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Pikachu Teaching Typing Is What’s Big In Japan
Japanese video game fans caught a new strain of Pokemon fever this week with the release of the unlikely Nintendo DS game, Battle & Get! Pokemon Typing DS. The Nintendo game that comes bundled with a keyboard for the DS was Japan’s bestselling game. Take that, Mavis Beacon! On the software side, it was a…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 27, 2011 - Uncategorized
Don’t Call This New York Arcade an Art Exhibit
Is it art, or is at an arcade? Kunal Gupta, the co-creator of New York City’s underground indie games exhibition explains why Babycastles is more arcade than art. Stephen Totilo visited Babycastles back in October of last year, providing us with a brightly lit view of the exotic arcade cabinets created to showcase indie game…
By Mike Fahey Published April 27, 2011 -
UncategorizedIt Was a Foggy Night, and I Was Trying To Get to the Bottom of L.A. Noire
The audience laughed loudly once during the first film festival screening I’ve ever seen of a video game. There hadn’t been much comedy and, even more importantly, not much awkwardness. The video game had masqueraded successfully as a movie, drawing its viewers in to its world rather than repelling them for any of the clumsy…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 27, 2011 - Uncategorized
Peyton Hillis is Madden NFL 12‘s Cover Star
Fans selected Peyton Hillis, the Cleveland Browns running back, to grace the cover of Madden NFL 12. Hillis prevailed in a five-week, tournament style vote-off that drew nearly 13 million votes, and was a landslide winner over Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick in the final round, 66 percent to 34, with more than a million…
By Owen Good Published April 27, 2011 -
UncategorizedNew Call of Juarez: The Cartel Trailer Gives You Sex, Violence and Modern Drug Wars
Ubisoft’s new Call of Juarez game, the one that features modern day cowboys and a Mexican drug war, has a new trailer, full of adult language, graphic violence, strip clubs, cockblocks and other things that may render it NSFW. But this new preview for Call of Juarez: The Cartel will get you up to speed…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 27, 2011 - Uncategorized
PlayStation Network Breach Could Carry A $24 Billion Price Tag (In Some Crazy Fantasy World)
While the financial ramifications of the PlayStation Network’s “external intrustion” on Sony, PlayStation developers and consumers likely won’t be known for many moons, a data-security research firm and the mathematicians at Forbes have put a worst-case scenario price tag on the breach: $24 billion USD. That gargantuan figure was derived by multiplying the number of…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 27, 2011 - Uncategorized
Telltale Plans More Episodic Adventure on the Xbox 360
Aside from the first two Sam and Max seasons and its CSI games, Xbox 360 adventure game fans have been missing out on Telltale’s particular brand of episodic fun. No longer! Today Telltale reveals that it has signed an Xbox 360 publisher licensing agreement with Microsoft, collecting the final piece of a set that already…
By Mike Fahey Published April 27, 2011 - Uncategorized
Is Zynga Now a Video Game Company?
Certainly. Zynga’s as much a video game company as any of the interactive entertainment field’s brightest lights. Of course, given the firm’s primarily business-focused approach to design, it’s also the devil incarnate to some. But the real irony that many people miss is that the outfit may inadvertently be one of the best things to…
Scott Steinberg, games industry analyst Published April 27, 2011 - Uncategorized
10 other superheroes who possessed the powers of Thor
Throughout Thor’s illustrious career, his powers have been appropriated by a slew of other comic book heroes. Not all of these heroes carried his official hammer, Mjolnir, but almost all of them dressed as lunatics while imitating the Thunder God. 10.) Thor, Frog of Thunder In the 1980s, Loki turned Thor into a frog. Even…
By Cyriaque Lamar Published April 27, 2011 - Uncategorized
Do Video Games Need an Incredibly Easy Button?
Sometimes Easy Mode just isn’t enough. In today’s Speak-Up on Kotaku, commenter Sullyville begs game developers for an option to skip the harder sections of games altogether. So I always choose to play games on Easy for a reason. I am not so good at them. I love games to death, but usually death is…
By Mike Fahey Published April 27, 2011 - Uncategorized
How Much Money Did Game Developers Make in 2010?
Most people that express a desire to enter the video game industry profess to not care how much money they can make doing something they love. Those people can probably skip the annual Game Developer Salary Survey results. The rest of you can read on to see who’s making the most money in the business.…
By Mike Fahey Published April 27, 2011 -
UncategorizedNational Nerd Relief Fund’s Plea for Playstation
Originally here: Funny or Die
By Brian Crecente Published April 27, 2011 - Uncategorized
Sniper: Ghost Warrior Aims for the PlayStation 3 in June
After a relatively successful run on the PC and Xbox 360 last year, City Interactive’s Sniper: Ghost Warrior hits the PS3 on June 28 with improved graphics and gameplay, exclusive missions, and new multiplayer modes. Camping is highly recommended.
By Mike Fahey Published April 27, 2011 -
UncategorizedHow The Witcher 2 Transforms You into a Monster-Hunting Machine
After playing several hours of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, I can confidently say the game improves on the original in every way. After seeing this combat video for the game, I realize I’ve only scratched the surface of what the game has to offer. The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings is the sequel…
By Mike Fahey Published April 27, 2011 - Uncategorized
Hulu Offers Some Members Credit for Playstation Network Outage
The week-long Playstation Network outage isn’t just keeping PS3 owners from playing games, it’s also preventing them from using other online features of the console, like watching TV through Hulu. While the official Hulu response to the Playstation Network outage, found on their site, is to basically point out you can use the service on…
By Brian Crecente Published April 27, 2011 - Uncategorized
Talk Amongst Yourselves
It’s that time again folks, welcome to Talk Amongst Yourselves. The place where you guys talk about video games and… that’s it. Special thanks to Goldfuzzy for the sweet L.A. Noire pic. Got a great idea for a TAYpic? Submit yours to #TAYpics (Read this thread for directions on how to do a TAYpic.)
By Mike Epstein Published April 27, 2011 - Uncategorized
“Illegal And Unauthorized Intrusion”
FOUND IN TRANSLATION | JAPAN: TV news pours over the PlayStation blog, pointing out the possibility of leaked credit cards. (Photo by 2ch) “Nintendo Shock” Shocks Japan “Lehman Shock” is how Japan described the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers. “Shock” (ショック) is en vogue in Japan, and a quick way to describe the impact of something…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 27, 2011 - Uncategorized
Cat-Eared Girls Wear Bug-Induced Toupées
The latest downloadable content for bar girl game Dream Club Zero has a bizarro bug that makes it seem like the girls are wearing wigs. The cat ears? Not a bug, totally part of the game! ドリクラZEROのデュエット機能を試したら、ホストガールがカツラであることが判明！ [読みゲー]
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 27, 2011
