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Master Floppy Winners
Last week I threw an open-ended challenge at the community and you guys responded more than admirably, turning a reimagining of modern games on ancient media from a silly what-if into one of our better contests in a while. We’ve got GiantBoyDetective’s overall No. 1 (pictured) plus the 20 finalists inside! So the point was…
By Owen Good Published August 6, 2011 -
UncategorizedThis Virtuoso Live-Action Team Fortress 2 Video is the Best Fan Film You’ll See All Month
Corridor Digital’s video “Sentry Sabotage” explores very well known themes of treachery within Team Fortress 2 but it does so with unbelievable execution. I knew how this would end before I finished it the first time and I’ve already watched it a dozen times more. I realize that headline’s a bold claim, because we’re not…
By Owen Good Published August 6, 2011 - Uncategorized
Better AI, Awesomer Guns in Borderlands 2, or so I’m Told
My copy of Game Informer did not arrive today. Time and the Columbia alumni rag, which I actively do not want, did. So I will not be reading about Borderlands 2 this weekend, as some are. The game’s GI tract says the characters from the original will return as NPCs; enemies will have better AI…
By Owen Good Published August 6, 2011 - Uncategorized
The President Ends a Four-Year Term
In 2007, the NFL staged a regular-season game in London for the first time ever. The night before, the American ambassador invited several VIPs to the U.S. embassy there. Even diplomatic cocktail parties do not proceed without some formality. Guests, who had already been screened, were to introduce themselves to the embassy guards, two lantern-jawed…
By Owen Good Published August 6, 2011 - Uncategorized
Street Fighter‘s Producer Kiboshes Mortal Kombat Crossover Thoughts. Again.
Yoshinori Ono, the Street Fighter series producer, has shot down ideas for a Street Fighter vs. Mortal Kombat crossover before. He says he gets them the time “on my Twitter feed and elsewhere.” He got a question about it from the PlayStation blog earlier this week. Here’s why it ain’t gonna be a thing any…
By Owen Good Published August 6, 2011 -
UncategorizedMega64 Reminds You—Painfully—That Catherine is not a Dating Sim
The premise to Mega64’s latest knee-slapper is rather obvious: Neckbeard beats Catherine-wait, that doesn’t sound right. Neckbeard finishes Catherine? Whatever. And he figures that his prowess in that game has some real world application. The comedy comes in the cringe-inducing series of candid-camera encounters with women who are not in on the joke and sure…
By Owen Good Published August 6, 2011 - Uncategorized
Hooray! Now We Know Why Bobby Kotick is in that Brad Pitt Movie
Bobby Kotick’s cameo in Moneyball, even after it was confirmed by Activision, remained quite the WTF mystery of June. Why was he appearing as the Oakland A’s owner in a sports flick? Did he know Brad Pitt? Did he know the director? Was this some hint at a Call of Duty movie? Actually, yes, he…
By Owen Good Published August 6, 2011 -
UncategorizedNot Only Does This Nerf Lancer Fire Darts, It’s Fully Automatic
Sure, Nerf Lancers have been done before, but that doesn’t mean they can’t be done better. This one, from reader Nick G., is also for sale on eBay. Perfect as a cosplay accessory, this build isn’t just a showpiece; it’s a fully automatic Nerf dart gun, carrying a 20-dart drum magazine. The foam chainsaw blades…
By Owen Good Published August 6, 2011 - Uncategorized
Unlock Left 4 Dead‘s Next Map Early By Play-Testing “Dead Air”
The importation of original Left 4 Dead maps into Left 4 Dead 2 rolls on, with the latest update to “Dead Air” delivering a new version of the Terminal map. Valve says the update brings matters “pretty close to being complete” but “at this stage what we really need is more testing.” It’s found a…
By Owen Good Published August 6, 2011 - Uncategorized
Get the Hell Off My Lawn
You’re wrong, eggroll, I know exactly what I’m talking about. I may not be the most pleasant person to be around, but I got the best woman who was ever on this planet to marry me. I worked at it, it was the best thing ever happened to me. Hands down. But you, you know,…
By Owen Good Published August 6, 2011 - Uncategorized
You Can’t Buy Battlefield 3 on Steam
The latest casualty of the EA/Origin-Steam war is Battlefield 3, a title of no small consequence to the PC gaming community. Electronic Arts has confirmed the heavily anticipated combat shooter will not be sold through PC gaming’s dominant digital distribution service, apparently for the same reasons that have seen other top EA PC titles removed…
By Owen Good Published August 5, 2011 - Uncategorized
Wait, What The Heck Are The Elder Scrolls?
