So I finished Naked Lunch last night, but I need to finish up with the box. I’ve seen the movie nearly a dozen times now, and I still really enjoy it (which is more than I can say about many of Cronenberg’s films).

I was looking through the news this morning and came across a story that hit really close to home and made me squeal a bit inside. Newsweek just put up a story criticism Army of Two by EA for it’s “juvenile” writing. Being such a small publication and a minority voice, we can’t really do to much with TGQ outside of preach to our (small) choir on such things. Many people even realize these problems, but considering that they don’t take games seriously much it’s hard for them really complain. You’ll see comments like “that just comes with the territory,” or “what difference does it make as long as it’s fun?” (This fun thing is something I investigated at GDC and I recommend looking forward to in the next issue of TGQ). It hurts all the more to see this kind of writing inside of a game that does look kind of awesome.

I guess I just wanted to say kudos to Newsweek for calling out EA.

Also, a new trailer for Opoona came out. While I wasn’t too interested in the game before, I have to admit that I really love the style for this game. It probably won’t be much outside the standard RPG fare plus some hopefully excellent wiimote integration, but I have to say I’ll keep a closer look on it after this trailer. It’s so cute.