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This Guy Unboxes his PS Vita, Plays It, Seems Happy
The PlayStation Vita is on the verge of release in Japan, and this guy has one. What’s it like to get your own Vita and start playing games on it? Watch this video, and pretend you’re this guy. He spends 9 cheerful minutes with the machine. The Vita will be officially released in Japan on…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 16, 2011 -
Fans of Old Blaster Master Games and Christmas Songs Will Love Today’s Nintendo Shop Update
There’s one major difference between today’s Nintendo Download and our recent installments. Mike Fahey isn’t writing this one. And that’s why this one isn’t as exciting as the recent ones. I mean, he got to tell you people about Pushmo, one of the best portable games I’ve played all year. I don’t have such great…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 15, 2011 -
The New Portable GTA III Has the Entire Original Soundtrack, Rockstar Says
We’ve shown you how today’s 10th anniversary edition of Grand Theft Auto III runs on an iPad. But we haven’t been able to listen to all that much it. So we turned to Rockstar Games today and asked them if the iconic soundtrack of the original 2001 GTA III was in the new game. Rockstar…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 15, 2011 -
Star Wars: The Old Republic Will Improve the Following Features Later…
If you want to play a Star Wars massively-multiplayer online game with high-quality writing, lots of lightsabers and a ton of pre-Skywalker adventure, next week’s Star Wars: The Old Republic can meet your demands. But no MMO can have it all on day one, nor can this particular MMO have guild capital ships on day…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 15, 2011 -
SpellTower is the Boggle Tetris That We Needed
Look at the letters in the image above. Can you spell a word by tracing a line through them? If so, congratulations, you’d be good at SpellTower. SpellTower is a stack if letters that can each disappear if you thread them into words. SpellTower is an iOS game that, in its best mode, keeps shoving…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 15, 2011 -
How Skyrim Could Damage the U.S. Economy (Sorta)
First we have Wired magazine’s Geek Dad mock-fretting that the wonderful time-sink of Skyrim may be hurting the productivity of the American worker and therefore may drag the nation’s economy down. Today, we have Matthew Yglesias, smart writer at Slate providing slightly more serious analysis about what Skyrim‘s impact on the economy might be. Good…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 14, 2011 -
Should You Buy Assassin’s Creed: Revelations’ Ancestors Character Pack? No.
There’s finally some downloadable content out for Assassin’s Creed Revelations, but you should keep your $4. Why? Stephen Totilo, who wrote a glowing review for Assassin’s Creed: Revelations: I’m including a video in this Gut Check in order to show you the coolest thing about the Ancestors Character Pack. If you look at it closely…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 14, 2011 -
OK, Max Payne 3‘s Multiplayer Sounds Awesome
People who I’ve spoken to at Rockstar Games have hinted to me that the multiplayer mode in Max Payne 3 is going to be something special. According to IGN impressions of the March 2012 game’s competitive multiplayer, these people hinted the truth. The point of reference IGN uses for Max Payne 3‘s multiplayer is Call…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 14, 2011 -
This Week’s Most Interesting New Comic Books Include Dead Rising and… James Bond Star Wars??
Comic books still exist. And there are new ones today. You can buy them in shops. You can download them digitally (legally!). Just don’t buy bad ones. Please allow me and Evan Narcisse to make a few suggestions… Comics You Should Consider Buying (from comics shops) Avengers X-Sanction #1 I’ve enjoyed the writing of Jeph…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 14, 2011 -
This Modern Warfare Missile Was Very Well-Fired
A missile “threads the needle” in Modern Warfare 3 in this amazing clip by YouTube user KingGreqo If you’re ever wondering why you’re getting killed so much playing MW3, it’s because you’re playing against people who can do this. Threading the Needle [YouTube]
By Stephen Totilo Published December 14, 2011 -
We’re Getting a Free-To-Play Command & Conquer Game Very Soon
EA isn’t just making a 2013 Command & Conquer game under the BioWare umbrella. They’re making a free game, an “all new free-to-play MMO strategy game” called Command & Conquer Tiberium Alliances according to a press release today. The game will be playable in browsers and on mobile platforms. (No platform was specified). It goes…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 14, 2011 -
PS Vita Rowboat Capsizes in the Atlantic, Rowers Rescued
Two guys named Tom who were trying row a boat called the PS Vita across the Atlantic Ocean as part of a month-long race were rescued today after their boat sank eight days into their journey. Tom Sauer and Tom Fancett blogged today—yes, they blogged today—that they floated in a lifeboat for 10 hours overnight…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 14, 2011 -
YouTube Pulls Official The Last of Us Trailer Due to ‘Copyright Claim’
Earlier today I received an e-mail from the people at YouTube, who informed me that a seven-second video that I ran of Nintendo game designer Shigeru Miyamoto bobbing his head during a musical performance of the Spike VGAs was in violation of a Viacom copyright. YouTube, I learned will not jump to the conclusion that…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 13, 2011 -
The Wii is So Not Dead
The Wii is so not dead. Not when it’s got Rhythm Heaven on the way in February. This, folks, is a screenshot. An awesome screenshot. -Stephen Totilo The B3st and Worst Gam3s With a 3 In the Title Anyone who knows me knows that my second-favorite hobby (after making sure my fingernails have no white…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 13, 2011 -
The Giant Rainbow Super Mario in Just Dance 3 is Slightly Disturbing
The Just Dance series is the kind of red-hot gaming franchise that can pull in a guest character like Nintendo’s Super Mario. But who knew that such a combo would be so… colorful. Behold the sight of Mario dancing in the Wii version of Just Dance 3, last seen in the Japanese version of the…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 13, 2011 -
You Can Be Temporarily Banned from Modern Warfare 3 For 5000 Days
People are getting hit with 5000-day bands in Modern Warfare 3, and the people behind the game say it’s intentional. “Yes. If you see this message, it means you’ve been Permabanned (for something bad),” Infinity Ward’s Robert Bowling Tweeted today in response to online news site MP1st wondering about the image atop this story We…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 13, 2011 -
Shigeru Miyamoto Knows Some Americans He’d Make a Zelda With
The Legend of Zelda is one the most successful video game franchises to ever come from Japan. It’s been mostly made by Nintendo studios in Kyoto, with some added efforts by Capcom, which is based in Osaka. Shigeru Miyamoto, Nintendo’s top game designer and lead creator of the 25-year-old Zelda series now sees a team…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 13, 2011 -
All the Activists are Dead in the Next Command & Conquer
If Command & Conquer: Generals 2 is really a BioWare game (and it is, right?), then we should care about its story. Storytelling in video games, after all, is a BioWare hallmark. This is what we’ve got so far, from the official Command & Conquer site, run by Victory Games, which is now under the…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 13, 2011 -
In America, the 3DS’ Second Circle Pad will be a GameStop Exclusive
The Circle Pad Pro, a $20 add-on that adds a second analog input to the Nintendo 3DS—acting as a right analog stick—as well as two shoulder more shoulder buttons, will be sold in the U.S. exclusively through GameStop stores and the GameStop website, Nintendo revealed today. It will be compatible with Resident Evil: Revelations and…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 13, 2011 -
The Last of Us Trailer is Full of Hints, Says Naughty Dog
They didn’t expect to be able to keep it a secret. They were worried it would leak. But the co-presidents of Naughty Dog managed to keep the fact that their Uncharted studio has been making The Last of Us for a while. Moments after the first trailer was revealed, the two chatted with the official…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 12, 2011
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