MIKE SUSZEK
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Producer of Modern Game Player (moderngameplayer.com), Managing Editor of 4thString.com, lover of ReviewTilt.com, rabid podcaster, and Free Agent (freelancer) of the games press on sites like Joystiq.
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Originally a research paper for an upper-level media studies course, this lengthy take on Limbo (XBLA) approaches the game as a commentary on social classes and structures.
Friday, July 15, 2011 | Comments (1)
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One writer discusses that feeling you get when you have dozens of games to beat and don't know what to play: the backlog blues.
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The story of Shiala in Mass Effect might be one of the most under-appreciated, and could be seen as a missed opportunity.
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"I did a piece some time ago (I'd link, but the site's since died and has been pulled from the web, along with two years of my clips, uggh) about this whole situation.  In my opinion, I think Nintendo may not innovate in terms of controls like we'd expect them to for the next console generation.  In my piece, I mentioned that I could see a new controller coming about that combines the Wii Remote and MotionPlus (like they did, and I'm sure we all saw coming) in one device.  Then, I'd anticipate that this controller would carry over as the primary controller for the next console.

This keeps cost low, keeps people carrying their Wii Remotes over to the next system (cross-compatiblity!), but still encouraged to upgrade to newer peripherals, which would likely exist.  It would definitely draw more comparisons between Nintendo and Apple as well, as there would undoubtedly be some price-tiering going on.

I keep going back to the same thing as Rus, though, I'm not 100% convinced that Nintendo has the foresight to understand just how much tech. innovation is necessary to keep them in the game.  But I think we also neglect how powerful their audience and following really is.  IE: they'll be just fine.

It's also worth noting that they added support to expandable SD/SDHC storage some time ago, to allow for more than the 512 MB, albeit somewhat limited."

Monday, November 15, 2010
"e always wanted to copy/paste fanboy comments into an article, but was unsure how to do it in an appropriate manner without it simply being public shaming. Really, things like this need to happen more often. I hope these commenters find your post and are completely embarr"
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
"re's something so simple about this I absolutely"
Monday, May 25, 2009
"t's exactly my point, and exactly why I hope to continue examining the situation. Sure, with a good level of persistence these fantastic writers will land on their feet, but the current blog set up still allows for fairly inexperienced writers to have their voices be heard... for better or for"
Monday, May 25, 2009