• CEDEC

    Miyamoto's Hope For the Future

    Awards were given out today at CEDEC, Japan's own version of the Game Developers Conference. The Programming Award went to Capcom for the MT Framework, which was used for titles like Dead Rising, Devil May Cry 4 and Lost Planet as well as the upcoming Resident Evil 5. The Visual Arts Award went to the ICO team for the beauty they created with that PS2 title. Nintendo picked up the Game Design Award for the Super Mario Bros. franchise and the Sound Award for The Legend of Zelda series. The CEDEC Award Special Prize was awarded to Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto. His acceptance speech after the jump. More »

    4:00 AM on Thu Sep 11 2008
    By Brian Ashcraft
    6,415 views, 34 comments

    Most discussed TheIrishNinja: everytime he speaks of his hopes for the future, and doesnt mention his secret, heartfelt desire that all new games more »

  • guillermo del toro

    Two Gaming Masterpieces: Ico And Shadow of The Colossus

    Movie director Guillermo del Toro says he's a gamer. No, really. While other Hollywood types fake their way through (see Don Cheadle), Hobbit director Guillermo actually sounds like he does play video games and likes them. Just listen to him rattle off what he's into:

    I absolutely loved BioShock. I loved the world, the design, the lighting, the beautiful art direction and cinematography. I’m a fan of Silent Hill, Resident Evil and Devil May Cry. I love them all. The first Silent Hill was so beautiful, almost like a Lynch, Polanski or Romero type of horror experience...

    I love the engine of GTA IV. I’m not a big fan of the actual game: I’m not into break-ins or running people over, but the engine is incredibly beautiful, and the sandbox is very complete. The same goes for Medal of Honor Airborne, Call of Duty 4 or Army of Two. There are only two games I consider masterpieces: Ico and Shadow of the Colossus... I have a 12-year-old daughter and we play together, but unfortunately she’s more into Sonic and Kirby.

    Sure seems to know his shit!

    Hellboy Director Talks Gaming [Edge via Dtoid] [Pic]

    11:00 PM on Tue Aug 26 2008
    By Brian Ashcraft
    7,990 views, 139 comments

    Most discussed losplagos: @dowingba: Hell no. Maybe. Hell no. @uveridiot: I wouldn't call them games. And I mean that in a very good way. They transcend more »

  • shuhei yoshida

    Next Team Ico Game is "Really, Really Good"

    Ico and Shadow of the Colossus guy Fumito Ueda is hard at work on a PS3 title. Oh yes, but what's going on with that? Sony's Shuhei Yoshida explains:

    They are working on a title. I started the ICO project. Ueda-san joined my team in Japan as a cinematic animator, but he created a short movie and presented it to me and said, ‘I want to make this game.’ I said, ‘Yes, let’s do it, but you have never made a game. We have to have experienced people do it,’ so it took a while, recruiting one person at a time. And because Fumito Ueda doesn’t compromise, we had to move the development from PSone to PlayStation 2. Then I couldn’t complete the game because I moved to the United States. It took four years and the second game took four years too. So I started calling them the ‘Olympic Team.’ They haven’t released a PS3 title yet — of course not — they’ll take four years! But they have something really, really good on the way.

    Then patient we will be!

    They have something really, really good on the way [NeoGAF via VG247]

    1:00 AM on Mon Aug 4 2008
    By Brian Ashcraft
    7,777 views, 103 comments

  • sex

    Sex(uality) In Games: The Juvenile/Mature Divide

    This week's Aberrant Gamer is an interesting look at sex/sexuality in games, from ICO to Mass Effect: Leigh Alexander has previously defended the busty and scantily—clad video game girl, but this time takes a different look at the subject. The mature vs. juvenile divide seems to be especially prominent in games, where it can seem like it's either improbably perky cleavage stuffed into space age materials or sweetly innocent hand holding with little in between: More »

    3:30 PM on Sun Feb 10 2008
    By Maggie Greene
    18,240 views, 96 comments

    Latest by Ninja-Z: Obviously, there's a wee bit of a line as to how far you can go with sexuality before things get more »

  • music

    Bob's w00t-Worthy Sound Collage

    Kayak instructor and Professor of Technocultural Studies and Music at the University of California at Davis, Bob Ostertag, has rolled up a katamari-like collection of 8-bit to 64-bit samples in his video game "sound collage" titled w00t. Featuring carefully arranged blips and beats from games like Contra, Halo, Super Metroid, World of Warcraft and Ico, to name but a few, Ostertag's 50 minute piece is available as a free download for the curious.

