Yes, I’m here to admit it. I’m a COD4 freak! I can’t get enough of the game. I’m a rank 40 Colonel as of today and I finally got my P90. If I can only get that .50 sniper rifle I would be all set. I’m probably not too different [...]

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I spoke with some representatives at Toshiba about the current status of HD-DVD. I expressed my discontent with the format war and then asked them what their plans were for the format. They basically stated that they are going to continue supporting and marketing the HD-DVD product. Paramount and Universal have no [...]

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So the wishful thinking begins again. You don’t have to wonder why so many Xbox 360 gamers would love Metal Gear Solid 4 to go multiplatform. The series has had a huge success on many platforms from MSX to the Xbox. Konami has made millions of dollars on this franchise but [...]

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I made a prediction in an article back in October explaining my reasons why Playstation 3 will come in 3rd this holiday for sales.  I stated 5 reasons to back my claims and now that Christmas is over, we can revisit the sales of December to see who came in first, second and third.

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So thebitbag.com was finally born. I threw it into the sea of hundreds of other gaming sites. Wordpress was my savior and gave me the content management system I wish I had years ago. I could easily add content via an admin panel and it would save it to a database. [...]

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Well here I am, doing the whole video game journalism thing again. I never thought I would be doing this again, but I was urged ad nauseam by my friends and colleagues to get back on the horse. Many times when I see readers comment about thebitbag.com, it’s usually prefaced by “Who is thebitbag anyways?”. [...]

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I would assume that anyone reading this article has heard, at least in passing, of what will quite possibly be later known by some variation of The Eidos/Gamespot Infamy, or perhaps more correctly, The Great Gerstmann Incident. Needless to say, while the actual reasons for Mr. Gerstmann’s dismissal will forever remain behind the closed [...]

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So yeah, I’m 37 years old, and I write videogame reviews.
*pause for the audience to point and laugh*
One funny thing about the video game culture (I think it’s big enough that I don’t have to call it a sub-culture anymore) is that the whole no-lifer geek stereotype image is damnably pervasive. It’s pretty amazing [...]

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Well Black Friday is passed and if tradition serves correctly, it’s the day that sets the trends for the holidays.  How was the console war affected by Black Friday?  Word on the streets is that Wii’s are still hard to find, Xbox Premium and Elite  systems are nowhere to be found and PS3 systems are [...]

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Assassin’s Creed has finally hit the store shelves. What a wonderful achievement in next generation gaming it is. Like all great games, Assassin’s Creed had it’s fair share of love from the press. We’ve seen tons of footage, interviews, trailers and commercials. Along with most of the hoopla that surrounded AC, [...]

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The post Thanksgiving holiday battle is about to begin.  At the end of the Christmas season, electronic behemoths Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo will be counting the numbers so they can post their stats all over the interwebs and news stations.  I made my own predictions some time ago as to who will come in 3rd.  Some news [...]

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I truly think that Apple makes THE best hardware in the computer industry. While I hate the fact that their mice only have one button, I can’t think of any other company that makes peripherals, computers and MP3 players that are as solid as Apples. I’ve dogged the MAC many times and didn’t [...]

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I’m totally vexed by the fact that PS3 games aren’t selling as well as they should be.  PS3 fanboys are raging animals and support Sony with the fury of the gods.  There are no fans as rabid as PS3 fans, but their software attach rate is alarming…in a bad way.

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Console wars date as far back as 1989 when the Sega Genesis dropped.  Remember the blast processing ads featuring Sonic?  Sega and Nintendo went at it pretty hard, trumping each other every step of the way.  Sega pretty much held it’s own until Street Fighter II was released on the Super NES.  While it didn’t kill [...]

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Nintendo has done an amazing thing with the Wii.  It’s so amazing that I still don’t understand how they did it.  They took existing Gamecube hardware, upgraded it, repackaged it and added the Wiimote.  They threw in a free game called Wii Sports and now every mother, grandmother, aunt, uncle, father and grandfather who never [...]

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