Archive for May, 2009

It’s the weekend before E3 and the Incomplete Gamer is feeling pretty positive about videogaming. E3, Christmas, Reindeer Poo, NBA Play-offs, ’80′s motoring icons and a baby all feature in this week’s edition of The Wrap. Head over to PALGN, to read more: The Wrap #32 Life imitating The Wrap on the road to E3.

Enjoy.

The Incomplete Gamer

Sure, this is the home of The Incomplete Gamer, and it’s a label we wear proudly most of the time.  But there are those odd moments when our pile of shame, our unfinished games, lying in the corner and mocking us in silence, are impossible to ignore and we’re faced with our biggest video game frustration.

Why are we failing to complete more games than we finish?  Why do we so rarely see the credits roll?  To find those answers, you’ll have to head to PALGN, where my latest edition of The Wrap, #31 has just dropped.

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The Incomplete Gamer

The Incomplete Gamer still doesn’t know any one personally that has ever one anything of note, but thanks to Kelly of Queensland, who dropped a comment on our TiVo Easter Hunt post, we have at least heard directly from one such happy winner and learnt a valuable lesson to boot.  Back in April, when reporting on the five TiVo packages up for grabs in the TiVo Australia Easter Hunt, we cynically suggested that it was all a bit too much effort. Luckily, Kelly and her friend Rachael didn’t heed our advice.

There’s always next year for The Incomplete Gamer.  Keeping that in mind we  contacted Kelly to find out what inspired her to take part in the competition. 

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It’s that time of the week again.  My weekly PALGN column has landed and this weekend it’s a bit on the nose…well the subject matter is at least.  This week The Wrap #30 asks the question, Can a game be too immersive?  Over in the UK a boffin is working on a scent delivery system which brings the odours of the video game environment into your home.  Do we really want that much immersion?  You can find out the answer to that question right here at PALGN.

Cheers,

The Incomplete Gamer

There is a revamped, remodelled, reworked PlayStation Portable on the way. Over the last few weeks we’ve seen rumours flying, details revealed and even speculation surrounding a new PSP name. Over at PALGN, my weekly column, The Wrap has just landed, and I’m attempting to sort the fact from the fiction, the wishful thinking from the watertight, the logical from the ludicrous, the rational from the rubbish…you get the idea.

You’ll find The Wrap #29 here.

Cheers,

The Incomplete Gamer

Tomorrow night is Logies night and The Incomplete Gamer is rolling out the red carpet.  Over at PALGN, my Saturday column, The Wrap #28 is available for your reading pleasure.

This week I take a look at the growing ‘mainstreamification’ of video games and ask whether a major video games award show is inevitable or even a necessary part of that continuing mainstreamification.

Interested?  Head over to PALGN.  You’ll find The Wrap #28 here.

Enjoy,

The Incomplete Gamer