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Which Game Character Would Star in the Game of Your Life?
Stealing a page from Jezebel (and GameSpy), I’d love to hear which game character would play you in the video game of your life. It’s pretty simple to answer: Just drop in picture of yourself and pictures of which character you’d like to play you in a game, and which actually would. No contest, just…
By Brian Crecente Published July 20, 2009 -
Frak to Cleveland Steamer: Xbox Live’s Big Book of Forbidden Words
In the 70s there were just seven words you couldn’t say on TV. Today there are thousands you can’t say on Xbox Live. The seven words deemed verboten by the 1973 Federal Communication Commission were scatological, anatomical and, well, nasty. What they all had in common, though, was that pretty much everyone over a certain…
By Brian Crecente Published July 20, 2009 -
The Weekends Are Made For Owen
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: There Is A Severe Shortage of Picture Frames This week Kotaku is getting an extra dose of Owen as he transitions to full time at Kotaku Tower. What’s that mean? It means an expanded weekend, chock-full of new delights like a Sunday Comics Page, more reporting, refined coupons page and…
By Brian Crecente Published July 17, 2009 -
Tapping Into the Power of Collective Gaming
With the number of gamers playing online, why don’t more video games tap into that millions-person collective to achieve something interesting, socially grand or just fun? Turns out that sometimes they do. While efforts like Sony’s Folding@Home project, which uses the collective processing power of unplayed Playstation 3’s to research and better understand disease, have…
By Brian Crecente Published July 17, 2009 -
Microsoft: “Gay” Almost Always Used as a Pejorative on Live
This weekend the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation is hosting a talk about homophobia online and in games and Xbox Live’s head of policy and enforcement will be on hand to hear what they have to say. Stephen Toulouse is going top the talk at Electronic Arts as his team works to find a…
By Brian Crecente Published July 17, 2009 -
Harmonix, Msoft Will Filter Artist Music Uploads
News of Rock Band‘s new gamer-driven network which allows artists to upload and price their own music, didn’t come without a warning and some help from Microsoft’s Xbox Live Enforcement Squad. The Rock Band Network, which launches later this year for the 360, has artists submit their songs to a group of “Harmonix-trained freelance game…
By Brian Crecente Published July 17, 2009 -
Fourteen Big Titles Hitting This Year
Earlier this week Totilo detailed the thinning of the fall release schedule, pointing out all of the games that have been getting bumped back to next year. GameDaily, always ready to find the silver lining, put together this list of more than a dozen titles that will be making the year. Who needs Bioshock 2…
By Brian Crecente Published July 17, 2009 -
Bayonetta Joins Ranks of Delayed Games
Bayonetta, the over-the-top action brawler from Platinum Games, just got bumped into January 2010, Sega announced this morning. It will, however, still be launching in Japan on Oct. 29. “Bayonetta is an extremely important new IP for SEGA and adds a new level of depth to our growing portfolio. As a result of market analysis…
By Brian Crecente Published July 17, 2009 -
The Many Shapes of Stylus To Come
Tired of your boring old DS stylus? Is the Transformer’s stylus a bit too much? Maybe you should look into a custom stylus from Shapeways. The company has a service that lets people customize a number of pre-designed styluses, including ones shaped like a Wii remote, a Pokemon and Link’s shield, by selecting the material…
By Brian Crecente Published July 17, 2009 -
Microsoft Gears Up For Fall Opening Of Retail Stores
Those Microsoft retail stores we’ve seen and been told about are going to stop popping up near Apple stores this fall, Microsoft told Cnet. “As we progress on our retail strategy there will be scenarios where we have stores in proximity to Apple,” a representative told CNET News. “We are on track to open stores…
By Brian Crecente Published July 17, 2009 -
Fun With Feynman
To: Bash From: Crecente Re: Photoshop Alternative? Are you familiar with Richard Feynman, Safecracker, bongo-player, and, oh yes, physicist? While his eccentric personal life (he used a topless bar as an office while at Caltech and included among his hobbies safecracking, juggling, bongo painting and painting.) helped propel his name to fame, it was his…
By Brian Crecente Published July 16, 2009 -
Unbound Saga’s Lori and Rick In The Plastic Flesh
Unbound Saga hits the Playstation Network today for the Playstation Portable. To celebrate, Vogster sent along these amazingly-detailed figures. Unbound Saga is based on Dark Horse’s comic book of the same name. In it you play as Rick Ajax, a self-aware comic book hero, as he takes on “The Maker”. The game includes 20 levels.…
By Brian Crecente Published July 16, 2009 -
PSP’s Assassin’s Creed Will Have Free Running, Open World and PS3 Connectivity
In development by Griptonite Studio, Assassin’s Creed: Bloodlines for the Playstation Portable promises to deliver the “core gameplay” of the original console title including free-running and an intuitive combat system. “As it was the case in Assassin’s Creed, Altair will get to explore various large cities,” Frederic Lefrancois, third party producer for the game, said…
By Brian Crecente Published July 16, 2009 -
The PSP’s Assassin’s Creed: Bloodlines in Action
The Playstation Portable version of Assassin’s Creed explains the link between Assassin’s Creed and Assassin’s Creed 2. This video starts to show how, though we still don’t get to see how the game is actually played.
By Brian Crecente Published July 16, 2009 -
Building Your Ultimate Game Room
GamePro, ignoring costs and the current economy, put together a list of the pricey items you need to build your own luxurious game room. Their set-up includes a 52-inch LCD, bunches of consoles and a high-end PC rig, 5.1 surround sound, a mini-fridge, air purifier and robotic vacuum cleaner. Interesting decisions across the board. How…
By Brian Crecente Published July 16, 2009 -
Journalist or Gamer?
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: No, I Was Wrong, THIS Is The Best Service Ever This morning I posted a hypothetical question on my Twitter feed: Which would you hire to write about video games? An established journalist with no gaming experience, or a gamer with zero journalism experience. I included such extremes because I…
By Brian Crecente Published July 15, 2009 -
Reviews
Waterway Micro-Review: A Little Wet Behind The Ears
Rough Cookie‘s Waterways is a top-down puzzler that uses water management to provide an interesting twist to the classic concept of getting the hero, in this case a blocky cow, from one end of a maze to the other. Published by Taito, the game won the 2008 Japan GameJam Competition, but can it win the…
By Brian Crecente Published July 15, 2009 -
Gates Wants to Bring Natal Tech to PC
Microsoft’s Project Natal, the motion-sensing game controls for the Xbox 360 unveiled at E3, is also being developed for PC use, Bill Gates told Cnet in a recent interview. It doesn’t, however, sound like the PC applications for the tech are about gaming, at least not yet. “I think the value is as great for…
By Brian Crecente Published July 15, 2009 -
T-Rex Crecente Invades A Denver Magazine: 5280
A few months back, Robert Sanchez, a talented writer formerly of the Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post, hung-out with me in my lush jungle home offices to research a story about all things Crecente for 5280 Magazine. This glossy article is the product of that time spent chillin’. The brevity of the story is…
By Brian Crecente Published July 15, 2009 -
Will Wright Talks Educational Gaming, Funny Money
The Chronicle of Higher Education sat down recently with Will Wright to talk to him about the value of educational games. Not only did they get some great money quotes, they got some great money business cards! The interview starts off with Wright showing off his new business cards, which he’s had printed on replicas…
By Brian Crecente Published July 15, 2009
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