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iPokédex Is A Happy Hunting Guide For Pokémon
If you’re going to venture out into the wilds of Nintendo’s Pokémon series, hoping to catch, imprison and then enslave some adorable little creatures, then you should probably bring the iPokédex with you. It’s a handy little guide for the game which includes (almost) every single Pokémon from every Pokémon game, as well as their…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 19, 2011 -
How To Look Just Like A Mortal Kombat Character (Glowing Eyes Not Included)
Balaclava company Ballys is coming out with a line of Mortal Kombat-inspired winter weather gear for your noggin, letting you beat the cold and look like Scorpion (or Sub Zero) while you’re doing it. While being “100% unofficial”, yeah, you can tell who they are. They’re $20, and you can get them from Ballys’ online…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 19, 2011 -
Penny Arcade Has A Third Show (And We’re Not Invited)
Popular webcomic Penny Arcade, which already holds two gamer-focused shows throughout the year, is about to kick off a third: PAX Dev, which is an industry-only event “where digital and pen/paper game developers alike can focus on their craft”. To ensure this “intimate setting”, no business types (like retailers) will be invited. No press, either.…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 19, 2011 -
It’s Nice To See We Can Still Make Butt Jokes About Portals
Portal’s brand of humour has always been decidedly high-brow. Short on slapstick, high on menacing computers. So it’s a relief to see Mega 64 can find a way to work butt jokes into the universe while still making it feel…Portal-ish.
By Luke Plunkett Published April 19, 2011 -
How To Make Old Games Look Better On New TV Sets
Confusing headline, I know, because this is going to take some explaining. This is the SLG 3000, and it apparently can make old games played on a new TV look as good as they were originally designed. How does it do this? The SLG 3000 is a circuit board that you plug your console into,…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 19, 2011 -
This Guy Can Actually Do Mortal Kombat Moves
This is martial artist Pek Pongpaet, who along with his friends Don, Taylor and Yusuf performed the motion-capture for the latest Mortal Kombat trailer. So if you thought that was all just computers and make-believe characters, nunh unh. In the clip above, you can see just how good this guy is. Fun fact: Pongpaet’s favourite…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 19, 2011 -
A Wooden Neo Geo Is A Masterpiece Of Fine Craftsmanship
This is a Neo Geo. A working, fully armed and operational Neo Geo. Made entirely of finely-crafted walnut. I don’t know the precise moment master craftsmen and video games got together, but it’s a union worth celebrating. The entire console’s casing is made out of walnut. Even the cartridge slot. Everything inside, though, is pure…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 19, 2011 -
Madden 12’s Cover Vote Gets A Little Farcical
When EA Sports drew up 32 options for Madden fans to vote on to determine who would be this year’s cover star, they probably had an absolute worst-case scenario of how the votes would unfold. This is that worst-case scenario. The two finalists – and this is a decision based on public voting, not EA…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 19, 2011 -
Surprise, “Minecraft” Is A Big Hit On The Xbox 360
FortressCraft, a new game on the Xbox 360 which is, to put it kindly, borrowing gameplay elements from indie smash Minecraft, has proven about as popular as you’d expect, given you can’t actually get Minecraft on the Xbox 360. According to FortressCraft’s developers, Projector Games, the game’s trial was downloaded 84,006, with 58,572 then committing…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 19, 2011 -
Did Valve Just Take Everyone For A Ride?
Over the past few weeks, Portal developer Valve and its more devoted fans have been engaged in an alternate reality game, which was believed to have resulted in people getting to play Portal 2 early. Just hours from its conclusion, it hasn’t really worked out that way. Were it just a game, that would fine.…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 19, 2011 -
These Ladies Go Beyond A Fatal Attraction
This week’s cosplay round-up is dominated by the ladies, with not one Felicias but two, some Final Fantasy favourites and a pair of Zelda cosplayers. They’re far from the only standouts in seven days of people dressing up like fictitious video game characters, though, as Team Fortress 2, Final Fantasy XIII and, amazingly, Command &…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 18, 2011 -
Even Team Fortress 2 Has Gone Portal Crazy
Team Fortress 2’s recent “hatless” update may not have had any hats, but this week there is a new, single accessory: a pin you can stick on your players. A Portal pin. You know, in case anyone hanging around Steam hadn’t seen too much about that game already. Anyone pre-ordering Portal 2 through Valve’s own…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 18, 2011 -
Imagining What Sony’s Next Controller (And Its Box) Will Look Like
My dork tendencies run a little…stranger than most. While I enjoy looking at things like mock-ups of new control pads, for example, I prefer looking at a mock-up of the packaging for said controller. Russian/American designer Ted Meltok figured he’d take a swing at Sony’s next (well, probably next) control pad, the Dualshock 4. Smartly…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 18, 2011 -
Get A Look At The Inside Of A Portal Gun
Seems the whole world has gone Portal mad this week. Artist Miles Donovan certainly has, coming up with these great schematic pieces showing how the guns actually work. Or, how he thinks they work. It’s not like Miles actually knows. Or he wouldn’t be selling paintings on Etsy (including this one), he’d be, I don’t…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 18, 2011 -
It’s Like Breakout Had A Sexy Baby Who Loved Zelda
Venerable arcade classic Breakout was a pretty simple game. You knock blocks away with a ball. Wizorb is kind of like Breakout, only it drops the game into a 16-bit fantasy landscape and adds in some adventuring. Oh, and it also features the work of Paul Robertson Former Ubisoft developer (and Ninja Senki creator) Jonathan…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 18, 2011 -
The iPhone Game You Can Only Play Once
One Single Life is an iPhone game you can only play once. Not because it’s short, or because it’s crap, but because once you play it and die, the application never lets you play it again. Drastic! Yet it’s also nerve-racking. One Single Life is essentially Canabalt, sans the aliens, and comprises of ten levels.…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 18, 2011
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