You make some good points there. Obviously I haven't been with Kikizo for as long as most of the posters here, so I wasn't acquainted with the old lady in her prime, but I know she's not quite so grand nowadays.

Again I can't really say anything about our media (or for that matter our staffing) strategy nor what resources we have available, but short-term the question of site "personality" is one we're looking to address (though I'd say Kikizo has a fuckton more of it than some of its competitors - 1UP I'll grant you, but Gamespot? Whateveeeeer dude). You can expect more irreverent features in future, and not just run-of-the-mill "best of" or "most wanted" style stuff, but more oddball and hopefully insightful offerings (suggestions welcome, as always). At some point we'll have comments threads for articles too. Baby steps, man , baby steps :)

I wasn't referring to our AOL traffic when I made the point about Kikizo Ltd. Other things are on the boil...

Edwin


Other things are on the boil...

And have been for years ;)

Touche, sir, touche.

The highlight of my short time here was always the video interviews with key players, around key events eg around E3 2005 there were some brilliant ones - and the questions asked (and hence the replies) were always more interesting than the standard fare on other sites.  Peter Moore's were just fun around that time, especially the backlash after his comments about the 360s backward's compatibility back then.

Also, I dont mind reading reviews rather than watching them, since you often get more time/space to say more about a game in a written article.  But of course you need HD gameplay videos at least these days.  The 15 minute MGS4 trailer was a successful example.

I'd definitely like to try my hand at some podcasting/interview stuff, audio if not visual. Just prior to my joining Kikizo my old boss and I were hatching a plan along those lines for his indie site.

Peter Moore is a legend :) In his heyday he outclassed every other publisher exec.

Peter Moore is a legend :) In his heyday he outclassed every other publisher exec.

Yeah he's pretty cool.

Lord of the Rings: Conquest (360) preview -

http://games.kikizo.com/features/lotr-conquest-hands-on-preview-p1.asp

Any Tolkein fans here?

Edwin


Lord of the Rings: Conquest (360) preview -

http://games.kikizo.com/features/lotr-conquest-hands-on-preview-p1.asp

Any Tolkein fans here?

I dreamed I wrote the entire LOTR trilogy last night.

Turned out I was just Tolkien in my sleep.

Stuart McAndrew: Lord of the Cringe.

Edwin


Lord of the Rings: Conquest (360) preview -

http://games.kikizo.com/features/lotr-conquest-hands-on-preview-p1.asp

Any Tolkein fans here?

Going by your review that's just as much as I expected from it. A shame really I liked the books, didn't really like the movies though, they left way to much out of it. And as for any game that's lotr related...well they basically pretty much all sucked so I doubt anyont was expecting this one to be any different.

they left way to much out of it.

Another mile of walking?

Demonoroth

Edwin


Lord of the Rings: Conquest (360) preview -

http://games.kikizo.com/features/lotr-conquest-hands-on-preview-p1.asp

Any Tolkein fans here?

Going by your review that's just as much as I expected from it. A shame really I liked the books, didn't really like the movies though, they left way to much out of it. And as for any game that's lotr related...well they basically pretty much all sucked so I doubt anyont was expecting this one to be any different.

Preview, not review! Though I can't see the final version being miles better, if I'm honest.

EA's original Lord of the Rings beat-em-ups on PS2/Gamecube/Xbox were pretty entertaining.

Edwin


Preview, not review!

Like he knows the difference...

He doesn't even know the difference between a dev studio and a publisher.

Edwin


Preview, not review! Though I can't see the final version being miles better, if I'm honest.

EA's original Lord of the Rings beat-em-ups on PS2/Gamecube/Xbox were pretty entertaining.

Hehehehe sorry forgot my p there 


But like you said not like it'll matter all that much. I don't see them pulling something fantastic off in another mere what 5 days or so they have left.

And as for those beat-em-ups. I tried to like them but it never really got to me. But that might have been because I had just finished doing Blood will tell a few times.

Blood?

 Blood Will Tell: Tezuka Osamu's Dororo

It wasn't a super game but it sure made playing Lotr after that seem boring as hell.

Never played it... but even if i had... would have played the LotR games beforehand seeing as they were released 2-3 years in advance.

Robocalypse (DS) review (what do you mean you've never heard of it?) -

http://games.kikizo.com/reviews/ds/robocalypse.asp

And an interview with them Atari chaps on Afro Samurai -

http://games.kikizo.com/features/afro-samurai-namco-interview-p1.asp

Tom Clancy's HAWX preview is live -

http://games.kikizo.com/features/tom-clancys-hawx-hands-on-jan09-p1.asp

Neeeeeeeooow, pew-pew-pew, ratatatat etc.

PS. In case I'm not making myself clear, this is one of them flight sims.

Skate 2 coming in a few weeks... the demo was "show-ful" is probably the best fake word I can think of. 60fps is by far a nice additon. The new tricks are fantastic. Visually it's hit and miss but I'm quite passive about games with big free-roaming worlds...but fuck that demo was so fuckn limited...fuck you EA and your shitty demos...

Anyways I was wondering if kikizo has anything to say about this first game to grab in 09 (well for me at least).

Also...still holding onto that 8/10 for Killzone 2? I should probably go reserve it and play the demo but fuck I hate gamestop now so yeah...

I just dont know what to think. It looks nice in those videos...but I've grown bothered by fps games what require damn near a full clip to drop one person. Plus that whole bullet physics crap well just seems like crap. A unique death my ass, I keep seeing that hit to the shoulder spin animation. Seems like call of duty's death animations followed by rag-doll only done a bit better admittedly.