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Gabe Newell Has Never Meant Business Like He Means Business Here
If you’re unsure what else your $2 is getting you with the “The Final Hours Of Portal 2” application for the iPad, know it includes pictures like this (via weedpoop). The Final House Of Portal 2
By Luke Plunkett Published April 22, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Art Of Mortal Kombat
For a game that’s always been darker and grittier than its rival Street Fighter, the new Mortal Kombat has a surprising amount of…beauty to it. The game’s art style sets the same tone the rest of it does: a return to not just the roots of the series but the business of fighting, and nothing…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 22, 2011 - Uncategorized
All 646 Pokémon, Together In The Mother Of All Family Photos
Since the first game’s debut in 1996, the Pokémon family has grown to number in the hundreds. Want to see what they all look like in one place? Look no further. Here are all 646 Pokémon, the complete roster up to and including those featured in the latest games, Pokémon Black and Pokémon White. It’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 22, 2011 - Uncategorized
Don’t Worry About Wii 2 Dick Jokes
This is quite silly, but somebody asked me, “Wouldn’t Wii 2 be ‘Weenie’ in Japanese?” Well, not quite. “Two” in Japanese can read as “ni” (ニ) so theoretically “Wii 2” could be “Wii ni”, aka “weenie”, aka “schlong”, “dick”, “woody”, “trouser snake” – you name it! That’s theoretical, however, because nobody in Japan would actually…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 22, 2011 - Uncategorized
This Minecraft “Board Game” Looks Awesome
Last month, a display at San Jose State University let visitors play Minecraft outside the confines of a computer, using little paper cubes and little paper tools. It was called “Real World Minecraft”, and was basically just a giant creative free-for-all: people could walk up and just built whatever they wanted from the tools at…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 22, 2011 - Uncategorized
Mario’s Creator Doesn’t Want To Talk Wii 2
I’m ready to talk Wii 2. You’re ready. But Shigeru Miyamoto? So not ready. “Don’t ask!” the Mario creator told Edge. “Even when the Wii launched we were developing new hardware, work on 3DS had already started. It’s a matter of when we announce it.” In the past Nintendo has said that it is always…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 22, 2011 -
UncategorizedThis Game Will Let You Play Monopoly In The Real World
Why plan Monopoly over a little board and pieces of plastic when you can grab your phone, get off your ass and take over the real world? Turf Geography Club is an iPhone game currently in development that combines geography-based app FourSquare with Monopoly’s “take over the city” mechanic. The more you get around, the…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 22, 2011 - Uncategorized
Shadows Of The Damned Gets Short Delay. Dammit.
Action game Shadows of the Damned, which is being designed by Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami and No More Heroes developer Goichi Suda, is being pushed from its June 7 release date to June 21. [via GameSpot]
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 22, 2011 -
UncategorizedDancing Fingers And Super Mario
Dancer Hokuto “Hok” Konishi isn’t usually on crutches, but he tore part of his achilles and paroneal tendon while practicing. Bummed, he tried to figure out how he could dance with what working resources he still had – his arms, hands and fingers. And nothing quite says “upbeat” like Mario music.
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 22, 2011 - Uncategorized
This Weekend, Europeans Can All Play Xbox Live Together
Hey Europe, this weekend, the class system that normally divides Xbox Live between paying and non-paying subscribers is being torn down. That means for April 23-24, anyone with an Xbox Live account can indulge in online multiplayer. The purpose? Microsoft is shooting for a bullshit (read: sponsored) world record, and wants as many people playing…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 22, 2011 -
UncategorizedProposing In A Super Mario Living Room
Silvas’ girlfriend, April, is a huge Super Mario fan. So when it was time to propose, he did it in style – Super Mario style. The living room was covered in Mario, complete with a Question Box, Mario music and fireworks. Previous game-themed proposals include Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Little Big Planet, Pokémon, among many,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 22, 2011 - Uncategorized
Draw Us A Wii 2, Please
Whenever there’s talk of a new video game console, one of the first things to surface are bad photoshops. The next things to surface are bad mock-ups. If you can draw, do you feel like saving us all and doing a good mock-up? This isn’t like our weekly Photoshop contest. We’re not after laughs, shits…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 22, 2011 - Uncategorized
When The Girls Are Mean, The Customers Are Happy
Japan is famous for its service. Waiters and waitress are attentive and prompt, and they don’t even expect a tip! It’s very easy to get accustomed to. But sometimes good service gets old. Sometimes otaku just want to be treated like crap. Enter the tsundere cafe, where folks pay money to be treated like dirt.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 22, 2011 -
UncategorizedCurrent Consoles Are Still Capable Of Some Amazing Graphics (Like These)
With all this talk of Wii 2 and consoles holding PC graphics and development back, it’s easy to forget the fact we’re stuck with the Xbox 360 and PS3 for another three years. Just because they’re getting a little long in the tooth, though, doesn’t make them slouches in the graphics department. This is a…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 22, 2011 - Uncategorized
Say Goodbye To The DS Lite
If this image showing an email circulated amongst GameStop stores is legit, then the humble Nintendo DS Lite may now be a thing of the past. Having been first succeeded by two models of the DS, the DSi and DSi XL, and now by an all-new handheld, the 3DS, the writing has been on the…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 22, 2011 - Uncategorized
“Potato Sack” Studios Say They Had “Free Rein” In Portal 2‘s ARG
The elaborate alternate reality game that served as a viral marketing device for Portal 2’s release was not entirely devised by Valve. In fact, the developers of the 13 games of the “Potato Sack,” the group of indie games central to the ARG’s final resolution, say they were involved in the scheme’s design from the…
By Owen Good Published April 21, 2011 - Uncategorized
Judgment Night
Guys, I think we might just pull this off. We might actually make it through Judgment Day, because it seems that Skynet was never switched on and I haven’t heard a single nuclear explosion all day. Whew! Of course, there are still a few hours left in the day here on the west coast, but……
By Michael McWhertor Published April 21, 2011 - Uncategorized
Free Crysis 2 Modkit Arrives In Early Summer
A modding toolkit for Crysis 2 will release in early summer, Crytek said today in an announcement. If that’s not enough freedom for you, the CryENGINE SDK releases to developers in August. The Crysis 2 modkit will be free, the company’s CEO said. CryENGINE 3 is “internally, the same engine we give to our licensees,…
By Owen Good Published April 21, 2011 -
UncategorizedFable III Available May 17 — On Steam
Fable III’s PC version has been dated and, surprisingly, it’s going to be available via Steam. Though the Microsoft-published game won’t be a Games for Windows Live exclusive, like past Microsoft PC versions, GFWL sounds like it will be required even if you buy the game over Steam. But, if you do pre-order the GFWL…
By Owen Good Published April 21, 2011
