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How does one invent an economy based on orc genitalia? Orc Stain’s James Stokoe fills us in
If you like your fantasy comics grimy, roguish, and filled with orcs trying to lop each other’s dorks off, you’ll love James Stokoe’s Orc Stain. And if you don’t, you’re dunderheadedly depriving yourself of some of comicdom’s finest artwork. Orc Stain, which (in a herculean effort) is written, drawn, and colored by Stokoe, follows the…
By Cyriaque Lamar Published April 26, 2011 - Uncategorized
Nintendo Worried People Aren’t Buying 3DS’ Magic
Nintendo’s glasses-free 3DS portable gaming system isn’t selling as well as the company expected because people don’t understand how great the gadget is or how to properly use it, the president of the company theorizes. Addressing a gathering of analysts in Tokyo this week, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata seemed to place most of the blame…
By Brian Crecente Published April 26, 2011 -
UncategorizedWhat Can Terrorists Learn from Video Games?
Gamification is the act of applying video game-like rewards to non-gaming situations as a form of motivation. Imagine earning experience points for taking out the trash, or scoring well on a customer service survey, or learning how to create homemade explosives for use in terrorist acts. The same mechanic that shows so much potential for…
By Mike Fahey Published April 26, 2011 - Uncategorized
In Search of a Massively-Multiplayer RPG that isn’t World of Warcraft
Commenter ValeriaHeart is looking for suggestions for a massively-multiplayer online role-playing game to play with her partner that isn’t World of Warcraft in today’s episode of Speak-Up on Kotaku. Won’t you help her? Are there any MMORPG players out there that are playing something that isn’t WoW? How is that game? Would you recommend it?…
By Mike Fahey Published April 26, 2011 - Uncategorized
How Did the Worst-Sounding Wii Game Become My Most-Anticipated Wii Game?
There are two ways to describe Nintendo’s next Wii game, Wii Play: Motion. Well, three ways, if you include Game I Was Never Going To Touch Based On Its Original Description. For Nintendo, there were two: 1) There was the way the company described June’s Wii Play: Motion on their official product page when the…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 26, 2011 - Uncategorized
Valve’s “Three Turret Moon” T-Shirt So Behind the Curve It’s Ahead Again
The famous turrets from Portal 2 howl at the moon, having gone feral under the leadership of the mighty Animal King. Twenty bucks from the Valve store. (I’m resisting. If I want it by the next full moon, I’ll pull the trigger.) Three Turret Moon T-Shirt ($20) [Store.ValveSoftware.com]
By Joel Johnson Published April 26, 2011 - Uncategorized
Rhythm Paradise Brings Most Exciting Keynote Slide of the Year
Follow up to the cult portable series Rhythm Heaven, Rhythm Paradise is coming to Wii this summer. We don’t know much beyond that it designed to be played “only with buttons”. But it’s clear from the slide a whole world of spaghetti stabbing awaits. Nintendo Heaven Financial Results Briefing (March 2011) [Nintendo.co.jp] Update: It has…
By Joel Johnson Published April 26, 2011 - Uncategorized
Star Fox 64 3DS Remake is ‘Newly-Arranged’ and Motion-Controlled
Star Fox 64 was one of the Nintendo 64’s best video games. It was a fantastic on-rails shooter, it introduced rumble to Nintendo console gaming and it gave the world one of the best pieces of advice ever delivered by software: “Do a barrel roll.” How in the world do the people re-making the game…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 26, 2011 - Uncategorized
It Sure Looks Like Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness is Coming to the 3DS
The magazine scans reader David points us towards are ridiculously blurry and the images vague, but three things are certain: That spiky-haired character is holding a Pokéball, the game is on the 3DS, and that’s Agate Village from Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness For more than a decade now, Pokémon fans have been clamoring for…
By Mike Fahey Published April 26, 2011 - Uncategorized
Sony PlayStation Tablets’ Touchscreen D-Pad In Real Life
A virtual d-pad has worked better on tablets and phones than many have expected, but mostly for games designed with those limitations in mind. [Impress Watch] One thing hasn’t changed: Sony knows how to make pretty hardware. The slate-style tablet isn’t as thin as you’d think. Sony’s New PlayStation Tablet is a Sexy Beast Today…
