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Apple Hires Nintendo Specialist From IGN to Manage App Store Gaming Content
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Nintendo?!?
great... all this work, and we get the freaking NINTENDO guy.
In order to get people to take iphone gaming seriously... you get the evangelist for the jokiest platform ever.
i don't follow this guy... but anyone who is excited about Wii gaming isn't really into gaming.
great... all this work, and we get the freaking NINTENDO guy.
In order to get people to take iphone gaming seriously... you get the evangelist for the jokiest platform ever.
i don't follow this guy... but anyone who is excited about Wii gaming isn't really into gaming.
Kudos!
I think Matt will do a great job. I've been a huge fan of IGN for over a decade and if you've actually read any of his work, you'd know he owns and plays multiple platforms, and is very strict about the quality of games. I think he's the perfect choice. Let's just hope we can get beyond the 8.9 thing.
I think Matt will do a great job. I've been a huge fan of IGN for over a decade and if you've actually read any of his work, you'd know he owns and plays multiple platforms, and is very strict about the quality of games. I think he's the perfect choice. Let's just hope we can get beyond the 8.9 thing.
so whether you browse through iTunes, iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad, the games content you see will be handpicked and organized by me and my team.
What the hell does this mean?! The games on the app store are arranged by how much they sell/how popular they are. If a game sells 2million its top of the list No.2 is 1.999.999 and so on... You can't "Pick" what goes on the charts!!! What the hell is he talking about?
The featured list maybe?
Exactly. Even the games that sell well on the charts aren't necessarily the best games. Matt is a good and strict but fair game critic and his expertise will transfer well to picking what games should be in the featured section and which should not.
Hopefully beyond this, he has a say as to how the section is organized. Finally, with his contacts in the development community he can help preview exciting new content coming to the store.
LOL! Typical fps "gamer", right? Nobody else exists, right? Nintendo's platforms have only sold like 12 games in the past 16 years, anyway.
Matt's title includes Editorial. So...."Content" in his quote may refer to reviews, not the games themselves. But since it is a new department, more or less, he probably doesn't even know exactly what it will be, nor Steve or whomever actually hired him.
Yeah, I'd assume Apple is really going to boost their games section. Possibly having reviews of games and ranking them based on this (while still offering a ranking based upon popularity and grossing).
If you think about it, this would serve to help Apple and developers by allowing people to find out what games are actually worth their money.
Most people (myself included) see all the 99c and free games and can't really find the nicer, better designed games because they're more expensive and no one really wants to try them (and possibly waste money on them).
This would also look better to people trying to find out whether they should buy an iPhone/iPod or some other device. (if they're interested in playing games on their device)
I will miss Matt's reviews of the Nintendo market. However, I spend most of my time browsing things about Apple anyways, so I totally welcome him. This just means I get to see a lot more of his work now.
Welcome, Matt!
Welcome, Matt!
While he has focused on Nintendo, he is definitely a hardcore gamer. Go read some of his stuff. He's a stickler for game quality and is thorough in his reviews.
wrt to "jokiest platform ever": Apple's gaming platform is similar to Nintendo's. The Wii was meant as a "gaming console for the rest of us." They successfully expanded the gaming market while Sony and Microsoft are focusing the market on the hardcore gamers. The iPhone OS is mostly a "casual gaming" platform and Nintendo stands to lose the most against Apple. If someone is going to understand Apple's market, it's likely going to be a "Nintendo guy".
True, Nintendo did sacrifice gaming sophistication and quality for mass market appeal -- kind of like Michael Bay movies -- and I suppose, at least from Matt's perspective (perhaps), Nintendo's crash and burn for kiddie trash games was a happy accident that sort of made him the ideal guy for the job -- ironic, considering how he's publicly admonished Nintendo so many times for the crap they're producing, and in the process become what Apple perceives as a sort of expert on mass market crap.
I have a hunch that this is a more executive-type position that will lead to even more opportunities. Good for him.
And I hope Apple ultimately kicks Nintendo's azz. At least Apple hasn't completely lost their gaming soul for the almighty dollar, promising a renewed focus on hardcore games that in actuality could only be described as scratching the hardcore surface of what they once were.
Can you tell I despise Nintendo?
Still, and again, good luck to Matt. I'm sure he's abandoning Nintendo with not an ounce of guilt.
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A couple of Matt's reviews:
http://wii.ign.com/articles/833/833298p1.html
http://wii.ign.com/articles/815/815424p1.html
http://wii.ign.com/articles/746/746691p1.html
Yeah, Matt really must hate Nintendo.
Apple hasn't completely lost their soul for gaming? Last I checked Apple didn't care about gaming AT ALL until the app store. Which if I remember correctly they didn't even like the fact that they are marketing the iPod Touch as a gaming machine.
