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Look What I Made! (My Wife Helped)
To: Everyone From: Luke I know there’s been GamesCom to organise, and QuakeCon to cover, and I know I’m at home doing neither, but boy have I been busy nonetheless. Probably has something to do with this little lady, who is now one week old. Phew. What a week. These little humans are hard work!…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 13, 2010 -
The First Rule Of Smash Bros. Is, You Do Not Talk About Smash Bros.
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By Luke Plunkett Published August 13, 2010 -
Zombies Return To Call Of Duty?
The listing for Call of Duty: Black Ops’ “Hardened Edition” looks to have inadvertently revealed the return of a previous Call of Duty game’s beloved zombie mode. Best Buy’s product page for the fancy edition of the game says that alongside Black Ops itself, a theme and a medal, buyers will also receive “Four Zombie…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 13, 2010 -
Go On, See How Many Games You Can Identify [Update]
You may think you know a lot of video games. You may even think you could name hundreds of them from a single screenshot. Time to put that knowledge to the test! Dom2D’s Geek Mind challenge presents you with a seemingly never-ending cascade of screenshots and game art, challenging you to type the name of…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 13, 2010 -
CultureTotal RecallNot Everyone Played The Oregon Trail, You Know
The Oregon Trail holds a special place in many American’s hearts, because it’s a game they played when they were both young, and at school. If you were British or Australian, though, you might have played something else In the 1980s, many schools in both countries were equipped with BBC Micro computers, often the first…
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Braid Becomes, Of Course, Interpretive Dance
Some of the more crass video games, those for the unwashed masses, are turned into cartoons, or motion pictures. Something with ambitions as lofty as Braid, though, was never going to settle for such a low-brow adaptation. It’s not much surprise, then, to see the indie platformer reborn here as…interpretive dance, brought to the stage…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 13, 2010 -
How 3D On The 3DS Actually Works
Not sure how 3D on the 3DS works? Let Hoagie from Day of the Tentacle explain. While some of you may already know the technical background behind the 3DS’ glasses-free technology, this video is still worth watching, because it gives you a few great examples of “cross-eye” 3D (including game footage), instances where you can…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 13, 2010 -
Link Is Silent, And Nintendo Wants To Keep It That Way
One of the enduring appeals of Link, hero of The Legend Of Zelda series, has been the fact that he’s mute. You can’t spoil a man’s character with bad writing when he never speaks! As technology marches onwards, though, some people may expect Link to make like the characters from other long-time mute series like…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 12, 2010 -
Put Yourself In A PS3 Game, Then Kick Someone’s Ass
A lot has been made about the potential for the PlayStation Move’s motion controls, but let’s not forget that the PS3’s humble little PlayStation Eye camera can do motion control of its own, no plastic wands required. Kung-Fu LIVE is to the PlayStation Eye what Kung Foo was to the EyeToy; players stand in front…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 12, 2010 -
American McGee’s Alice Has Officially-Licensed Cosplay
There’s cosplay, where kids coble together their own outfits using stitches, fabric and rubber, and then there’s cosplay, where an official costume from a game is made commercially available. Like this one, for American McGee’s Alice! Available from Party City, it’ll cost you (or that special, role-playing someone in your life) $60. For that, you’ll…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 12, 2010 -
The Oregon Trail, Now With Stunt Jumps
For all the fond memories American kids have of educational game The Oregon Trail, the fact is the game itself stinks. What it needed was to be more like ExciteBike. That’s the idea behind So Long, Oregon!, which transforms the dusty old classic into a side-scrolling stunt game, like ExciteBike or, for the younger kids,…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 12, 2010 -
Microsoft To Make Games For Mobile Phones
Microsoft makes games for the Xbox 360. Microsoft makes games for the PC. Now Microsoft will be making games for mobile phones! A job posting over on Microsoft’s web site reveals the formation of a new division of the company’s internal development force, called MGS Mobile Gaming, which will be “focused on bringing games and…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 12, 2010 -
Team Fortress 2 Goes 19th Century
The talented kids at video game art forum Polycount are again working their magic on Valve’s Team Fortress 2, giving us a glimpse at what Red v Blue would have looked like in the age of steamships and cowboys. Taking Valve’s own recent Engineer comic as inspiration, they’re modelling a range of the game’s characters…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 12, 2010 -
Ubisoft’s Next Game Dumps Controversial DRM System [Update]
Ubisoft’s digital rights management system for its PC games has been wildly unpopular since first adopted. And that’s putting it mildly. Which might explain why the company’s next PC game is ditching it. RUSE, a real-time strategy game, will not be using Ubisoft’s maligned system, instead opting for the far more publicly acceptable Steamworks method,…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 12, 2010 -
Some Old Gaming Mags Are Worth Money (But Most Aren’t)
As the gaming press becomes ever more focused on the internet, the printed word is becoming a dying medium. And as with anything on the decline, rarity can at times go hand-in-hand with value. Kevin Gifford, of Mag Weasling fame, has written a handy guide to the value of old gaming mags over on Gamasutra,…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 12, 2010 -
Rumor: Nintendo & Nokia Worked On A Phone Together
Sony and Google’s rumoured partnership may be the gaming phone news of today, but sources speaking with Pocket Gamer reckon that a few years back, Nintendo was in bed with a phone company too. That company was Nokia, and during the early 2000s the Finnish phone giant and Nintendo had plans to release a portable…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 12, 2010 -
Call Of Duty Devs Warn Of Gamertag Imposters
The multiplayer trailer for the latest Call of Duty game had some gamertags featured, and some unscrupulous souls are taking advantage of that to scam people on Xbox Live. Josh Olin and David Vonderhaar, from Call of Duty: Black Ops developers Treyarch, have alerted fans of the game to the fact that someone is contacting…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 12, 2010 -
Doctor: No Evidence Of 3D Causing Eye Damage
Dr. Mark Borchert, an ophthalmologist who is one of the best of his kind, has told Gamasutra that 3D gaming might not be as dangerous as some would have you believe. Because the technology is so new, and because so many people have reported discomfort after using it, there are fears that 3D could lead…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 12, 2010
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