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Looks like “Michael“, one of the best commercials in video game history, is getting a sequel tomorrow.
By Stephen Totilo Published October 22, 2012 -
Your Favorite Video Game Is Probably Part of This Guy’s Amazing Tattoo
This is Charles Wheeler’s right arm. In case you can’t tell, he loves video games. A couple of years ago, he decided to get a major tattoo. “I had wanted to do a sleeve but could not figure out an idea,” he told Kotaku. “Then I said, ‘Why not a gaming sleeve?'” The 30-year-old native…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 19, 2012 -
Nine Words Have Sold Me On Jason Rohrer’s Next Game
From Jason Rohrer, the maker of Passage, Sleep is Death and Diamond Trust of London, we’re getting a new PC/Mac/Linux game called The Castle Doctrine This is the description: “a massively-multiplayer game of burglary and home defense”. I don’t need to know anything else! Sign me up. Follow the game at the official Castle Doctrine…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 19, 2012 -
Capcom Says They’ve Made 75 Resident Evil ‘Titles’. Seventy. Five.
There sure have been a lot of Resident Evil games, right? The above chart was posted by Capcom back in June. I just noticed it on their corporate website today, and… wow… I knew they’d made more Resident Evils than the name Resident Evil 6 implies, but not this many! Surely, Capcom’s count of “titles”…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 19, 2012 -
Maybe Capcom Was Right. Resident Evil 6 Is Selling Well in Japan.
Despite taking a beating from some critics (including two of our own) Capcom’s Resident Evil 6 appears to be a hit in Japan, nearly doubling the sales of Resident Evil 5 in the same time period. The Japanese sales-tracking service Media Create shows the PlayStation 3 version of RE6 selling 634,933 and 92,921 in its…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 19, 2012 -
The Best Song Lyrics About Video Games
At the 2:47 mark of a song called The Gauntlet, the rapper Acrobatic makes a reference to… Gauntlet. That fits, but it’s just one of many, many video game references in rap songs. Which are you favorites? Which are the best ones? Add a clip below. And if rap’s not your thing, other genres are…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 18, 2012 -
What I Learned From In-Game Ads: Dunkin’ Donuts is Way Better Than Century 21
Seventeen days ago, I told the world how happy I was to build a virtual Dunkin’ Donuts in my virtual city in the Facebook game SimCity Social World, I have an update regarding another famous brand. Century 21? The real estate people? Their virtual storefront stinks. This is not an opinion. This is math. In…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 18, 2012 -
You Can Voice-Chat On the Wii U While Gaming, But There’s a Catch [UPDATE 2]
The Wii U will support in-game voice chat, but you’ll be forgiven if you’re not sure exactly how that will work. Nintendo hasn’t shown an official headset for the Wii U and the Wii U’s Pro Controller—the one that looks a lot like an Xbox 360 controller—doesn’t even have a port to connect one. So…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 18, 2012 -
She’s In Her Underwear. He’s Running Through The Dark Woods. It’s Teen Horror as a PS3 Game
The image here pretty much sums up what I remember of the horror movies I watched as a kid. Those Nightmare on Elm Streets and Friday the 13ths that me and my friends would rent on Halloween, some schlock for boys who would enjoy the tawdry thrills of watching dumb teenagers get kiled by some…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 17, 2012 -
One Impressive Video Game Tattoo
Here’s one hell of a tattoo. That’s Kratos from God of War on some guy’s back. It’s just one of a pile of amazing God of War-themed fan images submitted to the series’ massive community page on Facebook. Want to see wild Kratos cosplay shot on the subway? Or a tractor trailer cab painted with…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 17, 2012 -
Nintendo Land is Much More Than A Glorified Instruction Manual for the Wii U
I already declared that Wii U launch game Nintendo Land is Nintendo’s most important game of 2012 and it wouldn’t be that much of a stretch to suggest it could be their best game. It’s been an ok year for Nintendo releases, but it’s not like the makers of Ocarina of Time and Wii Sports…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 17, 2012 -
Monaco, A Game We Like Very Much, Is Coming to Xbox Live Arcade (and PC)
Monaco is the top-down multiplayer co-op heist game we rave about here from time to time. Finally, it seems like we’re close to knowing when it will come out. What we at least know today, thanks to the game’s creator Andy Schatz, is that it will be coming to Xbox Live Arcade, through publisher Majesco,…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 16, 2012 -
My Favorite New Wii U Stat
I asked the Activision guy who was playing Call of Duty: Black Ops II at the Nintendo World Store to roleplay with me for a moment. He’d be the gamer. I’d be the person coming into the living room saying I needed the TV. This is how I discovered my new favorite Wii U stat.…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 16, 2012
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