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UncategorizedDirt Returns, Only It’s Missing a Few Things
I’m going to tell you a secret. My favourite racing series of this generation has been neither Gran Turismo nor Forza. It’s been Codemaster’s Dirt series. A new game in the franchise should be cause for joy, then, but, well. Hrm. The next game isn’t Dirt 4. It is, as GameSpot describes it, “an arcade-style…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 12, 2011 -
UncategorizedIf Valve Was Hinting About Half-Life 3 On Saturday, They Were Being Very Vague
This one’s a bit of a stretch… but then, what am I talking about? It’s never a stretch when it comes to Valve. People are already parsing the video that the company showed at last weekend’s Spike Video Game Awards show, in which the Portal 2 character Wheatley put in a humorous, short plea to…
By Kirk Hamilton Published December 12, 2011 - Uncategorized
Talk Amongst Yourselves
Merry Monday everybody and what a weekend it has been. The VGAs were givin’ out awards, DJs were “losing” PS Vitas and I was stuck inside trying to teach my cats not to piss all over my apartment. Anybody have a favorite part of the VGAs? Tell all today on Talk Amongst Yourselves! Many thanks…
By Chris Carolan Published December 12, 2011 - Uncategorized
For the Right Price These Gamers Will Die For You
This story starts, as so many great ones do, with a classified ad: “I will take bullets for you,” it read. And he did. Contact made, cash transfer confirmed, Londoner Toby Smith met me on a bluff overlooking the border between Iran and Turkmenistan on an early December afternoon armed with an M416 assault rifle.…
By Brian Crecente Published December 12, 2011 - Uncategorized
Paper Toss Makes a Comeback as Paper Toss 2.0
One of the first games I played a ton of on the iPhone was Paper Toss, a simple little title where you had to throw paper in the bin while accounting for the blow of an office fan. That was years ago, though, and since then iPhone games have gotten bigger, bolder and slicker. So…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 12, 2011 - Uncategorized
Hope You Like Zelda Motion Controls!
Because, from the sound of it, Nintendo totally loves them. While developing The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Nintendo’s Eiji Aonuma thought about ditching the Wii Motion Plus controls. Now, he wouldn’t have it any other way. “I honestly think we cannot go back to button controls now, so I think that these controls will…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 12, 2011 - Uncategorized
Fallout 3 Vs. Skyrim: Figure Fight!
Face-Off | SOMEWHERE: Wonder what they’re talking about. (Photo: Reader Moez) …And China Rips-Off the PS Vita Sony is making the PlayStation Vita at a Chinese factory. And, surprise, another Chinese company is releasing a new device that looks an awful lot like the Vita. More » The Spike VGAs Red Carpet Had Celebrities, Developers (and…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 12, 2011 - Uncategorized
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Made a Billion Bucks Faster Than Avatar
After making over three-quarters of a billion dollars in five days, Modern Warfare 3 hit a billion dollars in just 16 days since launch. According to Activision, Avatar took 17 days.
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 12, 2011 -
UncategorizedAttack of the Assassin’s Creed Glitch
Look sir, an Assassin’s Creed glitch! This was spawned during a mission in which you dress up to to kill a target. “You are left exposed and in need of escape,” YouTube user spoon01 wrote. “Well, I tried to escape and look what happened—a full fledged army spawned in to find me.” No one of…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 12, 2011 - Uncategorized
Can Game Creators Really “End” Their Games?
For years, Japanese gamers have enjoyed the Momotaro Dentetsu series of train-themed, board game-style video games. If all good things must come to an end, it sounds like Momotaro Dentetsu is finished. Kaput. Earlier this year, Akira Sakuma (not pictured), who created Momotaro Dentetsu, said he would “end” Momotaro Dentetsu if Konami, who enveloped the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 12, 2011 - Uncategorized
Turning Doom Into Thief
The Dark Mod is a modification that turns PC shooter Doom 3 into something a little more akin to what fans of the Thief series are used to. More men in armour, less monsters in closets. While it’s been out for a while, it recently received a big update, and in promising news may get…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 12, 2011 - Uncategorized
Some of the World’s Best Young Gundam Model Makers
You’ve already seen the best Gundam models made by Japanese fans. Now, you get to see some of the best Gundam models in the world. Lucky you! These are the world finalists for the “Gunpla Builders World Cup 2011”, the first international competition devoted to Gunpla, or Gundam model building with finalists from the following…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 12, 2011 - Uncategorized
Diablo III, Cammy and Iron Man Walked Into a Bar…
You can tell there’s a competition on at the moment for a Lilith look-a-like, because cosplaying circles are suddenly swamped with people dressed as the Borderlands star. We’re featuring two Liliths in this week’s gallery, in fact. Everyone else, though, is an assortment of men and women from the world of video games. And maybe…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 12, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Lich King is Ready to Battle Your Recycling Bin
He is Arthas Menethil. The Lich King. Scourge of Azeroth and star of his own World of Warcraft expansion. And today, courtesy of Chinese artist Chao Yuan Xu, also a nice new wallpaper for the WoW-loving gamer’s desktop. Arthas Menethil, the Lich King [DeviantArt, via Coolvibe]
By Luke Plunkett Published December 12, 2011 - Uncategorized
Metal Gear Rising Was Killed Off
For a spell there, Metal Gear: Rising fell off the map. That’s probably because the game had been canned. Now, as evident in the game’s latest trailer, Rising is back in a big way. During the latest Kojima Productions podcast, it was revealed that the game’s core mechanic, the ability to chop up whatever, was…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 12, 2011 -
UncategorizedPress a Button, a Man Swears At You
Clay, a company that specialises in “innovative digital media experiences”, built this table covered in buttons for an exhibition that kicked off in London last Friday. It’s called the “Periodic Table of Swearing”, and took all this to build: It’s constructed from over 100 buttons, CNC’ed and laser cut MDF, direct to media printing, over…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 12, 2011 -
UncategorizedBet You Couldn’t Play Street Fighter with Your Feet
AJ loves arcade games, and he’s not going to let his disability get in the way of that! In the above video, AJ plays everything from fighters to shooters to classic arcade games—with his feet. Check out his YouTube Channel, appropriately titled OnlyUseMyFeet. How I play Arcade Games with my FEET! [YouTube]
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 12, 2011 - Uncategorized
It’s Cute That Sonic Runs Like An Idiot
On Friday, artist Zac Gorman thought aloud “I think it’d be cute if Sonic ran like an idiot”. He accompanied this thought with a cute little animation. The internet did the rest. A bunch of other artists and Tumblr users agreed, posting Sonic running like, well, an idiot. And you know what? He is cute.…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 12, 2011 -
UncategorizedSolesides: Freestyle Rapping
For the next 7:06, if you have any appreciation of how hard it is to come up with rhyming verses off the top of your head, any at all, prepare to be blown away. Hi. Welcome to Soundtrack. Tonight, we’re looking at Freestyle Rapping In the early 1990s, some students at the University of California…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 12, 2011 - Uncategorized
Young Idol Makes Out with Older Dude. Misses Gran Turismo 5 Event.
With over thirty members, you’d think it’d be no biggie if AKB48’s 17-year-old Yumi Wakatsuki was M.I.A. Yet, this weekend when she didn’t show at a Gran Turismo 5 event, people began wondering whether her absence wasn’t merely because she was under the weather. People began wondering if she had been benched for one of…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 12, 2011