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Current Is Currently My Favorite Game
iOS games can be a crap shoot. There are some real diamonds, but a lot of crap. Then, every once in a while, you find a game, and you really get into it. For me, that game is Current According to the game’s developer TinkerHouse Games, Current is an “action match game”. That means the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 24, 2011 - Uncategorized
Look How Far We’ve Come
TANK VS. FORTERESSE | PARIS, FRANCE: Gaming in 1930 looked like this. (Photo: Hulton Archive | Getty) The First Explosive Modern Warfare 3 Gameplay Trailer Is Here Modern Warfare 3, is a globetrotting tale of destruction, taking the fight to America, England, Germany and France, bringing with it huge destruction and battles more ambitious than…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 24, 2011 - Uncategorized
Would You Like Motion Controls with Your Sony Portable?
A recent Sony patent shows a camera-enable PSP dock that allows players to use PlayStation Move controls. The portable shown in the patent image is a PSPgo, Sony’s failed PSP iteration. However, the NGP already has a camera, so PlayStation Move could be possible. I’d rather that the NGP didn’t support Move controls at all.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 24, 2011 - Uncategorized
Is This The First Look at the Ace Attorney Movie?
Takashi Miike (Ichi the Killer, Audition) is in Cannes, prompting his latest film, Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai. His next film won’t be nearly as heavy. “It is a very light comedy that I am filming now, a court drama, based on a video game, the Nintendo game DS,” Miike told The Huffington Post. The…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 24, 2011 - Uncategorized
Hardcore Shooter Developer Selling Stuff to Foreigners!
Cave, the game developer best known for insane shmups like this, is holding an online version of its annual Cave Festival. Want to purchase Cave art books? Cave keychains? Tea cups? Umbrellas? Head on over. [Cave Game Shop via Wired.it]
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 24, 2011 - Culture
The Man Who Creates Pokémon For a Living
Ken Sugimori may not be a household name, but the monsters that have flowed forth from his sketchbook certainly are. You see, Sugimori designs Pokémon He’s been involved with the mega-popular franchise from day one, having forged a friendship with Pokémon creator Satoshi Tajiri in the 1980s, when the pair both worked on a gaming…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 24, 2011 -
UncategorizedIt’s Time For Some Good Old-Fashioned Driving Fun
You know, if you asked me to pick my favourite driving game of the past few years, it wouldn’t have the words “Turismo” or “Forza” in the title. That’s because my favourite driving game of the past few years is DiRT 2, which is fast, slippery, gorgeous to watch and, if you’ve got surround sound,…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 24, 2011 - Uncategorized
Sony Non-PSN Hacks Just Don’t Quit
The hacks just don’t stop. First there was the PSN hack. Then Sony Online Entertainment. Then in seemingly unrelated hacks, Sony Thailand’s site was being used for phishing exploit and Sony’s internet provider So-net was hacked. Now? Sony Music Indonesia and Sony Music Greece. Likewise, probably unrelated to the PSN hack, but it could be…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 24, 2011 -
UncategorizedDreaming of the Perfect Adventure Time Video Game
Adventure Time, possibly the best cartoon on TV right now, is full of video game gags, from the opening credits to a faithful companion. In this clip, we get to see the show’s creators talk about this at length Sitting on this panel (which took place at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival) are Phil Rynda,…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 24, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Geekiest Cars on Earth
For Japanese otaku, itasha—literally “painmobile”—are about as geeky as they come. This past weekend, diehard itasha gathered and gawked in Tokyo’s Odaiba. The fourth annual Ita G Festa was originally slated for March 20, but due to the earthquake, the event was moved. The whole thing seems to have finally gone off without a hitch.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 24, 2011 - Uncategorized
Persona 2: Innocent Sin Coming to America
According to Atlus, rpg Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 2: Innocent Sin is coming to North American PSPs this fall. This is the only Persona game never to receive a North American release. Atlus teased the game’s localization late last week.
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 24, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe Star Trek Game That Was Actually an Austrian Music Video
Captain Kirk rescuing the Queen of Space from the Klingons? It’s not the plot to a Star Trek movie. Nor a Star Trek game. It’s kind of both. Look, just watch the video. It’s by 90’s outfit Edelweiss and is, well. Very European. In a good way. How Video Gamey Music Videos Used To Be…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 24, 2011 - Uncategorized
New Dragon’s Dogma Screens Slither Out
Previously, Kotaku featured three different classes from Capcom’s open world role-playing game. Now here are three different monsters. They are a Griffin, Hydra and Goblin. Dragon’s Dogma is the next big gamble from the Devil May Cry team. It is rumored to be one of Capcom’s most expensive games. Ever.
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 24, 2011 - Uncategorized
This Is as Classy as a Sonic the Hedgehog Tattoo Can Get
How, you must think, can a Sonic tattoo ever be classy? When someone uses their imagination, that’s how. A few years back, scientists got funny and named a protein that “enhances somite cell viability and the formation of primary slow muscle fibers” Sonic the Hedgehog Brian here has a tattoo not of the blue hedgehog,…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 24, 2011 - Uncategorized
This Video Game Was Made in the 1940s
Do you see that retro-looking device above? That’s a cathode ray tube amusement device, one of the one of the first interactive video games ever made. You can tell by the circular green display that this missile simulator game was inspired by the radar displays of World War II. It was created and patented by…
By Kelly Published May 24, 2011 - Uncategorized
Shiver Back Into Dead Space 2 With New Multiplayer Maps
With Dead Space 2’s multiplayer component suffering the same fate most of its peers—namely, being entirely forgotten shortly after release—EA reckons a couple of new maps might be enough to tempt you back into the game. The Academy and The Concourse are the maps, which will be available on Xbox Live on May 31 and…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 24, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe Young Girl Who Loves Old Games
After one of Japan’s most beloved gaming mascots Takahashi Meijin revealed that he was leaving Hudson Soft, 23-year-old pin-up model Haruna Anno took to Twitter and her blog. She knew that he was leaving beforehand and talked to Takahashi about his decision, revealing that the conversation made her weep. But there’s an upside. “I can’t…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 24, 2011 - Uncategorized
You Won’t Win Any Trophies With PSP Remaster Games
Later this year, the PlayStation Portable Remaster Series will become available (at least in Japan), offering HD versions of PSP games for your PS3. The games will come with a ton of extra content, but trophy support won’t be among them. While HD visuals, 3D compatibility, controller support and cross-platform saves will be included, the…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 24, 2011 -
UncategorizedGaming’s Best Musicians Unite For Charity Album
The Play For Japan initiative has done a lot to help raise funds for those affected by last month’s earthquake and tsunami, but Play For Japan: The Album will be giving a lot back to you in return. Due for release next month, the album gets together some of the greatest composers working in the…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 24, 2011
