Why This Japanese Town Is So Damn Happy Obama Won

When Barack Obama was sworn in for his first term, a small Japanese town was overjoyed. Women danced the hula at the local temple, and the town readied a slew of I Love Obama t-shirts, stickers and flags. Why was this small town of 30,000 people who could not vote in the U.S. presidential election…

Sony’s Shuhei Yoshida won’t commit to a 2013 release for The Last Guardian. How about 2014? 2015? 2016?!

Whack a Dick at This Japanese Arcade

You know the classic arcade game Whac-A-Mole, right? Using a mallet, the goal is to whack moles as they pop up. In Japan, the game is called “Mogura Tataki” (もぐらたたき), which means, well, Whac-A-Mole. It’s the same game. Spotted in a local arcade in Japan, this Whac-A-Mole game, however, doesn’t seem to feature moles. It…

We Might be Looking at the Next Generation of…Indie RPGs

If you saw a screenshot of Sui Generis, you’d think, hey, look, it’s another Diablo clone. But take a look at it moving. Those physics! Developers Bare Mettle say the game is an “open world RPG for the PC”, featuring “Advanced AI and a hugely interactive game world” and “lifelike battles in which your wits…

Kids Visit Gabe Newell For His Birthday, Give Him DLC as Present

It was Valve boss Gabe Newell’s birthday on November 3, and to mark the occasion, some kids from 4chan’s /v/ (the board’s video games group) went and paid him a visit in the flesh. In addition to giving him a giant card (which they do every year), and getting the chance to wish him a…

One of The Great Artists of Our Time Now Has a Video Game

Roger Dean is one of the greatest pop artists of the 20th century, his work memorable amongst both music fans and gamers alike So it’s both weird and welcome that, this being 2012, we’ve finally got a game devoted entirely to his work, and not just using it for a cover, or logo, or arcade…

A Very Serious, Very Excellent Assassin’s Creed III Music Video

So, you guys remember Lindsey Sterling, right? She takes her video game music very seriously. As you’re about to see in this Assassin’s Creed clip that’s like a cosplaying music video. Assassin’s Creed III- Lindsey Stirling [Lindsey Sterling]

An Intro Remake That’s From Another World

Hey, it’s rickonami, back with another HD remake of a famous video game intro. Last time we saw him, he was messing with some classic console games, but his latest is a little closer to my heart. It’s a reinterpretation of the intro to 1991’s Another World, which in case you weren’t gaming (or were…

The Dark, Troubled Thoughts of Cat Payne

The litter was calling me, like granulated pieces of my broken past. But pooping on the floor was all I had left. They’d taken everything else from me, that night my world came crashing down. A knife in the dark, a cold table. My manhood, gone, along with the rest of the garbage. Her scent…

Of Course, James Earl Jones Was Darth Vader and Mufasa

When Star Wars and Disney inevitably meet, whether it be in a Kingdom Hearts game or something else designed to print money, it won’t look like this. Pity. It should at least sound like this. Eclectic Method – Disney Wars [Eclectic Method]

Halo 4’s Cortana Could Have Looked a Little Crazier

So much of Halo 4, like the rest of the series, is busy. Lots of action, lots of colours, lots of stuff all over the screen. So this concept art from the game is a refreshing break, stripping things back to let us see the game’s enemies and locations on nothing but a field of…

There’s a new Uncharted game coming. Expect something social or mobile.

Guys, Freddie Prinze Is Sorry He Offended Hardcore Anime Fans

Freddie Prinze, former teen heartthrob now mysteriously gnarly grown dude, is on the marketing trail for the Mass Effect anime flick Paragon Lost (he voiced James Vega in Mass Effect 3 and reprises the role in the movie). In an interview recently, he used the terms Japanime and Japanimation. Which, as he explains, is kinda…

This Kinect Patent is Terrifying, Wants to Charge You For License Violation

A patent filed by Microsoft last year, but only made public last week, wants to turn your Xbox 360’s Kinect into an instrument via which large companies can monitor your media usage and, if you’re found to be in violation of something, charge you for it. And no, I am not making that up. The…

The Critically-Panned Movies That Everyone Loves Now

Whew! It’s been a long and dramatic day, at least here in the U.S. of A. Let’s kick back with an off-topic that has nothing to do with politics. It’s great fun looking back at movies that everyone hated at the time, but which critics have come to embrace. And that’s just what Calum Marsh…

What Could Work, And Fail Miserably, on an Xbox Tablet

According to reports, Microsoft is thinking about releasing a 7-inch, Xbox-branded version of its new Surface tablet device. For a company that for over a decade has avoided the temptation of releasing a portable Xbox device, that would be quite the thing. So, let’s say this actually happens. And next year sometime Microsoft takes the…

Borderlands 2 Patch For Xbox 360 Fixes Potential Save-Erasing Bug

A potential game-save erasing bug affecting Xbox 360 players of Borderlands 2 has officially been patched today, according to developer Gearbox. The bug originated from players who hacked their own games and then played multiplayer games online with others. It only affected players on Xbox 360; players on PC and PS3 did not face an…

Show Us Your Favorite Terrible Quicktime Events

This past weekend, the video up top made the Twitter-rounds. It’s of a failed quicktime event from 2007’s Spiderman 3, and it is hilarious Watching it over and over, while laughing, got me thinking: There are so many terrible quicktime events in gaming, it’d be fun to put together a huge list of them. And…

Epic Mickey 2 Demo Now Available on Xbox 360 and PS3

If Wreck-It Ralph isn’t enough Disney for you this week, there is now a playable demo available of Epic Mickey: The Power Of Two The demo is available on both the Xbox Live Marketplace and the PlayStation Network. It’s keeping up with the musical trend we’ve seen so far with the game, taking players through…

From Wind Waker To Sonic, The London Philharmonic’s Got Ya Covered

The London Philharmonic’s latest foray into video game music launched today, and it’s pretty good stuff. I haven’t found any tracks that quite rival the Tetris theme from the first album, but there are some standouts. I like track three, the Dragon Roost Island theme from Wind Waker, in particular. You can hear above. Excellent.…