To: Crecente From: Bash RE: Glass Monkey, That Funky Monkey I really think it’s important that kid’s save money. I never saved much when I was a kid, though. Kinda wish I did. A friend of mine saved up all his money from when he was a kid and when he grew up, he bought…
The fiction of FEAR 3, the concept of killer and victim teaming up to confront something horrific, is thick with potential. But when you cede both of those roles to the control of gamers can that tension still exist? Played alone, FEAR 3 has gamers taking on the role of Point Man, a super soldier…
On February 26, the Nintendo 3DS will be released in Japan. If a 3DS game has a release date — or even release window — this is where you’ll find it. Winning Eleven 3DS Soccer – Feb. 26 Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition – Feb. 26 Samurai Warriors: Chronicle – Feb. 26 Tobidasu! Puzzle…
Blizzard, congratulations. You know you’ve really made it when people are making pornographic video games based on your popular franchises. BoneCraft is an upcoming parody of both World of Warcraft and StarCraft, in which space marines battle orcs for the chance to get with some elves. Unlike previous efforts like Whorelore (formerly World of Whorecraft),…
That amazing trailer for upcoming shooter Bulletstorm — the one taking the mick out of Halo’s famous “diorama” trailer — wasn’t done with fancy computers. It was done the old-fashioned way. With artists. And fake vomit. A Reddit user’s girlfriend worked on the commercial, and ereinecke posted a series of pics showing how the trailer…
An online site registration could once again prove that gaming’s endless role-playing franchise isn’t anywhere near its finale. The website www.finalfantasy13-2game.com was recently registered by “Corporation Service Company”, which is the same company that registered domains for Square Enix games like MindJack, Nier and Gun Loco. What a kwinky dink! The URL for role-playing game…
CityVille, the latest Facebook sensation from the makers of FarmVille, just hit 100,000,000 users. That. Is. Frightening
Like the movie business, video games can be incredibly insular, lots of the same kind of thing coming out at the same time. But these games — all from the same game maker — go a little beyond that. Yesterday, Michel Guillemot — founder of Gameloft and brother of Ubisoft boss Yves Guillemot — tried…
Before the rampage that left 6 dead and 14 injured, accused Tucson shooter Jared Lee Loughner vented in online forums for games like Earth Empires. But what is Earth Empires? Earth Empires is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game that evolved from one of the earliest browser-based MMORPGs. The original game, Earth: 2025, launched in…
Monkey Island’s Guybrush Threepwood gets a lesson in swordplay he can’t talk his way out of. By Aled Lewis, as seen on GamOvr
Adventure franchise Uncharted has a Hollywood film in the works, and it sounds just terrible. There might be a sliver of hope. The movie apparently stars Mark Wahlberg, which isn’t a bad thing, because he is a talented actor. Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci are supposedly attached, too. Likewise, not bad things! It’s just…
Chinese toy company Hot Toys is working on another Resident Evil 5 toy. This one’s another Jill Valentine, only this time, she’s looking ready for a midnight swim. This 1/6 scale figure — which actually depicts Jill in her “battle suit” — will be out later this year. As is expected with Hot Toys figures,…
People might want the Alaska politician-cum-celebrity’s autograph, but maybe just not on an Xbox 360 for a million bucks. Ask David Morrill, who apparently spent the last two years trying to sell one. Because for the past two years, an Xbox 360 purportedly signed by Palin has wasted away on eBay. CNBC noticed that the…
A report on trade site MCV reckons Sony has been telling “licensees” — ie the people making games for it — that the PSP2 “‘is as powerful as the PlayStation 3”. It’s part of a clear strategy Sony has for the upcoming (and still not yet officially unveiled) handheld, which is that it’s “specifically requesting…
The PC version of Grand Theft Auto IV can be a funny beast when people start to mess around with it. Take, for example, the game’s cars. And what happens when you all but turn off their friction. As you can see in this new clip below, created by a modder, things go freakin’ bananas.…
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A forty-year-old manga starring a mask-wearing wrestler is inspiring Japan to do good. Only, they are dishing out presents instead of punches. Rwar. This holiday season, child welfare facilities around Japan were inundated with anonymous gifts under the name of “Naoto Date”, the hero of retro manga and anime Tiger Mask. Tiger Mask followed the…
It would seem the answer is a tentative “yes”, with the release of the KFA2 GeForce GTX460 graphics card. Those spindly extensions are wi-fi antennas, meaning the card can transmit its video signal over thin air. Why, you may ask, would I want to do that? The thinking is that it lets people separate their…
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