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The Delightful Home-Made Maps of the Zork Series
Zork is one of the oldest adventure game franchises there is. The series is so old, in fact, that aside from a few rare instances you can only play the games using, and seeing, text. No graphics, no icons, no heads-up display, nothing. So how did you get around? How did you use a map?…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 26, 2011 - Uncategorized
Would You Like to Pre-Order a California Roll?
Sushi Restaurant About to Get a Letter from Games Retailer | SushiStop of Los Angeles. You don’t want to buy anything used here. (Image by Yelp, seen via Destructoid.) Star Wars: The Old Republic Ships on Dec. 20, Subscriptions Detailed Star Wars: The Old Republic launches on Dec. 20 in North America and Dec. 22…
By Owen Good Published September 25, 2011 - Culture
We’re Taking Nominations for Sunday Comics’ Newest Strip
As you may have noticed, we’ve been down a comic in our Sunday Comics lineup ever since Rooster Teeth closed in August. I could have just filled it in with any of the submissions we frequently get from webcomic authors, but remembering how this feature was conceived, and given that everyone has such strong opinions…
By Owen Good Published September 25, 2011 - Culture
Ready for Some Football
EA Sports’ FIFA 12 highlights this release week (Tuesday in North America, Thursday and Friday in Europe) along with Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer 2011. Not diggin’ sports? X-Men: Destiny, the quasi-action-RPG by Silicon Knights, arrives on shelves, too. Monday • FIFA Soccer 12 (Wii) Tuesday • FIFA Soccer 12 (PC, PS2, PSP, PS3, 360) —A…
By Owen Good Published September 25, 2011 - Uncategorized
End of Nations Won’t Release Until 2012
Though no official release date had been given for the free-to-play MMORTS End of Nations, 2011 had not been ruled out for the game’s launch. Developer Trion took that off the table today at the Eurogamer Expo, saying the game will in fact arrive in 2012 and not sooner. A live demo of the game…
By Owen Good Published September 25, 2011 - Uncategorized
Smooth Textures
Each week throws off several new video game lists ranging from the humorous to the trivial. What’s better? A list of those. Here’s a roundup of the rundowns out there. • Ten Games With the Best Textures This Generation [Gaming Bolt] …. • Top 15 Multiplayer Maps of All Time [Maximum PC] Not one map…
By Owen Good Published September 25, 2011 - Uncategorized
Rage will require 3 Discs on 360, 8 GB Install on PS3
At Eurogamer Expo, the creative director for Rage confirmed that the game will release on three discs for the Xbox 360, and for PS3 owners, require an 8 GB install. The three-disc release wasn’t exactly a surprise. At QuakeCon, Joel reported that the game would require 21 to 22 GB of hard drive space if…
By Owen Good Published September 25, 2011 -
UncategorizedThey Found the Cluckshot, Gears of War 3‘s Awesome Easter Egg [Spoilers]
Some who have been playing Gears of War 3 noticed the name of an unlockable weapon called the “Cluckshot” but had no idea what it was or how to find it. Well, GameFront has, and supplies this step-by-step video tutorial showing you how to obtain it. The tag I put in the headline isn’t for…
By Owen Good Published September 25, 2011 - Uncategorized
Donks, Hoopties and Shitmobiles
Oh hell yeah. The badass Sonic donk (and its truck nutz) that graced an Illinois Walmart, and our front page, on Friday is hands-down our ‘Shop Contest subject of the week. What’s my advice? Res ipsa loquitor that’s my advice, which is Latin for “This picture practically ‘shops itself into something funnier.” Seriously, I’m not…
By Owen Good Published September 25, 2011 - Uncategorized
Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves: Autumnal Equifax Edition
How appropriate that that satellite burnt up somewhere over Canada, or maybe it was the Pacific, on the first day of fall. Get it? Because it fell … out of orbit … a lot of people thought it was gonna fall … never mind. A tip of the TAY top hat to first-timer TetraGenesis for…
By Owen Good Published September 25, 2011 - Culture
Sunday Comics: Elitism Isn’t Free
