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Talking Caves and Funky Barns Help Train Your Brain in This Week’s Nintendo Download
It’s cold outside. So it’s a good thing that some of this week’s digital Nintendo offerings offer you shelter. But don’t count on safety. Those animals in Funky Barn will send your head spinning. For real. Sadly, there doesn’t appear to any actual George Clinton “Mothership Connection” P-Funk style grooves in the animal husbandry agriculture…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 24, 2013 -
This eloquent Kill Screen piece ruminates on why diversity should be important to the future of video games
By Evan Narcisse Published January 23, 2013 -
A Tiny Flying Squirrel Trapped in a Pinball Universe Is Your New Recipe for Fun
To paraphrase A League of Their Own, there’s no molerats in pinball. But this game—filled with rolling, bouncing mammals—this is a pinball adventure. And that makes all the difference. For some weird counter-intuitive reason, video-game versions of pinball fascinate me. Everything’s essentially fake in games like Zen Pinball. There’s none of the physicality that makes…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 23, 2013 -
Darksiders, WWE Still Looking for New Homes After THQ Sell-Off
News has broken out about the sale of THQ’s assets and it looks like many of the defunct publisher’s signature franchises have been acquired. But, surprisingly, some seemingly bankable properties haven’t been snatched up. Many of the titles mentioned in a previously published assets list were sold off today. Most conspicuously, WWE isn’t mentioned in…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 23, 2013 -
Pakistan Bans Call of Duty and Medal of Honor Games for Showing Country “in a Very Poor Light”
The world’s best selling video game won’t be sold in Pakistan. Fox News reports that a declaration has forbidden sales of Activision’s Call of Duty games, as well as EA’s newest Medal of Honor release. According to the report, the ban came into effect after shop owners complained how Pakistan was portrayed in the games.…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 23, 2013 -
Watch This Morning’s Nintendo Direct Right Here
Nintendo’s top man told viewers about upcoming firmware updates, Miiverse smartphone integration and new games for the company’s Yoshi and Zelda series. And bombs about new titles from the Xenoblade team and a Shin Megami Tensei/Fire Emblem crossover were dropped, too. If you missed any of the above, you can watch the whole thing in…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 23, 2013 -
Nintendo Says The Wii U’s Load Times Will Get Faster This Spring
In this morning’s Nintendo Direct broadcast, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata said that the company is aware of complaints of long load times. Iwata said that two system updates—one in spring and the other in summer—will improve load times and add new features to the system.
By Evan Narcisse Published January 23, 2013 -
This April, Dragon’s Dogma‘s Dark Arisen Expansion Brings the Changes You Wanted
Capcom announced a substantial expansion to their sprawling action RPG last September, but left fans wanting as to what exactly was coming with the Dark Arisen add-on. Today, we finally get a look at what’s coming to Dragon’s Dogma‘s fantasy universe with the add-on launches in April. Two trailers debuted today, with a bigger glimpse…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 23, 2013 -
Splinter Cell: Blacklist —out on 08/20—features the game’s female President in a new “Inauguration” trailer
By Evan Narcisse Published January 16, 2013 -
Samus Aran Kisses Master Chief in the Video Game Crossover of One Man’s Dreams
Face it: we’re never going to get a game where Thor, Optimus Prime, Boba Fett and Commander Shepard team up to save all of reality. But deviantart user lonefirewarrior has given us the next best thing. Using Garry’s Mod, Photoshop and a whole lot of patience, deviantart user lonefirewarrior has created Vindication, a multi-franchise mash-up…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 16, 2013 -
Upcoming Dark Knight Returns Cartoon Reminds Us of Batman’s Stance on Guns: “These Are the Weapons of Cowards”
As this clip from the second part of the animated adaptation of Frank Miller’s classic graphic novel shows, Batman’s position on gun control has always been clear. Bruce Wayne thinks that nobody should have them. Given the trauma that lay in his past, you can’t really blame the guy. As good as this scene is,…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 15, 2013 -
The Video Games That Showed Up When I Least Expected Them
A controller gets put down. A disc gets shelved next to dozens of others just like it. But, sometimes, the game lingers. It creeps into your sleep and live on in the backs of your eyelids, demanding ever more from you. Here’s an example: the one night that the crazy nocturnal zombies from Alan Wake…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 15, 2013 -
The Vita port of Edmund McMillen’s demonic roguelike The Binding of Isaac might look like this. [Twitter]
By Evan Narcisse Published January 15, 2013 -
ReviewsDmC: The Kotaku Review
New Coke lives on only as a joke. But, imagine if you will, a reality where that reworking of the ubiquitous soft drink was actually good. You won’t have to think that hard about such a plane of existence. All you have to do is swap New Dante for New Coke and, bam, there you…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 14, 2013 -
Fox Reporter Tries Hard to Get Gaming Expert To Attack Violent Video Games
Ready for an incredibly uncomfortable 3:39 of financial news? This schizophrenic clip from Fox Business starts off with a mention of Vice President Joe Biden’s meeting with video game industry representatives today and, from there, seems like it’s supposed to be a straightforward rundown of how sales trends are shaking out. But the numbers and…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 11, 2013 -
Culture
Watch Video Games Get Beaten In Record Time for a Good Cause
SpeedDemosArchive—home to, amazingly, high-speed video game playthroughs by talented players—is entering the last day of its Awesome Games Played Quick marathon, where viewers can donate money to help fund cancer prevention research. Players will be picking up gamepads to try and beat old and new classics faster than anyone else has ever done. So far,…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 11, 2013 -
Giant-Sized Hulk Will Smash Galactus in Lego Marvel Super Heroes
News broke this week that Warner Bros.’ game division has been working on a new game based on Marvel Comics character. This Game Informer video offers a first look at the game and mentions that the game’s big bad will be Galactus. According to coverage in Game Informer‘s print magazine, you’ll be doing all your…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 11, 2013
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