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Studio Ghibli Game Takes 2nd To Monster Hunter Portable 3rd
Level 5 and Studio Ghibli collaboration Ni no Kuni hit the Nintendo DS in Japan this week. It appears to have done many favors for the DS overseas, but it was still Monster Hunter Portable 3rd in first place. The latest Monster Hunter for the PlayStation Portable moved nearly 630,000 copies in Japan, moving the…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 15, 2010 -
A Little Bit From Tron In Papercraft Form
Print & build your own TRON “Bit” models courtesy of Tektonten Papercraft! Make sure you also check out the Full Size TRON Helmet & Sam’s Identity Disc. Just in time for the movie premiere this week. TRON Papercraft – Bit by Tektonten Papercraft (Facebook) Via: laughingsquid | Makezine.com Need your daily fill of geek eye…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 15, 2010 -
Dead Space Aftermath Piles On The Cartoon Gore
January offers double the Dead Space, with the sequel to Visceral Games’ sci-fi horror hit landing on the 25th and the similarly gory animated spin-off, Dead Space Aftermath, arriving the same day. EA expands the Dead Space universe even further with Aftermath, a bloody animated film that follows up on the events of the original…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 15, 2010 -
Is This Kinect’s First ‘Sex’ Game, Or Is It Just The Creepiest?
Microsoft’s Xbox 360 camera-controller Kinect has been hacked for dozens of fascinating purposes. Now we have its sleaziest, a working demo of a virtual girl groping “game” that lets you rub down polygonal boobs with your own hands. Sex video game maker ThriXXX claims it has built a Kinect-based interface for its brand of sex…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 15, 2010 -
Rock Band Is Coming Down With Pac-Man Fever In 2011
Truly terrible arcade-inspired album Pac-Man Fever is coming to Rock Band Network next year, letting Rock Band owners relive the 1982 Buckner & Garcia classic from the comfort of their plastic instruments. IGN reports that Ozone Entertainment, which is carving out a niche in offering musical curiosities via Rock Band Network, will bring Bucker &…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 15, 2010 -
The Mass Effect Activity And Coloring Book Is Not For Kids
For the wee Mass Effect fan in your life who prefers coloring inside the lines and navigating mazes, as opposed to making hundreds of dialogue tree choices, give them the Mass Effect Coloring and Activity Book. Created by Something Awful forum goer skoolmunkee for the Mass Effect Secret Santa event, the Mass Effect Coloring and…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 15, 2010 -
Kirby’s Epic Yarn Gets Patched At Club Nintendo
Nintendo’s excessively adorable Wii game Kirby’s Epic Yarn provides the latest contribution to America’s version of Club Nintendo, two pairs of patches that will embroider their way into your heart. Visitors to E3 2010 may already have some of these coveted Kirby patches, but Club Nintendo members can swap “coins” for them if they need…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 15, 2010 -
The Tomb Raider Game That Might Work Well On An iPhone
Square Enix is bringing Tomb Raider spin-off Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light to iPhones, iPods and iPads this week. It’s the kind of Tomb Raider game that might play just fine with a touchscreen. The top-down cooperative adventure has already been released on PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 as a downloadable game,…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 15, 2010 -
Still Not Sure What To Make Of Bodycount
Codemasters’ Bodycount, the first-person shooter that was at one point headed by Black creator Stuart Black, but no longer, is a curious thing. It’s part inspired by Lady Gaga and all about “the bullet and its impact on the world.” The latest trailer for Bodycount, due sometime during the summer of next year for the…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 15, 2010 -
This Is What 2011’s Year In Video Games Looks Like Right Now
We’re mere weeks away from the year 2011 and many video game makers are drawing lines in the sand, committing to release dates as late as next November. Let’s chart 2011 as it stands right now to see how it’s shaping up. While Sony has locked in November 1 as the far-off release date of…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 14, 2010 -
