Extra Credits‘ most recent episode is an excellent look at the art of good game reviewing. Since we’ve been seeing a lot of varying impressions of SWTOR lately, this topic seems especially pertinent.
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We’re back to our regular format this week with Carla, Kathy, and Roxanne. We also invited the fellows from TORWars, Jeff Hollis and David Moore, just because they are fun. The five of us debate Datacrons and the bolster system, plus we venture into release date speculation. Jeff and David have to leave after the Newsnet segment, which is good because Roxanne gets very, um, “excited” when we talk about skipping story in BioWare games. Somehow she manages to bring Silence of the Lambs into the conversation.
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Microsoft and Sony are hopping on the motion controller bandwagon with their Kinect and Move controllers for XBox 360 and PS3. Extra Credits explores this development and tells us why all gamers should care in their latest video, “Kinect and Move,” at The Escapist Magazine. Funny and informative, as usual.
If you don’t know about these guys, you should. Extra Credits at Escapistmagazine.com do animated videos which discuss various aspects of video gaming. Their most recent video, “Project Ten Dollar,” talks about the issues of pricing games, what developers get paid, used game sales, downloadable content, and EA Games Project Ten Dollar. Their talks are well-informed and insightful, while the animation brings the subject matter to life in an entertaining manner.