Monthly Archives: March 2012

Sega spies trouble ahead

Posted on March 30, 2012 8:50 pm by Dibbs Ahoy

There is news today that the storm clouds are gathering again over yet another former gaming behemoth. Sega-Sammy are reporting to investors that profits will be down considerably on prior estimates for the close of this financial year, which could … Continue reading →

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Fez gets April 13th XBLA release

Posted on March 29, 2012 11:56 pm by lartens

Wait a cotton picking minute, the Grig has new posts barely a day apart, what gives? Fez release date thats what, 800 Microsoft points on the unusual release day of a friday, eh? Those crazy indie devs just don’t know … Continue reading →

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Grig News – Sainsburys sale, Gootecks, PS4!

Posted on March 28, 2012 10:50 pm by Dibbs Ahoy

Oh woe betide thy once pure shores that lapped the Isle of Grig! For indeed, news of video-gamery has swelled once again to bursting point and it’s time for the Grig to start siphoning out the updates worthy of our … Continue reading →

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Great humorous Ted talk on copyright math by Rob Reid

Posted on March 22, 2012 11:53 pm by lartens

See the 5 minute Ted talk from comic author Rob Reid as he talks about Copyright math, delivered in a fact based humorous presentation for Ted. Titled the $8 billion iPod. source = http://www.ted.com/talks/rob_reid_the_8_billion_ipod.html.

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XBLA has a NEXT thing, and it has Minecraft in it

Posted on March 22, 2012 11:22 pm by lartens

So Microsoft like to do these little XBLA release schedule promotion things for decent profile games, and call it a name like “Summer of Arcade” or in the case of this spring, “Arcade NEXT”. Starting April 18th with the Trials … Continue reading →

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Who’s that standing in the Reign?

Posted on March 21, 2012 4:10 pm by Dibbs Ahoy

In more positive news today, Famitsu are reporting Segas Platinum Games are crowbarring a familiar face into the roster of their rather spiffing looking futuristic action brawler, Anarchy Reigns. A rather popular character sporting guns on her feet and hair … Continue reading →

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SFxTekken isn’t done annoying you yet

Posted on March 21, 2012 3:55 pm by Dibbs Ahoy

So how are you? We all good? Gone back to SSFIV AE 2012 yet? Good. Just wanted to make sure that we were all on the same page before we talk about YET MORE bad news for Street Fighter X … Continue reading →

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Saving up for Mars

Posted on March 21, 2012 12:23 am by lartens

We here at the Grig, sometimes stray from the path of video games or tech, and head more towards the science, though sometime this does involve tech. In the beginning of this blog, it was a way to share cool … Continue reading →

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Grig news: Mass Effect 3, SFxTekken, Game

Posted on March 19, 2012 11:20 pm by Dibbs Ahoy

And so the gaming apocalypse continues. Today we have a butchers at some of the more intriguing news titbits that are meandering about the halls of cassa de Internet like loitering drunkards outside a brewery. The theme of the day, … Continue reading →

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Are video games art?

Posted on March 17, 2012 8:30 pm by lartens

We pose the question because this week saw both the BAFTA video game awards, and the opening of the The Art of Video Games exhibition at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Lets start off with a hearty congratulations to our … Continue reading →

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