A Souped Up PS3 Can Cut Your Gran Turismo 5 Load Times In Half
Improve your Gran Turismo 5 loading times—if not your lap times—by ripping out that stock hard drive in your PlayStation 3 and swapping in a solid state drive. You could cut your wait to race in half. Gran Turismo 5 owners looking to optimize the PlayStation 3 game by using SSD storage instead of the…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 14, 2010 -
‘The Brothers Mario’ Warps The Mushroom Kingdom Into Liberty City
This may be the best Grand Theft Auto IV machinima we’ve ever seen, dropping the major players of Super Mario Bros. into a gritty, violent world where gangster Bowser is the most feared criminal in the Mushroom Kingdom. While there might be six too many dramatic walkaway explosions in “The Brothers Mario,” by YouTube filmmakers…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 14, 2010 -
Celebrate 28 Years Of Encom Gran Prix Light Cycle Racing
The “ENCOM Grand Prix” limited edition TRON poster (Canvas or Paper) by Steve Thomas will be going up for sale on December 17 at Acme Archives Related Rampages: Vintage Star Wars Posters | How to 80’s Film Posters ENCOM Grand Prix by Steve Thomas (Blog) (Facebook) (Twitter) Need your daily fill of geek eye candy?…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 14, 2010 -
PlayStation Store Update: Welcome To Die!
Christmas comes a little early to the North American PlayStation Store, with things that you’d actually want to download and play in exchange for cash; things like arcade game X-Men, Sackboy’s Prehistoric Moves and Marvel Pinball. What else? You’ll have the chance to kill Ewoks as Starkiller in Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II—provided you…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 14, 2010 -
Mortal Kombat Gets X-ray Fight Sticks, Cool Kollector’s Edition
Get over here if you want to see the premium ways you can purchase a copy of next year’s Mortal Kombat, the grisly fighting game that’s going back to basics on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Online retailer GameStop has new listings for the “Tournament Edition” of Mortal Kombat, complete with customized MK Fight…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 14, 2010 -
Modern War Gear Solid 3: Revenge of Kotickovich!
Metal Gear’s “Solid Snake” and Modern Warfare 2’s “Ghost” join forces once again in the third chapter of epic crossover parody Modern War Gear Solid. Can they finish the fight? Can you see where this is going? In the third and perhaps the most impressive fan film from Beat Down Boogie, Snake and Ghost face…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 14, 2010 -
Playboy Sexes Up Tron Legacy
Hoping for a little less clothing in the upcoming Tron Legacy? Playboy has the next best thing, a totally NSFW spread on the video game movie featuring Playmates Sasckya Porto and Irina Voronina on working light cycles. Thankfully less hardcore than Pron, the XXX parody of Tron Legacy, Playboy’s take on next week’s Tron sequel…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 13, 2010 -
How An Emulator Saved A Video Game Developer’s Bacon
Part anti-publisher rant, part impressive display of creative coding, Mark Feldman’s fascinating little story about how the multiple arcade machine emulator MAME was instrumental in rebuilding a Spy Hunter port from scratch is a must read. While publishers often rail against video game emulators like MAME (for good reason) and the legally gray area in…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 13, 2010 -
Mass Effect Scrolls 3: Skyrim
What happens when you slap on the audio from The Elder Scrolls V’s first teaser trailer onto the Mass Effect 3 equivalent? Things… seem to work out surprisingly fine. Better than YouTube user Solgineer‘s other recent audio-visual mash-up, the Call of Duty: Black Ops trailer set to Tears For Fears music? You’ll have to be…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 13, 2010 -
Believe It Or Not, There Are New Tony Hawk: Ride & Shred Accessories
This is the DEK and it may be the first video game peripheral designed to work with the latest, wildly unpopular Tony Hawk skateboarding and snowboarding games that require dedicated skateboard controllers to play. The DEK is, quite simply, a mat on which players use their Tony Hawk Ride and Tony Hawk Shred skateboard controllers.…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 13, 2010
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