MonstroUK

It's a perfectly cromulent word...

I like Jim. I've had professional interactions with him and I've spoken to him in private.

He is a genuinely nice guy who does everything he does for the right reason. He doesn't do stuff for the hits, his heart is in the work he does.

That doesn't mean however that I agree with everything he says. I just happen to on this occasion.

I do however have to take issue with your comment in the op:

"Jim is trying to argue that games don't need multiplayer and don't need DLC."

He isn't doing this at all. He's saying games don't need to have multiplayer to be good or sell well. Multiplayer and dlc isn't a pre-requisite for being good and players will buy games that don't have either. This is why he uses Metro, Bioshock and Dead Space 2 as examples. All three are, or have previously been, incredibly strong single player experiences that don't need tacked on mutliplayer in order to sell or check a box off on a marketing teams list.

That's the point he's trying to make.

I love open world games. It's my favourite style of game. They have produced some of the most satisfying game mechanics this generation and I see no sign of that changeine once developers have even more power and experience to throw into the mix (next generation).

That said I have bought one AC game and that was Brotherhood. Anything else I want to get out of AC can be found on YouTube.

Make of that what you will.

6 Gears, 48 Hours and a Hollows Worth of Dead Grubs!

The Gears of War trilogy may have wrapped itself up this past September, but for 6 men in Scotland the war is far from over.

On November 18th through the 20th 6 Gears fans will be undertaking a mission so unthinkable that even Marcus Fenix would have to bark ‘COME ON!’ to the skies of Sera.

48 consecutive hours of Insanity level Horde Mode. Why? For charity of course. In this case said charity is the Skylight Miscarriage Organisation – www.skylightmiscarriage.org.uk (Charity Code: SC045573)

The entire event will be live streamed on Justin.tv – www.justin.tv/horde4charity as well as live tweeted on the [B]Gears 4 Charity Twitter[/B] – [url=www.twitter.com/horde4charity]www.twitter.com/horde4charity[/url] and live blogged on their Facebook page - www.facebook.com/Horde4Charity.

Everyone is encouraged to watch, tweet and post to the team and donations during the event will be possible via PayPal.

So what are you waiting for? Clear your weekend, sit back, grab those snacks, crank open that wallet and prepare to watch 6 increasingly insane Gears fanatics chainsaw the Locust Horde a new one!

About The Gears

The 6 combatants taking part in the 48 hour Horde 4 Charity event are:

Sean Kiddie - @sokar4

Medical Laboratory Assistant, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, Scotland

Colin Henderson - @i_colin

Currently Unemployed

Alistair Cowan - @cowan85

Technical Support Operative at BT, Dundee, Scotland

Kyle Hatch - @kylehatch85

Coder for Noodlfroot Games

Stephen King - @stephenking85

QA Technician at Outplay Entertainment

Neil Castle - @neilcastle

Community Manager at Outplay Entertainment

Razor Wire!

Me neither.

I only need the Narwhal quest now but none of the videos are giving me quest progress.

Has anyone snagged There Goes A Narwhal! yet? It mentions daily wrap up vids but they haven't appeared yet.

I want one. I know I got burnt on the PSP but blerggh.

Fettel has a few things to say in this brand new F.E.A.R. 3 trailer fresh off the production line.