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Pixel The Earth
Ladies and gents, we’re on the cusp of knocking out one more workweek. Congratulations. Let’s make it go by even faster with some off topic conversation. You got an open thread here, so let’s use it. Did anyone partake in Major League Baseball’s opening day? The only game I watched was me farming some stones…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 31, 2011 - Uncategorized
Million-Dollar Perfect Game Contest Kicks Off Tomorrow
2K Sports has laid another seven-figure bounty on a perfect game thrown in its Major League Baseball game. Players have had about a month to practice with MLB 2K11’s pitching and fielding; the chase for 27 straight outs officially begins at noon EDT tomorrow. It’s a simple proposition: Pitch a perfect game using a single…
By Owen Good Published March 31, 2011 - Uncategorized
8-bit Pocket Camera Turns Your iPhone Into A Game Boy Camera
Resolution of your iPhone camera got you down? Are HDR photographs just too dynamic for you? With the lo-fi magic of the 8-bit Pocket Camera app, you can make your iPhone’s photographic capabilities look a good 13-years-old, emulating the qualities of Nintendo’s Game Boy Camera. The 99 cent 8-bit Pocket Camera app brings that 8-bit…
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UncategorizedBurgertime’s Flamebroiled Fun Arrives This Summer
We saw glimpses of it at GDC; this gameplay trailer gives a bigger sense of what’s behind Burgertime’s HD reboot, which is due this summer. Peter Pepper will still be assembling monstrous hamburger sandwiches, but he evidently will do so to defeat (or appease?) a boss character trapped inside the circular level. Burgertime, by MonkeyPaw…
By Owen Good Published March 31, 2011 - Uncategorized
Metacritic Ditches Developers’ Career Ratings
Shortly after introducing ratings of individual video game developers, based on the aggregated ratings of games in which they are credited, Metacritic has scrapped the idea altogether, saying the information is incomplete and can’t be trusted. Marc Doyle, Metacritic’s co-founder, told GamesIndustry.biz that the process of rating developers, as presently constituted, really isn’t fair to…
By Owen Good Published March 31, 2011 - Uncategorized
The LP To Sword & Sworcery‘s EP Comes To Vinyl Next Week
The recently released iPad sensation Superbrothers Sword & Sworcery EP is more than just a pretty face. If you’ve played the stylish adventure game, you know it’s got a soothing soundtrack to boot. Next week, you can get your hands on it. Superbrothers will release Jim Guthrie’s companion album, Sword & Sworcery LP – The…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 31, 2011 - Uncategorized
Madden Concussions a Teachable Moment, Says EA Sports
EA Sports confirmed it will present concussions as a potential injury in Madden NFL 12, with special in-game commentary and gameplay circumstances that call attention to the seriousness of head injuries in a contact sport and the need to seek appropriate treatment. The depiction of concussion injuries is being done partly to reflect realism, a…
By Owen Good Published March 31, 2011 - Uncategorized
Let’s Play One Hundred and Sixty-Two
Hope Springs Eternal | It only felt like a holiday. Baseball fans celebrated Opening Day today. Major League Baseball moved up Opening Day to prevent the postseason from creeping into November. The last time MLB opened the season this early with a full slate of games was 1998. (Photo: Getty Images) Sony’s MMO Studio Confirms…
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UncategorizedPlaying 3DS Augmented-Reality Games with a Whiteboard
Everyone’s testing the limits of the Nintendo 3DS augmented reality games, but it does seem that if you can replicate one of the cards it uses – preferably the question-mark box – you can start the game from anywhere, whether it’s on the screen of an iPhone or, now, a white board. Some guys at…
By Owen Good Published March 31, 2011 - Uncategorized
GameStop Buys Slightly Used Impulse, Spawn Labs
