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Thursday
11Jun

The Homeless Sims

Meet Alice and Kev - the homeless Sims, created and chronicled by Robin Burkinshaw, a Game Design student in the UK.

Over at Alice and Kev : The Story of Being Homeless in the Sims 3 you can follow the heartbreaking story of this manic father raising his sweet but underprivileged daughter in an abandoned park. 

It's really amazing how the A.I. in the Sims, while obviously caricaturing the personalities of the simulated humans, still manages to somewhat realistically mimic the plight of the downtrodden. 

Games as art?  Games as social critique and analyzation?  If not yet, then soon.  And I think I'm going to have to go pick up a copy of the Sims 3 soon.

Thursday
11Jun

Deal Day

Over at Amazon they are offering the 80 GB Playstation 3 for $50 off - Today only!  So go grab one if you're not a proud PS3 owner yet and have been considering the idea.

Also, through June 14th, Peggle is $0.99 for the iPhone/iPod Touch.  Pick that up for sure if you haven't already, because - Peggle=Perfection.

That is all.

Tuesday
09Jun

Post-E3 Super Swag Giveaway!

Wow, look at all that gameity-goodness.  By all accounts, the distribution of swag at this year's E3 was lacking compared to previous years (well, except the last two), but I did manage to get my hands on some pretty sweet stuff to give away.  So, for Southern Gamer's first official giveaway, here's what I want you to do:

Record your opinion of what the best announcement of E3 was (this can be a video clip , an audio recording, a stop-motion mocumentary with CGI special effects and your best friend Tom Cruise playing your sidekick, etc. - bottom line is that I want a recording of some kind.)  The Swag is tiered thusly:

1 Grand Prize: A copy of Battlefield 1943 for the PS3 and a Battlefield 1943 T-shirt

1 First Prize: A copy of Battlefield 1943 for the PS3

2 Second Prizes: A key for the Uncharted 2 : Among Thieves Multiplayer beta (ends June 28th) for PS3

1 Third Prize: A Left 4 Dead 2 poster (and some other assorted swag)

1 Fourth Prize: A Southern Gamer T-shirt (and some other assorted swag)

And, a few other Southern Gamer knick-knacks may be sprinkled in with all of the prizes.

All submissions must in some way mention the "Southern Gamer Post-E3 Swag Giveaway" just so I can make sure they are legitimate entries and not material created before the posting of this contest.

Email your entries to southerngamer[at]gmail[dot]com, with the subject line "Southern Gamer Post-E3 Swag Giveaway".  Video entries must be uploaded to Youtube, with the link provided in your email.  Audio entries must be under 5 MB, but may be attached to the email.  And, if you can come up with something other than a video or audio clip, then your chances for winning the Grand Prize are that much greater - remember, I'm looking for creative/humorous/intelligent entries.  Thinking outside of the box can only help your chances.

The deadline is 10:00 PM CST, June 14th.  Winners will be notified by 10:00 PM CST, June 15th.

Good luck!

Tuesday
09Jun

Is the single player game a thing of the past?

I didn't get to go to E3 like some people,  so I'm forced to get my game-related news closer to home:

Big time consultant, social media expert, and closet gamer David Griner loves his single player games. On the normally social media focused blog The Social Path he has an excellent post about the future of single player experience in games. Check out the thoughtful piece here.

 

Thursday
04Jun

Interview with Charles Martinet - The Voice of Mario

I had the great pleasure of getting a quick interview with Charles "It's-a-Me, Mario!" Martinet.  He is an incredibly nice guy and offered far more than I could have asked for in my first "real" interview.  Check it out below:

Edit: And the internet is once again confounding me.  Somehow the sound got out of sync after getting uploaded to Youtube.  I'll work on fixing it later.

Thursday
04Jun

Day 2 Pictures

File formats and internet connectivity issues are still impeding my attempts to upload video from these past two days.  Luckily, pictures are working okay - so here are some more. (Click the image for the entire gallery) Enjoy!

Wednesday
03Jun

Mario Galaxy 2

We're just about to head to the show floor for day 2 of E3, but before that, I wanted to post a quick trailer of Super Mario Galaxy 2... because, well, it's awesome.  Check it out.

I still have the video from the Sony Press Conference converting to an editable format (the one caveat of the Creative Vado HD is that it only records in AVI, and of course, iMovie, or even Quicktime for that matter, won't recognize the files).  Seriously, Creative - you need to work on this.

Wednesday
03Jun

E3 in Pictures

Well, due to an uncooperative computer, and in lieu of some full-fledged video content (including some of the Sony Press Conference) please enjoy this gallery of pictures taken during our first day walk-through of the L.A. Convention Center.   Video later - I promise.