    I spent about 15 minutes with the musical journey this morning before I became too distracted with the experimental arrangement, but fans of game music who loathe paying for things should give the MP3 a whirl. Thanks to Geoff for turning us on to Bob's work.

    w00t (and Other Recordings) [BobOstertag.com]

    5:40 PM on Tue Oct 16 2007
    By Michael McWhertor
    1,706 views, 11 comments

    Latest by Trackback: w00treleased for free download. Last year I put all my recordings to which I own the rights online for more »

  • rumor smash

    Team ICO Working On "The Last Canyon"? No.

    A rumor regarding Team ICO's follow up to PlayStation 2 hit Shadow of the Colossus has been circulating the internet today, citing a preview of Fumito Ueda's PLAYSTATION 3 bound The Last Canyon. According to the rumor, the latest issue of Game Informer describes Team ICO's third game as set in "one gigantic, wide flat desert [...] interspersed with canyons [...] and all of different width and depth" featuring a familiar climbing gameplay aspect and a glider made of wood and cloth. If the preview weren't so poorly written and conceptually so close to SotC, it could have sounded genuine. Fortunately, the Kotaku bullshit detector starting whooping like crazy. More »

    3:20 PM on Wed Oct 10 2007
    By Michael McWhertor
    8,024 views, 30 comments

    Latest by HiddenAway: @7ucky: The rumour has spread about it. Currently, the only other thing I've heard is that Patapon could be that more »

  • body mods

    Colossus Tattoo Trumped

    Seems that Jason's friend from Monday wasn't the first person to have a Shadow of the Colossus 'kill me here' symbol tattooed on their body. Brooke here sees his SotC tattoo and raises him an Ico tat.
    That young whippersnapper isn't the first to get such a mark; I had this done in Edinburgh in the year of our Lord 2005, shortly after finishing the game. As far as I know, I was the first bold dumbass to go ahead and do it. I've also attached a photo of my Ico tattoo as well, because ... well how many other people are there with Ico tattoos, I ask you?
    Oh it's on now.

    6:00 PM on Wed Sep 19 2007
    By Mike Fahey
    10,379 views, 38 comments

    Latest by Donner, party of 4... er...3?: @ohayou_kun: Are you really worried how your skin is going to look when you're 90? SPOILER ALERT: It's gonna more »

  • the developer's studio

    ICO Creator Weighs In On God of War II

    Shadow of the Colossus and ICO creator Fumito Ueda was recently interviewed by Famitsu on the topic of, oddly enough, God of War II. The game director discusses in great detail his impressions on the PlayStation 2 game from SCEA and the differences between Western and Japanese game development. There are some fascinating insights into the different philosophies on development from cost and design perspectives. More »

    6:20 PM on Wed Aug 1 2007
    By Michael McWhertor
    14,444 views, 30 comments

    Latest by klausvalka: @erlik: If you're looking at GDP to measure the size of a nation's economy, then second place would actually be more »

  • girls on gaming

    Game Vixens To Look Up To

    Top ten list for female gaming characters usually look like this. Old hat and mehsville. So! It's nice to see something, I dunno, different? Interesting? Over at ShinyShiny, they've put together a list of ten female game characters to idolize. They are: More »

    12:00 AM on Sat Apr 14 2007
    By Brian Ashcraft
    8,017 views, 117 comments

    Latest by libertyGO: I'm not agreeing with Yuna, Zelda, and Yorda. With Yuna, someone said before... the doormat mentality. Spolier: Getting married to that more »

  • love

    Game Similes To Describe Your Relationship

    Brandon Sheffield over at Insert Credit points to a delightful post by Mathew Kumar (pictured happy dude) and his lady friend that lists 52 game similes to describe your relationship. Just dive right in and take a look at some stand outs: More »

    12:00 AM on Thu Apr 12 2007
    By Brian Ashcraft
    2,046 views, 26 comments

    Latest by jnero: like super mario bros your the mushroom that gets me big more »