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The Murderous Math of The Darkness II‘s “Quad Wielding”
Balancing the Xbox 360 controller lightly between pinkies and thumbs, I twiddle four trigger fingers in occasionally rhythmic bursts. Each squeeze dispenses death in different, surprisingly creative ways. Bad guys die by gun blast, slashing tentacle, severing cab door, skewering light pole. My thumbs, perched atop the controllers tiny joysticks, swivel in smooth movements, directing…
By Brian Crecente Published April 29, 2011 -
FBI Cybercrimes Joins 22 States In Sweeping PlayStation Network Investigation
The Federal Bureau of Investigations today confirmed to Kotaku that it is looking into the security breach that brought the Playstation Network down and exposed millions of users’ personal data to cybercriminals. The FBI is joined by nearly two dozen state attorneys general and possibly the Federal Trade Commission who are looking into this month’s…
By Brian Crecente Published April 28, 2011 -
The Darkness II
DEMON ARMS | The Darkness II is, not surprisingly, much darker than the Darkness. (2K Games) Is Let Them Eat Cake the Most Authentic Royalty Simulator of All Time? Oh, perchance for but a moment to be an inbred simp amidst a pageant to celebrate the sublimation of fresh genetic material into our state-supported carnival…
By Brian Crecente Published April 28, 2011 -
Why Is Apple Allowing Mario Clones on iTunes?
Trademark red cap and white gloves, big mustache and floating coins. There’s no confusing this iPhone game: It’s Super Mario Bros. Only it isn’t. [Update] Monino by developer FeYingInfo popped up on iTunes for a penny shy of a dollar earlier this week begging the question: Why in the world did Apple approve it? This…
By Brian Crecente Published April 28, 2011 -
Credit Card Companies See No Sign of PSN Hack Fraud
Speaking to Bloomberg, spokesmen for Wells Fargo & Co., American Express Co. and MasterCard Inc. said they were monitoring cardholder accounts and hadn’t seen unauthorized activity relating to Sony. [Bloomberg]
By Brian Crecente Published April 28, 2011 -
Big Nose
Tapir | Today was world Tapir day. Hug a herbivore. (TapirDay.Org) Battle of the Overclocked Radeon IceQ Graphic Cards: 6850 VS 6870 The GeForce GTX 460 saved Nvidia’s hind last year when it hit the market at $200 (currently $150 for the 768MB version) beating the existing Radeon HD 5830, while simultaneously threatening the more…
By Brian Crecente Published April 27, 2011 -
National Nerd Relief Fund’s Plea for Playstation
Originally here: Funny or Die
By Brian Crecente Published April 27, 2011 -
Hulu Offers Some Members Credit for Playstation Network Outage
The week-long Playstation Network outage isn’t just keeping PS3 owners from playing games, it’s also preventing them from using other online features of the console, like watching TV through Hulu. While the official Hulu response to the Playstation Network outage, found on their site, is to basically point out you can use the service on…
By Brian Crecente Published April 27, 2011 -
The Latest WikiLeaks Game Isn’t Just Scandalous, It’s Fun
TrickyLeaks is more than just another attempt to jump on the fading infamy of WikiLeaks and founder Julian Assange’s troubled rise to fame. It’s also a fairly fun game. Each round of the Android game kicks off with a literal leak forming in the concrete wall of different corporates. “Oh no, our secrests are leaking…
By Brian Crecente Published April 27, 2011 -
Sony Says It Didn’t Know Severity Of PS3 Breach Until Monday
While Sony discovered that hackers had broken into their Playstation Network on April 19, it wasn’t until nearly a week later that the company understood the full scope of the breach, a Sony official tells Kotaku. The company learned that customer data was stolen on Monday, only after an outside security firm conducted days of…
By Brian Crecente Published April 26, 2011 -
Ride the Bull
DIP | Sony today confirmed that hackers were able to steal personal information for PSN users from their database. This is a screen grab of the company’s stock values today. (Marketwatch) Sony Comes Clean: PlayStation Network Hackers Have Stolen Personal Data A security breach in the Playstation Network by still unidentified hackers resulted in stolen…
By Brian Crecente Published April 26, 2011 -
Sony Comes Clean: PlayStation Network Hackers Have Stolen Personal Data
A security breach in the Playstation Network by still unidentified hackers resulted in stolen personal information, Sony confirmed today. Sony says while personal information was likely stolen they don’t believe credit card numbers were and that they hope to have the Playstation Network service back up within a week. The news comes more than nine…
By Brian Crecente Published April 26, 2011 -
Buffy, Freddy and Machete Are Call of Duty‘s New Zombie Slayers
Dropped on a mysterious, ice-covered Siberian island, Call of the Dead has players control a dream-team of zombie killers as they fight to survive an army of the Soviet undead led by the set-light wielding reanimated corpse of George Romero. Call of the Dead, part of the Call of Duty: Black Ops Escalation pack, stars…
By Brian Crecente Published April 26, 2011 -
Nintendo Worried People Aren’t Buying 3DS’ Magic
Nintendo’s glasses-free 3DS portable gaming system isn’t selling as well as the company expected because people don’t understand how great the gadget is or how to properly use it, the president of the company theorizes. Addressing a gathering of analysts in Tokyo this week, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata seemed to place most of the blame…
By Brian Crecente Published April 26, 2011 -
Error-Riddled Mortal Kombat Guide Won’t Get Reprint Due to “Economics”
Strategy guide maker Prima Guides told visitors to their website that the error-riddled strategy guide for Mortal Kombat likely won’t be seeing a second printing to correct the mistakes. “Economics makes a second printing unlikely, unfortunately,” a spokesperson wrote in response to fan’s displeasure with the new guide. Prima will printing corrected character quick reference…
By Brian Crecente Published April 26, 2011 -
L.A. Tribeca Noire
TRIBECA | NEW YORK, NY: A glimpse of the press swag bag handed out at the Tribeca L.A. Noire “screening” in Manhattan tonight. (Photo by Stephen Totilo) Play A Game For Social Change America may not be headed toward a future of citizens tracked with implanted chips, pacified by drugs and tightly segregated, but creating…
By Brian Crecente Published April 25, 2011 -
Despite Reports, No Arrest Yet in Playstation Network Outage
No arrests have been made connected to the Playstation outage, Kotaku has confirmed, despite a story making the rounds that claims FBI and others have issues warrants and made arrests. Speaking to the FBI this morning, Kotaku confirmed there have been no arrests in the U.S. The story, which seemed to first pop up on…
By Brian Crecente Published April 25, 2011 -
Sony Doesn’t Know Yet If Your Credit Card Number Was Stolen
Sony has not yet determined if the personal information or credit card numbers of users on the still-offline Playstation Network have been stolen, according to a Sony spokesman. Sony Computer Entertainment is conducting “thorough investigation” into the outage, Satoshi Fukuoka, a spokesman for Sony Computer Entertainment in Tokyo, told PC World. Sony Computer Entertainment of…
By Brian Crecente Published April 25, 2011 -
Play A Game For Social Change
America may not be headed toward a future of citizens tracked with implanted chips, pacified by drugs and tightly segregated, but creating that Orwellian future now could be the best way to prevent it, one activist group thinks. Rolling into its fourth week, Facebook game America 2049 is activism as entertainment, education as political thriller.…
By Brian Crecente Published April 25, 2011
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