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If you didn’t want to hear jokes about Tony Hawk: Ride, you should never have put out the game

It’s hard enough for me to even make one post about Tony Hawk: Ride in a day because of how shitty it is. Well me making fun of the game is exactly what Activision community dude Dan Amrich says he doesn’t want to hear.

“You can all just keep the TH board jokes. There’s only 2 things to do: make it better or make you feel like you wasted $. I vote better.”

Hahaha yeah, too bad we already wasted our money. Seriously though, I’m hoping for a better game, A LOT better. Just let me get that across Activision: if there’s another skateboarding game that uses the ride board that is 3 hours long, has the shittiest controls ever, and makes me want to jump off a moving burro into a canyon, I’m going to be pissed.

Just saying.

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Bejeweled: Keeping us from being productive since 2000

Yep, it has been freaking 10 years since the first rendition of Bejeweled hit the PC back in the primitive 2000. Well, PopCap is starting a 10-month long birthday party for the game originally called Diamond Mine (it’s a BYOB). Then the game has hit countless platforms, and what would a casual game be without a million shitty spin-offs.

“Bejeweled has obviously succeeded beyond our wildest dreams,” said Jason Kapalka, co-creator of the game and co-founder and chief creative officer at PopCap. “When Brian Fiete, John Vechey and I built the game ten years ago, we had no grand aspirations for it or PopCap, we were trying to survive as a company during the depths of the dot-com collapse. Little did we know we’d still be selling copies of Bejeweled a decade later!”

Well we say congratulations to Bejeweled and PopCap! Bejeweled is the crux of our lives here at Default Prime and SlackrMedia, which explains a lot about how we only manage to get three or four posts up per day.

Oh! PopCap is going to be holding contest on the http://www.bejeweled.com/ website that you can check out and enter in, and you can also check out their latest installment in the Bejeweled franchise of Bejeweled Blitz on Facebook.

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Activision has hope for the RIDE board; I say you should give up on that now

Tony Hawk ride…well, let me say that it was kind of like spending money to actually pick up the dog shit in your yard. You don’t want to do it at-fucking-all, and of course you don’t want to pay for it! Yep, that’s it. Unfortunately, there is still hope in the board…yeah.

“This year, with the hardware complete, we’ll be focused on improving the software to unlock the full potential of the board.” - Activision Publishing CEO Mike Griffith

I’m not gonna say that you couldn’t do something cool on the board, of course you could, it’s just the track record that it has that leads us to automatically assume that anything using the Ride board with the Tony Hawk name attached to it will be shit.

Fair assumption.

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Fairytale Fights gets it’s first pack of DLC

The not-so critically acclaimed Fairytale Fights looks like it’s getting it’s first pack of DLC on the PS3. Playlogic has announced that on Feb 11, you’ll be able to pick up the first Treasure Pack, which will be available on the 360 at a later date. What does this pack include?

New characters include:
• Bones: a two foot tall calcium lover
• Princess Afia: the mysterious princess from a sparkly land far far away
• Grandma Red: Little Red Riding Hood’s grandma
• Puss in Boots: everyone’s favorite feline

How about some new freakin’ maps for ya?
• Time to Die
• Rooftop Rumble
• Cannon Ball Bay

I guess if you’re into the game, go…pick it up?

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Splinter Cell: Conviction IS STILL a 360/PC exclusive

We all know that Splinter Cell: Conviction is supposed to be an exclusive for the 360 and PC, but we couldn’t help but speculate that it would be hitting the PS3 at some other time. Well, during Ubisoft’s fiscal year 2009-10 Q3 conference call today it was said that: “…this time it’s going to be PC and Xbox 360 exclusive”.

So from what we know now, it’s PC and 360 all the way. Sorry, PS3.

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FIFA quitters about to get their comeuppance

Ragequitting is present in almost every game where you can compete online and people act like little bitches. Yep, that’s encompasses gaming as a whole. Well, one of the biggest complaints about this as of recent is with FIFA 10, and looking forward to FIFA 11’s development, EA has released a statement in an interview about fixing the problem.

In an interview with EuroGamer, Simon Humber, 2010 FIFA World Cup producer says that they might be working up some type of reward system for FIFA 11.

Complex problem,” considering some might leave a game because of a dropped connection, rather than giving up. The game has a “five-minute” rule that allows players to bail in the first five minutes of a game if the uplink proves spotty.”

“After that there should be a penalty; just in the online world there are complexities that mean by the time the data comes back to our servers, something there means it doesn’t award the win to the right person. So we’re always looking to improve that,” Humber told Eurogamer.

