http://www.pesgaming.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:09:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This week I would like to bring up a general issue about gaming which has bugged me for a while.  And that is the testing process that games go through prior to launch.  This applies to most games out there, and definitely has a bearing on PES. Basically are games too ... http://www.pesgaming.com/blog/pes-2010-news/707/pes-matters-13th-march-2010/ Welcome to this week’s Interfering With Play. I write this watching Arsenal playing some quite delightful football against Porto in the Champions League. Following writing this, I know who I will be playing as on PES 2010! Another busy week which has seen the announcement of a brand new footballing ... http://www.pesgaming.com/blog/interfering-with-play/705/interfering-with-play-tuesday-9th-march-2010/ With the comments left to last week's article, I didn't get much in the response about how we feel about a third competitor in the football genre.  Interestingly enough, Ubisoft is going to enter the football space in May. http://www.gametrailers.com/video/debut-trailer-pure-futbol/62631 Whilst there isn't too much detail of actual gameplay there, it is ... http://www.pesgaming.com/blog/pes-2010-news/702/pes-matters-6th-march-2010/ Welcome to this week’s Interfering With Play. It does seem at the moment I am making excuses every other week for shorter IWP columns than usual, and this week is no exception. Busy personal lives and side projects do take up a fair amount of time, and with my desire ... http://www.pesgaming.com/blog/interfering-with-play/700/interfering-with-play-tuesday-2nd-march-2010/ I'd like to being this week by answering a few questions asked of me from last week's comments. Q1: "How can you sit in your chair and say PES2010 is the best installment of PES and then openly admit that it doesnt even hold the mantle of being the best football ... http://www.pesgaming.com/blog/pes-2010-news/698/pes-matters-27th-february-2010/ Welcome to this week’s Interfering With Play. I am writing this on Sunday evening this week, so should any outstanding developments occur in the world of PES over the next 48 hours, I assure you it is not ignorance, it is simply time management. I am pleased to see so ... http://www.pesgaming.com/blog/interfering-with-play/696/interfering-with-play-tuesday-23rd-february-2010/ Once again it has been an absolute pleasure to have instigated a discussion, which has seen many good, structured arguments with a sense of maturity.  It's something I've been striving to achieve on this site for quite some time.  I've had to wield my ban hammer many times, but finally ... http://www.pesgaming.com/blog/pes-2010-news/694/pes-matters-20th-february-2010/ Welcome to this week’s Interfering With Play. Some great discussion last week regarding the ‘genetic’ problems with PES. Some of these are quite obvious, namely issues such as online and animation problems, whereas some of the others are things that no doubt only bother specific people. All of this information ... http://www.pesgaming.com/blog/interfering-with-play/692/interfering-with-play-tuesday-16th-february-2010/ It was good to see such a variety of responses to my opinion about PES2010 being the best installment to date.  Sure there are plenty of people who disagree with me, but that's never an issue with me.  What is interesting is when people take the time to explain why ... http://www.pesgaming.com/blog/pes-2010-news/690/pes-matters-13th-february-2010/ Welcome to this week’s Interfering With Play. This week has seen a fair amount going on in my personal life, along with a couple of new side projects I have on the go, and therefore this week’s IWP will be slightly shorter than usual. I would like to open up ... http://www.pesgaming.com/blog/interfering-with-play/688/interfering-with-play-tuesday-9th-february-2010/ Looks like I couldn't muster much enthusiasm from you guys about PES2010 last week, judging from the low number of comments left.  Surely there are still people out there who do find some level of enjoyment from PES?  I still consider PES2010 the best PES to date, as I stated ... http://www.pesgaming.com/blog/pes-2010-news/685/pes-matters-6th-february-2009/ Welcome to this week’s Interfering With Play. Before even begin this week, I would like to once again reiterate a pretty crucial point. Personally, I receive no reward, be it financial or any other kind, for writing and contributing to PESGaming.com. Some people seem to think that due to the ... http://www.pesgaming.com/blog/interfering-with-play/683/interfering-with-play-tuesday-2nd-february-2010/ There were some great tips from you guys for getting that little bit extra from the sliders and formations to counter teams, so a big thanks to the contributors for that. As you guys are aware we will be driving our next PES improvements initiative shortly, but this week I'd like ... http://www.pesgaming.com/blog/pes-2010-news/680/pes-matters-30th-january-2010/ Welcome to this week’s Interfering With Play. When writing a weekly column like this, on a subject as specific as football gaming, it is sometimes quite tricky to find talking points or things to discuss, especially at this time of year. Fortunately, due to the sheer involvement of the community ... http://www.pesgaming.com/blog/interfering-with-play/678/interfering-with-play-tuesday-26th-january-2010/ Whilst last week's article was somewhat at a tangent to all things PES, I still feel the core point of the article was about AI in the single player game.  I think that my mindset is one that is now trying to look ahead a few years at the future ... http://www.pesgaming.com/blog/pes-2010-news/673/pes-matters-23rd-january-2010/ Welcome to this week’s Interfering With Play. Another busy week in the PESGaming.com planning stage, with a handful of new ideas and features coming out of the recent meeting between myself and Double D. This week sees the start of our look to the future of PES, by actually going ... http://www.pesgaming.com/blog/interfering-with-play/671/interfering-with-play-tuesday-19th-january-2010/ I'd like to start with my first post of the new year by wishing everyone a happy new year.  We enter a new decade, and with new hopes and challenges, especially with PES. This week I would like to discuss a topic which whilst initially may not seem particularly relevant to ... http://www.pesgaming.com/blog/pes-matters/669/pes-matters-16th-january-2010/ PES Fans are a nostalgic bunch in general. I don't think there is a week goes by whereby someone doesn't mention a previous version of the game without throwing it a compliment. Whilst everyone no doubt has their favourite game from the archives, the one feature that has been around ... http://www.pesgaming.com/blog/master-league-magic/666/master-league-magic/ Welcome to this week’s Interfering With Play. Before we go onto the usual PES and football gaming related topics for this week, I would like to take this opportunity to address two serious issues from the past week or so. Firstly, the tragic news surrounding the Togo national football team, ... http://www.pesgaming.com/blog/interfering-with-play/664/interfering-with-play-tuesday-12th-january-2010/ Welcome to a New Year at PESGaming.com, and perhaps equally importantly, a brand new decade. Not to spend too long on the past, but 10 years ago, PES was just making a name for itself on the Playstation 2. There were no big names promoting the product, no cross console ... http://www.pesgaming.com/blog/interfering-with-play/662/interfering-with-play-tuesday-5th-january-2010/