Hello and welcome to the all-new Denuology.
The site’s still in Beta (as are we, perpetually), but hopefully this iteration makes it easier for all of us (you included) to share thoughts, insights, updates and general musings on the ever-changing cultural landscape. Plus, we love keyboard cat and Borderlands and think they look cool in the new design.
We’ve torn ourselves away from Brutal Legend, Borderlands, and Uncharted 2 to bring you October’s edition of PLAYED, covering a wide variety of topics and trends that are shaping gaming today. This month, we look at individuality via networked gaming, with consoles empowering gamers to put themselves online and into their favorite games.
As much as we’re waiting for the next Call of Duty release to cannibalize our free time this fall, there’s plenty in the world of gaming that’s keeping us excited until then, bursting this issue of PLAYED at the seams with news and insight. This month, we highlight five titles coming soon that will capture the hearts, minds, and thumbs of gamers worldwide, while taking a deeper look at the launch of The Beatles: Rock Band and its appeal to gamers and non-gamers alike.
Summer’s starting to wane, which means we’re entering the fall gaming season, ripe with blockbuster titles and another jam-packed edition of PLAYED. This month, we check out augmented reality’s impact on the web and gaming’s inherent tie, as well as MTV’s newest avenue for up-and-coming acts, via the Rock Band Network.
While the summer season is considered the gaming industry’s slow time of year, this month’s PLAYED shows that people are still beating the heat by playing games. With the recession’s impact on everyday life, we look at how players are changing their gaming habits in the current economic climate.