Unfortunately no changes will be able to be made when 2010 FIFA World Cup releases in late April, but in FIFA 11 the fix will be implemented.

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Pick up the Uncharted 2 Score on this revolutionary thing called a CD!

Games are so prolific and obviously awesome nowadays that they all have to have soundtracks of the game’s score. Makes sense. BioShock 2 has one, well…I guess you can get a soundtrack for almost any game. But that’s not my point!

You can now pick up the Uncharted 2 score, which has been on iTunes for a while now, in an actual store, on an actual CD. But where can you pick this majestic beast up at?

Of course at your local Peaches or Sam Goody or Camelot Music!

I haven’t heard of any of those, but you can get it there, and you can check out some previews of the music at the PlayStation.blog.

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Dragon Age: Origins rockin’ a Triple Platform Status

BioWare has just announced that their one of their latest blockbusters, Dragon Age: Origins, has amassed 3.2 million in sales, taking it up the triple platinum ranks. Stack that on top of Baldur’s Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Jade Empire and Mass Effect, this is their 6th consecutive blockbuster title. Plus, it’s a damn good game and deserves every bit of this!

“This is a tremendous start for the Dragon Age franchise and we are extremely pleased with the great reception the game has already received from critics and fans worldwide,” said Dr. Ray Muzyka, co-founder, BioWare and Group General Manager of the RPG/MMO Group of EA. “Our team is dedicated to crafting high quality, engaging new adventures and stories in the world of Ferelden for our fans!”

What now? Mass Effect 2, baby.

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Get free Cerberus armor and a shotgun in Mass Effect 2

Connected to the Cerberus Network in Mass Effect 2? Then you can pick yourself up some free DLC for the game. The DLC will be the Cerberus Assault Armor” and the “M-22a Eviscerator Shotgun.”

As for stats for equipment, the Cerberus Assault Armor will increase the Heavy weapon ammo capacity, shields, and health by a nice little 10%. Although the helmet stays on at all time from what I know, so that’s kind of disappointing.

The shotgun pierces armor and is even pretty affective at long ranges. Sound good? It’s free man, completely free. So go pick yourself up some DLC and keep enjoying the hell out of Mass Effect 2!

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More info revealed for Dead Space 2, next Dragon Age, and other EA titles

EA didn’t have a half bad year for 2009, and now we’re getting all of the details on their upcoming and a lot of highly anticipated games that are slated for release in 2011. These include Dead Space 2, Skate 3, some more sports games, some Sims add-ons, and a new Dragon Age. Yep, another fucking dragon age to spend all you’re time away from your family on. Enjoy.

• Q1 FY2011 – April 1 through June 30, 2010
  • Skate 3 (Console)
  • Need for Speed World (PC)
  • 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa (Console, Handheld)
  • Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 11 (Console, Handheld)
• Q2 FY2011 – July 1 through September 30, 2010
  • APB/All Points Bulletin (PC)
  • Medal of Honor Title TBA  (Console, Handheld, PC)
  • NCAA Football 11 (Console, Handheld, PC)
  • EA Sports FIFA Online (PC)
  • Madden NFL 11 (Console, Handheld)
  • FIFA 11 (Console, Handheld, PC)
  • NHL 11 (Console)
  • Monopoly Title TBA (Console, Handheld)
  • MySims Title TBA (Console, Handheld)
• Q3 FY 2011- October 1 through December 31, 2010
  • Crysis 2 (Console, PC)
  • Need For Speed Title TBA (Console, Handheld, PC)
  • DTC Game For Console Online (Console – Downloadable)
  • FIFA Manager 11 (PC)
  • NBA Jam (Console)
  • NBA Live 11 (Console, Handheld)
  • EA SPORTS Active Title TBA (Console)
  • EA SPorts Active Title TBA (Console)
  • EA SPORTS MMA (Console, Handheld)
  • Hasbro Family Game Night Title TBA (Console)
  • Hasbro Littlest Pet Shop Title TBA (Handheld)
  • Harry Potter Title TBA (Console, Handheld, PC)
  • EA Play Label TBA (Console, Handheld, PC)
  • The Sims 3 on Console Title TBA (Console, Hanheld)
• Q4 FY 2011- January 1 through March 31, 2011
  • Dead Space 2 (Console, Handheld)
  • Dragon Age Title (Console, Handheld, PC)
  • Shooter from Epic TBA (Console, PC)
  • Need For Speed Title TBA (Console, PC)
  • EA Games Action Title TBA (Console, PC)
  • EA SPORTS Fighting Title TBA (Console)
  • EA Play Hasbro Titles TBA (Console)
  • New Sims Title TBA (PC)
  • Spore Title TBA (Consoles, PC)