The feel-good story of the week is definitely the one involving nine year-old Caine, whose cardboard arcade is just about the cutest thing ever The slick film put together to document his arcade was done for a reason, though: it was aimed at gathering donations towards a college fund for Caine. Less than a week…
Ah, finally, a trailer for upcoming sci-fi flick Loopers, about criminal time-travellers paid to whack people. Nothing could go wrong with that, right? Nothing except Bruce Willis.
I remember when I was 8, and my important bits still didn’t quite know what they were doing, I thought this was the single greatest image on the planet. A sexy European lady and a McLaren F1 car? It was heaven. Twenty-four years later, my bits know exactly what they’re doing, and…this is still pretty…
We had a blast at Nintendo’s comfy GamesCom booth last year. We won’t this year, though, as the company has announced it won’t be attending. Suit yourself, Nintendo. More currywurst for us. [Develop]
Here at Total Recall, we deal in history. Partly because I love my video games, but also because as a graduate in the field I love my history as well. So it saddens me deeply when I see people involved in video games trying to mess with real, actual history. Which leads me to something…
There’s this German browser game called WAR2 Glory. You’ve probably never heard of it. “Alleged Cougar” Lisa Carroll, 39 (pictured), and her 16 year-old “fiancee” have, though, because it’s where they met, and it’s how they started knocking boots. After growing closer through the game, the pair actually got engaged – via Skype – and…
In case you missed the updates, there have been some interesting developments in the Sonic 2 HD keylogger story. Namely, that the original source allegation has since been withdrawn, and that it’s come to light that one developer involved may well be holding the entire project hostage. [Original Story]
As advertised back in 2010, in June, Disney will begin airing a new cartoon series based on Tron. Not the old Tron. The new one. Seeing as the last movie felt like a gorgeous cartoon that went for a bit too long, breaking the art style down into 23-minute animated shorts seems like a no-brainer.…
For lovers of George R R Martin’s Game of Thrones series, or just fantasy geography in general, your family’s birthday/Christmas shopping just got a lot easier. Announced a little while back, the The Lands of Ice and Fire is a compendium collecting the first detailed and officially-sanctioned maps of the book and TV series’ world,…
Cosplay superstar Meagan Marie shows just why she’s a cosplay superstar with this Super Mario photoshoot, originally done in 2009 and then updated for a charity calendar, but now available for the whole world to see. Mario [Meagan Marie]
EA Phenomic’s upcoming “social” take on Command & Conquer, Tiberium Alliances, hasn’t gathered much good press. Probably because it looks about as enjoyable as punching yourself unconscious. It might be in line for a little more bad press, though, given the similarity between some of its unit designs and those found in tabletop war game…
Sony has confirmed today that it will be cutting 10,000 jobs across the company, as it looks to stop losing cash in areas like TVs and make more cash in areas it does a little better in. Like video games. [Sony]
Star Command, a mobile game we’ve been keeping a very close eye on lately, has its first trailer. And it’s everything you’d hope for from a game that combines space strategy with ship management, two things that are way cooler combined than they sound individually. It’ll be out this Summer on iPhone, iPad and Android…
Confession time: I am a very picky man when it comes to appreciating spaceship design. I am also glad I have one of the few forums on Earth where I can say that and not be given a wide berth. There’s an art to it. Because space vehicles aren’t burdened by little things like gravity,…
In an update on the game’s official site, StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm developers Blizzard have outlined some changes that have been made to the sequel/expansion during the process of testing. Most important are that a couple of units intended to be present in the final product have been cut loose. The Terran’s Shredder…
“Fus Roh Dah”, the iconic shout from Skyrim that sends things flying across rooms like nobody’s business, has become the most popular non-meme saying to come out of the game. So, naturally, its creators are looking to lock down their ownership of the slogan. Bethesda’s parent company Zenimax have filed a number of trademark applications…
Ni No Kuni, a collaboration between RPG powerhouse Level-5 and animation wizards Studio Ghibli, is not only one of the prettiest video games I’ve ever seen, but also one of the more enjoyable, at least on the PS3. It’s very sad news, then, that the game’s Western release has been delayed. Originally scheduled to appear…
The AV Club’s newly-relaunched games section, the Gameological Society, explores one of the greatest single examples of voice-over work in the history of the industry: Last Alert, a shooter for the TurboGrafx-16. A game renowned the world over for just how shitty its localisation work was, just about everything that could go wrong does go…
Arcade classic Dragon’s Lair has its share of critics, but because it was so beautiful for the time, it’s also got its share of fans. Enough for there to be a market for a very slick documentary. Inside the Dragon’s Lair is an upcoming documentary being put together by Sleepyeyed Films, who are looking to…
Marcus “Notch” Persson, the creator of Minecraft, is working on something new. It’s called 0x10.cc, and is a sci-fi game that’s got some neat ideas, promising things like working computers and the ability to “seamlessly [land] on planets”. Another neat idea he’s had, and one which more developers could do with following, is that he’s…
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