Archive for January, 2008
PlayStation Portable: The Marketing Snafu Chronicles
submit_url = ‘http://www.portabalooza.com/2008/01/30/playstation-portable-the-marketing-snafu-chronicles/’;Many game platforms have a reputation that moves like a roller coaster; there are good, high points, and there are low points that make you question your purchase. The PSP may have had the most awkward experiences in recent times. Maybe part of that has to do with Sony trying to discover the […]
MTV keeps UMD format alive
The UMD is not yet dead, folks! At least, not in its usage that Sony intended, to be a universal portable format for storing all kinds of media. Sony Computer Entertainment of America and MTV have joined forces to distribute a variety of TV content to the UMD format. It is the first time a […]
Jeanne D’Arc fans among the most frequent visitors
As you may know, Portabalooza is the first (and possibly only) site where you can find TechniMyoko’s Skill Binding Database for the Jeanne D’Arc video game. It seems to be the most popular page on this site, most probably because it’s a featured exclusive in the front page. Just to show you how popular it […]
Jeanne D’Arc, Phantom Hourglass, and others among the IAA nominees
The IAA, Interactive Achievement Awards, is probably the most prestigious award event dedicated to video games (sorry, GDC Awards and Spike TV). This year, the IAA revealed the new list of nominees for all categories, including handheld games. Among them are two PSP games, two DS games and one multiplaform game. They are Jeanne D’Arc, […]
Altair’s Chronicles screenshots are here, and they look good (for a DS game)
Ubisoft’s last big hit of 2007, Assassin’s Creed, received a lot of hype. And ever since they announced Altair’s Chronicles for the DS, out of all platforms, speculation levels have rose to a new high. The cover art has been leaked for some time, but there was no concrete evidence of screenshots or gameplay examples […]
On Second Thought: Games that should’ve been done better
All too often, there are a few games that we tend to remember for some reason, whether for good or bad. And when looking back at them, the games we know the best tend to have their flaws stick out more because we manage to remember every little detail. I will be looking at three […]
Do you do the feed? Use it to the max...
