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Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Saturday, June 2, 2012
Without a new Xbox or PlayStation will E3 be...boring?
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Longtime video game analyst Michael Pachter ? never one to mince words?? has this to say about the world?s biggest video game show?which is about to get under way next week: ?It'll be one of the more boring ones.?
Saying that the Electronic Entertainment Expo might be a snoozer is a bit like saying a trip to Las Vegas might lull one into a pleasant night's slumber. After all, the annual E3 game show, which has been around since 1995, packs the Los Angeles Convention Center with a bedazzling display of video game showmanship. With 200-some exhibitors showing off their gaming wares for ?45,000?retailers, reporters and analysts, it is a visual and aural overload of flashing screens, colored lights, thumping music and outlandishly decked-out booths and booth attendants.
But Pachter, managing director at?Wedbush Securities, has a point. This year?s E3 is shaping up to be less than sizzling ... at least for the moment.
As of right now, much of the exciting news that gamers spent previous months hoping to officially?hear about now appears to be on hold. For starters,?Microsoft and Sony have insisted they will not be revealing anything about their future game consoles at this year's big event.?(Msnbc.com is a joint venture of Microsoft and NBCUniversal.)
Meanwile, as Pachter points out, the video game industry is in an odd place at the moment.
?We are in the unprecedented 6th and 7th year of the cycle,? he says, explaining that the current generation Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii have grown into rather aged machines.?That means?game sales are declining as developers and publishers ??unwilling to take risks this late in the console life?cycle ??scale back on the number of games they produce and cut back on the number of refreshing new intellectual properties they create.
?The industry isn?t that exciting because it?s all sequels, no new IPs, no new consoles and fewer games,? he says. ?So E3 is, by definition, just not going to be as exciting or interesting as it?s been in the past.?
E3???the thrill, the excitement
In the past, E3 has been the place where game companies have revealed some of the very biggest gaming news. Sony unveiled the PlayStation 3 there in 2005. Microsoft first revealed Kinect (then called Project Natal) at E3 in 2009 and fully unveiled it at E3 in 2010. Nintendo introduced its 3DS at the 2010 E3 and then, at last year's expo, unveiled the Wii U.
While rumor has it that Nintendo may reveal a new model of 3DS next week?and we will certainly get a much more in-depth look at the forthcoming Wii U,?so far it appears there will be no big game machine introductions this year. No Xbox 720. No PlayStation 4.
Meanwhile, rumors of a Valve-created game console/set-top box (aka the Steam Box) were making the rounds a couple months back with many hoping we'd see its unveiling at E3. But Valve insists that's not happening any time soon.
And it seems even some of the titles?we gamers had most hoped to see won't be making the?show.
While Valve will be on hand at E3, those from the company have vowed they will not be showing off "Half-Life 3," "Portal 3" or "Left 4 Dead 3" ? despite high gamer hopes.
The folks who created the famed Halo franchise were as surprised as anyone when their newest four-game "Destiny" project was unceremoniously outed in the press last week. And expectations have been high that Bungie might officially introduce "Destiny" at E3. But Bungie officials have now said on their blog that, and I quote: "we?re not going to be at E3 in any official capacity this year. Some of us will be there, lurking from booth to booth, but don?t expect any announcements."
E3 boring? Say it ain't so
But Mike Gallagher, CEO of the Entertainment Software Association (the industry?organization responsible?E3) ? sees things a little bit differently, to say the least.
While some see a games industry in a lull, "I see is an industry in transition," he says. "What I see is an industry that is evolving. It is evolving on multiple platforms constantly. Right now you have the ability to have a game experience on your smartphone, on your handheld, on your tablet and you?ve got the?ability to play on the consoles."
And he says E3 is evolving with the industry. He points out that this year there will be some important new faces on the show floor.?Zynga ? the Facebook gaming superpower ? and Gree ? the social and mobile gaming king in Japan ? both?will be at E3 for the first time.
But Gallagher?concedes that with it looking as if there will be no big hardware revelations at E3, "This year the emphasis will absolutely be more strongly focused on the games and the software."
And that's not necessarily a bad thing.
