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  Insanely Popular Doodle Jump Adds Multiplayer

  It’s the one iOS craze I’ve managed to avoid, so I must trust what I’m told about Doodle Jump: that it’s fun. And moreover, that it’s fun when playing two-player over Wi-Fi. But how could I ever possibly know?! [iTunes]

  By Joel Johnson Published March 31, 2011
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  March is ending, so we proudly present to you our final read-submitted March image for Talk Amongst Yourselves. This one’s from Shinlord What’s next? April! We need a new image for April’s Talk Amongst Yourselves. You can nominate any painting that is in the public domain. Suggest something that’s more landscape than portrait, in terms…

  By Stephen Totilo Published March 31, 2011
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  One Of These Is Not Totoro

  WABBIT SEASON | OSAKA, JAPAN: Springtime is a good time to get fresh air with friends. (Photo: Brian Ashcraft) Mega Man Universe Is Totally Canceled Mega Man Universe was supposed to be out this year on the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade. It won’t be. Capcom, the game’s developer, is shutting the title down…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 31, 2011
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  Return To 2099 In Spider-Man: Edge Of Time

  Developer Beenox and Activision cross continuities again in Spider-Man: Edge of Time, a time-hopping adventure that’s one part Amazing Spider-Man, one part Spider-Man 2099. One Spider-Man just isn’t enough for developer Beenox. After giving four Spideys a try in Shattered Dimensions the team trims things down to two in Edge of Time. The untimely death…

  By Mike Fahey Published March 31, 2011
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  Street Fighter Needs To Be Like Soccer

  Well, that’s what Street Fighter producer Yoshinori Ono thinks. And he’s even got an analogy to explain why “Until very recently fighting games have been a niche,” Ono tells the Guardian. “In order to play you needed to understand all the rules, you had to know exactly what to do in every situation.” In turn,…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 31, 2011
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  Looks Don’t Come First With Final Fantasy‘s Leading Ladies

  When Square Enix is making heroines, it might start with the character’s back story or her role in the story. For example, in Final Fantasy XIII, the initial concept for protagonist Lightning was a “strong woman”. FFXIII director Motomu Toriyama tells Japanese game mag Famitsu, “it was personality-based instead of plot-driven.” Then Toriyama says the…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 31, 2011
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  Don’t Talk Video Games With Japanese Prisoners

  Between 2006 and 2010, a prison guard in Chiba Prison chatted with prisoners about things he should not have. He talked to them about video games and comic books. But that isn’t all. Disciplinary actions were taken against the officer on March 29. The 31-year-old former corrections officer said he thought the idle chatter would…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 31, 2011
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  This Sega Cosplay Just Got A Little Bit Sexy

  Crystal Graziano, who we last saw cosplaying as Valkyria Chronicles villain Selvaria Bles, is back again as…Selvaria Bles. Only this time, in a bikini. While this sounds absurd, swimsuits actually feature in the war drama, so Crystal has a perfectly good excuse for swanning around the recent Anime Conji 2011 in…this. Valkyria Chronicles was originally…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 31, 2011
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  Commander Shepard Can Punch Women, But Can He Beat Boba Fett?

  In many ways, Mass Effect is what it is because its developers made a successful Star Wars game. So it’s about time we go to see the franchises square off. Artist Edrice Waliyar has done these two images, depicting some of the stars of the respective series taking each other on. In one pic, the…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 31, 2011
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  Half-Life Goes Back In Time

  William “Robotwo” G from Sweden reimagines Half-Life as a Master System game. There’s shades of Batman: Caped Crusader here. Which is a very good thing.

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 31, 2011
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  How To Put The 3DS Back Together Again

  Screw warranties! Real men (and women) don’t need them. They are fearless when it comes to taking apart the 3DS with their bare hands. Putting it back together? Eh… That’s hard Here, a disassembled 3DS is reassembled with nothing more than tweezers and a screwdriver. Oh, a pair of hands, too. It’s a bit like…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 31, 2011
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  Choose Your Own Left 4 Dead Adventure

  If the actual Left 4 Dead is a little too frantic for your tastes, why not try this “choose your own adventure” version of the game by web comedy troupe Game Station. It’s nice and slow, giving you ample time to consider your choices, then decide on what seems the most logical course of action.…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 31, 2011
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  A Dude In A Fursuit. Dancing. For Charity.

  WolfPupTK, the dude in the suit, is on a mission to raise awareness for the American Red Cross. And to do that he’s making videos, like this: Here he’s playing In the Groove on expert. In his fursuit. “The American Red Cross is a wonderful organization that is constantly helping others and saving lives,” writes…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 31, 2011
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  WiiWare Losing Its Video On Demand Service In Japan

  “Minna no Theater Wii” (Everybody’s Wii Theater) is a streaming Wii service that launched in Japan in early 2009. And later this year, it will end. The service allowed Wii owners to rent movies like Inception or anime like Astro Boy with Wii Points. Fujisoft, the Kanagawa-based IT company behind Minna no Theater Wii, today…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 31, 2011
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  Oh God, The Colors, They’re So Beautiful

  Sadly, indie developer Joakim Sandberg seems to be going through a bit of a rough patch at the moment. So he’s released an in-progress version of a game he’s been working on, called The Iconoclasts. And it’s great. Great for what it is, anyway, which is a glorified demo of sorts of a vibrant 2D…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 31, 2011
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  Eventually, There Might Be A New No More Heroes

  At a recent charity event in Tokyo, No More Heroes designer Goichi Suda said he’s up for making another NMH “someday”. Obviously, he’s got his plate full at the moment with action title Shadows of the Damned. [via Famitsu]

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 31, 2011
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  It Looks Like An Xbox 360, But It’s Actually A Small Heater

  In Akiba’s Trip, the PSP game in which an otaku dude strips “vampires”, a black machine appears in-game. It looks like an Xbox 360. In fact, that’s what I thought it was. That assumption, however, is totally wrong. Players can use a wide variety of otaku-flavored items as weapons in Akiba’s Trip. For example, plastic…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 31, 2011
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  There’s A Second Penny Arcade Game (Only This One’s For Tables)

  I’ve never been the biggest fan of Penny Arcade’s “spin-off” works, but the recent Lookouts comic series (or at least attempt) was awesome. So it’s even more awesome to hear that the fantasy world is getting its own “hybrid role playing and board game experience”. Here’s the synopsis from the game’s creators, Cryptozoic Entertainment: The…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 31, 2011
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  Mega Man Universe Is Totally Canceled

  Mega Man Universe was supposed to be out this year on the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade. It won’t be. Capcom, the game’s developer, is shutting the title down and ceasing development. Mega Man Universe has been canned. In an official release, Capcom says the game is being canned for “various circumstances”. It is…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 31, 2011
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  Digital Idol And Real Pin-Up Girl Blended In Pixels

  Even though she’s performed in concerts, Miku Hatsune is an entirely virtual creation. Pin-up model Risa Yoshiki, however, appears to be real! In the latest issue of Japanese tabloid Weekly Playboy, both idols, 2D and 3D, come together. Here’s how the promotional video for the photoshoot explains it: Beyond the limits of science, she came.…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 31, 2011