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  Dragon Quest Was Made By Dudes, Pencils And Cigarettes

  Nintendo might’ve been made by nice old ladies and robots, but Dragon Quest VI was made by dudes who smoke and dudes who drew pictures. How Video Games Are Made: The Making of Dragon Quest VI is a Japanese children’s book that shows the creation process of the classic Super Famicom role-playing game. And since…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 10, 2011
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  Sexy Wii Game In Trouble For Not Being Sexy Enough

  We Dare is supposedly all spank this, spank that, put this in your mouth, lick that. But that’s fantasy — make believe. And the game’s French publisher, Ubisoft, is getting its knuckles rapped for it. PEGI, the body that rates games in Europe, told Ubisoft to remove its “misleading” We Dare spot from the internet,…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 10, 2011
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  Every Single NES Game Getting A New Coat Of Paint

  Artist Campbell Whyte has embarked on a noble adventure: every day, he’s painting a picture based on a Nintendo Entertainment System game. Every. Last. One. Going off a Wikipedia compendium of 799 English-language games as his “master list”, Whyte will be going through the NES’ entire collection one by one, chronologically by order of release…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 10, 2011
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  The PS3 Is Secure…For Now (Dun Dun DUN)

  Hacker KaKaRoTo (real name Youness Alaoui), the fellow behind the PSFreedom jailbreak, thinks the PS3 is now secure after the recent firmware update. “Their previous errors were epic fails, it doesn’t mean they can’t do an epic save either.. they seem to have fixed all the issues they had,” Youness Alaoui wrote on Twitter (via…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 10, 2011
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  Kinect Was Born For Garry’s Mod

  John Boiles’ work getting Garry’s Mod to recognise Microsoft’s Kinect isn’t the most impressive video of its ilk we’ve seen. It is, however, the most entertaining. So many of the other ones are boring guys in their bedrooms talking about code! John knows we all just prefer seeing a guy kick boxes over to his…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 10, 2011
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  Why Rake Leaves In Japan When You Can Play Deus Ex?

  Action game Deus-Ex has a release window for Japan. The game is slated to be out this Fall, which is later than the West’s August release dates. [via Game Watch Impress]

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 10, 2011
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  PlayStation Boss, You Just Got Yourself A Promotion

  Having “successfully led the turnaround of the games business”, PlayStation boss Kaz Hirai has (as expected) just been moved one step closer to the top job at Sony Corporation when current CEO Sir Howard Stringer moves on.

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 10, 2011
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  Is Tiny Wings The Angry Birds Of 2011?

  Angry Birds is a wonderful game. But it’s so 2010. And we’re in 2011. We need a new mobile game to fall in love with. And this might be it. Released in February, Tiny Wings is the work of Andreas Illiger, and it is a beautiful-looking game. The art style is sensational and looks beautiful…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 10, 2011
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  The Eye Of The Tiger Plays Street Fighter In Tracksuits

  This is the story of one hipster-doofus, loose on the streets of Tokyo in an attempt to prove his worth as a Street Fighter IV player. And it’s more enjoyable than I just made it sound. Why? Because as a video it’s so easy on the eyes. It also takes in some of the city’s…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 10, 2011
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  This Lady Is A Walking Screenshot

  Cosplay, the art of dressing up like somebody else, is normally happy just looking like the character. Canadian Sheila isn’t happy just looking like the character. She has to look like screenshots When you look at the pictures individually, they look like…a girl standing around in a fairly basic costume. No big deal. But take…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 10, 2011
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  Ico’s Creator Says The Game “Wasn’t Good Enough”

  Fumito Ueda, the driving force behind PS2 classics Ico and Shadow of the Colossus, doesn’t think as highly of his team’s last two games as you might. While many gamers regard the titles as two of the greatest games ever made, Ueda says their almost-cult status is a problem, not something to be cherished. “The…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 10, 2011
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  The Megacities Of The Future Are Where Giant Mechs Shoot Each Other

  The mech combat genre is one that’s died off in recent years. Indie shooter Hawken is hoping to change that, and for something being developed by “a small independent game studio” looks absolutely amazing Set in what looks like an Asian megacity of the future, Hawken is a first-person, multiplayer mech combat game that will…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 10, 2011
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  Darkstalkers’ Most Versatile Voice Now Managing Popstars In Heaven

  You may not know his name, but if you like Japanese games with mechas, fighters or idols, you probably know his voice. Earlier this month, Kan Tokumaru passed away. He had been hospitalized and was getting treatment for a non-disclosed illness. Starting in the 1970s, Tokumaru voiced characters in Japanese anime like Gaia in Mobile…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 10, 2011
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  Virtual Idol RAGE!!

  Last year, Sega held concerts for virtual idol Miku Hatsune. The concerts enthralled fans and even garnered international media coverage. The latest Miku Hatsune concert wasn’t held by Sega, and all it did was piss everyone off. Miku Hatsune is not a Sega character per se. She’s a character for Yamaha’s Vocaloid software that has…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 10, 2011
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  Sony Cancels “Small Number” Of PlayStation Games

  Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has cancelled “a small number of projects” formerly in development across its British studios. The same studios that make games like WipeOut. “It has been decided that production on a small number of projects within London Studio, Studio Liverpool, and Evolution Studios will be streamlined or closed due to a portfolio…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 10, 2011
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  Exploit Results In “Theft” Of $1.2 Million In Xbox Live Codes

  Yesterday, a forum user on website The Tech Game posted a way for people to scam free points for use on Xbox Live. By the time Microsoft found out and shut it down, over $1 million in codes had been “stolen”. User “Dark” is the author of the post explaining the exploit, which was able…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 10, 2011
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  A drug that could make you grow sensory whiskers (and penis spines)

  Only a few molecules separate you from having sensory whiskers and penis spines. That’s right – evolution has cheated you out of those whiskers that make your cat a super-sensor and the spines that, well, make your penis super-sensitive. A study published today in Nature reveals that human DNA still bears traces of genes that…

  By Annalee Newitz Published March 10, 2011
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  Remembering Sony’s Least Popular “Console”

  Sony has released four video game machines that have been, to varying degrees, a success. Today, we’re going to look at a fifth that wasn’t. That machine was the PSX. A hybrid video game console and home media centre, it may have looked pretty and boasted some impressive technology, but it was also one of…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 10, 2011
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  Double Dragon‘s Reboot Needs a Larger Pad

  Double Dragon rolled up the garage doors and vroomed onto the iPhone and iPad earlier this week, with a small-size reboot that invoked and updated its arcade ancestor’s main features – bosses, levels, soundtrack, and more. At bottom, it’s a beat-em-up controlled by a virtual pad and stick, with about 30 percent of the screen…

  By Owen Good Published March 9, 2011
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  Ubisoft Won’t Release Swinger-Party Game in the U.K.

  We Dare, the Wii party game whose marketing suggests it’s much naughtier than it really is, won’t be released in the United Kingdom. Publisher Ubisoft is pulling the game back after a rating found it suitable for kids 12 and up. Politicians and press in Great Britain were, of course, in high dudgeon (is there…

  By Owen Good Published March 9, 2011