With all the hullabaloo that’s broken out over The Elder Scrolls creator Bethesda’s legal threats against Minecraft creator Marcus Persson regarding the title of his upcoming game Scrolls, it’s easy to overlook the fact that it’s not entirely clear what The Elder Scrolls themselves really are. I’m not talking about the fact that we don’t…
By Kirk Hamilton Published August 5, 2011 -
UncategorizedRyu and Ken Go To Town In This Unbelievable Stop-Motion Street Fighter Short
Another day, another ridiculously great YouTube video. This time, it’s John Huang’s shockingly well-directed fight sequence between Street Fighter stars Ryu and Ken. Well, more accurately, the fight is between two Ryu and Ken dolls. (It’s a hell of a lot more exciting than it sounds.) The whole thing is stop-motion animated, shot frame-by-frame using,…
By Kirk Hamilton Published August 5, 2011 - Uncategorized
As DC Universe Online Merges Into “Megaservers,” Which Hero Will Keep His Name?!
Four “Megaservers” unifying DC Universe Online by platform and region will deploy on Monday, offering larger populations for raids, alerts and other missions, as well as swapping between PvP and PvE on demand. Now, many of you are already wondering “Whoa, what about my hero’s name?” Or villain’s. See, if that cool moniker you thought…
By Owen Good Published August 5, 2011 - Uncategorized
Hold On, Wait, Whoa, Nolan North is Voicing The Penguin?
If, tomorrow, I got a news release telling me Nolan North was the new play-by-play man for Madden NFL I would not bat an eye. He has lent his voice to just about every major video game release imaginable in the past five years. Now he will voice, of all characters, The Penguin, in Batman:…
By Owen Good Published August 5, 2011 - Uncategorized
Mixed Messages in Battlefield‘s Chain of Command
One day before Electronic Arts’ reorganization, Patrick Bach, the DICE executive producer of Battlefield 3 said an annual publishing schedule “will eventually kill the franchise.” A day later, EA’s top general had a somewhat different tone “Focusing on … year-round business” does not necessarily mean a new title every year. A connected, persistent experience is…
By Owen Good Published August 5, 2011 - Uncategorized
Riding For a Fall
She’s Published – My wife’s book is in print. She got her first copy this week. Pretty damn cool to hold something in your hands someone you know, respect and love worked on for so long. Have a great weekend everyone. (Photo by Brian Crecente) The Many, Many Games of Germany’s Raucous, Raging Game Party…
By Brian Crecente Published August 5, 2011 - Uncategorized
Mass Effect 3 Dev: Games Would Benefit From More Diversity
In a refreshingly frank interview with Gamasutra, Mass Effect 3 senior designer Manveer Heir shared his hopes that games can embrace more racial diversity and in doing so, tell better stories. The number one argument I hear against it is, especially, what I just said, worrying about offending people. “Why do we have to put…
By Kirk Hamilton Published August 5, 2011 - Culture
This Week in the Business: ‘What’s the point of next-gen consoles?’
What’s happened in the business of video games this past week… QUOTE | “A force to be reckoned with.” – Panoptic Management Consultants CEO Asif Khan notes that if Nintendo’s stock continues to fall the company could be acquired by Apple, creating a gaming powerhouse QUOTE | “What’s the point of next-gen consoles?” – Epic…
James Brightman | IndustryGamers.com Published August 5, 2011 - Uncategorized
EA2D Studio Is Now BioWare San Francisco
Electronic Arts has converted their EA2D studio, the developers behind social games such as Dragon Age Legends, Dragon Age Journeys, and Fancy Pants Adventures into BioWare San Francisco. The San Francisco branch will join BioWare’s other locations in Montreal, Austin, Edmonton, Virginia, and Ireland. [Gamasutra]
By Kirk Hamilton Published August 5, 2011