Thatafricanguy's Blog (8)

I'm so disapointed. I was so sure that I'd be buying a console this Christmas. But, Christmas has come and gonna and I never once felt tempted to buy a console. Not once. Why ? I don't see a clear winner yet. Yes, I know who has sold the most, who has the better games, and who has the most potential. But I want more. I want to buy a console without emptying my bank account. I want to buy a console that I know will still work six months from now. I want to buy a console that I know will have g

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As 2007 comes to a close, I thought I'd take a look back at the 2007 and point out all things that I liked about AGI.

10. Scot hates the PS3 - This was hilarious, at least to me. Scot was basically labeled a 360 fanboy, or better yet an Xbot, for stating his opinion ("the PS3 doesn't have games, I don't think you should buy it"). And yet, almost every single time a PS3 fanboy or owner called in to defend the PS3 by the end of the call they were agreeing with Scot!

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Freeplay Friday, June 16th. Mayor Young , Scot Rubin and Von get into a heated debate about the future of the Nintendo Wii. The discussion goes from the (lack of) longevity of the Wii, to whether or not the Wii is innovative, and to the type of games that will be on the Wii. Scot and Von seem to be convinced that the majority of games that will be coming to the Wii will be mini-games compilations. I was half convinced of this myself, so I decided to have a look at the list of game… Continue

I saw this on the 1Up Show and thought it was interesting.

http://www.gamevideos.com/video/id/12326
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In a recent interview Microsoft's Peter Moore said the following : "I can't comment on failure rates, because it's just not something -- it's a moving target. What this consumer should worry about is the way that we've treated him. Y'know, things break, and if we've treated him well and fixed his problem, that's something that we're focused on right now. I'm not going to comment on individual failure rates because I'm shipping in 36 countries and it's a complex business."

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OK. It's Friday 4th May 2007. It's 2 am in the morning, I'm sitting listening to AGI while waiting to watch a basketball game on ESPN. I say to myself "What the heck? Why don't I call in so I can give my two cents on Scot wanting to change the structure of the show." This is the madness that follows :

Heavy breathing : Scot asks me not to breathe so heavily into the mic. I really should have checked my settings before calling in because I use Skype to make a lot of international calls s… Continue

I've been thinking lately about how much I love listening to the AGI podcast (I will be blogging about that soon), and I asked myself if I could change just one thing about each AGI host what would it be ? I decided to write a fake note to each one, to mention the one thing I would change about them.

Jessica - Contribute more! You're one of the few girl gamers in the allgames community, and the only female host on the show so you're almost the sole voice of female gaming on the show. It… Continue

I live in Dakar, Senegal (West Africa) and I'm a gamer.

You think gaming is expensive : $600 for a PS3, $400 for an Xbox 360, games for $60. That's nothing to laugh. Now imagine of you had to pay $800 for PS3, $600 for an Xbox 360, and $100 for a game. Well, I don't have to imagine it because it is my reality. Welcome to gaming in Senegal.

$100 for a video game game. I just want that to sink in for a bit, because $100 is NOT… Continue