EBC On Tap – Violence in Videogames

In this past week’s Skirmish of EpicBattleCry, we mentioned proposed legislation in Germany that would ban violent games from that country. Wherever these laws are proposed, they are based on the belief that the simulated violence in video games influences all-too-real behavior. After our brief conversation, we decided to take a bit more time…

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EBC On Tap: Gaikai

Happy hack-n-slash to all! In this weekend edition of EpicBattleCry On Tap we take aim at the recently announced Gaikai. A cloud-computing-based gaming service similar to OnLive, Gaikai is the brainchild of industry veteran David Perry. A recent screencast and in-depth article at Eurogamer lays out the particulars of the new service and why…

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EBC On Tap – PSP Go!

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In this edition of EBC On Tap we take a closer look at the PSP Go since it’s official announcement at E3 2009. Does the new handheld have what it takes to score big with gamers (despite its price tag), are current PSP owners gonna get bent over to migrate from UMD?…

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EBC On Tap – E3 Day 2

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Tonight, Tony and I fly solo as DK is busy with E3 stuff on the West Coast. We analyze the Nintendo and Sony press conferences, talk about what worked, what didn’t, and make fun of Daniel. All in a day’s work for the tireles crew of EpicBattleAxe.

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