This Guy’s Fingers Are Insane

This is Dolce. He isn’t an arcade gamer, he’s a human sequencer. Dolce is a top beatmania IIDX player. In the past, he’s either placed or won Konami’s Top Ranker music game tournament. It’s easy to see why.

Australia is Getting Adults-Only Games (Sort of) [Update]

Since Australia’s State Attorneys-General can’t ever seem to get their heads together on the issue of a national adults-only rating for video games, one state is breaking off and introducing its own R18+ classification. [Updated] John Rau, the Attorney-General of the state of South Australia, has got backing from cabinet to implement an R18+ classification…

The Most Heroic Restaurant in Japan

Kamen Rider is an ass-kickin’ Japanese hero. Adults and kids alike enjoy the long-running character’s latest incarnation Kamen Rider 000 The TV show is smart and well-written. No wonder Kamen Rider goods drew longer lines than Kinect in Japan. Kamen Rider is so fucking cool&mndash;not only that, delicious too! This week, “Kamen Rider The Diner”…

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Celebrate Super Mario’s 25th Anniversary With…Fancy Sneakers

These Converse x Super Mario Bros. sneakers go on sale in Japan in April. They will surely be murderously expensive.

Your First Portal 2 DLC Is Only A Few Months Away

Portal 2 may only be a week old, but if you’ve already finished it – and these days I feel like the only person on the internet who hasn’t – you won’t have too long to wait until there’s fresh content for the game. Valve’s Doug Lombardi has told Fast Company that the first Portal…

Dragon Age II Loads Up With Some New DLC

BioWare today released three pieces of Dragon Age II DLC, one for each of the game’s classes. They come in the form of weapons, armour and follower items. Sadly, none of them are a new coat of paint for the game’s dungeons dungeon. The complete pack is $5 on PS3 or $3 for each class…

The Kids Who Grew Up In Arcades

In their heyday, arcades weren’t just about the games. They were about the experience of leaving the house and going to a public space to play games, hanging out with friends and meeting new people who would then kick your ass. It’s a scene that today is sadly long gone. All we’ve got left, then,…

A Winner is Akuma in NES’ Pro Wrestling

Answering the bell in the NES classic Pro Wrestling is Street Fighter’s Akuma, who deploys the dreaded Shun Goku Satsu instead of a fork to the face like The Amazon. More images at the link, showing Akuma in-ring and his badass victory pose. Akuma: Pro Wrestler [pseudoroom design]

Naming Rights

Don’t know about you, but when I see a name on a building, I usually think either that person or business built it, paid a lot to build it, or that person was dead at the time it was built. Otherwise, there’s really no prestige in having a building named for you. Today, Oakland-Alameda County…

Catherine‘s Cover Art Too Hot For Some ‘Sensitive’ American Gamers

Atlus will bring the erotic horror puzzle platformer adventure Catherine to the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 this summer in North America. And it will do so with just one small change for one particular demographic: “more sensitive shoppers.” After spotting some unexpected alternate cover art for the PS3 and Xbox 360 game, artwork that…

Nine-Year-Old Creates iPhone Game as PopCap Grants a Wish

We’re all familiar with the Make-a-Wish Foundation, who it supports, and why. With that out of the way, PopCap Games today announced that Allied Star Police, by the Seattle-area games designer Owain Weinert (pictured) will soon release for all iOS devices on the iTunes App Store. Weinert, a newcomer to the games development scene, is…

Sony Reveals More Details On PlayStation Network Hack and Its Plans To Fix What Went Wrong

Sony Computer Entertainment has issued an update on last week’s “external intrusion” on its PlayStation Network, an attack that forced the network offline and may have exposed the personal information of millions of members. On the company’s PlayStation.blog, senior director of corporate communications Patrick Seybold writes that the PlayStation maker will be “taking steps to…

Madden Gets in Trouble for Outing a Team’s New Uniform

EA Sports recently uploaded – then quickly yanked – a YouTube video teasing Madden NFL 12. Madden junkies love to pick these things apart for clues about this year’s new features. In so doing, they also found the Buffalo Bills’ new uniforms – a design not yet announced. You can see it in that image,…

Infamous is cool, but 900 Issues of Action Comics is Extraordinary

Wednesdays are new comics days at comics shops in North America. Every week, I recommend some of the new comics to get at the shop or on an iPad. This week is huge for Superman and general DC Comics fans, not so huge for fans of video game comics. Comics You Should Consider Buying (from…

F.E.A.R. 3 Delayed A.G.A.I.N. [Corrected]

F.E.A.R. 3 (F.3.A.R. if you’re a dick) was originally planned for a winter 2010 release, then pushed to March, then pushed to May. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment is pushing the PS3/PC/360 release yet again, to June 21 in North America, June 22 in Australia and June 24 in Europe.)

Ganon, You’re Such A Boar!

The evil Ganon takes on his boar form in Hanzo Steinbach’s excellent “Hyrule’s Most Wanted” entry for IGN.com You can see more IGN / Zelda submissions HERE Related Rampages: Metal Gear Moogle | He-Man Zelda-Beast Ganon by Hanzo Steinbach / MetalHanzo (Facebook) Need your daily fill of geek eye candy? If so, head over to…

Big Nose

Tapir | Today was world Tapir day. Hug a herbivore. (TapirDay.Org) Battle of the Overclocked Radeon IceQ Graphic Cards: 6850 VS 6870 The GeForce GTX 460 saved Nvidia’s hind last year when it hit the market at $200 (currently $150 for the 768MB version) beating the existing Radeon HD 5830, while simultaneously threatening the more…

Playstation Network Hack Shows That Games And Their Problems Are Mainstream

The banner headline this morning for the San Jose Mercury News was: Sony says PlayStation users’ personal and credit data may have been stolen. Congratulations, games are mainstream and so are their problems. As you may have noticed, I’ve taken a break from writing here. After 5 years (yes, 5 years), it has been time…

And the PSN Outage’s First Class-Action Lawsuit is Already Filed

If the Great PlayStation Network Blackout is going to cost Sony $24 billion, as some estimate, you bet some hunk of that is going to be paid to lawyers, and already they are lining up. A California law firm today filed a lawsuit that seeks class action status, alleging Sony didn’t follow industry practices to…