GayGamer Week In Review - Week Of 11/26/2007
- Xbox Live user xxx GayBoy xxx gave us an unsettling picture of homophobia in Halo 3. Major Nelson reminded everyone that there's no reason to put up with that kind of behavior.
- Wootini had a gay old time with some readers.
- We got official word about the Xbox 360 Dashboard update coming December 4th. Highlights include the ability to see Friends of Friends and support for DivX and Xvid. Anime fansub fans and video pirates rejoice!
- Deus Ex 3 gets teased. Hopefully we'll be able to look back at the second game in the series as a sophomore slump.
- Reggie pinky swore that the Wii shortages this year are not made up for the benefit of the press. I'm sure that makes dedicated parents feel better when they're standing in line outside a Best Buy at 3 a.m.
- In the meantime, the DS blew just about every record out of the water as Nintendo has a historic sales week after Thanksgiving.
- DSVision was announced (for Japan, at least), eventually letting gamers buy and download all sorts of media content from Nintendo for play on your DS. Fans of watching tiny movies might be thrilled. I'm going to need new glasses.
- Samuel L. Jackson is hosting this year's Spike Video Awards, proving that he'll pretty much do whatever you want for a paycheck. Those hats must be really expensive!
- Surfer Girl whispered rumors of Bioshock 2, a new 2K studio, and the fact that not everyone loved working with Ken Levine (which seems silly because he has been nothing but nice to us). Then she jumped back on the board and ripped some gnarly waves.
- GameSpot corporate really stepped in it by firing editor Jeff Gerstmann reportedly over a bad review for a big advertiser. The site denied any outside pressure, but something still smells fishy to most people on the sidelines.
- Harvey Smith, producer of Blacksite: Area 51, "quits" Midway after he reveals some not-so-nice facts about the creation of the game.
- I don't care what you say now, I'm going to show you my pokemons and by God, you will like it.
- Vivendi and Activision merge and create Activision Blizzard, a video game force so enormous it blots out the sun and replaces it with a giant hearthstone.
- Finally, best of luck to Fruit Brute and Toots on their cross country road trip next week. On their way to San Francisco, they'll be seeing the sights, solving crazy mysteries, and revealing that Elvis's ghost is really cranky old caretaker Mr. Jickers! And he would have gotten away with it, too, if not for those meddling gays!
Dawdle
Posted to Miscellany on 2 December 2007
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