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Apotheosis- 1. The fact or action of becoming a god; deification 2. Glorification, exaltation; crediting someone with extraordinary power or status. Do you know who Tim Schafer is? When I still lived at home, my dad used to ask me, “When are you gonna grow up and stop playing video games?” He tells my mother that he’s sure I’m addicted to the medium. It’s true that I spend the vast majority of my free time playing games. I can name developers, producers, writers, designers, and even composers for games from my favorite series of games. This vast information age enables me to know everything about a game, down to its minutia, just by checking an online database. If there’s not enough information there, I can almost guarantee there are five or six fansites devoted to uncovering every last detail. It must be daunting for developers nowadays to produce in this environment. ...

Deep from the trenches, it’s time for your Monday video feature: Embedded Reporter. IGN is at it again with some “first-pass” localizations of A-list Japanese video games. This time: Final Fantasy XIII. The first one I posted is significantly funnier than the second, but they’re both pretty funny. More Final Fantasy XIII News & Previews Final Fantasy XIII at IGN.com

Deep from the trenches, it’s time for your Monday video feature: Embedded Reporter. If you were following GDC and Nintendo’s press conference, you know that all the attendees got Rhythm Heaven DS carts. A lot of people are saying good things about it, so the question remains, is it any good? Let’s ask GT: If that was too boring…

Deep from the trenches, it’s time for your Monday video feature: Embedded Reporter. After a week of mentioning Metal Gear Solid 4 at least once in every post, I’m sure you’re getting damn near sick of hearing about Kojima’s latest masterpiece (or so I hear, can’t play yet :sob:). Let’s close off the MGS4 references for the short term with the video reviews posted by both Gametrailers and IGN. Enjoy! ...

Deep from the trenches, it’s time for your Monday video feature: Embedded Reporter. If you’ve been reading this site since its inception, it’s no surprise that I’m on a bit of a Metal Gear kick at the moment. Back before Super Smash Bros. Brawl hit the shelves, IGN posted a video feature showing strategies for effective use of Solid Snake as a brawler. The music they used for the feature immediately caught my ear and I fervently hoped that it would appear in the game. ...