Game retailer GameStop is buying Impulse, the video game digital distribution subsidiary of Stardock and rival to Valve’s Steam. GameStop also bought game streaming outfit Spawn Labs, which will bring “immediate access to a wide selection of high-definition video games on demand on any Internet-enabled device.” Sure sounds like they’re taking on OnLive. More details…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 31, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Wii’s Xenoblade Finally Being Exported From Japan
Wii role-playing game Xenoblade (aka Monado: Beginning of the World) will no longer be a Japan-exclusive, thanks to Nintendo of Europe. The company is bringing the game to the Wii in Europe as Xenoblade Chronicles. Developed by Monolith Soft, better known for the Xenosaga and Baten Kaitos series, Xenoblade is an action-based RPG that tells…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 31, 2011 - Uncategorized
EA Sports Boss Says Michael Vick “Has Served His Time”
Michael Vick, who returned to the NFL in 2009 after a two-year prison sentence for running a dogfighting ring, was the second-biggest winner (by percentage) in the first round of EA Sports’ fan-voted playoff for the Madden NFL 12 cover. To no one’s surprise, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has demanded Vick’s removal…
By Owen Good Published March 31, 2011 - Uncategorized
Mega Man, After Defeating Chin Man
Mega Man and the gang combine forces in Adam Ford‘s excellent submission into UDON’s Mega Man Tribute Contest Past Mega Man Tribute artwork can be found HERE! Mega Man Tribute by Adam Ford (FOV Editions) Need your daily fill of geek eye candy? If so, head over to Justin Page’s Rampaged Reality and get your…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 31, 2011 -
UncategorizedWalmart’s Exclusive L.A. Noire Case Is Stuck In Traffic
Preorder Rockstar’s L.A. Noire from GameStop and you get a thrilling homicide case. Preorder the game from Walmart and you’re stuck on traffic duty. Rockstar continues to dole out retailer-exclusive cases for its upcoming detective thriller L.A. Noire, and today we get our first peek at “A Slip of the Tongue”, the traffic case that’ll…
By Mike Fahey Published March 31, 2011 - Uncategorized
With Some Help From Final Fantasy, The PSP Closes In On The 3DS
This week’s Japanese bestsellers list will likely be reference in a future report, “Why We Should Continue To Re-release Remakes of Final Fantasy Games” at Square Enix. The latest collection, the PSP release of Final Fantasy IV Complete Collection—containing Final Fantasy IV and Final Fantasy IV: The After Years—is this week’s top game in Japan.…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 31, 2011 - Uncategorized
This Rockstar Cover Is Full Of Easter Eggs
Rockstar Games made one of 20 covers to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Esquire UK’s Man At His Best series. They made one hell of an image for it. (Click the image at left to see a much bigger version) The cover art, according to the official Rockstar blog, is “designed to reflect the decay…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 31, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Creator of Resident Evil Gets His Own Truly Bizarre Action Figure
Shinji Mikami, the video game creator behind games like Resident Evil, God Hand and Vanquish, is finally getting his own action figure, now available for pre-order at the web site of Tango Gameworks, the developer’s new studio. Featuring “real shaving action,” 256 points of articulation and alternate zombie heads, it may be the best Shinji…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 31, 2011 - Uncategorized
Offended Gay Gamer Wants Dragon Age II Writer Fired
Last week we lauded BioWare writer David Gaider for his eloquent defense of the inclusion of love interests for players of any sexual orientation in Dragon Age II. Now one gamer has started an internet petition asking that Gaider be fired for his poor portrayal of gay men. You can’t please all of the Dragon…
By Mike Fahey Published March 31, 2011 - Uncategorized
Hollywood To Rip Off Video Gaming’s Excellent Framerate
Video games have stolen many things from Hollywood. What’s Hollywood going to take back? Director James Cameron wants to shoot Avatar 2 and 3 at 48 or even 64 frames per second, the latter rate being the ideal framerate for first-person shooters and racing games. Movies are usually shot at 24 fps, but, hey, if…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 31, 2011
