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Jeremy Reaban's Blog

Reviewer/Newsguy at www.pspminis.com

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Gambling comes to Middle Earth
Posted by Jeremy Reaban on Tue, 14 May 2013 11:06:00 EDT in Business/Marketing, Console/PC
Ever since Lord of the Rings Online (LOTRO) went to F2P, they've come up with more and more ways to monetize the game. Most of them could be easily ignored. But with the latest update, they've gone perhaps too far, introducing slot machines into the game.
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How long should games take to make, anyway?
Posted by Jeremy Reaban on Tue, 26 Mar 2013 05:06:00 EDT in Design
The downside of game jams (and open platforms) is having to review the games from them. Should games really be this simple and unpolished?
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The problem with Playstation Mobile
Posted by Jeremy Reaban on Mon, 25 Feb 2013 05:36:00 EST in Business/Marketing, Smartphone/Tablet
Sony's Playstation Mobile program has not gone well. What can Sony do to save it? Probably not much.
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Jeremy Reaban's Comments

Comment In: Opinion: Xbox One is a desperate prayer to stop time [News - 05/21/2013 - 04:54]
Computers have always been better ... Computers have always been better and more versatile than consoles. So why do consoles exist Because they tend to be cheaper and easier to hook up to a TV than computers.

Comment In: Killer & Dragons: The GungHo and Grasshopper Interview [Feature - 05/17/2013 - 04:10]
I haven 't played it, ... I haven 't played it, but it doesn 't look so original, it looks like a dungeon crawling version of PuzzleQuest.

Comment In: Opinion: Let's retire the word 'gamer' [News - 05/15/2013 - 03:51]
And yet it fits so ... And yet it fits so well, because even though there are huge amounts of video and computer games, gamers never seem to see beyond a narrow slice. r n r nConsider the almost dearth of coverage of casual games on this site or on gaming sites . A giant part ...

Comment In: Nvidia's Android handheld costs as much as a Wii U [News - 05/14/2013 - 09:28]
The price is certainly too ... The price is certainly too high, but at the same time, it comes with 16 gigs of memory built in. r n r nIf you bought a Vita and a 16 gig card, you 'd be at 300, at least list price. This has better specs than the Vita. r ...

Comment In: Sony tells us what's going on with the PlayStation Vita [News - 05/14/2013 - 09:33]
Because not everyone likes sitting ... Because not everyone likes sitting in front of a TV all night/day r n r nThe original PSP sold 76 million units, and all of its biggest games were console games on the go. r n r nBy contrast, if you want to play indie or portable games, tablets have ...

Comment In: PlayStation Plus: Good for Players, But is it Good for Developers? [Feature - 05/09/2013 - 04:20]
Sundberg said Avalanche hasn 't ... Sundberg said Avalanche hasn 't seen a dime directly from the promotion from Sony Square Enix would 've been the one to strike the terms of that deal . r n r nThat 's a rather odd statement, actually. Since they didn 't publish the game, of course Sony wouldn ...

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