Shel Dorf, the founder of San Diego’s Comic-Con International, passed away this Tuesday reports Reuters. He was 76 years-old. He had spent the past year being treated for diabetes. The first Comic-Con International was held in 1970 and was attended by 300 or so people. This past year Comic-Con was attended by 125,000 and has…
Before Hollywood releases movies, they show the films to test audiences to see what they think. If the test audiences hate the picture, changes will be made. If not, then everything’s gravy. How did the Prince of Persia screening fair? According to film producer Jerry Bruckheimer, the movie is screening great — no, better than…
If you one who gets excited by type font, this post is for you. If not, scroll down or wait patiently for another post. Make a cup of tea or something. Here is the logo for the upcoming Resident Evil film, which is subtitled “Afterlife”. Filmed in 3D, the movie is the fourth installment in…
OH GOD. No, that man did not give Mario a lobotomy, he is building the biggest LEGO Mario in the whole damn world. Revealed during LEGO World Fair this past October, the statue is made from over 40,000 LEGO bricks, is 5.9 feet tall and weighs over 110 pounds. The statue was sold on eBay…
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Never Gonna Give You Up… Next up, WALKING. What you missed last night Five New PSP Bundles For Japan Modern Warfare 2 Breaks Pre-Order Records KFC Madden NFL Box Unboxing and Review GameStop: PS3, Borderlands & Scribblenauts Sales Are “Strong” Infinity Ward: Wii Can’t Deliver Our Multi-Platform Experience
Capcom went through somewhere between 400 and 500 designs before the finalized version of Super Street Fighter IV South Korean fighter Juri was approved — wonder if any of them looked like this… Some of the ideas tossed around were an old lady and and ice skater. (Yes, ice skater!) Capcom eventually decides to make…
Back in July, we brought word of PC eroge My Girlfriend Is The President. Now, feel free to watch the game’s trailer, complete with amazing English language movie guy voice over. My Boyfriend is Obama [Japan Probe]
The upcoming SSFIV is bringing back the Street Fighter bonus stages of yore: car destruction. The latest issue of Famitsu confirms the car wrecking bonus stages in Super Street Fighter IV. There’s also a barrel bonus stage, too. Other details about the game include info about online play: • Team Battle is from 2-on-2 up…
Drinks named after Gundam characters and over 300 models as seen on Alafista.
Don’t sound the alarm bells just yet. Hideo Kojima talks with Japanese magazine Famitsu about what it was like working on adventure game Snatcher during the late 1980s. Times were different then, Kojima says. “Games development these days is completely compartmentalized; you have people who do nothing but make the logo for a game,” he…
On January 27, Square Enix will be releasing the Final Fantasy XIII soundtrack in Japan — one limited edition, and the other not. The 5-disc limited edition is priced at ¥5,250 (US$58) includes a bonus “drama CD” called FINAL FANTASY XIII Episode Zero -Promise- Story01 -ENCOUNTER and written by FFXIII scenario writer Motomu Toriyama. The…
This December, Japan is getting not one, but five, count ’em five, PSP-3000 bundles. Four of them are “Value Pack” bundles that include the PSP-3000 and accessories for ¥19,800 (US$219.50). Colors include Vibrant Blue, Piano Black, Pearl White and Radiant Red. The other bundle is a Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G dealio with fewer accessories,…
The first Modern Warfare was truly a multi-platform release, appearing on the Xbox 360, PS3, PC/Mac and a Nintendo Wii port. Its sequel, Modern Warfare 2, isn’t getting a Wii port just yet. Whether Activision has a studio like Treyarch do a Wii port of Modern Warfare 2 remains to be seen, but developer Infinity…
Composer Hans Zimmer has standards. He likes things big. Just look at the movies he has scored: Gladiator, The Last Samurai and The Da Vinci Code. Big films! So how and why did he make the leap to games? “This is the first time I even stuck my toe into these waters,” Zimmer tells USA…
It’s already been announced that the severance payouts to Taito employees has drained money from parent company Square Enix. Those were the only cuts Square Enix has made post Eidos-buyout. “There’s an ongoing process of reshuffling people, but that’s not something we do just because of integration,” Square Enix president Yoichi Wada explained to website…
Robert Zemeckis, director of Back to the Future and Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, is good at making movies. He’s good at writing them. But he’s not very good at video games. Zemeckis tells MTV, “I love what they do in the technology, the way they move those images, I’m fascinated by the amount of code-writing…
2008 was a good year for Konami — you could say it was solid. This year isn’t so solid. Later this week, Konami is expected to announce its earnings for the April-September 2009 period, and the company expects a 22.5 percent drop in revenues compared to the same period last year. The companies net income…
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Belated Halloween Long rough weekend with brief and traumatic baby scare, but the tyke seems fine now. Went to the doctor and hasn’t had any further breathing issues. Doctor said it was something we should keep an eye on because it could happen again… Halloween was great — the kids…
It’s gianormous and should be on sale sometime between never and ever. As seen on Gizmodo Japan. Bonus, original screengrab from Mike Fahey after the jump. Let’s call this the DSi L.L. Thanks Fahey!
Some games are big sellers. Some games do okay. Some do horrible. And then, there’s cat game Sukeban Shacho Rena Wii There was an event for the game at the Yodobashi Camera in Akihabara over the weekend. It featured demo play, a tournament and a dearth of players? There have been rumors swirling around the…
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