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Sniping
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: What Guns Have You Fired? Yeah, I’m not really into guns either, but my dad and step-dad are. Both collect them, both served in the military. I’ve fired a myriad of different handguns, several shot guns, an MP5 on full auto, sniper rifles, machine guns. I even own an old…
By Brian Crecente Published August 31, 2010 -
Building The Perfect Kill House With Video Games
Armed with M-4 automatic rifles, swathed in body armor and combat fatigues, the five man U.S. Special Forces Airborne entry team stacks up outside the entrance to the house. An explosion sends bits of the door flying inside. The men slide through the still-smoking opening, fanning to the right and left, guns up, safeties off,…
By Brian Crecente Published August 31, 2010 -
ReviewsDead Rising 2: Case Zero Review: The Case Of The Zombie-Killing Demo
I have downed alcohol until vomiting, I have halved zombies crown to crotch. I have wielded an electrified rake. I am Chuck Greene: The zombie apocalypse’s worst nightmare. Xbox 360 exclusive Dead Rising 2: Case Zero is meant to be a prequel to the full Dead Rising 2 game due out on Sept. 28. In…
By Brian Crecente Published August 31, 2010 -
Everything You’ll Want to Know About the Playstation Move
Should you buy the Playstation Move? What’s the best motion game on the Playstation 3? What’s the worst? What do you look like playing? Do dogs or cats cause interference? How do I set it up? How much does getting hit with a Move controller hurt? We’ve spent an obscene amount of time with the…
By Brian Crecente Published August 31, 2010 -
“That’s Not The Way You Play the Game”
Long before there were video games about people shooting one another in war, there were wars with people shooting one another. The reality of those wars, the constant fear of death and gruesome nature of battling for your life still had its own unspoken rules. And as in video games, it seems that those who…
By Brian Crecente Published August 31, 2010 -
A Fistful of Zombies: Gunplay in Dead Rising 2: Case 0
A lot of people loved killing zombies in the original Dead Rising. But almost just as many hated using guns to do so. Why? The controls. That was one of the big things that Canadian developers Blue Castle worked on with Capcom while developing Dead Rising 2: Creating solid shooter controls for the sequel. How…
By Brian Crecente Published August 31, 2010 -
First Look At That HUGE Beta Kinect Camera in the Wild
Beta users for the Xbox 360’s Kinect seem to have mixed feelings about the still-in-development motion gaming device. The beta Kinect kits started showing up in mailboxes and on doorsteps today and came with a small collection of games including Kinect Sports and Kinect Joyride. It also came with the motorized camera and a smiley-face…
By Brian Crecente Published August 30, 2010 -
Happy Gun Week
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: So, I Saw Departures We kicked off Gun Week today and boy do we have a lot of solid, interesting stories lined up for the rest of the week about virtual and real guns and how they intersect with gaming. Tomorrow we’re also going to be running our Dead Rising…
By Brian Crecente Published August 30, 2010 -
Drunk Zombie Fighting and Vomit Pratfalls
Dead Rising 2: Case 0 hits the Xbox 360 tomorrow with a robust taste of what the full Dead Rising 2 has in store for gamers. Just don’t blame me if that taste is tainted with a bit of bile. As seen in the prequel, protagonist Chuck Greene isn’t just a zombie-killing machine, he’s also…
By Brian Crecente Published August 30, 2010 -
iTunes Chart Toppers: Angry Jaws
Angry Birds is flocking on the top spot for both the iPhone and iPad. I was just replying it on my iPhone this weekend, great phone with those smarmy, smiling pigs. Jaws seems to be clinging to the list too. Is it worth picking up? I’m still on the line about it. Here’s the full…
By Brian Crecente Published August 30, 2010 -
DSi And DSi XL Get Price Drops
Starting Sept. 12 Nintendo will be dropping the price of the DSi to $150 and the price of the DSi XL to $170. The DS Lite will remain $130. The price drops lower the two systems by $20 each, down from $170 and $190 respectively. “We know shoppers want to get the maximum value out…
By Brian Crecente Published August 30, 2010 -
Golden Sun: Dark Dawn Hits on Nov. 29
Looks like we can stop wondering what’s going on with Nintendo DS role-playing game Golden Sun: Dark Dawn. Nintendo this morning said that the game will be hitting North American stores on Nov. 29. Taking place 30 years after the events of Golden Sun and Golden Sun: The Lost Age for the Game Boy Advance…
By Brian Crecente Published August 30, 2010 -
OK, This Gaming Tattoo Is Pretty Amazing Too
Earlier this week I posted a video of a mind-blowing gaming sleeve that a tipster sent us, saying it was the best gaming tattoo I had ever seen. Reader Adam disagreed: “I’m sorry to say but I think mine is more awesome. You can compare the tattoos yourself.” Thoughts?
By Brian Crecente Published August 27, 2010 -
Steel Yourself For Next Week’s Gauntlet
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Did You Know It’s Friday? Boy do I have a BUSY, FUN weekend of gameplaying ahead of me. I’m on my fourth play through of Dead Rising 2: Case Zero and just landed a big box of games that I can’t even talk about having yet. The entire weekend is…
By Brian Crecente Published August 27, 2010 -
The Mushroom Kingdom’s World of Warcraft
Kotaku favorite game blending artist David Stonecipher is at it again, giving us a look at how the characters of Mario’s universe would look in World of Warcraft. Check out the full canvases over at Stonecipher’s site
By Brian Crecente Published August 27, 2010 -
Burnout: Hot Pursuit
This is Burnout. That’s the first thing that crossed my mind in the middle of my race against a group of other writers. And why not? Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit and Burnout share a pedigree. Electronic Arts’ Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit promises to go back to the series roots with exotic cars and…
By Brian Crecente Published August 27, 2010 -
Tampa Sheriff Calls Out Columbine Video Game
The arrest earlier this week of a teen accused of plotting a massacre at his school in Tampa has put computer game Super Columbine Massacre RPG back in the spotlight. Deputies investigating the case tell the Tampa Tribune they found a copy of a video game about the Columbine High School mass shooting in the…
By Brian Crecente Published August 27, 2010
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