If it wasn't for Nintendo games today likely wouldn't exist. Nintendo is the only company that makes video games and does nothing else. If Nintendo ever goes the industry takes a nose dive. You should pay a little more respect to the company that single-handedly took gaming out of the it's death and brought it back to life.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuEStYqIfbc
16:20
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A couple of Matt's reviews:
http://wii.ign.com/articles/833/833298p1.html
http://wii.ign.com/articles/815/815424p1.html
http://wii.ign.com/articles/746/746691p1.html
Yeah, Matt really must hate Nintendo.
Apple hasn't completely lost their soul for gaming? Last I checked Apple didn't care about gaming AT ALL until the app store. Which if I remember correctly they didn't even like the fact that they are marketing the iPod Touch as a gaming machine.
If it wasn't for Nintendo games today likely wouldn't exist. Nintendo is the only company that makes video games and does nothing else. If Nintendo ever goes the industry takes a nose dive. You should pay a little more respect to the company that single-handedly took gaming out of the it's death and brought it back to life.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuEStYqIfbc
16:20
Dude. Are your fingers red from all that cherry pickin’? If so, sad for you. You’re cherry picking the wrong references. A video game review is hardly the place for a critical look at a game maker. Think editorial. Think feature story. Think opinion of company, not opinion of game. To conflate the two is to do yourself a disservice in this debate.
I mean really. Work it out:
http://wii.ign.com/articles/933/933583p1.html
It took me 10 seconds to Google that article, and it’s actually relevant to my original point.
Apple hasn’t lost their gaming soul, because they never claimed to have one in the first place. I don’t care what a company stands for, as long as their quality (and to a lesser degree, brand) remains consistent. I love Apple for their devices, and I couldn’t care less whether or not they provide for quality gaming software or gaming shovelware.
I have no idea how to respond to the sweeping and inaccurate generalizations in your final paragraph. Sure, Nintendo was once a great company. I’ll even say they’re still a good company, if you don’t mind shovel crap. I’ll even say they still know how to innovate and create decent mobile games. But when it comes to classic, challenging, sophisticated gaming, well shoot -- ha ha -- 98% of their games don’t remotely compete with Bioshock or any other three or four dozen games spread across the 360 or PS3. It’s not even close.
Oh my gosh, but I guess I better stop praying to my own personal deity and start praying to Nintendo. After all, based on your comments, it appears Nintendo knows a thing or two about resurrection, too.
Keep an eye on the mail. I’m shipping you a big silver plate, the one upon which you were just served.
PS This is all tongue in cheek and in fun. Don’t take it too seriously. Just remember, we’ve all got a right to an opinion, and I respect everyone’s right to hold one, even when it appears to be based on something other than just the facts.
Wow, so he writes one article on how Nintendo was missing a big game for holiday 2008 and I guess that means he hates Nintendo as a company? Lol.Dude. Are your fingers red from all that cherry pickin? If so, sad for you. Youre cherry picking the wrong references. A video game review is hardly the place for a critical look at a game maker. Think editorial. Think feature story. Think opinion of company, not opinion of game. To conflate the two is to do yourself a disservice in this debate.
I mean really. Work it out:
http://wii.ign.com/articles/933/933583p1.html
It took me 10 seconds to Google that article, and its actually relevant to my original point.
Apple hasnt lost their gaming soul, because they never claimed to have one in the first place. I dont care what a company stands for, as long as their quality (and to a lesser degree, brand) remains consistent. I love Apple for their devices, and I couldnt care less whether or not they provide for quality gaming software or gaming shovelware.
I have no idea how to respond to the sweeping and inaccurate generalizations in your final paragraph. Sure, Nintendo was once a great company. Ill even say theyre still a good company, if you dont mind shovel crap. Ill even say they still know how to innovate and create decent mobile games. But when it comes to classic, challenging, sophisticated gaming, well shoot -- ha ha -- 98% of their games dont remotely compete with Bioshock or any other three or four dozen games spread across the 360 or PS3. Its not even close.
Oh my gosh, but I guess I better stop praying to my own personal deity and start praying to Nintendo. After all, based on your comments, it appears Nintendo knows a thing or two about resurrection, too.
Keep an eye on the mail. Im shipping you a big silver plate, the one upon which you were just served.
PS This is all tongue in cheek and in fun. Dont take it too seriously. Just remember, weve all got a right to an opinion, and I respect everyones right to hold one, even when it appears to be based on something other than just the facts.
Hold on... did you just say you don't care if you get shovelware from Apple? Wow, you've got to be kidding me. So the App Store can get filled with shovelware yet you don't care because it's Apple. Give me a break.
Nintendo is a good company if you don't mind "shovelcrap" but you just mentioned that you don't care about shovelware on the App Store. Also I'd like to know how Super Mario Galaxy, Metroid Prime 3, Zelda Twilight Princess, Super Smash Bros Brawl, Punch Out, Wario Land Shake It and New Super Mario Bros Wii are "shovelcrap". I'd also like to see how many iPhone games stand up to the Wii's great third party titles that include No More Heroes 1 & 2, Tatsunoko vs Capcom, Red Steel 2, Madworld, Murumasa: The Demon Blade, Silent Hill Shattered Memories, A Boy and his Blob, Excitebots, House of the Dead: Overkill, Dead Space Extraction and Monster Hunter Tri.
