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Guillermo Del Toro Is Going To Do Video Games
Guillermo Del Toro, the director behind Cronos and the big screen version of Hellboy, has walked from the Hobbit movie. He has plans! Video game plans. “One of the things we’re announcing in the next few weeks is a big deal with a big company,” the filmmaker tells MTV. “We’re going to do games that…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 29, 2010 -
ReviewsBlacklight: Tango Down Review: Get Down, Get Down
Single-player story? Who needs that! Downloadable title Blacklight: Tango Down has multiplayer. But can the game hold its own with the retail heavyweights? Blacklight: Tango Down is set in near-future Eastern bloc state, where two factions face off: the Order and Blacklight. The controls will be familiar to anyone who has played a Call of…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 28, 2010 -
Why Are Little Kids So Messy?
To: Totilo From: Bashcraft RE: This Plant Is Your Role Model I cleaned the house this morning. By afternoon, it was a disaster zone. I cleaned it this afternoon. By this evening, it looked like a tornado ran through it. It’s now after 10pm here, and I give up! What you missed last night Colbert…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 28, 2010 -
R4 Piracy Devices Banned In The UK
A British high court has ruled against R4 companies Playables Limited and Wai Dat Chan. It is now illegal to import, advertise and sell R4 cartridges in the United Kingdom. The R4 emulator carts are used to pirate Nintendo DS games. According to website Develop, the court set a legal precedent by ruling the carts…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 28, 2010 -
Pretty Girls, Telling Time On Your PSP
Sony’s PlayStation Portable has a lot of features: The ability to play games, to run movies, access the internet and more. Does it have beautiful women telling you what time it is? It will soon. Bijin-Tokei, “Beautiful Woman Clock”, is making the leap to the PSP. The clock was previously released on the iPhone —…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 28, 2010 -
Colbert Names Mysterious Plumber
The BP oil spill has been plugged. The containment cap looks remarkably similar to a design submitted by an anonymous plumber. Who’s this plumber? Stephen Colbert knows. Click to view Colbert Report Full Episodes 2010 Election Fox News Note: This video may not be viewable in all regions. Colbert Nation [Colbert Nation Thanks, Austin!]
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 28, 2010 -
Cyber Bullying Blamed For Akihabara Stabbing Rampage
In June 2008, Tomohiro Kato drove a rented truck into Tokyo’s crowded geek district Akihabara, killing seven and injuring ten more innocent pedestrians. The Japanese media tried to make a connection between either anime or role-playing games. Even writing a notebook full of English was viewed with suspicion. At the time, Kato told police, “I…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 28, 2010 -
250 Foxconn Employees Poisoned By Pesticide
This time it isn’t an employee falling off a roof or out of a window. This time, it’s pesticide. Foxconn, the world’s largest manufacturer of electronics, is responsible for assembling the Xbox 360, the PS3, the Wii, the iPhone and more. After 250 workers at the company’s Chennai, India plant were hospitalized, Foxconn had no…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 28, 2010 -
While You Are Looking At The Giant Gundam…
Bandai Namco has brought its 1/1 scale Gundam statue back to life. It previously overlooked Tokyo’s Odaiba, but has now been resurrected near the Gundam figure factory in Shizuoka, Japan. All this plastic mecha talk makes my tummy rumble! Not only is there a 1/1 scale Gundam in Shizuoka, there is also a take-away stall…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 28, 2010 -
PS3 Vs. Green Onions
Why compare your console to the competition when you can compare it to vegetables? The latest Japanese PS3 commercial does just that, putting the PS3 in a “talk” with green onions. Tongue planted firmly in cheek, the oddly humorous ad shows all the things the PS3 can do as well as the variety of dishes…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 28, 2010 -
This Post Is Not About StarCraft II
To: Totilo From: Bash RE: A Comic-Con Cosplay Too Soon? Mrs. Bashcraft and Mini-Bash went to the top of Pikes Peak yesterday. I cleaned the house, made breakfast, lunch and dinner and worked. 🙁 What you missed last night You May Like, The Next PlayStation 3 Firmware Update Starcraft 2’s Installation Tells A Story How…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 27, 2010 -
Blizzard On The Real ID Brouhaha
Blizzard, the studio behind StarCraft and World of Warcraft, was planning on rolling out a compulsary “Real ID” system, requiring gamers to use their real first and last names on Blizzard’s forums. Gamers went bananas, and Blizzard ended up scrapping the requirement. How did Blizzard think the whole thing went down? It was good feedback.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 27, 2010 -
CultureTotal Recall
Where Were You In 1998?
The first StarCraft game was released in March 1998. That was twelve years ago. So much has changed. So have I. And the smart money says so have you. In 1998, I was a student at Cornell. I hadn’t really used email before college, and I didn’t use online sources for any of my papers.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 27, 2010 -
What Is Nintendo’s “CrossPass”?
Nintendo has registered several trademarks in Japan, including the titles 3D Challenge, 3D Paddleball or 3D Hopper. Those could be actual games (mini-games?) or they could be tech demos for the upcoming 3D-glasses-free Nintendo 3DS. Nintendo also registered CrossPass, CrossPass Mode, CrossPass Network, and CrossPass Connection, which sound as though they are related to the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 27, 2010 -
Capcom Is Going To Make Games *Quicker*
Capcom, fresh off months of sluggish sales, is keen to make more video games. More video games might mean more sales! According to an article on Nikkei.com, Capcom is speeding up the development cycle on its games from 4 years to 1 ~ 2 years faster. The company currently releases about 2 name Capcom franchise…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 27, 2010 -
This Is Not Just An Umbrella!
It’s an umbrella that looks like a sword. Or maybe it’s a sword that looks like an umbrella. The umbrella, which is over 3-feet long, is modeled after the sword carried by the heroine Saber of the “Fate/stay night” visual novel. Yours for ¥10,000, or US$114. The official release is this August. Saber’s Excalibur Umbrella…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 27, 2010
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