Game companies have already started to unveil some of the new games they'll be showing off next week ... and some of it is pretty exciting stuff. We'll get our first look at the new mature-themed Star Wars game "1313," as well as the super-dark, super-hero fighter "Injustice." And while new IPs are few and far between, the dystopian steam-punk adventure?"Dishonored" looks well worth getting excited about, as is the new game from "Heavy Rain" creator Quantic Dream (assuming it actually materializes).
Meanwhile, of course, developers and publishers will be showing off new installments in some very big franchises: ?"Halo 4," "Gears of War: Judgment,"?"Call of Duty: Black Ops II," "God of War: Ascension," "Pikmin 3" and the new "Tomb Raider"?just to name a few.
Beyond the games themselves, if the rumor mill is to be believed, there are some interesting things afoot?that may just give the show a bit of zing -- a 3DS redesign, a landscape-changing?push by Sony into cloud gaming, and?a new music service for the Xbox are a few of the?possibilities?next week.
No matter what this year brings, our own In-Game editor Todd Kenreck believes E3 is still one of the coolest events out there. Check out his video above to understand why.
And it's important to remember that the seeming lack of excitement could be deceiving ? especially since game developers and publishers like to keep their biggest, most interesting news a secret before the show has begun and have been known to spring completely unexpected gaming software and hardware revelations on the thousands of attendees gathered at the convention.
Ultimately, Gallagher says?you can't truly judge an?E3 before it's begun.
"Each E3 has its own unique feel and its own unique power," he says. "And it really can only be measured after the show --?after it?s all over with and?after all the titles are shown."
And despite his prediction of a mellower E3 this time around, even Pachter points out, "It?s still a lot of fun."
Follow us to E3
In-Game will have a team on the ground at?E3?in Los Angeles. Stay tuned here to In-Game to catch our breaking game coverage. But?for all the fast and furious news?also be sure to check out our In-Game Facebook page as well as our Twitter feeds: @ToddKenreck and @WindaBenedetti.
In-Game editor Todd Kenreck will also bring you ongoing snapshots from the E3 floor via his @ToddKenreck Instagram account. And don't miss the E3 experiences from video producer Matt Rivera who will be posting via his Twitter and Instagram accounts here: @MattRivera.
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Friday, June 1, 2012
PFT: Sanchez gets majority of snaps in practice
Getty ImagesHe?s back.
One day short of three months since the NFL disclosed the alleged existence of a bounty system in New Orleans and nearly two months since the name ?Sean Pamphilon? became attached to it, Pamphilon has posted at his website a lengthy, rambling diary regarding his decision to release against the wishes of former Saints special-teams ace Steve Gleason the audio of former Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams? remarks before a January 2012 playoff game against the 49ers.
Though Pamphilon?s objective isn?t quite clear (unless he?s simply hoping to reset the 15-minute clock to 14:59), Pamphilon implicates former Saints linebacker Scott Fujita as a participant in the bounty culture that existed within the organization in 2009, Fujita?s final year with the team.
Pamphilon also claims that quarterback Drew Brees was involved in the communications regarding whether the audio would be released, and that Brees ultimately was opposed to it.
What follows is an effort to trim paragraphs of fat and get to the steak lurking in chunks within it.
And, like managing to devour each bite of a three-pound Porterhouse, I feel like there should be a prize of some sort for finishing all 10,000-plus words of Pamphilon?s post.
Keep in mind that these following summary comes only from Pamphilon?s allegations and/or recollections.? Fujita, Brees, and Gleason have not yet responded to Pamphilon?s version of the events.
1.? Despite being a member of the Browns, Fujita was present in the room for the Gregg Williams diatribe.? The video that goes with the audio shows Fujita sitting next to Gleason, smiling when players chanted ?give it back!? upon receiving envelopes of cash from the prior weekend?s win over the Lions.
2.? After Williams spoke, Fujita said to Pamphilon, ?I can?t believe I used to be that guy.?
3.? In an interview for Pamphilon?s documentary, The United States of Football, Fujita talked about whether he allow his child to play the game:? ?If I had a son, f?k no I would never let him play football! And this is my journey my wife and I decided to take on.? But I wouldn?t want that for one of my kids.? No way in hell!?
4.? On March 7, Fujita said that he was ?appalled? by the things Williams had said.? But Fujita did not believe at that point the audio should be released.? Still, Fujita admitted to Pamphilon that Fujita was once ?semi-complicit? in the mindset reflected by Williams? words.? Fujita believed that the issue was ?an indictment on the culture of football, a big part of which is still archaic & has yet to evolve.?
