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ReviewsReview: LittleBigPlanet 2 Is Good For The Greedy Gamer
Why does the PlayStation 3 need a new LittleBigPlanet when users of the first game continue to flood it with new content? The creatively unchained LittleBigPlanet 2 and its broad set of new tools answers that question easily. The second LittleBigPlanet expands upon the “Play Create Share” mantra of the first, giving wannabe level creators…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 20, 2011 -
Online Game Saves Man From Being (Maybe!) Burned Alive
The strategy game Evony, infamous for its salacious, cleavage-filled ads, has helped do some good. The Facebook version of the game is now credited with helping to save the life of a disabled man. 51-year-old gamer Robert Chambers, who suffers from muscular dystrophy, was at home when a fire, started by his toaster, began to…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 20, 2011 -
Manly Men Show You How To Be A Real Fruit Ninja
Fruit Ninja, the bestselling fruit slicing game for the iPhone, iPad and Android, is better played on a touchscreen than with a razor sharp knife in each hand. For video proof, we present two attempts at real life fruit ninjutsu. Luckily, no shirtless man was seriously harmed during the making of these Fruit Ninja videos.…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 20, 2011 -
Mega Man Powered Up 3.0
Mega Man gets the needed Metal Man power upgrade to take on Woodman! Insane illustration by elsevilla Related Rampage: Lord of Shadow Powerup 3.0 by Hector Enrique Sevilla Lujan / elsevilla (Facebook) Need your daily fill of geek eye candy? If so, head over to Justin Page’s Rampaged Reality and get your fix. Republished with…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 20, 2011 -
Brink Makes Sweet Music From Gun Violence
Get the sound of gunfire stuck in your head with Brink‘s “choir of guns,” a catchy excuse to look at the deep and customizable arsenal in the forthcoming first-person shooter. Brink’s latest promo may borrow a trick from Half-Life 2 music video “The Ballad of Black Mesa,” but some beautiful editing and a new look…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 20, 2011 -
Star Fox For Nintendo 3DS ‘Ups The Star Fox Mania’
There’s a new old Star Fox coming to the Nintendo 3DS, a remake of the Nintendo 64 classic that, according to Nintendo, “ups the Star Fox mania” with a pair of new features, seemingly designed for Star Fox maniacs It’s not the improved take on Star Fox 64’s multiplayer mode, though that’s in the 3DS…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 20, 2011 -
The Next Final Fantasy Fight Starts In March
Dissidia 012 [duodecim] Final Fantasy brings more Final Fantasy fighting to the PSP on March 22 in North America. Cost? $29.99 USD. The game stars Rachael Leigh Cook as Tifa, Keith David as Chaos and many more vocally talented folks.
By Michael McWhertor Published January 20, 2011 -
Arcade Magic – A Visit To The New Pinball Wizard
The American arcade, on the verge of extinction, has been given new life with the opening of a New Hampshire based arcade. Writer Jon Lynch visits the newly opened Pinball Wizard, speaks to its proud, passionate owner and returns with this report. Tucked in the corner unit of a shopping plaza in sleepy Pelham, New…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 20, 2011 -
Mutant Footloose
We’re going to cut loose. Footloose, that is, during tonight’s open thread where things like Syd Mead, Kevin Bacon and Mel Gibson might come up during conversation. Speaking of Bacon, did you know he’s in the new X-Men movie as Sebastian Shaw? Yeah, that’s him on the left, probably explaining his kinetic energy based mutant…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 19, 2011 -
Play Fotonica, A Gorgeous Mix of Rez and Mirror’s Edge
You’ll only need to one button to play Fotonica, a first-person platform jumping game oozing with style that its creators say is created in the fashion of “ugly 3D of the 90s.” Fotonica is the work of Italian game design studio Santa Ragione—Pietro Righi Riva and Nicolò Tedeschi—who call their game a mix of “jumping,…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 19, 2011 -
Now You Have One More Reason To Buy Killzone 3
Perhaps you want to get more use out of that 3D television or your PlayStation Move controller. Perhaps you simply just like the Killzone series. Or perhaps you want to play SOCOM 4 before it’s released. Adding to the list of reasons one would want Killzone 3, the game will serve as a PlayStation 3…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 19, 2011 -
Double Fine Sets Up Stacking For February
Double Fine’s Stacking, the gorgeous, funny, inventive adventure based on Russian matryoshka dolls arrives February 8 for PlayStation Network, a day later for Xbox Live Arcade. Playing with dolls will cost $14.99 or 1200 Microsoft Points, depending on your platform.
By Michael McWhertor Published January 19, 2011 -
Truly, This Is Twilight Princess’ Midna’s Better Side
True form Link and Midna team up in this rad Twilight Princess illustration by GENZOMAN. This is a reverse look at his “Midna and Wolf Link” piece. Related Rampages: Thor | Fantasy Street Fighter | Midna and Wolf Link Zelda – Midna and Link by Gonzalo Ordonez Arias / GENZOMAN Need your daily fill of…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 19, 2011 -
Monster Hunter Finally Slayed By A.C.E. In Japan
Who can stop Monster Hunter Portable 3’s streak? Only another PSP game, one with similar Japanese flair, Another Century’s Episode Portable. The mech simulation has dethroned the latest and 4 million selling Monster Hunter in Japan. The latest A.C.E. from Armored Core developer From Software managed to secure the top spot in this week’s Japanese…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 19, 2011 -
Mom Loses Her 6 Kids Over Game Addiction, Filthy Home
A Uniontown, PA woman has lost custody of her six young children after investigators found the kids living in a filthy house littered with “animal waste.” Why the deplorable conditions? The mother is “addicted” to online computer games. Police say the kids, which are 11 years old and younger, were sleeping on bare mattresses and…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 19, 2011 -
Disney Pulls The Plug On Propaganda Games
The makers of Tron: Evolution and Turok are no more. Disney confirmed the (not too surprising) closure of Vancouver-based dev Propaganda Games today, saying “The studio has completed all work associated with its most recent project.”
By Michael McWhertor Published January 19, 2011 -
There’s A Little Metroid In Dead Or Alive For 3DS
Dead or Alive: Dimensions, the Nintendo 3DS entry in the long-running, extremely jiggly fighting game series, is coming from Team Ninja. That’s the same team behind Wii game Metroid: Other M. Now the two are coming together. How? A new video of Dead or Alive: Dimensions shows off two Metroid cameos, one from mini-boss Ridley…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 19, 2011 -
How Does The Nintendo 3DS Price Stack Up?
Nintendo has revealed the launch price of the Nintendo 3DS, the company’s priciest portable yet at $249.99 USD. How does Nintendo’s stereoscopic 3D gaming handheld compare to the competition and its ancestors? The cost of buying into Nintendo’s latest and greatest portable gaming systems has been on the rise since the launch of the DS…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 19, 2011 -
Google Yanks GameStop’s Arcade App From Android Market
Kongregate Arcade, the Flash game app released earlier today for Android, has been pulled from the service’s online marketplace. Why? Kongregate owner GameStop doesn’t know, nor is Google saying. But all hope is not yet lost… “Tens of thousands of users successfully downloaded the new app but, due to unknown reasons, Google has pulled it…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 18, 2011 -
This Snake Walks Into An IKEA…
Maybe the next Metal Gear should take place in an Office Max or supermarket in Sweden. Maybe it shouldn’t. Maybe we should talk about thoughts like these in tonight’s open thread. While our nightly off-topic post is normally less about video games than the rest, I was curious to know what other video games are…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 18, 2011
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