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Identify This Young Girl, Get $30,000! Well, Maybe.
After these photos appeared on a Chinese website, a young man was smitten. A young man apparently with lots and lots of money. Because that’s exactly what he’s offering to find out more about her. Online, the individual offered 200,000 to whomever can find this young lady. If he does not pay up, he said…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 30, 2012 - Uncategorized
Diablo III Is a Shot of PC Adrenaline in Korea’s Gaming Soul
When you think of South Korean gaming, you think of PC bang (net cafes) and people playing online games. But over the years, the PC bang biz has become increasingly cut throat. Since they’re so easy to establish, there’s been a rapid spread of PC bang across the country. And since players only need to…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 30, 2012 -
UncategorizedYour First Look at Dead Space 3
After a mysterious Dead Space teaser surfaced yesterday, what’s reported to be Dead Space 3‘s logo and the game’s first image surfaced today. The screenshot and logo appeared on website VG247. Check out the above image. Not much is officially known about the game, other than its existance has been confirmed. Here’s what’s been speculated…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 30, 2012 - Kotaku East
Japan’s Heart Warmed by a Circuit Board
On March 11, 2011, a massive earthquake and tsunami rocked and ravaged Japan. The world watched in horror as lives were destroyed and lost. The following month, Taiwanese computer hardware maker Asus revealed that it was including “God Bless Japan” on a Republic of Gamers concept board (that never went into production, I believe). The…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 30, 2012 - Kotaku East
Why the Japanese Cops Will Arrest You for Selling Sexy One Piece Knock-Offs
Hugely popular manga One Piece features its fair share of ridiculously curvy characters. They’re prime fodder for adult fan fiction and art. And in Japan, there are even hyper sexualized versions of collectable figures. But watch out, selling those could result in arrest. Many collectable figures are already heavy on fan service. For some, that’s…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 30, 2012 - Uncategorized
A Man Chooses, This BioShock Action Figure Obeys
To celebrate the opening of a new, international store for its merch, BioShock developers Irrational are offering this limited edition Andrew Ryan figure. Well, they call it a figure, but it looks more like a small statue to me. There are only 200 of them available, and you can make one of them yours for…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 30, 2012 - Uncategorized
This Game Has a $10,000 Collector’s Edition. I Kinda Want it.
Fatshark’s upcoming Krater has one of, if not the most expensive collector’s edition I’ve ever seen. There’s only one available. And it costs $10,000. What do you get for that kind of cash? No statues, no cloth maps, no unlockable skins in multiplayer…just a friendly visit to your house from Krater Game Designer Victor Magnuson.…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 30, 2012 -
UncategorizedIf Chrono Trigger Looked Like Wind Waker…
Then, you know, it would be just about the greatest game ever made. Those agreeing should watch this video, which took habboi around a year to put together. It reimagines CT’s Kingdom of Zeal with Wind Waker’s iconic, cel-shaded art style. Using the Unreal Development Kit, and employing the help of the Polycount (3D artists)…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 30, 2012 -
UncategorizedA Portal Movie so Good Valve Should Make it Official
First teased earlier in the year, Synthetic Picturehaus’ amazing Portal film Lab Ratt is now complete and ready for viewing. So you should watch it. It tells the story of Doug Rattman. Doug, aka the guy who did all the paintings you find tucked behind the walls in the game. It starts a little slow,…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 30, 2012 - Uncategorized
It’s a Damn Shame This MMO Got Cancelled
I’m not an MMO fan, not in the slightest, but I can and do appreciate good-looking video games. And Project Copernicus, the now-dead MMO from the now-dead 38 Studios, was shaping up to be one good-looking video game. We got to see some screenshots last week that made me say it looked like a 2012…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 30, 2012 - Culture
Sculpting Assassin’s Creed, Hitman & GI Joe’s Snake Eyes
Former Ubisoft artist David Giraud has, in nearly 15 years in the business, worked on games such as Splinter Cell, Prince of Persia: Sand of Time, Assassin’s Creed and Hitman: Blood Money He’s now at THQ’s Montreal studio, the one being run by former Assassin’s Creed boss Patrice Desilets Warner Bros. In addition to his…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 30, 2012 -
UncategorizedMusician Releases Album on Old Nintendo Cartridges
Musician Jon Black, aka Fort Atlantic, has released his latest album on Nintendo Entertainment System cartridge. Not a replica case, not a reproduction, he’s released it on actual NES carts. It was an idea that started in Black’s mind as a marketing gimmick, but amazingly, after some convincing, his label agreed to it. That means…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 30, 2012 -
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This Dirty PC Might Gross You Out
I sometimes worry about the insides of my PC. I don’t clean it as often as I probably should. Is there too much dust in there? Is that dust going to break something dear to me? It might, but then, I see videos like this and think, shit, my PC is spotless compared to some…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 30, 2012 - Uncategorized
New Shin Megami Tensei Is Coming
The latest issue of Japanese game magazine Famitsu apparently has a two-page advert that teases Shin Megami Tensei IV. It’s apparently headed for the PS Vita 3DS. The popular Japanese role-playing Megami Tensei series debuted back in 1987 with Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei. The first Shin Megami Tensei game was released in 1992. The…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 30, 2012 - Uncategorized
Xbox Bundle Includes 250GB Console, Forza 4, Terrible Wheel
Microsoft announced a new hardware budle yesterday that includes a 250GB Xbox 360, a copy of Forza 4 and one wireless racing wheel. Which you can use as, I don’t know, a doorstop or something. [Microsoft]
By Luke Plunkett Published May 30, 2012 - Uncategorized
Apple is “Not Interested in Being in the Console Business”
You hear rumours of Apple entering the console business once every, oh, six months or so. Maybe that’ll slow down after comments made today by new Apple boss Tim Cook. “Gaming has kind of evolved a bit”, he said at tonight’s D10 conference talk. “More people play on portable devices. Where we might go in…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 30, 2012 -
CultureTotal RecallIn a Previous Life, This Video Game Executive Made Awesome Movies
If all you do is sit around reading video game news all day, and not much else, when someone mentions the name “Danny Bilson”, you probably think “Oh, the guy who’s captained THQ to the bottom of the ocean“. And you’d be right! You’d also be talking about the most boring thing he’s ever done,…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 29, 2012