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Posted Thursday, May 29, 2008 10:53 AM

Level Up's Top Four Gaming Tidbits for May 29th, 2008

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  1. OHH...snap! Or, Hey, Hey, We're The Monkees!
  2. WEL...come to the social: feeds and collaborative user created content
  3. TAL...king heads, the game? Another response to Fullbright's call to arms
  4. RND..."Watchmen"'s comic-within-a-comic to become DVD animated flick
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Posted By: imaballa (June 2, 2008 at 1:21 AM)

Wow, literally WOW seems to drive business decisions. Will this behemoth ever slow down?

@N'Gai, as always enjoyed your recent Bonus Round for Metal Gear Sold 4. You bring alot of info to the table there.

One thing you said peaked my curiosity, you said from what you hear Konami will not be doing any TV spots for Metal Gear Solid 4 in the US??

Isn't this an absurdly stupid move on their part? Like you said Assassin's Creed a mediocre  game did extremely well due to the great marketing, why in blazes did Kojima give during your morning meeting with him the reasoning behind this decision?

Seems a bit arrogant don't you agree relying heavily on franchise name recognition alone? This game does have a much broader appeal that could lure new players as well.

Just found this baffling.

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Posted By: Evilbaby (May 29, 2008 at 2:50 PM)

The watchmen thing is both encouraging and discouraging....as all the information that's come out of this movie has been so far.  From the pictures to the removal of an aspect of this film(the pirate comic thing) I've been both jazzed to see it and a little scarred.  Trying my best to keep my expectations down for this thing but I'm pretty excited.

Also since it seems the director is gonna try to integrate the comic back into the movie for the DVD gets my hopes up that at least they are respecting the source material as much as they can, and that the DVD is already a must own.

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