By Joel Johnson Published April 26, 2011 - Uncategorized
Error-Riddled Mortal Kombat Guide Won’t Get Reprint Due to “Economics”
Strategy guide maker Prima Guides told visitors to their website that the error-riddled strategy guide for Mortal Kombat likely won’t be seeing a second printing to correct the mistakes. “Economics makes a second printing unlikely, unfortunately,” a spokesperson wrote in response to fan’s displeasure with the new guide. Prima will printing corrected character quick reference…
By Brian Crecente Published April 26, 2011 - Uncategorized
Talk Amongst Yourselves
Another week, another Tuesday—and what have we all got to say for ourselves? ShinLord has struck again, and proves that you can never have too much Minecraft (unless, of course, you’re the dead kid in the picture). Think you’ve also got some mad Photoshop skills? Submit your own handy-work at #TAYpics (Read this thread for…
By Drew Cohen Published April 26, 2011 - Uncategorized
This Lady Is Dance Central
FOOTLOOSE | TOKYO, JAPAN: Microsoft shows off Dance Central. Nice stripes. (Photo by Game Watch Impress) You’ll Never Guess How Much These Drawings Cost Dreaming of Nintendo’s Next Console You’ve seen our buddy Sam Spratt give us his take on the next Nintendo console’s controllers and appearance, but what about you, dear reader? What about…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 26, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Coolest Looking Nintendo 3DS Is The Customized One
Deza Egg is a Japanese after market game hardware customizer. So if you’re not happy with the 3DS colors Nintendo is offering, Deza Egg can help. Deza Egg has sixty colors that users can choose from, and users can either send in their 3DS to be painted with prices starting at ¥19,980 (US$244) depending on…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 26, 2011 - Uncategorized
No PSN Also Means No Street Fighter Costume Pack
The PlayStation Network’s outage impacts more than PSN games and online play, it also holds up DLC. Capcom was planning to release a Super Street Fighter IV “Ultra Complete” costume pack today, but that’s not happening, obviously! The pack is delayed. [via Capcom]
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 26, 2011 -
UncategorizedIs WINtA Worth Warming up to?
The father of music games, PaRappa the Rapper creator Masaya Matsuura, is bringing his innovative rhythm game sense to the iPhone. Again. Masaya Matsuura developed an iPod game a few years. This time, he’s back with another music game for the iOS, titled WINtA, which is inspired by the Marvin Gaye lyric “War is not…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 26, 2011 - Uncategorized
This Year’s Most Bizarre Gaming Cameo
Hyperdimension Neptunia, a game that should have been more exciting, is getting a sequel. With very young girls. And Keiji Inafune. In 2010, Keiji Inafune, best known for his work on Mega Man and Dead Rising, became an internet iconic in Japan. He’s opinionated and quotable. That’s not all—he appears to be a summons in…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 26, 2011 - Uncategorized
Dreaming of Nintendo’s Next Console
You’ve seen our buddy Sam Spratt give us his take on the next Nintendo console’s controllers and appearance, but what about you, dear reader? What about our more talented reader’s takes? I put a call out last week for those handy with PhotoShop to drop us a line and send us some classy, realistic mock-ups…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 26, 2011 -
UncategorizedThis Portal Turret will Snuggle its way into your Heart
This hand-crafted Portal turret may not look like much, but she’s got it where it counts. And that’s in its fancy motion-sensing capabilities, meaning whenever you mess around with this plush, it reacts just like an in-game turret would. Short of opening fire with live ammunition, at least. [via Super Punch]
By Luke Plunkett Published April 26, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Air Force is Loaning out its PS3 Super-Computer
When its not crunching data brought back by spy plane missions, the US Air Force’s PlayStation 3 super-computer (nicknamed “Condor”) is now being loaned out to universities so they can crunch slightly less dangerous data. One of those institutions is the University of Dayton in Ohio, where it’s being put to work creating “artificial neural…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 26, 2011