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Major League Gaming Steps Up Fight Against SOPA
The dreaded, and ridiculous “Stop Online Piracy Act” has upset a lot of people, who in turn have spent a lot of time saying how upset they are. It’s also upset a rather large gaming enterprise, who have put their money where their mouth is. Following the decision late last year by hosting provider GoDaddy…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 5, 2012 -
CultureTotal RecallWhen Video Games Come to Life, Emilio Estevez Must Die
When it comes to old video game movies, you’ve probably seen, or at least heard of, stuff like The Last Starfighter. Or Joysticks. Or adaptations like Street Fighter, Double Dragon and Mortal Kombat. You don’t often hear people talking about The Bishop of Battle. Which is a shame. Because it’s amazing The Bishop of Battle…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 5, 2012 -
How to Send a Star Wars Fan Insane
BattleTroll 3 | If EA really cared about money, this would happen. Via Sex, Drugs & Pokemon There was a Famicom Game About the Leader of the Soviet Union You expect, and will find, old games for the Famicom where you play as a soldier. Or a pilot. Or an athlete. What you don’t expect,…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 4, 2012 -
Greet the Morning With Fantastic Blizzard, Halo Fan Art
Artist Toby Lewin, who took third place in 2011’s Blizzard fan art contest, wondered if we’d like to share some of his other work. Sure Toby. We’d love to. While he does his own proper concept art and design work, it’s his fan art we’ll be look at this morning, which in addition to Blizzard…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 4, 2012 -
It’s Like League of Legends. Only, For the iPhone.
Apple’s iOS platofrms are no stranger to games that borrow heavily form existing properties, so to see a League of Legends clone – called Legendary Heroes – pop up should surprise nobody. Well, OK, maybe it should, because LoL’s style of game isn’t one you’d expect on the iPhone or iPad, yet here it is.…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 4, 2012 -
This Sci-Fi Indie Adventure Game Looks Great
As someone just playing through the awesome Gemini Rue now, news of A Science Fiction Saga, another indie sci-fi adventure game, is very welcome. Not only does it look amazing (especially given its the work of a single developer, David Ostman), but old-timey fans of games from studios like Sierra will appreciate (or dread!) the…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 4, 2012 -
Some of the Best Cosplay of 2011 Turned Into a Beautiful Little Movie
While we look at cosplay on a weekly basis, cosplay cinematographer and conventioneer Angel James de Ocampo has taken a more annual approach, and compiled this amazing video showcasing some of the best costumes and cosplayers he shot during 2011. We’ve seen Ocampo’s work before, but this piece is something else. Well, maybe the music…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 4, 2012 -
Ennio Morricone: Il Triello
The West on the silver screen isn’t the West at all without composer Ennio Morricone’s memorable scores, most notably for Sergio Leone’s masterpieces like A Few Dollars More The most memorable of all, though, and one you’ve heard on countless commercials and comedies since, is The Good, The Bad & The Ugly from the movie…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 4, 2012 -
LEGO StarCraft Battlecruiser is Terrifyingly Detailed
LEGO Thor? Check. LEGO Siege Tank? Check. LEGO Terran Battlecruiser? Yup, we can now say check to that one too. LEGO builder Sven Junga has constructed this amazing Terran Battlecruiser, the Hyperion, which in StarCraft II Jim Raynor’s flagship. If you see the Thor in the images and think it looks familiar, it is; Junga…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 4, 2012 -
Old Republic Lets You Dance Your Way Out of Trouble
Want to see the best exploit of 2012 (so far?) Look no further than new MMO Star Wars: Old Republic, which literally lets you dance your way out of trouble. If you’re being attacked by anything, from the lowliest enemy to the grandest boss, all you need to do is start dancing – triggered by…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 4, 2012 -
Culture
The Blinding Character Art of Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3
If you’ve played (or even seen) recent fighter Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and thought, well, that character art sure is lovely, I wonder where I can get high-res versions of them all, you’ve got taste. You’re also being looked after today by Capcom, who in a pleasant surprise (this doesn’t happen very often) has…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 4, 2012 -
Words With Friends Ends With Marriage Between Friends
Megan Lawless and Jasper Jasperse didn’t meet at a party, or through friends, or via a dating service. They met as random opponents over social game Words With Friends What began with greetings and then basic conversations over the Scrabble-like game soon became emails and Skype conversations, before the two met, fell in love and…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 4, 2012 -
That Game About Dating Disabled Girls is Finished, Ready For Download
Nearly two years ago, Leigh wrote a great column on a dating game called Katawa Shoujo being made by members of a 4chan group. What made it stand out were two things: one, it’s been on the drawing board for over a decade, and two, it was a dating game based on girls at a…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 4, 2012 -
Steam Now Has 5 Million Players. At the Same Time.
As testament to just how damn popular/important Valve’s Steam platform has become to the PC market, recently over five million people were logged into the service at once. The milestone was first achieved last month, while the service’s notorious holiday sales were going down, but it’s hit it again and again since, as recently as…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 4, 2012 -
“Games Lawyer” Doesn’t Understand Why People Hate Piracy Prosecution
“Game Laywer” Jas Purewal has written an open letter to Edge, addressed to “those who defend game pirates”. You’d hope it’s a considered, practical approach to one of the muddiest topics this industry faces today. It is not. Instead, Purewal begins like this: In case you hadn’t guessed, this is a letter to those folks…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 4, 2012 -
CultureTotal RecallThere was a Famicom Game About the Leader of the Soviet Union
You expect, and will find, old games for the Famicom where you play as a soldier. Or a pilot. Or an athlete. What you don’t expect, but what you’ll find anyway, is a game starring the leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. This is Gorby’s Pipeline, otherwise known as Gorby no Pipeline Daisakusen.…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 4, 2012 -
Town Life
Town Life | It’s worn a little thin by 2012, but boy, wasn’t Animal Crossing something? By トキワラ Forcing Old Atari Game Boxes to Tell the Truth Rarely was there ever a greater discrepancy between actual graphics and box art design than during the Atari era. You’d get these amazingly evocative, painted box arts for…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 3, 2012 -
Xbox Live Couldn’t Handle a UFC Match
The Xbox 360 getting UFC matches seemed like a good idea at the time. Pity Xbox Live couldn’t actually cope with all the people trying to watch one. Last Friday, UFC 141 was slated to appear on Xbox Live’s fancy TV service. It was such a big deal that Microsoft gave away 30,000 coupons so…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 3, 2012 -
Kinect and the Wii Help This Robot Pet a Cat
It’s…it’s like the entire internet, rolled up into a single story. A software engineer by the name of Taylor Veltrop has managed to work out a way to get a Nao robot to react to his movements via both Kinect and a Wii Remote. His setup also includes a treadmill and a head-mounted display: the…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 3, 2012
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