5.? Fujita said that he watched the video of Williams? remarks with his wife, that she was ?shocked? by what she heard, and that they both cried while watching it.? ?She said she felt sorry for me that I had been part of something for so long that made me desensitized to the suffering of another,? Fujita told Pamphilon.? ?Her second thought:? People who say things like that to a group of impressionable men, shouldn?t be able to lead a group of impressionable men.?
6.? As of mid-March, Fujita still believed that Pamphilon should not release the audio, because of the stress it was creating for Steve Gleason and his wife, Michel.
7.? Eventually, the NFLPA learned of the audio.? Fujita told Pamphilon that the union plans to make the NFL aware of the existence of the tape, apparently as part of the ?rogue coach? defense.? Pamphilon claimed that the NFL would be able to connect the dots back to him, which caused him to have ?personal safety concerns,? if the tape were not publicly released.
8.? Pamphilon received a text message from Brees, who ?wanted to reassure? Pamphilon.? Brees also asked, ?How are you feeling??
9.? As of a week later, Pamphilon had again decided to drop the issue.? On April 2, Fujita ?re-engage[d]? Pamphilon, inquiring as to his ?vision? for the release of the tape.? He later tells Pamphilon via text, ?I?m convinced the league doesn?t really have sh-t on anybody.?
10.? On April 3, NFLPA lawyer Heather McPhee suggested via Fujita that, while the union wouldn?t tell Pamphilon to release the tape, if he were still considering doing so, he ?might want to do it ?the sooner the better.??? At that point, Pamphilon called Mike Silver of Yahoo! Sports, laying the foundation for releasing the Gregg Williams audio.
11.? Fujita told Pamphilon that Brees agrees the audio should be released the ?sooner the better.?? Fujita continued to offer words of support and encouragement.
12.? On the evening of April 3, Brees called Pamphilon.? Instead of saying ?the sooner the better,? Brees says we need to ?wait for the right time? to release the audio.? Pamphilon says it?s too late to stop the process.
13.? The next day, Brees left Pamphilon a voice message, asking for a copy of the essay Pamphilon planned to post on his website when the audio was released.? Pamphilon ultimately refused, and Gleason then told Pamphilon that what he planned to do is ?illegal? and that Gleason wa not giving permission for the audio to be released.
14.? On April 14, Fujita recommendeds that Pamphilon not cooperate with the league.? ?I would ignore the NFL if I were you,? Fujita said via text message.? ?They clearly want the tapes to see if there?s anything they can use to further implicate players, mainly because they don?t have sh-t, other than heresay [sic] and anecdotal evidence of tough talk.? I?ve been denying their request for an interview for weeks now because there?s nothing good that can come out of that.? That?s why it?ll be hilarious when I show up at their offices on Monday with the rest of the Executive Committee to discuss other issues.? No more NFL talk.? F?k them.?
15.? On May 17, Pamphilon went to the league office and played a portion of the video of Williams? comments for NFL Security.? Pamphilon also allowed NFL Security to listen to the audiotapes.? In return, he asked the NFL to stop disseminating ?incorrect information about me to anymore lapdog league journalists.?
16.? Pamphilon describes ?the final straw? as Fujita?s comments to the media on May 23.? He points to Fujita?s assertion that the Williams audio ?wasn?t evidence of anything, other than a coach saying some inappropriate things.?? Says Pamphilon:? ?When he said that the tape wasn?t evidence of anything, I that felt like he stuck his football helmet up my ass and through my ribcage.? It hurt that much.? If this? was true, then why did we spend so much time and energy on this issue?? Why did it resonate so strongly with our culture, including those who don?t cheer for the home team on Sunday?s?? This was the first time he had spoken on-camera since the Bounty Gate scandal broke.? It was two and a half months since he and his wife were crying in bed and lamenting the fact that he had been ?semi-complicit? in a football culture that ?desensitized? him to the suffering of another.?
Of those 10,000-plus words, nine are particularly damning for Fujita:? ?I can?t believe I used to be that guy.?
Fujita could deny that he said the words, and that he said or did anything else that would represent an admission of past involvement in a bounty program.? But it?s safe to say that Pamphilon will soon be asked to testify at the eventual appeal hearings.
