How is it that I can download a FIFA update? Mind blown.

Can't avoid updates even when PSN is down! 21st century living.

Iga_Bobovic said:

robio said:

Iga_Bobovic said:

About Anonymous, there is no such thing as Anonymous organisation. It has no structure, no leaders, no application forms. It simply does not exist. There are only individuals and should be treated like that.

Depends on who you believe. A few interviews were put out recently after the PSN attack and a couple members have stated that while there is not a leader there is a council that makes decisions on what targets or sites to attack.

Calling BS on that. There are no such things as members either. I can now proclaim that I am Anonymous, you can do the same. You can attack PSN while I claim I did not do it. So which one is Anonymous? Both? None? Heck we can start working together and make councils and stuff and call ourselves Anonymous. Anonymous does not exist, it is just an idea that started as a joke. They are an easy scape goat.

I'll agree that they are an easy scape goat, and likely get blameor credited for things that had nothing to do with them.  But I still think there's enough evidence out there between IRC chat logs and a public announcements that shows there is some loosely organized group doing cyber attacks. Though I doubt it's as large as it's been portrayed and most "members" aren't responsible for more than hacking a GeoCities page.  

COD MW3 details

The single player story will kick off moments after the cliffhanger ending of Modern Warfare 2 with the US attempting to repel a surprise Russian attack.



It's said to feature around 15 missions taking in global locations including New York, Paris and London.



The site reports: "The single-player campaign will ping-pong players around the world as they take on the multiple throwaway roles as a Russian Federal Protective Services agent, SAS Operative, tank gunner, and AC-130 gunner as well as key characters from previous instalments and new recurring characters."



Kotaku's sources suggest "the game will reshape the landscape of the Call of Duty franchise by introducing a number of eclectic settings, deep multiplayer gaming and a story that ties up nearly all loose ends from previous titles, including the final moments of key figures in the series' history".



It'll also introduce new characters "who appear to be destined for future Modern Warfare games".



A slightly spoilerific list of game locations named by Kotaku follows. DO NOT READ IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO KNOW WHERE THE GAME TAKES YOU. NO CHARACTER / PLOT INFORMATION IS INCLUDED:



* Dharmasala, India


* New York, New York


* A plane transporting the president of Russia


* A town in Sierra Leone


* London, England


* Mogadishu, Somalia


* Hamburg, Germany


* Paris, France


* Prague, Czech Republic


* A castle in the Czech mountains


* Berlin, Germany


* The Kremlin in Moscow, Russia


* Dubai, United Arab Emirates


* Washington. D.C.



The site also leaked major details surrounding the game's multiplayer component and the return of the popular Spec Ops mode.

I don't know much about Russian games, but I did have a friend who grew up in Soviet Russia in the 80's before the cold war ended (or was ending). We were talking about childhood cartoons, and the only one she could remember was about a witch dressed up in red, white, and blue that was trying to steal the Olympics. Not exactly Tex Avery, but I'm sure it was good.

robio said:

I don't know much about Russian games, but I did have a friend who grew up in Soviet Russia in the 80's before the cold war ended (or was ending). We were talking about childhood cartoons, and the only one she could remember was about a witch dressed up in red, white, and blue that was trying to steal the Olympics. Not exactly Tex Avery, but I'm sure it was good.

I once saw a documentary about the propaganda the US made about Russians and the propaganda the USSR made. The propaganda in the US was based about fear, they have had the red scare back then. In the Soviet union, they just ignored everything. Even back then the US had fear mongering in their media.

gamingeek said:

C'mon these blockbuster games are like blockbuster movies, of course the US would be in peril and it will be a nationlistic game. What else would it be? They have to pick an enemy too and its either aliens or a real world country and movie and gamer makers will always go with old enemies and all that.

I did specifically mention movies in my original post. And what else could it be? It could be like Hong Kong cinema, where a cop shoots everything in sight. It could be set in a fantasy world, it could be many things. Why has the movie be about the US anyways. Lord of the Ring was not and it did pretty well in the box office. Why must American movie have these stupid flag waving BS? It is not clever it is just nationalistic propaganda. Serbian movies for instance are always very cynical with black, black humour. If Sebia would make a movie about flag waving,there would be an outrage. Yet when America does it, then it is just patriotic. Hypocrisy! I mean look at Captain America, how natiolistic do you have to be to invent thatlame character and even take it seriously?

Did someone in Hollywood make a movie about the Native American genocide? Kinda like Shindler's list, but instead with Indians!

Its not everywhere like that. I remember people in New York talking about the European Cup in football when I was there. And a doorman, talking about all the good Dutch football players. Some cities like New York are very cosmopolitan, but there is big part, like everything in the middle and Florida, that is just scary.

Being patriotic can be good, but its also like religion....an easy way to brainwash people into a large group. And just like people that are religious fanatics, I find people who are ultra patriotic to the point of thinking their country can do no wrong, pretty fucking blind and scary.

Sonic Colors! Sweet. And Vanquish did very well too, great to see. Platinum is here to stay, best move Sega has done in years.

What is up with all these OoT trailers, we know what it is, stop wasting money advertising it to us, everyone will get it. How about focus on the Zelda game no one knows about.

edgecrusher said:

Being patriotic can be good, but its also like religion....an easy way to brainwash people into a large group. And just like people that are religious fanatics, I find people who are ultra patriotic to the point of thinking their country can do no wrong, pretty fucking blind and scary.

You are probably right. Just an easy way to make money and the Americans are 'patriotic' so basically you get the movies you deserve.

Dvader said:

Iga_Bobovic said:

So why is it always the Russians attacking the USA? The cold war has ended ages ago and it is the good old US of A that is doing the attacking other countries thing. Do the Russians make games where you have to have to fend of an attack of Nato? Do Polish make games that have you uprising against the Soviet empire? Why is everything in America so natiolistic and warlike? Not just games, but also movies and other media. Polish make awesome stuff Like the Witcher. Ukranians make S.t.a.l.k.e.r. Shadow of Chernobyl and the soon to be announced sequel Shadow of Fukushima (too soon?) and Metro 2033 is also made by a Ukraine developer.

American 'dudebro' games seem to be so juvenile comparison. Am I wrong?

And Americans can make games like Portal, Uncharted, Metroid Prime and others that have nothing to do with war. Did you play Vanquish, its Russia trying to take out the US as well (well the US was plenty evil in that game as well) thats a Japanese game.

Do Russians make games... no. Thats your answer. They made Tetris which is a good place to quit.

The problem is that most US devs make shooters, that is what is popular so we get a ton of war games and the cold war plot is still a very interesting one. Terrorist cells and going after oil makes for a terrible epic story, you need a big bad guy, the last big bad guy was Russia. Its why we still see a million WW2 games cause it had the greatest bad guys the world has ever known.

If you have not noticed, Americans love guns. YEEHAW *shoots in the air*

No one said it was the only thing they made. And Vanquish is a bad example, Platinum wanted to make a game the west liked. So the Japanese also think you are war mongering savages. And calling the Russians the last big bad guy is pretty simplistic worldview. And the Cold War was boring, the fact that you do not glow in the dark, is testament to that.