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@Jeff said:

I feel like the only games I play on my phone/iPad these days are multiplayer Boggle clones, so it feels a little weird to be excited for yet another mutliplayer word game, but I remember really liking Word Fighter when me, Brad, and Patrick played it like... a year ago? Anyway, they changed the name to Writer Rumble and it's finally launching this Thursday. No mention of the Android version, though.

Also of note: it's super weird that it's being published by GameFly, but good on them (or good on Garnett, I guess, who is the Director of Publishing for that arm of the company) for picking up what looked to be an awesome little game.

I remember seeing this before I had an iPhone and being jealous that I wouldn't be able to play it on my droid I used to have. Fast forward a year or so and now I own an iPhone and can actually play it! Really excited about this one!

@Devildoll said:

I have a couple of comments on those tweets

#1reasonwhy because when I tell people I'm a designer, I without fail get "Really? You don't look like you play games. Guys must love you."

— Alexis(@VernaVenisa) November 27, 2012

that's totally how i would react if I found out a chick played games.

not in a condensing way, but excited and awestruck.

why? cause for me that isn't common, 0 out of the 95 people on my steam friends list are chicks.

I've probably interacted with 5 chicks that game all in all since the 90's ( ingame and multiple times with the same person I mean )

#1reasonwhy: Because gamers assumed I was a 'booth babe' at a games convention, and always asked my male colleague the "serious" questions.

— Amiz4Eva (@Amiz4Eva) November 27, 2012

I never automatically figure that someone was a booth babe just because they were a chick, especially if she wasn't a walking ad for the game.

I would probably still not have the balls to talk with her (too nervous), and would most probably ask the guys instead.

#1reasonwhy Because at a games networking event, someone asked for my business card and proceeded to flirt via text the next morning.

— Kristen Halloran (@anetherealtwist) November 27, 2012

A lot of flirting happens at "networking events"

Asking for someone's "business" card and then using it to flirt without displaying that intention initially, might be a bit dodgy though.

Does these things make me sexist?

Hope not.

And you are referring to them as "chicks." I'm pretty sure that falls under condescending in women's eyes. Just say, "that's totally how I would react if I found out a woman played games."

I'm new to the whole forza scene but would love to learn from you guys. I just signed up fro GB2. Hope to see you guys in game.

I wouldn't say "hella" game bugs, but definitely some. I had the no lip movement of the captain on the ship and one time I had to restart a checkpoint in order for a mission to progress, but it's nothing out of the ordinary for a game that is brand new. I'm sure they will patch in some fixes soon.

And they're gone...

@Imsorrymsjackson said:

Does anyone actually own and play a Vita, I thought that thing was dead in the water.

It's alive and well. It's actually got some really good games on the system, they are just few and far between. I love my Vita and the handful of games I play on it. More will come, but I doubt it will ever be the success that Nintendo handhelds are.

@JasonR86 said:

@ImmortalSaiyan said:

There is already a thread on this.

Also Tom is looking for page views. And he writes like a person who would write a political speech.

This is the bottom line. Journalists post stuff like this to get people talking and their blood boiling. When their blood boils, they rant. When they rant, they provide links to the source of their frustration. When the provide links, people click, pageviews jump, advertisers pay, and the boss is happy.

The original Mass Effect got it's claws into my pretty tightly but the other 2 didn't do the same, much to my dismay. I played the first one at least 5 times but 2 only got 2 playthroughs and I haven't even finished the third one yet because I just got bored of it.

Besides ME1, Fallout 3 was a huge obsession of mine as was Oblivion.

While I never got addicted like the people you hear who lose their jobs and relationships, I did spend a metric fuckton of time in WoW so that is up there on my playtime/addiction level list.

Below is what was sent back to Jeff when he commented on the patch notes on twitter. Apparently Microsoft will allow a broken game at release if you guarantee a day 1 patch and pay some extra money.

https://twitter.com/manveerheir/status/260597966476300288

The person replying to Jeff is from BioWare btw.

I'm sure there is some psych survey game publishers have done that found that higher numbers equate to better feelings towards a game. I work in the advertising industry and you'd be surprised some of the things people can learn about users based on their buying/browsing methods. I'm sure somewhere along the line game publishers did something similar.