Really, 98% of their games don't compete with Bioshock? Then how come Mario Galaxy has a higher metacritic score then it and is the highest rated exclusive of this generation?
It Gets the Job Done
LMFAO!
I found this bio of Casamaaaaasina on Uncyclopedia:
Born on a stoat farm and subsequently raised by the Village idiot in Simi Valley, California's only trailer park proved to be rough forCasamasamasasamasasina. Considered a social outcast throughout childhood (and well into adulthood), Casamassina often found solace in the comfort of his bedroom; away from the general public he so desparately feared. Alone and reclusive, Casamassina found comfort in a joystick. Not his own, (although some speculate he often multitasked) but in the original Nintendo game system. After unsuccessful attempts to sabotage the few friends that he had with his sarcastic know-it-all wit, or lack thereof, Casamassina finally hit puberty at the tender age of 20 and decided it was time for a change. In order to find a girl, he'd first have to reinvent himself. As the 1980's had come to a close more than a decade before, Casamassina determined that his mullet style hairdo was holding him back. A short trip to supercuts, and Jesus Jones he was no more. While wholly unsuccessful with women in general and with no education to back up his so-called writing career, Casamassina is described as a California talker as he often rants and raves about the benefits of living paycheck to paycheck in state that is slowly dying, culturally and socially (as holds true for Casamassina. Matt quickly grew fond of escapism. Feeling the urge to battle Thetans on distant, galactic space testicles, Matt bought his first Nintendo system with the doubloons he earned as a pirate. He quickly became addicted to his first game, SimOpinion -- a game developed by Will Wright's grandmother -- that, when entered a topic, would generate an opinion. This game is what generated his dream of writing video game reviews.
Matt's catchprase, "It gets the job done" accompanies most of his reviews. It's quite possibly the most ridiculous statement one can make in a review as there would be no point in saying anything else simply because if a game gets the job done... there can't possibly be anything to make the experience worse. However, Matt is exceptionally talented at making the statement work in his reviews, almost blending in quite naturally with his style.
LMFAO!
I found this bio of Casamaaaaasina on Uncyclopedia:
Born on a stoat farm and subsequently raised by the Village idiot in Simi Valley, California's only trailer park proved to be rough forCasamasamasasamasasina. Considered a social outcast throughout childhood (and well into adulthood), Casamassina often found solace in the comfort of his bedroom; away from the general public he so desparately feared. Alone and reclusive, Casamassina found comfort in a joystick. Not his own, (although some speculate he often multitasked) but in the original Nintendo game system. After unsuccessful attempts to sabotage the few friends that he had with his sarcastic know-it-all wit, or lack thereof, Casamassina finally hit puberty at the tender age of 20 and decided it was time for a change. In order to find a girl, he'd first have to reinvent himself. As the 1980's had come to a close more than a decade before, Casamassina determined that his mullet style hairdo was holding him back. A short trip to supercuts, and Jesus Jones he was no more. While wholly unsuccessful with women in general and with no education to back up his so-called writing career, Casamassina is described as a California talker as he often rants and raves about the benefits of living paycheck to paycheck in state that is slowly dying, culturally and socially (as holds true for Casamassina. Matt quickly grew fond of escapism. Feeling the urge to battle Thetans on distant, galactic space testicles, Matt bought his first Nintendo system with the doubloons he earned as a pirate. He quickly became addicted to his first game, SimOpinion -- a game developed by Will Wright's grandmother -- that, when entered a topic, would generate an opinion. This game is what generated his dream of writing video game reviews.
Matt's catchprase, "It gets the job done" accompanies most of his reviews. It's quite possibly the most ridiculous statement one can make in a review as there would be no point in saying anything else simply because if a game gets the job done... there can't possibly be anything to make the experience worse. However, Matt is exceptionally talented at making the statement work in his reviews, almost blending in quite naturally with his style.
You do realise that the iSeries has more 'power' than the PSP or DS?
Its a bloomin touchscreen, with an accelerometer. I can think of plenty of ways you could control a game, making it fun and not sacrificing too much screen real estate.
See above.
Generic war games and 'All shades of grey' FPSes?
Cookie Cutter!!!
I'm considering making the switch to Apple, Ipad may be my first gadget. I got a good laptop with a certain OS already...but if I find I like the Ipad may then go further into a mac laptop.
I'm guessing it would be "games" like point and click games like for example Bejeweled (spelling?)
I am quite intrigued however over the Ipad itself, quite impressive!
I'm guessing it would be "games" like point and click games like for example Bejeweled (spelling?)
I am quite intrigued however over the Ipad itself, quite impressive!