Brian Ashcraft

Beautiful Woman, Scary Drawing

Yu Kobayashi looks like an angel. She sounds like a angel. Too bad she draws like a monster. Visual horrors await. While this may look like a ring of hell Dante missed, it’s actually Kobayashi’s drawing of Polla, the character she voiced from Wii role-playing-game Arc Rise Fantasia. This is how Polla actually looks when…

No Single Player Uncharted 2 Demo

The single player in the first Uncharted was compelling, good old fashioned story-telling. Before we shell out to buy the upcoming sequel, wouldn’t it be lovely to check out Uncharted 2‘s single player? Yes, yes it would. Too bad we won’t be doing that. The game is getting a multiplayer demo on September 15, but…

Johnson And Johnson And Pikachu

As seen in my shower this morning. And no, I was not naked when I took this picture.

Campaign Against “That’s So Gay”

Thinkb4YouSpeak.com has been running a campaign to raise awareness about derogatory use of the word “gay”. To drive the message home are posters of a jock, a cheerleader and a gamer. The posters include obviously stereotypical slogans to help drive the issue home — that is the point, you know! “Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender…

Xbox 360 Games on Demand Region Locked [Update]

The Xbox 360 summer system earlier this week made it possible for users to buy and download titles directly to their console. But don’t go looking to digitally import games. The US Xbox LIVE Marketplace and the Japanese Xbox LIVE Marketplace have different titles. For work, I have an American Xbox 360 with a US…

Learning For The Pokemons

To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Talk All the Time We made a deal with Mini-Bash: We will only buy him a Pokémon DS game after and only after he learns to read hiragana. He’s been studying and can read, so it looks like we’ll be getting him either of the Gold/Silver remakes. Japanese characters, gotta…

Sony Announcing Its Announcing Something At Gamescom About Video Store

Is this thing on? Sony has something to announce. “We will be making an official announcement regarding our forthcoming Video Store, next week, at Gamescom,” says European PlayStation Store manager Angela Madronero. To be fair to her, Madronero could’ve been asked about the video store. To be fair to us, she could cut the corporate…

New Assassin’s Creed II, Patrice Footage

Not only does this Assassin’s Creed II clip have new gameplay footage and concept art, but it also has new footage of AC creative director Patrice and his beard. Patrice does the talking. His beard? The listening.

Another Game Delayed To Spring, This Time Lord Of The Rings

Add another game to the won’t-be-released-this-holiday pile. The Lord of the Rings: Aragon’s Quest will now be out “Spring 2010” — with a bunch of other games that were originally slated for this holiday season. No reason was given why the Wii, PS2, DS and PSP versions of family-friendly Aragon’s Quest were pushed back to…

Hong Kong Game Mag Puts “PS3 Slim” On Cover [Update]

The upcoming issue of Chinese publication Game Wave features an image of a very “slim” looking PS3, along with a blurb that says the console is debuting at the end of next month. What’s more, according to this publication, the new console will be first shown in Germany. (We assume at the upcoming Games Convention…

There Are Adult Ads In UK Game Mags

Lock up your daughters! Over at website Overclock 3D, forum member “mayhem” has discovered “porno” in UK game magazines. “My concerns were risen when my son went out and bought himself a gaming magazine to read the reviews of the latest Xbox 360 games,” mayhem writes. “To my surprise the only thing that did was…

Is This The New Voice of Starcraft II’s Kerrigan?

Glynnis Talken Campbell, the original voice of StarCraft’s Sarah Kerrigan, Queen of the Blades, lent her famous pipes for the StarCraft II reveal trailer at BlizzCon 2008, but ultimately the actress will not be voicing the villain for the game. According to Campbell, the voice work done in that trailer was considered an audition for…

Samurai Cat Lady Plus Screens

Action adventure game Way of the Samurai 3 is getting also an Xbox 360 port as well as apparently an English location. In Japan, the PS3 is getting a revamped version with bonus features this October. Here are screens. Look at them.

3D Custom Girl Developer Churns Out Xbox LIVE Game…

…about interior design. Erotic game maker Tech Arts 3D is best know for PC title 3D Custom Girl, which lets users create a customized, well, 3D girl. It’s newest game could not be further from that. Here is a YouTube clip of its custom girl game, and here’s an example of the software in action:…

The Next Devil Kings Game Is A Wii Title

Capcom’s tremendously popular franchise Devil Kings (Sengoku Basara) was born on the PlayStation 2 when the Warring-States-era title was released in July 2005. The sequel was released on both the PS2 and the Wii. According to Japanese news source Nikkei, the next Sengoku Basara game is being developed for the Nintendo Wii. Japan is currently…

Ever Wonder How Much EA Honcho Made Last Year?

Here’s a hint, much less than Activision boss Bobby Kotick, much less — like half of what the Activision exec made. The horror! EA’s John Riccitiello received US$6,365,823 in compensation during 2008. To recap: Bobby Kotick made over $14 million, while Riccitiello only made $6 million. Only. So if you happen to see Riccitiello out…

Bad Company Xbox 360 On Demand Offers PS3 Manual

Microsoft’s summer system update has brought games on demand to the Xbox 360. Via LIVE, you can now buy titles like retail packaged title Battlefield: Bad Company for the Xbox 360. Xbox LIVE Marketplace has the game’s manual available for downloading, and, as of time of posting, Xbox LIVE has the game’s PS3 manual available…

Watch Out! I Will Eat Real Pizza

To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Snakes? Frogs? I got real pizza from Costco. Yes, yes, yes I do. Real pizza, right here. No mayo, no corn, no other things. Dinner tonight is delightful! Yes, yes, yes it is. What you missed last night Risen Banned In Australia, “Sexual Acivity And Drug Use” Cited Microsoft Responds…

Xbox 360 Has “Exclusive Partnership” For Consoles With Netflix

The summer dashboard update for the Xbox 360 has gone live, bringing new Netflix features to the Microsoft console — and only that console. According to the Xbox.com site, “This exclusive partnership offers you the ability to instantly stream movies and TV episodes from Netflix to the television via Xbox 360. Xbox 360 will be…

Doom Creator On Whether New PlayStation Or Xbox Will Be First

You know John Carmack. He’s the programming wizard responsible for games like Doom. You know what John Carmack thinks? He thinks that Sony could release a new console before Microsoft. Here’s his rationale: “The whole jockeying for who’s going to release the first next gen console is very interesting and pretty divorced from the technical…