Welcome to your Sunday read of the week’s best in web comics. Make sure to click on the expand button in the bottom right to enlarge each comic. Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich published Sept. 19.—Read more of Awkward Zombie Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira published Sept. 24.—Read more of Nerf NOW!! Penny Arcade by…
By Owen Good Published September 25, 2011 - Uncategorized
BioWare Bosses Say They’ve Not Forgotten Jade Empire
Jade Empire, the Xbox-exclusive RPG BioWare released in 2005, is “a franchise that’s near and dear to us,” BioWare’s founders said at Eurogamer Expo today. ” It’s a setting that we’re really passionate about, and we still are.” But Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk don’t have immediate plans to bring back the series. “We’re just…
By Owen Good Published September 24, 2011 - Uncategorized
Extras and Add-Ons Winners
Extras, extras, see all about ’em! What else can we slap on to the 3DS, besides the second slide pad introduced two weeks ago? We’ve got 19 award-winning examples of industrial design, plus drsopa’s winning concept, inside! Leading off, dummysystem (3) goes for a ‘Shop Contest callback and delivers a message to Nintendo. a.seivewright (1)…
By Owen Good Published September 24, 2011 -
UncategorizedMinecraft‘s Little Brother Learns a Hard Lesson About Silverfish
It’s impossible to watch this and not think of Randy Parker, Ralphie’s brother from A Christmas Story. C’mon guys! C’mon! Hey! That’s not funny! Guys! One Minecraft enthusiast’s little brother just became acquainted with silverfish, the mob introduced with the 1.8 release. Attacking them, as you can see, is quite counterproductive as it just invites…
By Owen Good Published September 24, 2011 - Uncategorized
Damned If You Demo, Damned If You Don’t
As of this writing, there are at least seven YouTube videos, all with more than 100,000 views, tracking pratfalls and slapstick glitches found in FIFA 12—the latest entry in the most acclaimed and respected sports video game series of the past three years. All of these come from regular users playing a demo version that…
By Owen Good Published September 24, 2011 -
UncategorizedEvidently, Dead Island‘s Xian Does Not Wear Panties [NSFW]
Intrepid videographer HazardHeresy noticed that when leggy survivor Xian struggles to her feet in Dead Island, you can get a glimpse of her landing strip. No, really, she’s going commando. Fast forward that video past the stupid-long preamble to 1:53 and you’ll see what he’s talking about—helpfully zoomed in close-up. As grateful as I am…
By Owen Good Published September 24, 2011 - Uncategorized
Divorce-Happy MMO Providing Help to Troubled Couples
About 10 days ago, Nexon, the publisher of MapleStory found three out of four marriages initiated in-game end in divorce. So MapleStory‘s next content update will include features that emphasize couples sticking together. Ascension, the next big update, will include special quests for couples. “Shower your partner with devotion in new quests to renew your…
By Owen Good Published September 24, 2011 - Uncategorized
U.K. Culture Minister Wants a Games Room in Parliament
The Houses of the British Parliament are known to have bars. One MP, the minister for culture in fact, wishes to put in a video game room. Ed Vaizey thinks it would do some good in educating his fellow MPs on the industry that he has forcefully supported in the past. In an interview with…
By Owen Good Published September 24, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Game That Created a Legion of Authors
MUDs and MUSHes, remember those? These were the first multiplayer online role-playing games, popular in the 1990s, largely text-based. In the case of a MUSH, playing involved writing thousands of words, a skill that’s proven useful later in life for some enthusiasts. One of them is Jim Butcher, mentioned (among other authors) today in The…
By Owen Good Published September 24, 2011 -
UncategorizedPlastic Coathangers are Also Lethal in this Real-Life Dead Island Film
There are awesome ways to start your morning, but they probably aren’t jampacked into just three minutes, like this Dead Island re-enactment from Chris Cropper‘s Going Nowhere Show It gets everything right about the zombie survival game, from the HUD to quest-giving to—wait, can you really blow up an exploding barrel with a plastic coat…
By Owen Good Published September 24, 2011