From the players? perspective, that could be the best strategy.? Given Pamphilon?s inability to be concise, his testimony could last long enough to allow each of them to finish their NFL careers before the hearings end.
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Thursday, May 31, 2012
Death To The Dock Connector? Apple Is Looking For A Connector Design Engineer
Could Apple really be looking to end their longstanding affair with the 30-pin Dock Connector? It's been a move that's been rumored for years, and a job opening at Cupertino for a Connector Design Engineer adds a bit of fuel to that fire. This person will be "responsible for managing multiple connector designs and developments in support of the iPod product lines." It goes on to describe that this task will "involve adaptation of existing connectors or complete new designs." It's apparently important enough to Apple that they've got another, very similar listing on their jobs page.johnny jolly demi moore and ashton kutcher demi moore and ashton kutcher jerry sandusky interview white house shooting internet censorship sveum
Three things that hurt US vs. Brazil
- Where the big problem on the U.S. back line lies now
Remember when we all sat around straining our brains to fix the gaping hole along the back line, the one at left back? Timmy Chandler came along ? and then dumped us like a cheating girlfriend. No matter, though, because Fabian Johnson rode in to the timely rescue. The Hoffenheim man has little wrong over two matches, strong in one-on-one defending, reasonably well positioned, troublesome on the attack, etc.
But there?s still a bugger of a problem back there; the trouble spot just shifted into the middle.
I?ve already written the early, brutal details about Oguchi Onyewu?s night to forget. He was a little better in the second half ? until the moment when he was late stepping forward, leaving Tim Howard stranded to stop an unchallenged shot that turned into No. 4.
Carlos Bocanegra still has something to offer, but his speed will become an increasingly liability unless Jurgen Klinsmann can find a quality partner to situate alongside him, one with a little more speed. Maybe it?s Clarence Goodson. Or maybe it can be Cameron with a little more top-level experience.
Either way, the case is being built that it just isn?t Onyewu.
- The imperfect midfield fix
The United States still has spots that are weak and vulnerable. Center back is not the only one.
The midfield mix was good enough against Scotland, but suffered severely Wednesday. Much of the trouble can be traced to Jermaine Jones, who lost too many balls, took way too long to catch the pace of the game (much faster than Saturdays) and wasn?t in the right spots, providing the requisite cover at the moments his team needed it most.
Meanwhile, Michael Bradley had another strong match. Mostly, at any rate.
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Match report: United States 1-4 Brazil?
Bradley gets PST?s USMNT Man of the Match
There are times when Bradley didn?t move out of the center channel to pressure (or better yet, forcefully eliminate) a Brazilian advance. It underscores a point I think we?re all learning: he?s not a defensive midfielder. Not that he can?t be serviceable there, but it?s not Bradley?s ideal positioning.
Bradley has evolved into a two-way man, and a darn good one. I know the Jose Torres backers may take issue, but Bradley is the best passer on the U.S. team. His ball into Fabian Johnson to start the U.S. goal was pinpoint perfect. Looking back over his body of work in the U.S. shirt, who can deny what he offers going forward, in arranging goals and scoring them?
The three-man arrangement looked better Saturday when Edu was the holding screener and Bradley?s starting positions were higher up the field. (Wednesday, Edu and Jones played ahead of Bradley in the triangle.)
- Too much whining, not enough ?getting on with it.?
The United States looked a little undone by the early penalty kick decision. Good call or bad, they have to get past it.
Landon Donovan was complaining too much, throwing his arms around when he needed total focus on that bunch of yellow wizards. He must have thought he was back in the L.A. Galaxy uniform; they do a lot of that stuff.
Donovan struggled to get anything going against Marcelo, among the globe?s top left backs, so some frustration may be understandable. Then again, as the most experienced U.S. man, he?s got to provide a better example.
Jones kicked into his bad old habit of lashing out temperamentally, crunching Neymar along the sideline.
Bradley has trimmed that petulant element from his game, and thankfully so. Jones, 30, may be what he is, unable to turn that stuff off at this point. It?s another reason Klinsmann would do well to keep looking for a third central midfielder.
Bottom line: this is big boy soccer, and the stakes will rise dramatically in just over a week. Things won?t always go the U.S. way, and they just have to get on with it.
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