I wrote this tweet mostly as a goof but then I actually played that LOTR dvd menu video and it hit me like a goddamn truck.
I need to go take a minute before my next meetings.
Heartened by reports that youth are flocking back to DVDs or even VHS tapes.
The children yearn for cozy DVD menu music.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQCr...
I hope they never fix it when you first start downloading something and it says 7 hours and then it changes to 16 minutes.
Gives me a little thrill every time.
Today we have an amazing interview from 1989 with Shigeru Miyamoto and Shigesato Itoi. Conducted shortly after the release of Mother, it's full of deep musings about realism, creative exhaustion, the moral panic over kids & gaming, and prescient visions of the future. shmuplations.com/itoimiyamoto/
Pretty sure "9 HeHe" was what we originally had for the IGN review scale before changing it last minute.
#IGNLive is back!! June 6-7 in downtown Los Angeles at MAGIC BOX @ THE REEF and streaming globally live across IGN platforms.
Check out all the details here: https://bit.ly/4u3GchE
IGN is headed back to GDC this year! In addition to booking lots of demos and meetings (reach out if you haven't!) - we're hosting a panel on Thursday:
How Do I Get My Game on IGN?
Best practices aimed at indie devs for pitching, preparing assets, and more.
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Xbox Boss Phil Spencer Retiring, Sarah Bond Departs As Microsoft AI Exec Takes Over Credit: Getty Images
EXCLUSIVE: Xbox head Phil Spencer is retiring on Monday, and Xbox President Sarah Bond, long thought to be Spencer's heir apparent, has resigned.
The new CEO of Microsoft Gaming will be Asha Sharma, currently the President of Microsoft’s CoreAI product. https://bit.ly/4rZUZI7
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Burnout 3 is underrated as one of the very, very best games of all time because you can show Burnout 3 footage to people two decades later and their reaction will still be "hell yeah, this rules. I wanna play this right now."
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms continues to be fantastic.
I want 8 more seasons of the adventures max CON/STR, low INT Dunk.
I have already resigned myself to having to spend my limited video game time strip-mining to get at least the diamonds and gold back.
Can’t help them regain their levels and enchantments but alas.
WE WILL REBUILD.
My whole family has been having fun playing in a shared Minecraft world.
…until today, when we had an epic crash out in the Nether. A lengthy series of bad decisions and botched gear recue missions led to us losing EVERYTHING. All our diamonds, gold, levels, loot.
One of my kids is still crying.
Incredible half time show.
Episode 4 has elevated Knight of the Seven Kingdoms from being a good show to a great one.
700? imo that box was going to be 800-1000 *before* the current situation.
I was playing minecraft with my 9 and 11yo daughters and they both agreed the music makes them "nostalgic."
They also said the Shimmer and Shine theme song was "fire" and also made them nostalgic for when they were "little."
🥲🥹😭
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ngl "passive consumers of unthought thoughts" goes hard.
I played some Hytale last night and some more this morning. It's fun so far! Very much on the "early" side of Early Access I would say. I wrote a short piece on some of my observations:
www.ign.com/articles/7-t...
I did that exact thing about 6-7 years ago.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 art up for order at IGN Store buff.ly/ARcPLMX #ad
In the original Tomb Raider timeline, Lara Croft is turning 58 years old this year. In Tomb Raider 1, released 30 years ago for the PlayStation in 1996, she was 28 years old.
I have so many more.
Halo 1 and Animal Crossing are as old now as the original Frogger and Galaga were when Halo and Animal Crossing first came out (25 years).
Gears of War turns 20 this year (2006 --> 2026), which means it is now as old as the original Zelda and Castlevania were when Gears first came out. (1986 --> 2006)
Took the fam bowling. The man next to us casually bowled a perfect game. I clocked it early and was incredibly afraid my kids would mess him up somehow.
After the last strike everyone cheered and he say “first one!” And then packed up his ball and almost literally ran out?
Legendary.
We've got a new group of Verge articles that are completely free to read (today only)!
First up, from @sesmith.lol: The internet is forever. But also, it isn’t. What happens to our culture when websites start to vanish at random?
Thinking about buying Ys: The Oath in Felghana from the Steam Winter Sale, which has been on my Steam wishlist for
*checks notes*
13 years.
Presenting The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Decayed Master Sword Life-Size Statue.
The handle is crafted from metal, the blade is made of durable ABS, and the sword can be detached from the base.
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