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One of England’s Biggest Rock Stars Blames Games for Riots
The reason for a city’s youth rioting for days are no doubt complex and many. But, hey, let’s blame video games, because that’s exactly what rocker Noel Gallagher is doing. “We live in this age of violence—and I don’t care what other people say: Brutal TV and brutal videogames are a reason for this pointless…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 15, 2011 - Uncategorized
Don’t Let Some Rules Stop Your Sexy
This weekend, the Comic Market, aka Comiket, tore through Tokyo. And earlier this month, new rules were revealed for skimpy Comiket cosplay: cover up! But as thongs throngs of cosplayers descended on Tokyo Big Sight for the expo, one thing was certain: Rules schmules! Comiket is a twice-a-year event. Traditionally, the event’s main draw has…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 15, 2011 - Uncategorized
Skyrim, You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby
While it looked pretty amazing when first released, time has not been kind to certain visual aspects of Oblivion, the last game in the Elder Scrolls series. Especially its plastic-faced, potato-headed characters. With the fifth Elder Scrolls game, Skyrim, due later this year, people might be curious to see just how many of the world’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 15, 2011 -
UncategorizedPSP Robbery Suspect Arrested by British Police
Malaysian student Ashraf Haziq made world headlines last week when he was the victim of not one but two sickening attacks during the London riots, one which broke his jaw and one which saw his PSP stolen by a man supposedly “helping” him While there was initially some good news for Haziq, with Sony pledging…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 15, 2011 - Uncategorized
Anything with an Engine
Anything With an Engine | Jimmie Johnson made a rare appearance in NASCAR’s Nationwide Series to tout his “Anything With an Engine” video game this weekend at The Bud at the Watkins Glen, where he finished second. Finishing third? The GameStop No. 20 driven by Joey Logano. (Getty Images) Inside the Mind of a Demetry…
By Owen Good Published August 14, 2011 - Uncategorized
360 Cases Now a Matte Finish Going Forward, Microsoft Clarifies
Earlier it was reported that a matte finish was coming to the Xbox 360 250GB hard drive configuration, and that is indeed true, but some construed that to mean the glossy case still would be in production. It ain’t. Matte 250GB slims will arrive on shelves in the coming weeks, writes the Xbox community manager…
By Owen Good Published August 14, 2011 - Culture
Dealings with the Devil
El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron releases this week, along with the free-to-play launch of Age of Empires Online. Toy Soldiers: The Cold War rounds out Xbox Live’s Summer of Arcade, and From Dust comes to PC. Tuesday • Age of Empires Online (PC)—At a time when real-time strategy games are slinking away to the…
By Owen Good Published August 14, 2011 - Uncategorized
Edu-painment
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. •Top 10 Darkest Educational Video Games of All Time [Spike] Edutainment is not all Muppets and happy shit. It can be a very dark place.…
By Owen Good Published August 14, 2011 - Uncategorized
North Korean Gold-Farming Allegations Officially Denied by Official North Korean News
North Korea has officially responded to allegations it supported a hacking network that allowed it to gold-farm some $7 million out of South Korea-based MMOs. North Korea’s (adjusts glasses, clears throat) “Committee for Peaceful Unification of the Fatherland” on Sunday released a statement saying, in effect, “no u.” The committee accused “puppet authorities” in South…
By Owen Good Published August 14, 2011 - Uncategorized
Nintendo Files Trademarks for “Wii U” but Doesn’t Own wiiu.com [Corrected]
Our good friends at Fusible note, somewhat wryly, that while Nintendo’s gotten around to filing trademark applications on the Wii U it’s lacking ownership of the wiiu.com domain. The console by that name is due for sale sometime in 2012. Materially, this is something that concerns beancounters, really. I think Nintendo is rich enough that…
By Owen Good Published August 14, 2011 - Uncategorized
But If You Call It an NES-001, is It Worth $13,000?
Previously (on Pawn Stars), a Halo cosplayer sought $2,000 for his custom-built Spartan armor, and walked out with nothing. A little snicker-inducing, but the seller kept his hubris to a minimum and seemed to show more understanding than disappointment, so I felt a little sorry for the guy. This, however, is pure schadenfreude. Apparently, calling…
By Owen Good Published August 14, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Summer of Valve
Our latest challenge is a no-brainer. One would think its subject, Half-Life 3 is a no-brainer too, but Valve’s still making us wait on that. This week, some hippies Canadians got a little tired of the foot-dragging and staged a protest outside Valve HQ, giving us four very exploitable images. We may have to expand…
By Owen Good Published August 14, 2011 - Uncategorized
Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves
Once again it’s Sunday morning, where we invite you to freestyle—that is, talk amongst yourselves. Keep it on topic, but then, a) you know to do that and b) we’re not sticklers. This morning’s TAYpic is, for once, not courtesy of Kyosen but of TheBlackHole25. We need more, though, so if you have an idea,…
By Owen Good Published August 14, 2011 - Culture
Sunday Comics: With Useless Powers Come …
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 Aug. 8. – Read more of Awkward Zombie Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira published Aug. 8. – Read more of Nerf…
By Owen Good Published August 14, 2011 - Uncategorized
There’s a Potential Donkey Kong Kill Screen, If You Wanna Watch
The top two record-holders for Donkey Kong will try to topple the game’s existing all-time high scores tomorrow in a record chase you may watch live. Hank Chien (pictured), the arcade record holder, and Dean Saglio, the record holder for emulation play, will both meet at Richie Knucklez Arcade Games in Flemington, N.J. to try…
By Owen Good Published August 13, 2011 - Uncategorized
Northern Overexposure Winners
Last week’s ‘Shop Contest began with the news that Nolan North—yes, him again—would voice Penguin in Batman: Arkham City. Naturally, that was a call to carry things to a logical extreme. What else can this man do? Clearly he needs more work. We’ve got Gofunaki22’s homage to Ted Williams, and 19 others, inside! Bouzi (4),…
By Owen Good Published August 13, 2011 - Uncategorized
Inside the Mind of a Demetry James, Who Put the Team on Greg Jennings’ Back
The score was out of reach. The fans had given up. The result would have no effect on the season. Nothing suggested Greg Jennings and the Green Bay Packers were about to execute the most famous come-from-ahead touchdown miracle in NFL history. “Every play, I don’t care if I’m up by 30 or down by…
By Owen Good Published August 13, 2011 -
UncategorizedDid Lil Wayne Sample Sword & Sworcery?
Jim Guthrie, who provided the original soundtrack for the iOS hit Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP, seems to think maybe so. Yesterday he noticed this post by Hip Hop is Read, which compares “The Cloud” from the game’s soundtrack with Lil Wayne and Drake’s “She Will,” due out Aug. 29. Judge for yourself, but the…
By Owen Good Published August 13, 2011 - Uncategorized
PSA: WWE 12‘s Full Roster to be Revealed Live in Two Hours
Jerry “The King” Lawler and WWE superstar “The Miz” will in a couple of hours reveal the full roster of legends and superstars for WWE 12, live from Summerslam Fan Axxess at 4 p.m. EDT. You can follow it though this live streaming link. You can contact Owen Good, the author of this post, at…
By Owen Good Published August 13, 2011 -
UncategorizedHear Three Tracks from Dead Island‘s Official Score
Pawel Blaszczak, a composer with credits on Call of Juarez and the first The Witcher, is handling the music for the upcoming Dead Island, whose soundtrack will be released separately in the game’s collector’s edition. Developer Techland let the Polish-language site Gameplay hear and share three of the cuts, embedded here and below. Blasczak told…
By Owen Good Published August 13, 2011