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An Explicit Look at the PS Vita’s Nether Region
We know the final name of Sony’s new portable. We’ve played it. We’ve seen the game’s Memory Cards. But we haven’t seen photos of the handheld’s slots. Until now. Website Game Watch Impress recently snapped photos of the Vita’s covered areas, including the Memory Card slot. 西川善司の3DゲームファンのためのE3最新ハードウェア講座 [GAME Watch]
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 13, 2011 - Uncategorized
Where Does All That E3 Swag End Up?
Why, in swag heaven of course. Swag heaven being eBay. Since most of you have never been to E3, let me tell you what happens once the showroom floors open: there are hundreds of people running around the booths collecting as much shit as they can get their hands on. T-shirts, lanyards, posters, fridge magnets,…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 13, 2011 - Uncategorized
King of Fighters Brought to Life (But Not That Crappy Movie)
The King of Fighters movie was rotten. But just because it stinks, that doesn’t mean its Japanese distributor won’t try to drum up publicity for it. Enter KoF cosplayers. The movie collaborated with the Cure Cosplay Festival, resulting in both a higher KoF costume turnout and the inevitable NSFW Mai Shiranui buttcheeks. As evident by…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 13, 2011 - Uncategorized
Battlefield 3 Finds a Way to Piss People Off
Until this point, Battlefield 3 has been running an almost flawless marketing campaign. Great trailer after great trailer had people eating out of the palm of its hand, so much so you voted it your game of E3 2011 Even the fastest hype train can be derailed by a single hiccup, though, and Battlefield 3…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 13, 2011 -
UncategorizedScrew Kinect, Martial Arts Wizard Shows Xbox 360 Controller Motion Controls
Azo was skeptical about Kinect. Then he got it, and found out he liked it. Know what else he likes? Swinging his Xbox 360 Controller around like a freakin’ badass. According to Azo, “The old controllers are pretty fun to play with, even if you don’t own a console or a TV.” But especially if…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 13, 2011 -
UncategorizedWorld Of Warcraft and Final Fantasy Take Turn Trading Blows
8-bit SoupRobot is a new web comedy series focusing on current affairs, country & western music, vintage automobiles, and 18th century German literature. Oh, wait. No, it’s about video games. The clip above is taken from the series’ first episode, which you can find on Vimeo here. The premise of the show is “what happens…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 13, 2011 -
UncategorizedMetal Gear Solid Girl: Not Enough Food Eater?
Some people are known for their hairdos. Others are known for their wit. Rina Akiyama was known for her round butt. Now, she’s known for something else: Her increasingly thin figure. Akiyama debuted around the turn of the century, appearing in bikini mags and TV dramas. But she went on to appear in Kamen Rider…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 13, 2011 -
UncategorizedA Game of Thrones Without the TV Crowd Isn’t a Game at all
OK, so here’s my problem with the upcoming Game of Thrones…game. It’s not a problem with the game, per se, more with me. And it’s all the TV show’s fault. You see, now that there’s a slick, big-budget visual interpretation of Game of Thrones showing on HBO, that’s the look I associate with the franchise.…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 13, 2011 - Uncategorized
Battlefield 3 Reaches Out to 4chan With…Dinosaurs
Why did Modern Warfare 2 on PC suck? Because it didn’t have dinosaurs in it, apparently Fast forward a few years later and rival publisher Electronic Arts figured the dinosaur-loving, PC game-playing demographic was a demographic it could actually go after, inserting a dinosaur prominently in the most mind-blowing clip of E3 2011 then tweeting…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 13, 2011 -
CultureTotal RecallBefore Duke Nukem Was An Asshole, He Was a Simple Man
In the latest Duke Nukem game, the titular star is an offensive asshole, much of his macho charm having given way over the past decade to dick jokes even young boys would struggle to find funny. It wasn’t always this way. Duke Nukem was once just your regular video game action hero. Before the over-use…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 13, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Northwest U-Turn
The Northwest U-Turn | My flight home took me to Eugene, Ore. by way of Seattle. Here is a view from my window. I thought that was Mount St. Helens at the middle, but now I am not so sure. (Update: Many readers have said it is in Oregon, and it is the Three Sisters…
By Owen Good Published June 12, 2011 - Culture
Duke Nukem, At Last
Well, we’re not impressed by what we’ve seen so far of Duke Nukem: Forever, but there is something to be said for this game finally hitting shelves after a torturous 14-year development. Other titles out this week include Child of Eden and Alice: Madness Returns. Seven days from now, Ocarina of Time‘s long awaited remake…
By Owen Good Published June 12, 2011 -
UncategorizedExcitebike‘s Subtle Shift in 3D Scenery
If you’ve got a 3DS, and you’ve got an Internet connection, there’s no reason to not have downloaded the latest system update and pulled down 3D Classics: Excitebike from the Nintendo eShop. It’s free, after all. But developer Arika didn’t just break down the 2D game into separate layers for 3D presentation. As you can…
By Owen Good Published June 12, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Lowlights of L.A.
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 5 Fails of E3 [Calm Down Tom] This recap gets all of the cringe-inducing gaffes and underwhelming reveals we saw down in L.A. The…
By Owen Good Published June 12, 2011 -
UncategorizedDuke Nukem Forever Appears to Be A Full-Priced Mess
Some time on Saturday, as I was playing Duke Nukem Forever on my Xbox 360, I realized that in all the conversations I’ve had with people from Gearbox Software—the company that heroically salvaged this game from its decade-plus sink toward oblivion—no one ever said this game would be wonderful. They reveled in accomplishing the impossible…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 12, 2011 -
UncategorizedHere’s a Look at the Zelda Tribute Level in Super Mario 3DS
At E3, Totilo liveblogged a Nintendo developer Q&A which showed a Zelda-inspired level for the upcoming Super Mario 3DS. Pictures and video weren’t allowed, but a snipped of video just went up to Nintendo’s official E3 site, giving a glimpse of what Super Mario 3DS has in mind. This level is a top-down board, familiar…
By Owen Good Published June 12, 2011 - Uncategorized
Molyneux Disowns Fable E3 Demonstration as a “Horrendous Mistake”
The E3 news conference demonstration for Fable: The Journey, the Kinect-enabled next entry in the role-playing franchise, was objectively speaking a flop. The series’ creator himself says so, because The Journey left the impression this was a rail-shooter spinoff, and now everyone’s in damage control. “I made an horrendous mistake on the press demo on…
By Owen Good Published June 12, 2011 - Uncategorized
Star Trek Sets its Phaser for Thrill
So, yes, I saw the Phaser. The PlayStation Move attachment showed off to oohs and aahs at Sony’s E3 press conference is, indeed, a beautiful thing. More importantly, so is the game that’s arriving with it. Star Trek, despite the series’ long history, and its long history of video games, has rarely done action-adventure shooters…
By Owen Good Published June 12, 2011