Next time,you go first

Both sets of release dates (pre- and post-recall) saw many complaints from those who felt that they had a greater right to receive the game first.  At this point,I think it might be more appropriate to be thankful that someone else gets to be the guinea pig.

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Post-Beta Pre-Launch Blues Part Two

First,without commenting directly on the recent unpleasantness,I’d like to give some words of encouragement to our friends at Sony and Media Molecule.  I’ve been part of enough suddenly-delayed releases to know what a horrendous pain it can be.  If any of you have time to read this between frantic phone calls and urgent [...]

PAX and Plush Toys and More

PAX

A games blog over at the Portland Mercury seemed impressed by LittleBigPlanet,and were nice enough to point out something that I think is being largely overlooked:

Unlike most world-building games,this platforming section is robust enough to functionally be its own game,much to the delight of those who don’t have [...]

Pax in bello –gloria mundi

Lots to report,before anything starts coming in from PAX:

First of all,the LittleBigPlanet News Site is showing off the official boxart for the USA [thanks Brian!].  I can’t decide whether I like the UK packaging better or not.  I like the USA crowd better than just showing two Sackboys,but the use [...]

Hating on the Haters

When GameDaily included LittleBigPlanet in their list of “Games That Will Probably Suck”,the community responded quite strongly.  Ripten even went as far as to post a rebuttal.  GameDaily’s comments come off as extraordinarily uninformed,apparently based upon only watching the Sony E3 Press Conference.  I’m frankly a little surprised,given GameDaily’s previously positive coverage.

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End-of-July Inbox Cleaning –Part Two

More stuff,from Develop and E3:

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End-of-July Inbox Cleaning –Part One

Lots of stuff piling up,so here goes…

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E3 Season Press Roundup Vol. 5

Treating Comic-Con as part of E3 Season,of course.  In case you missed them,check out Vol 1,Vol 2,Vol 3,and Vol 4.

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The Kerfuffle

Well,the LittleBigPlanet community certainly responded to the recent comments by David Reeves.

Quite a few sites picked up the news (TheSixthAxis,GamesIndustry.biz,SCRAWL,Sarcastic Gamer,Platform Nation,Edge Online,TheGameReviews,TalkPlaystation,LivingPS3,videogaming247,Evil Avatar,GameKult,PS3 Fanboy,among others).  Some sites were positive about it (most notably Sarcastic Gamer’s take,which is worth [...]

E3 Press Roundup Vol. 2

More press coverage from E3:

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