croal and Multiplayers Stephen Totilo go at it again over Patapon We got new trailers from Alone in the Dark and GTA IV Totilo dished some news on upcoming PSN games and gave his hands-on impressions of Echochrome . We also had some East Coast - West Coast beef Our editor also talked about his hands-on and feet-on impressions...
 
Tags: games, wii, psn games, video games, downloadable games, mario kart wii, patrick klepek, rock band, week