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The Tail of a Tiger
Tiger Woods, who just won his first PGA Tour event in two years, dominates a very thin week for releases at the end of the quarter. Tuesday • Supremacy MMA (PS Vita) • Myst (DS) • Country Dance: All Stars Kinect (360) • Warriors Orochi 3 (360) • Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 (360, PS3)…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
An All-Male Club Lets Video Gamers Punch at Sports’ Glass Ceiling
For years, EA Sports’ Tiger Woods PGA Tour series has allowed gamers to create female golfers and play with them, even against all-male tournament fields, on any course and in any of the events licensed to appear in the game. Last year, Tiger Woods added The Masters Tournament, the event hosted by Augusta National Golf…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
PS Vita’s Silent Hill: Book of Memories is Delayed
Silent Hill‘s debut on the PlayStation Vita—Silent Hill: Book of Memories— will not hit its March 27 release date. Amazon and Gamefly both have given the game a May 31 placeholder date, and Konami confirmed the delay to RipTen The game was originally slated for a Vita “launch window” release, and the handheld arrived in…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Are The Hunger Games Appropriate for a Full Video Game Adaptation? Will There Even Be One?
Forgive me, I had not heard of The Hunger Games before I posted an item about Canabalt‘s creator and mentioned he was making an iPhone game coinciding with the film’s release. That was a week ago. Since then, I could not avoid the topic if I tried, and not just because of its understandable appeal…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
GameStop Gives the GameCube the Sweetest Rejection Note Ever
The GameCube is “officially collectible,” says GameStop, in a notice that, come April 2, it will no longer accept trade-ins on any GameCube consoles, games or accessories. It’s at the bottom of the retailer’s trade-in page. That doesn’t mean your local store will stop selling its GameCube consoles, games or accessories, of course. GameStop will…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Unchained Blades Coming to 3DS—as a Downloadable Title?
XSEED yesterday teased a new game release, which turns out to be Unchained Blades, the western title for the dungeon crawler UnchainBlades ReXX. Nintendo Power, in its latest edition, also reports that this game will be a digital download, one of the first full-size titles to be made available that way on the 3DS. We’ve…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
TIE Attack
Believe it or not, this 1/3rd scale TIE Fighter was used to teach the Pythagorean Theorem to some guy’s kid for a church movie night project. The TIE Fighter was sold on Craigslist last week. Now we’re going to think up some new adventures for it. Like the er, actual spacecraft, this TIE Fighter also…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves
An exquisite 8-bit version of Vasily Perov’s The Hunters at Rest—complete with Asshole Dog—is our latest TAYpic, thanks to MuckaMuck. Good morning and welcome to Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves. Feel free to discuss anything on the subject of video games in our comments below. If you’ve got a good idea and the skills, take a…
By Owen Good
