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A Museum for Kick Ass Plastic
Over the weekend, famed model figure and kit maker Kaiyodo opened a its Kaiyodo Hobby Museum Shimanto in the city of Kochi. The museum houses model kits and figures from yesteryear as well as newer ones. The museum houses the inevitable Ultraman and Neon Genesis Evangelion models; it also has more off-the-wall stuff like mummy…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 11, 2011 -
UncategorizedEnough People Sucked at This Game That It Doesn’t Work Any More
It’s a mechanic as old as games themselves: perform poorly and you lose a “life”. Experimental Dutch title GlitchHiker went a little further, though: perform poorly and the whole game died. An entrant in the Dutch Global Game Jam 2011 earlier this year, GlitchHiker was tied to a central server which was programmed to literally…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
These Zelda Cards Are the Queens of My Heart
Artist Nelde has created these designs for a deck of Legend of Zelda playing cards. Pretty neat, yes? Not only do the Zelda images fit the traditional playing card style, but he’s even drawn some intricate new details: the ace of Triforce is a nice touch. You can see the images in greater detail in…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
What Happens When a Stupid Person Burns a DS Lite?
We’ve already seen some idiots deep fry a PSP and then try to eat it. Now, let’s look at photos taken by—I assume—a less stupid person. Less stupid, only because he doesn’t try to actually eat the burnt DS Lite, but still pretty stupid! Burning electronics is never a good idea, considering the toxins released…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Great Arcade Extravaganza Went Down Over the Weekend
It may not have the pulling power of bigger shows, but California Extreme remains one of the best arcade events on the gaming calendar, luring in attendees from the Bay Area (and beyond!) to play hundreds of great old coin-op machines. Held over the weekend at the Hyatt Regency in Santa Clara, California, the 2011…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 11, 2011 -
UncategorizedBesides Exercises, This Game Has Breast Physics and a Sexy Voice
When Shape Boxing 2 originally went on sale, giant boob idol and former Sega arcade spokesgirl Megumi appeared in the game’s commercials. At the time, I thought this was because she’d lost a lot of weight after having a child. But as this gameplay footage reveals, I could be wrong. Just maybe. As Japanese YouTube…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
Yes, But Can Your PC Run Battlefield 3?
Over the weekend, hardware specifications for one of the PC’s most anticipated games of 2011 appeared on GameStop’s website. They’ve since been removed, but the internet never forgets. The specifications, which may or may not be final, read as follows: Minimum Hard Drive Space: 15 GB for disc version or 10 GB for digital version…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
The End of Analog TV as I Know It
From an early age, I watched a lot of television: The Lone Ranger, The Dukes of Hazard, and Hee Haw (hey, I grew up in Texas) were all piped in to our living room’s Curtis Mathes television set. I don’t live in Texas anymore, but I do watch a lot of analog television. The two…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
Valve Comic Book Due Out This November
For a while now, Valve has been releasing comics on its own websites in order to promote games like Left 4 Dead and Team Fortress 2. If, however, you’d rather read them on the can or in bed, this November, you’ll be able to. Dark Horse Comics will soon be releasing Valve Presents: The Sacrifice…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 11, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe Medal of Honor Cat Needs His Own Video Game
Courtesy of Freddie Wong comes another special-effects laden internet video, this time about the horrors of war. Oh, and cats. I sometimes fear that our age will be remembered in history not for its achievements in science or the arts but for…internet videos about cats.
By Luke Plunkett Published July 11, 2011 - CultureTotal Recall
In 1983, Donkey Kong Nearly Died
As we celebrate what’s (probably? maybe?) Donkey Kong’s 30th birthday, let’s today take a look at the 1983 court case which nearly brought a premature end to Nintendo’s big ape. Our story begins in 1982, with the first of many idiotic decisions made by Universal Studios. The studio’s president at the time, Sid Sheinberg, had…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 11, 2011 -
UncategorizedA live reenactment of RoboCop, with cardboard sets and explosions
Darren Aronofsky no longer needs to remake the Paul Verhoeven masterpiece, RoboCop, a movie so entrenched in our collective subconscious that its dystopian future may have influenced the downfall of Detroit more than the collapse of the auto industry. Instead, we can all be satisfied with this strange monster: a live production based on the…
By Keith Veronese Published July 10, 2011 - Uncategorized
Take This … Shot of Booze?
It’s Dangerous to Go Alone | The Seattle bar Atlantic Crossing makes a familiar appeal to thirsty patrons. (Photo: So Seattle h/t Holly) Namco Sues Over European Distribution, DRM Removal from Witcher 2 Namco Bandai is suing the parent company of the maker of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, the acclaimed PC role-playing game…
By Owen Good Published July 10, 2011 - Uncategorized
Glitchers Brought in to Test Modern Warfare 3 Multiplayer
A group of Call of Duty glitchers has been called back to Infinity Ward to help the studio test and shore up the game’s multiplayer, according to the gang’s leader. This isn’t the first time mapMonkeys have assisted on a Call of Duty project, according to founder Rezzzo. He says members had been flown to…
By Owen Good Published July 10, 2011 - Culture
A New College Try
It seems like we just had graduation, but EA Sports returns to campus this week with NCAA Football 12. A new L.A. Noire case and Ms. ‘Splosion Man round out the highlights. Tuesday NCAA Football 12 (Xbox 360, PS3) — A raft of new features in the game’s Dynasty and singleplayer Road to Glory modes…
By Owen Good Published July 10, 2011 - Uncategorized
Donkey Kong Turned 30 Yesterday—or Did He?
Researching the exact birthday for a tribute to the 30th birthday of Donkey Kong, Patrick Scott Patterson of the Arcade Examiner came up with conflicting information. Absent official word from Nintendo, he thinks the big ape—and therefore Mario (né Jumpan)—turned 30 yesterday, July 9. “Some sources specifically state the date as July 9, 1981,” Patterson…
By Owen Good Published July 10, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Vapors
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. •Vaporware: 5 Video Games That Should Be Released By Now (But May Never Be) [OC Weekly] With the release of Duke Nukem Forever and L.A.…
By Owen Good Published July 10, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe Past is Present in this San Andreas/GTA IV Mod
We’ve seen a teaser of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City imported into Grand Theft Auto IV‘s visual and physics engine, RAGE. Another mod team is hard at work on the same conversion for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas At work since December, the team hopes to release a public beta this fall. Above is about…
By Owen Good Published July 10, 2011 - Uncategorized
Namco Sues Over European Distribution, DRM Removal from Witcher 2
Namco Bandai is suing the parent company of the maker of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, the acclaimed PC role-playing game that will make its way to Xbox 360 later this year, over the rights to distribute that version of the game in Europe. Namco is also suing CD Projekt RED for removing DRM…
By Owen Good Published July 10, 2011