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Are 100-Hour Games Just A Waste Of Our Time?
It’s tough to play games and not sometimes feel like you’re wasting your time. Whether you’re grinding for levels or fighting endless waves of random enemies, it can be difficult to reconcile with sections of game that feel like padding. Writing for Slate, journalist Michael Thomsen takes that notion one step further, critiquing 100-hour epics…
By Jason Schreier Published February 28, 2012 - Uncategorized
New Super Nintendo (Yes, Super Nintendo!) Game Is in Development for 2013
For the folks out there who can still lay hands on a working Super Nintendo system, good news: there’s a new game slated to come your way next year. Development, publishing, and production company Super Fighter Team are calling Nightmare Busters a “masterful run and gun game for the Super Nintendo, Super Famicom and all…
By Kate Cox Published February 28, 2012 - Uncategorized
Make Your Own Version of Pong, (Maybe) Win $100,000 [UPDATE]
In honor of Pong‘s 40th anniversary, publisher Atari is now taking entries for what it calls the “Pong Indie Developer Challenge,” it said today. For a shot at winning $100,000 and a publishing agreement with Atari, you can dream up your own version of Pong and draw up “at the very least” a design document.…
By Jason Schreier Published February 28, 2012 - Uncategorized
Six out of Six Binary Domain Reviewers Agree: Shooting Robots Just Makes You Feel Good
You know, if Sega had simply marketed Binary Domain with the slogan, “Shoot some robots”, I probably wouldn’t have been so down on it all these months. That was all I needed to know. There’s something about a dystopian future where some sort of robots have gained sentience and you’ve got to blow bits of…
By Mike Fahey Published February 28, 2012 - Uncategorized
Competitive Gamer’s Inflammatory Comments Spark Sexual Harassment Debate [Update]
Competitive fighting gamer Aris Bakhtanians has prompted some ire with inflammatory comments he made during a recent episode of Capcom’s “Cross Assault.” “Cross Assault” is a promotional competitive web-TV series that pits a team of Tekken players against a team of Street Fighter players. On the show, Bakhtanians made remarks about the entrenched sexism in…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 28, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Panel Discussion Dozen: 12 Comics That Aren’t What They Seem This Week
If you’re here in the Panel Discussion programming block, you might be a lapsed comics reader, trying to find a way back to the JLA Satellite. Or you might someone killing time until you pick up your weekly Wednesday pull list. Or maybe you’ve said goodbye to dozens of longboxes to embrace the promise of…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 28, 2012 - Uncategorized
Namco Bandai’s ShiftyLook Uses Webcomics to Re-Invent Forgotten Characters
Look, you probably don’t remember Bravoman. I know I don’t. But, in his mind, the hero of a 1988 beat-em-up is the world’s greatest video game character. Lucky for him, he’ll be getting the chance to prove it all over again. Bravoman‘s going to be appearing in all-new webcomics from ShiftyLook, a new division of…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 28, 2012 -
UncategorizedPeer Into the Foggy, Flowing Animation of the Gotham by Gaslight That Never Was
Day 1 Studios is fresh off of getting robot combat fans all excited with the teaser campaign for Reign of Thunder. But, all comics aficionados have gotten for news of the outfit’s scuttled Batman game have been tantalizing glimpes of what might’ve been The biggest look, via SiliconEra, yet comes from this test animation supplied…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 28, 2012 - Uncategorized
Panel Discussion Starts Now
Are we still pretending that comics and video games don’t have anything to do with each other? Not anymore, we’re not. Welcome to Panel Discussion, where the focus will be on comic books and sequential art, whether they connect directly to video games or not. Confused? Read this
By Evan Narcisse Published February 28, 2012 -
UncategorizedAntichamber Will Confuse Your Brain
Antichamber, much like the premise of Portal, is a first-person puzzle game, and one that Stephen Totilo fell in love with at PAX 2011 Looking at this newly-released trailer, I know what you’re thinking: What the hell is going on in this game? What seems like a mesh of geometrical, randomly colored platforms, cubes and…
By Tina Amini Published February 28, 2012 - Uncategorized
Sony Sells 1.2 Million PlayStation Vitas Worldwide
Four days after its release on U.S. shores, the PlayStation Vita passed the one million sales mark worldwide. Sony has sold a total of 1.2 milion Vita units in Japan, the U.S., and all of its other territories as of February 26, it said in a press release today. The powerful portable system first launched…
By Jason Schreier Published February 28, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Boondock Saints to Continue Their Quest From Consoles
The Boondock Saints missed its mark with critics, but the 1999 film was, and remains, a cult favorite. The tale of style, crime, vigilantism, words you can’t say on television, and blood will soon be adapted into a multi-platform game. G4 spoke with Matt Scibilia, president and CEO of developer Critical Mass Interactive. In that…
By Kate Cox Published February 28, 2012 - Uncategorized
Disneyland Is Much More Fun When You’re Pretending To Be Professor Layton
Wired Game|Life editor (and my former boss) Chris Kohler published an excellent story today about his exploits in Disneyland last weekend. He wasn’t there just to float down log flume rivers or hang out with Mickey Mouse; he went to solve puzzles, Professor Layton style. The puzzles, put together by an organization called Shinteki, took…
By Jason Schreier Published February 28, 2012 -
UncategorizedThe Boss Battles of Mario Party 9
In the trailer above, you can get a bit of a sense of Mario Party 9‘s road-trip design, as well as a taste of a couple of the new boss battles. It’s all a random, chaotic good time, though less “go team!” than this trailer would suggest. My full impressions of the game can be…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 28, 2012 - Uncategorized
Mario Party 9 Sure Could Inspire Some Great Drinking Games
“Are we there yet?” So you’re on a road trip with three friends, and things have gotten combative. You were thinking it’d just be you and your pal Waluigi, two buds taking some time on the road to catch up, but no; he had to invite along that annoying little punk Toad and his half-sister…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 28, 2012 - Uncategorized
Apple Will Reveal a New, More Powerful iPad Next Week
Apple will unveil the next iPad on March 7 in San Francisco, it said today in an emailed invitation to press. Our sister site Gizmodo reports that the new device could feature a 2048×1536 resolution Retina Display and a quad-core A6 processor, which would make it particularly appealing to video game fans. More processing power…
By Jason Schreier Published February 28, 2012 -
UncategorizedWTPT: This is What Happens When You Get Too Competitive in Minecraft
Minecraft isn’t an inherently competitive game, but it can get quite competitive if you’re looking to one up the many impressive structures that have been built. I mean, entire game levels have been replicated using the basic building blocks in Minecraft. It’s easy to find competition and challenges. This particular video is inspired by the…
By Tina Amini Published February 28, 2012 -
UncategorizedThese Guys Cover Every Single Song From The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Whether you’re working, learning, or just straight up doing nothing today, there’s no excuse not to rock out to music from The Legend of Zelda. These talented folks have put together a lovely re-creation of every track from The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, otherwise known as the series’ Super Nintendo entry,…
By Jason Schreier Published February 28, 2012 -
UncategorizedIt Takes Two Fingers to Save This Frog from His Own Bad Eating Habits
Hey, remember the iPhone’s multi-touch screen? Not many game developers seem to, limiting applications to allowing players to touch two virtual on-screen buttons at once. Blacktorch Games’ simple little fly swatter, Don’t Fry the Frog, serves as a simple reminder of how much fun you can have with two fingers at once. Despite glowing iTunes…
By Mike Fahey Published February 28, 2012