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UncategorizedLeft 4 Dead Film Trailer Pushes All the Right Buttons
Blood. Zombies. Despair. Cigarette smoke. Guns. They’re about all the buttons that need pushing from a Left 4 Dead movie, and this fan-made trailer – for a flick shot in a weekend – gets ’em all.
By Luke Plunkett Published December 9, 2011 - Culture
The Dusty Concept Art of Red Dead Redemption
Hethe Srodawa is a concept artist who works at Trion Worlds on the developer’s long-coming collaboration with the SyFy channel. Which is cool! But it’s not why we’re here today. We’re here because Srodawa used to work for Rockstar, and contributed art to games like Red Dead Redemption, Max Payne 3, LA Noire, Agent and…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
Richard Nixon, Time Travel and a New Adventure Game
There aren’t enough adventure games on the iPhone. Well, new ones, at least. So thank you, House On Fire, for working on an adventure game for the iPhone. This is The Silent Age, a moody point-and-click that jumps your boring character —described as “literally Joe Average”—between two eras, 1972 and 2012. House On Fire describe…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 9, 2011 -
UncategorizedThere’s ANOTHER MechWarrior Game Coming
While the world waits to see if the MechWarrior game coming to the PC is any good, another MechWarrior game has turned up. Out of nowhere. And this one’s for the iPhone and ipad. No, wait! Come back! Before you roll your eyes, it’s called MechWarrior: Tactical Command, which to me implies some degree of…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 9, 2011 -
UncategorizedLove Psychedelico: These Days
It’s that time of the day (night?). Time for Soundtrack. Put down those controllers and perk up those ears. “These Days” is from Love Psychedelico’s 2001 debut album The Greatest Hits. The album was a smash (I bought a copy when it was released!), and shows the group wearing its 1960s and 70s influences on…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
Darth Skeletor is Ready to Battle He-Skywalker
While I prefer the name I gave this beast, it’s actual title is Skevader. It’s the work of artist Ryan Renders, and it’s making my inner child perform double then triple takes. Every time you blink or look away it changes. It’s Darth Vader! Its Skeletor! It’s Darth Vader! It’s Papa Lazarou! Ryan-Renders [DeviantArt, via…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
These are Apple’s iPhone & iPad Games of the Year [Update]
Every year, Apple holds its own awards for the best in iPhone and iPad applications. Its best of 2011 have been announced, and the top games are…unsurprising. iPhone Game of the Year Tiny Wings Runners-Up Jetpack Joyride Tiny Tower iPad Game of the Year Real Racing 2 HD Runners-Up Dead Space Jetpack Joyride See? Unsurprising.…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 9, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe Dancing, Cosplaying Girls Out To Make the Weather Fun
Your local news station might have a weatherman. It might have a weather woman. Taiwan has weather girls—make that, Weather Girls. Their goal is to make those global forecasts in distant cities exciting. Sometimes they dance around, sometimes they smile, and sometimes they ask you what your plans are. And sometimes they do this dressed…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
Behold the Custom Etched Skyrim Controller
Meghan’s husband has everything. “For instance, he has two pomegranate spoons,” she told Kotaku. “Two of them. I don’t know why. He doesn’t even like pomegranates all that much.” What do you get the guy who has everything? You get him this He also has a nice wife. Knowing how much her husband digs The…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
Fix Up, Look Sharp In These Amazing Video Game T-Shirts
Michael McWhertor, formerly of Kotaku, currently of GameTrailers and always of chestcloth providers Meat Bun, is brightening up the holiday season with what I think is the best collection of shirts his little operation has yet to come up with. Having teamed up with game artists like Paul Robertson and Zac Gorman, the new “Cute…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
Report: The 3DS Circle Pad Boasts Insane Battery Life
The Nintendo 3DS add-on Circle Pad, apparently dubbed the “Circle Pad Pro” in the West, runs on a single AA battery. How long does that battery last? According to a one individual in Japan who already has the upcoming peripheral, the device’s instruction booklet says batteries will last around 480 hours. If true, that’s impressive…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 9, 2011 -
UncategorizedNolan North Can Even do Mario (and Barrel Rolls!)
Actor Nolan North is the voice of 1000 video game characters, most notably Uncharted’s Nathan Drake and Assassin’s Creed’s Desmond. In this clip, though, you’ll see him try his hand at other people’s voices. Sure, it starts with his own characters, like Drake and Arkham City’s Penguin, but quickly moves into strangetown with his attempts…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
This Man Did Not Kill the Dreamcast!
There’s been a story kicking around for a few years now that Peter Moore, formerly of Sega and Microsoft, was the man who killed the Dreamcast. Turns out he actually didn’t. Why it took over three years to set the record straight is anyone’s guess, but in an interview with IndustryGamers, he sets the record…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
How To Play Wii Games In High Definition, On Your PC
Even when it was released in 2006, Nintendo’s Wii games were already looking a little past it, stuck as they were in the muddy depths of standard-definition resolution and on relatively old hardware. In 2011, they’re way past it. Not to worry. If you’d rather play your Wii games in stunning HD – and trust…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
Battlefield‘s Taken a Piece of Call of Duty‘s Pie, Says Peter Moore
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 left an inch-deep bootprint on video gaming’s biggest retail month, and dominated most measures the popular press use to designate big-game-itude. Yet Peter Moore, the Electronic Arts chief operating officer, is insisting his label’s Battlefield 3 drew blood from the year’s biggest commercial release. “I think when the dust…
By Owen Good Published December 8, 2011 -
UncategorizedThere Are No Brunettes in “Miyamoto’s Angels”
This four-star send-up by The Game Station is clever any day of the week, and especially timely given whatever the hell it was that just took place in the past 24 hours. This is “Miyamoto’s Angels” and, lo and behold, all three are blondes, so I can’t easily identify which one is supposed to be…
By Owen Good Published December 8, 2011 -
UncategorizedIt’s Time to Drool over Journey Again
The last time I showed you Journey, I showed you the desert. Let’s go… underwater? What I’ve got for you to look at here is a short video of a new area in ThatGameCompany’s lovely-looking spring 2012 PlayStation 3 game. The last time we showed you the game, we were running direct-feed footage of the…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 8, 2011 - Uncategorized
Closed Multiplayer Beta on Tap for UFC Undisputed 3
UFC Undisputed 3, which releases on Valentine’s Day, will get a closed pre-release beta, according to the game’s producer and a THQ representative. Though no other details are available, given the online difficulties faced by THQ’s WWE 12, it’s widely assumed this will cover the game’s multiplayer features. Console betas in sports titles, whether closed…
By Owen Good Published December 8, 2011 - Uncategorized
Report: Next Dead Rising Stars a Mechanic, Deals with Illegal Immigration
First there was Frank, then there was Chuck. Now, in the next Dead Rising, there’s Rick, a mechanic holding out against the zombie apocalypse in Los Perdidos. That is according to an unnamed source speaking today to Siliconera. The info follows Capcom’s vaguest of teases, on the game’s official Facebook page, suggesting that series protagonist…
By Owen Good Published December 8, 2011 - Uncategorized
A Million Bucks Up for Grabs as EA Sports’ Tournaments Move to the PS3
Competitive Madden gaming, for the better part of a decade, typically involved a weekend of long drives, cheap hotel stays, and lots of standing, sitting and sometimes sleeping on ugly convention center carpet. It fairly assured that only the diehards and elites would show up for preliminary rounds. Well, not anymore. Virgin Gaming is bringing…
By Owen Good Published December 8, 2011