President Barack Obama‘s administration seems video game friendly, Entertainment Software Administration president Mike Gallagher said during an E3 luncheon. “We were in contact early with the transition team and they invited us into those sessions,” Gallagher said. “So we’ve had very good dialog with the administration.” Gallagher, who served as the chief telecommunications and policy…
Konami’s WireWay has gamers drawing elastic lines on a DS screen to flick an alien hero through dangerous environments. Can such a simple concept deliver enough fun to warrant a full blown game? What Is It? WireWay is a DS puzzle game that has you flicking a tiny alien around a world using elastic bands…
Lost Planet 2 takes the best bits of the original title and adds four-player coop, more boss battles and a lush environment. But is it enough to overcome the mediocrity of Lost Planet: Extreme Condition? What Is It? Sequel to Lost Planet: Extreme Condition, third-person shooter Lost Planet 2 returns players to E.D.N. III ten…
As seen on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: What About The Children? I’ve only caught Jimmy Fallon’s new late night show a couple of times, and they were hit and miss. But tonight I’m going to watch just to see how Kudo Tsunoda does and if he presents the world with the bottom of his avatar’s shoe. I…
Tonight on his NBC late night show, Jimmy Fallon will talk video games with Microsoft. It won’t be the first time that gaming has cropped up on the show, and Fallon promises it won’t be the last either. “We are treating game openings like movie openings if they’re cool,” he told Kotaku. “Video games are…
Most of the pleasure I found in playing Bioshock came from the story and the development team’s deft use of Ayn Rand’s objectivism in the game. When I met with Alyssa Finley, executive producer for Bioshock 2, that’s the first thing I wanted to know. Bioshock was a solid shooter, but not one that stood…
When Apple talked up the upcoming firmware upgrade for their iPhone and iPod Touch they touched on the fact that it will now allow you to block movies and TV shows based on content. But what about games? Currently the only way you can lock out the ability to download specific games on the portables…
We may never see the full-blown glory of what was to be Star Wars: Battlefront III coming to a console, but at least the portable versions of the franchise lives on. What Is It? Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron will have players take on the role of clone trooper X2 who switches sides to join…
Avatars, long-caged in Xbox 360 waiting rooms, finally have a chance to cut loose on dirt race tracks, better still Joy Ride is free for Xbox Live members. Well, free if you don’t spend a dime on customization, new tracks or tricks. Is Joy Ride a fun freebie from Microsoft or a Trojan Horse packed…
Forza Motorsport 3 is car porn in motion. “We’ve got this clean look based on the look of a car brochure,” said Forza Motorsport 3 director Dan Greenawalt. “We call it car porn. But Forza 3 is more than just 400 cars from 50 manufacturers and 100 tracks, it’s developer Turn 10’s attempt to bridge…
Tony Hawk is moving into its tenth year as a video gaming franchise and with competitor Skate bringing the heat, was beginning to show its age a bit. Instead of overhauling the graphics, or coming up with some new gameplay mode, Activision decided to turn it into a motion-sensing game complete with its own plastic…
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Wearing Coke Bottles I keep watching that Forza video over and over again. It’s great stuff. Sure, it doesn’t show off realistic physics or car performance, but it’s not meant to. It’s meant to draw people like me in, and it’s succeeding. I’ll be posting my interview with the Turn…
Focus Effect 4 isn’t just a game, it’s a seed in Jason Sudeikis‘ fevered mind. Jimmy Fallon sent Sudeikis to E3 this year to cover the conference and, apparently, pitch his idea for a new game which is one part every game every made and one part full-penetration sex. Brutal Legend dev Tim Schafer seems…
Alpha Protocol is a role-playing game disguised as a fast-paced third-person shooter. In the game you play as a highly customizable Michael Thorton, a CIA field agent on the run from his former superiors. Developers Obsidian Entertainment describe the game as a modern-day espionage role-playing game, but it plays just like a shooter. That’s not…
One of the most stunning moments for me during Microsoft’s press conference didn’t come from their new virtual controller, or Beatles appearance, in came from a car ballet. I’m not a big racing fan. I play racing sims, and occasionally enjoy them, but they’re certainly not my bread and butter. The same holds true for…
Modern Warfare 2 is a game loaded with detail. After watching the game play for Modern Warfare 2 during Microsoft’s press conference, I had a chance to watch the same section played through again at Activision’s booth. This time I paid closer attention to all of the little details, and there were plenty of them…
There are a lot of things I can say about Rebellion’s return to the beloved Aliens vs. Predator franchise, most of them good, but know this first: You can pull the head off of humans and, spine still attached, stroke their faces. The kill move, one of what will be many, for the Predator is…
Seen up close and personal, I was surprised at how fun DJ Hero appears to be. The idea of taking Konami’s Beatmania, a game that I couldn’t quite get when I played and didn’t really want to, and turning it into something that not only hardcore gamers might enjoy, but anyone, seemed like an overwhelming…
Halo: ODST returns players to the universe of Halo without its central character. Can Halo be fun without the Master Chief? While I haven’t had a chance to play any of the campaign yet, ODST’s new multiplayer mode, Firefight, was at E3 for some heavy play testing. What Is It? The enigmatically renamed Halo 3:…
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