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Walk Softly. Carry a Big Sword. Look Badass
You are looking at a cosplay that was 8 months in the making. Eight months that were totally worth it. You are looking at cosplayer NealBomBad’s Cecil Harvey from Final Fantasy IV. You are looking at greatness. NealBomBad created Cecil Harvey’s Dark Knight version using 3D modeling software and then printed the armor on his…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 16, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Next Final Fantasy Might Not Be the Same Old RPG
No, according to Final Fantasy XIII-2 producer Yoshinori Kitase, it could be an action-RPG Calling a surge in the popularity of action-RPGs “a trend…you ignore at your peril”, Kitase told Edge, “I think the nature of the franchise is to present something new each time. In the global market we see many players moving away…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 16, 2011 - Uncategorized
Research: Young Gamers Have Brains Like Gamblers
You gotta know when to hold them, know when to fold then and know when to press X. According to new research, teenage players who game a considerable amount have an enlarged area of the brain’s “reward hub”, the area with a high concentration of dopamine. According to the research, this means that heavy gamers…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 16, 2011 - Culture
Sadly, This LEGO Game Looked Better On Paper
There was a lot of hype for the ill-fated LEGO Universe. Mostly because it was an MMO using LEGO, but also because the early stuff people saw of the game looked amazing. The final product rarely met those expectations, and will be shuttered on January 31, 2012. While the game will soon be gone, though,…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 16, 2011 - Uncategorized
This John Marston Doll Makes Dolls Looks Mean
Custom figure maker toylion, with some help on the face, has crafted this impressive 1:6 scale doll based on Red Dead Redemption’s John Marston. While I could live without the denim jacket, which gives him a slight NKOTB-wth-spurs vibe, everything else is awesome, especially the finer details like his bandolier. Sure, most of the stuff…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 16, 2011 - Uncategorized
Japanese Wii RPGs Get Fancy Reversible Covers
As if to Lord it over American Wii owners, Europe is not only getting Japanese role-playing games The Last Story and Pandora’s Tower, they’re getting them with fancy reversible covers. The images you see here aren’t final. They’re just the artwork, so stuff like titles need to be added. Still, choice is always nice, especially…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 16, 2011 - Uncategorized
Call of Duty Elite Is Coming to PC. One Day.
The stat-tracking, community-driven Call of Duty: Elite is still missing in action. Problems have continued to plague the free and premium versions. It’s still broken Previously, Elite‘s developers stated in a now-erased tweet that it “cannot guarantee if or when a version will be available for the PC.” Now, it looks like there will be…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 16, 2011 - Uncategorized
It’s Always Snowing In Skyrim
The delightful Zac Gorman shows us the contradiction inherent in playing Skyrim during a Northern Winter. I say Northern because, you know, it’s nearly Summer down here in Australia. Which makes playing Skyrim, with its snow and its snow and its blizzards on snowy mountains, even weirder Though not weird enough to wish for an…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 16, 2011 - Uncategorized
Me Gusta: A Tribute
Artist Aeron Bondoc pays a very detailed homage to the mascot of perverse pleasure on the internet. Aeron Bondoc [CGHUB] You can contact Luke Plunkett, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also find him on Twitter, Facebook, and lurking around our #tips page.
By Luke Plunkett Published November 16, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe Carmen Sandiego Movie Won’t Be This Good
That is, if they make the damn thing. Education game Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? was turned into a TV show during the 1990s, and Hollywood once planned to have Sandra Bullock as thief Carmen. That project fell apart, but now Jennifer Lopez has signed on to a produce a film version of…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 16, 2011 - Uncategorized
An Entire MMO Was Accidentally Erased From the Internet
And you think server downtime is bad. Spare a thought for players of Japanese/Korean MMO M2, which thanks to a little accident has actually been deleted. Forever. Like, it’s gone, and is never coming back. The game, which was developed by Japanese studio Sankando, was undergoing maintenance on October 21 when integral code was deleted…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 16, 2011 - Culture
This North Korean Hamburger Looks Pretty Damn Gross
I love burgers. Perhaps you love burgers. When I go to Los Angeles for E3, the first thing I do? Go to In-N-Out and eat burgers. When I go to the Tokyo Game Show? The first thing I used to do was go to Pakutch and eat burger (that is, until it sadly closed). But…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 16, 2011 -
UncategorizedDo Not Let Skyrim Overflow Your PS3
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is a big game. Players will want to save their progress along the way. And this is apparently causing players problems on the PS3 and making some call the game “broken”. After Skyrim gamesave files surpass 5MB in the PS3 version, many claim to experience lag and stability issues. “Such…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 16, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe Internet Really Is a Bunch of Tubes. Here’s What They Look Like.
Xbox Live. The PlayStation Network. Steam. This website. Your email. They’re all nothing without the internet. Yet do you ever stop and wonder what the internet actually looks like? Where all the cables go? Where it sleeps? This amazing documentary goes behind the scenes at Telx, a company whose Lower Manhattan offices are one of…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 16, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe Secret Lives of Nuns. Wait, What?
The concept behind this live-action APB: Reloaded trailer is that people are able to assume new identities in the game and shoot guns. So one lady can morph into a schoolgirl. A business guy turns into a thug. And a nun? Watching this, I have no clue how the people at the end got their…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 16, 2011 - Uncategorized
Please Don’t Tell BioWare To Change Mass Effect’s Story Because of Leaks. Please.
Last week, many of the key story points for the upcoming Mass Effect 3 were leaked. So out there, just waiting to spoil you, are assholes who already know how the game does (or can end). You’d think this would be a disaster for developers BioWare, but they’re actually totally cool about it. So cool,…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 16, 2011 -
UncategorizedSkyrim Now Has Google Street View
The latest Elder Scrolls game hasn’t even been out for a week and already hordes of modders are hard at work on the game. While most of the tweaks produced so far as cosmetic, here’s one that’s not only useful, but beautiful. It’s called the UberMap, and turns the rather static map present in the…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 16, 2011 - CultureTotal Recall
The Xbox Was As Close As We Got To A Dreamcast 2
The Xbox is ten years old this week. For those who have enjoyed playing games on either the original console or its successor the Xbox 360, it’s a time for heartfelt congratulations. For Sega fans, it’s a time for warm, if slightly tragic, reflection. By the time the Xbox was released in November 2001, Sega’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 16, 2011 -
UncategorizedGaming Made Me: Ultima VII
I was only young when I played Ultima VII but I had already ventured to the depths of dungeons that dripped with dread, partaken in interstellar war and defended my home planet from invaders. Like Roy Batty and all people who grew up with games, I had seen and done so much. Between adventures in…
Adam Smith | Rock Paper Shotgun Published November 15, 2011 - Uncategorized
Red Dead Redemption and Jurassic Park New This Week on the PlayStation Store
This week, Sony’s online store has added the usual grab-bag of new digital content, headed up by the availability of both Red Dead Redemption and its spooky Halloween expansion Undead Nightmare, as well as Telltale’s new Jurassic Park adventure game. There’s a ton of new downloadable add-on content this week as well, with extras for…
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 15, 2011