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UncategorizedAre You Ready for Ads in Your Achievements?
“Real rewards for virtual achievements.” That’s the pitch behind “Kiip,” a new Silicon Valley startup that intends to become the company that connects gamers with advertisers in a sort of Groupon for games. Land a 360° flip? Get a coupon from Sephora. Murder a certain number of mutants? Free burger from Carl’s Jr. It all…
By Joel Johnson Published April 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
In Which Link Dies A Truly Heroic Death
Princess Zelda is in tears, a kingdom mourns, but at least we can rest easy knowing that Link died fighting the good fight, trying to save the world from unfathomable evil. I’ve suffered a similar fate myself during my travels in Link’s shoes. I can’t help it. If you put something in a video game…
By Mike Fahey Published April 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
Name The Old Video Game References, Retro City Rampage Edition
Retro City Rampage is an homage to old games, old games like the first Grand Theft Auto and even older games such as… well… can you spot the references? This is the official movie-style poster for the upcoming Xbox Live Arcade and WiiWare game. The game’s pixel artist Maxime Trépanier painted it and filled it…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
A Hacker’s Shady Start: Geohot In Middle School
George “Geohot” Hotz wanted to crack the PS3—so he did, and infuriated Sony. He’s become a target, globetrotter, and spectacle. But before? He was little tech-inept deviant. Gizmodo’s got his yearbook, and two people who probably signed it. We talked to two alumni of Glen Rock Middle School in New Jersey, where a little George…
By Sam Biddle Published April 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
This Is What Xbox Live System Update Testers Are Getting In The Mail
Hopes of trading in the copy of Halo: Reach Xbox 360 system update testers are getting for participating flew out the window this morning, as these lovely warning covered Reach discs began arriving on testers’ doorsteps. Several testers have sent us pictures of the mailings this morning, as the disc-based wave of the next Xbox…
By Mike Fahey Published April 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
This Coffee Table Is A Giant Working Nintendo Controller
The original Nintendo Entertainment System controller is a thing of beauty, an exercise in simple elegance and efficiency. Apparently that’s exactly what Reddit user Cybergern’s friend Jocke was looking for in a coffee table, so he built this. With only $200 in materials and 70-100 hours of labor, Jocke transformed pieces of wood and some…
By Mike Fahey Published April 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Escalation of Call Of Duty: Black Ops Confirmed For May
Confirming last week’s rumors, Activision and Treyarch have officially announced the Escalation map pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops, bringing four new maps and another harrowing zombie experience to the Xbox 360 on May 3. Here’s the news direct from Xbox Live’s Major Nelson: Today Activision has announced Escalation, the next game add-on for…
By Mike Fahey Published April 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
PlayStation Hacker Geohot Settles with Sony Computer Entertainment America
Hacker George “Geohot” Hotz, the man who Sony accused of cracking the PlayStation 3 security, has settled with Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA). According to a statement issued by SCEA, Hotz has “consented to a permanent injunction” against the information published by Hotz. While full details of the settlement are not yet available, it’s hard…
By Joel Johnson Published April 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
Best Worst New Setting: “Call of Duty 4 Meets Universal Classic Monsters”
Wolfman! The Mummy! The Creature from the Black Lagoon! Frank Stein! When Universal describes these characters as “Classic Monsters” they aren’t joking, considering most of us weren’t even born when they were last truly dominating the horror film scene. Will the crusty old devils make for a good video game setting? According to internal documents…
By Joel Johnson Published April 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
How Can Nintendo’s Next Console Possibly Compete?
In today’s gloomy and doomy Speak-Up on Kotaku, commenter MtlAngelus wonders how Nintendo’s next console can possibly stay competitive in today’s gaming market. Let’s speculate, shall we? There’s rumours of a Wii 2 going around, and it’s certainly possible that such a thing might be announced soon(ish), considering that the Wii is basically a zombie…
By Mike Fahey Published April 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
Brink Does The Unthinkable, Moves Up A Week
Upcoming shooter Brink isn’t delayed. Just the opposite. The team-based shooter that’s designed to make amateurs feel like pros will now be coming out a week earlier than planned, on May 10 in North America (instead of the 17) and on the 13th in Europe (not the 20th), according to publisher Bethesda Softworks.
By Stephen Totilo Published April 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
This Nintendo Download Goes To The Birds
Nintendo’s downloadable game output continues to be relatively small as we wait for the 3DS store to hit, but at least they’re giving us a theme to play with. It’s birds three ways in this week’s Nintendo Download. How do you get birds three ways? It all starts off in WiiWare, where today’s sole non-demo…
By Mike Fahey Published April 11, 2011 -
UncategorizedWorld’s Most Annoying Kinect Mod?
A very annoying alarm is ringing. It won’t stop. Not unless you stand in the box, in front of the Microsoft Kinect, and raise your arms. This was a student project for the Performance and Technology Lab at UCLA and possibly the world’s most annoying mod of the Xbox 360’s Kinect sensor. “I noticed some…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
Another Earthquake Hits Japan
ENOUGH ALREADY | JAPAN: An earthquake with a magnitude of 7 according to some reports rocked northeastern Japan earlier today. (Photo by TBS News) The Dick Flashing Comedian With A Heart Of Gold Decked out in black stretch pants, sneakers and not much else, Egashira 2:50 is one of Japan’s most loathed comedians. “Creepy” and…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 11, 2011 -
UncategorizedYou’ve Got Space Invaders In My Minecraft
You can make all sorts of stuff in indie smash Minecraft — whatever your imagination will allow. Heck, you can even make Space Invaders. That’s exactly what website Minecrafta2z, creating a stop motion version of the classic arcade shooter. This isn’t the first for Minecrafta2z. The site also made a stop version of Pac-Man. Minecraft…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 11, 2011 -
UncategorizedThese Leering Cosplay Videos Are A Fatality
Over the weekend, the community manager for this year’s upcoming Mortal Kombat posted a handful of clips that feature the cosplayers representing Sonya Blade, Kitana and Mileena. These cosplayers will appear at the Mortal Kombat pan-Europe tournament final, which will be held at The Gadget Show on Sunday April 17 in Birmingham, UK. These clips…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
Stellar Escape Almost Gets Away With It
Anyone who’s played Canabalt has thought about screwing with its controls setup. How about a double-jump? Maybe a speed burst? Maybe these things would be good, but in the end, I like knowing that it has one, press-anywhere command, and when I tell the thing to jump, it by God jumps. So here comes Orange…
By Owen Good Published April 11, 2011
