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PlayStation Store Update: Swarm, Slime & Mana
Big things are happening on the North American PlayStation Store this week with the downloadable release of DC Universe Online and Dissidia Duodecim Final Fantasy, new PSN games Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime and Swarm, and another PlayStation classic, Legend of Mana. Whew! But wait… there’s more! Later this week, PlayStation Move Heroes will hit the…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 22, 2011 -
UncategorizedIn Duck Hunt 3D, The Ducks Hunt You
Alfred Hitchcock meets Gunpei Yokoi in Duck Hunt 3D, the live action movie that picks up where that sinister duck hound left off. Created by The Country Club and exclusive to YouTube gaming channel The Game Station, Duck Hunt 3D tells the story of a world gone mallard, where a small group of survivors must…
By Mike Fahey Published March 22, 2011 - Uncategorized
Jinx Launches The Official Minecraft Merch Store With Digable T-Shirts
Need a way to identify yourself as a hardcore Minecraft player when you’re out and about? LIAR! Hardcore Minecraft players never leave the house. For those lesser players that do, Jinx has some lovely official Minecraft tees to help hide your chest. Jinx continues to rack up the big-name title licenses at its for-gamers clothing…
By Mike Fahey Published March 22, 2011 - Uncategorized
Mega Man X, Exploded
Mega Man X snaps out of his thick rocky shell to expose his inner workings thanks to Jeffrey Cruz‘s killer illustration. He is all that is robot! Related Rampages: It’s time to Rock, man | 80’s Worlds Collide (More) – X – by Jeffrey Cruz / lastscionz (deviantART) Need your daily fill of geek eye…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 22, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Next Spider-Man Video Game Shall Soon Be Revealed
Following up on the compelling-yet-flawed Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, Activision once again taps developer Beenox to handle the next Spider game, with a grand reveal slotted during a panel at next month’s Wondercon in San Francisco, with some very special guests. While I wasn’t a big fan of Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions overall, I did appreciate the…
By Mike Fahey Published March 22, 2011 - Uncategorized
Angry Birds Set Free Today On Amazon’s New Android Appstore
Amazon.com’s newly launched Appstore for Android is kicking things off with a free download of Angry Birds Rio. Amazon’s competitor to Google’s Android Marketplace will be giving away premium apps for free every day, so it may be worth investigating as an alternative. More details at Gizmodo
By Michael McWhertor Published March 22, 2011 - Uncategorized
Willow Smith vs. M. Bison In Fashion Battle of the Decade
MTV’s hawk-eyed Mary H.K. Choi spotted the preternatural fashion selection of Willow Smith, best remembered for her now-decade-old hit, “Zygote To Dance (Feel That Kick)”, and dashing dictator M. Bison of Street Fighter and “Still sorry, Raul Julia” fame. [Style.MTV.com]
By Joel Johnson Published March 22, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe Sims 3 = A Man Robbing Your House While You Have Sex
Every game on the Nintendo 3DS has some sort of rotating icon that appears on the system’s home menu. Submarine game Steel Diver features a rotating sub. Ridge Racer has a car. These things epitomize their games. What epitomizes the Sims 3 experience? A burglar peeping on you while you’re having sex. Or maybe you’re…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 22, 2011 - Uncategorized
A New, Improved Look At X-Men Destiny And Its Teenage Mutant Ninja Girl
The last time we got a look at X-Men Destiny, the merry mutant adventure from the House of Ideas and Silicon Knights, we cooled to its look and feel. But our latest peek at the game and new X-character Aimi Yoshida has us warming up to Activision’s latest. Yoshida, pitched as a minute 15-year-old Japanese…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 22, 2011 - Uncategorized
A Video Game Is Not Worth Stealing Your Mother’s Painkillers Over
A 34-year-old woman in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, today received a one-year jail sentence (suspended to one and a half months) for convincing a nine-year-old to steal his mother’s Percocet in exchange for a video game. If only she had known
By Mike Fahey Published March 22, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Nintendo They’ve Tried to Forget: Gambling, Gangsters, and Love Hotels
Nintendo, the world’s family-friendly video game maker, formed under less virtuous auspices. Before Nintendo made video games, they made playing cards for gangsters and ran their own love hotel, which some assert their own president frequentedā€”during work. Saucy! It’s deathly quiet. I can hear my footsteps as I trundle down a small side-street, where the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 22, 2011 - Uncategorized
Steam Gets Chatty With Skype’s SILK
Valve announced a Steam client update today that replaces the service’s standard voice chat with SILK, the voice codec developed and used by Skype, ensuring Portal 2 co-op players crystal clear voice chat with which to curse at each other.
By Mike Fahey Published March 22, 2011 -
UncategorizedAnother Portal 2 Hype Video, For People Excited By… Panels
Could you like panels as much as you like portals? According to the latest video hyping April 19 release of Portal 2, panels are/were the next big breakthrough in Aperture Science, the crazy labs of the Portal series. I predict that their next innovation will be gel. Valve jokingly indicates that this video is the…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 22, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe Augmented Reality of Nintendogs + Cats
Nintendogs + Cats doesn’t just add better graphics, the creepy ability for the virtual pets to watch you and cats to the mix. There are also some neat augmented reality features built into this latest version of digital pet ownership. Once you’ve selected your pet, named him or her and done a little training, the…
By Brian Crecente Published March 22, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Banjo-Kazooie Relationship Takes A Sinister Turn
What kind of Red-Crested Breegull spends all of her time stuffed inside the backpack of an adventuring bear? A Red-Crested Breegull with nowhere else to go. Dorkly takes a pixelated look at the bird/bear relationship that many gamers never stopped to question. Rare made the whole thing just seem so natural in their platforming series,…
By Mike Fahey Published March 22, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Makers of Ratchet and Clank Think Gaming is Too Complex, The Solution? Facebook
The people behind Resistance, Ratchet and Clank and Spyro the Dragon think video games are getting so complex that they’re leaving a huge potential audience behind. Their solution? A Facebook game. “Spyro was a two-button game,” said Brian Hastings, chief creative officer at Insomniac Games. “Ratchet and Clank was an eight-button game. Resistance was an…
By Brian Crecente Published March 22, 2011 -
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The Xperia Play Does Horrible Things To One Amazing Lady
Sony Ericsson’s Xperia Play is more than just a mobile phone. It’s a gaming device powerful enough make loveable actress and comedienne Kristen Schaal transform into a dwarf, get possessed by the devil, and play with herself. You might know Kristen Schaal from her role as Mel on Flight of the Conchords, the voice of…
By Mike Fahey Published March 22, 2011 - Uncategorized
Now Is A Good Time For Sony To Remind Us How Good The PlayStation 3 Is At 3D
With the North American release of the Nintendo 3DS right around the corner, Sony releases a sexy infographic declaring it The Year of 3D on the PlayStation 3 System. I’d say there’s room for both the 3DS and the PlayStation 3 when it comes to 3D gaming in 2011. They really are two different animals.…
By Mike Fahey Published March 22, 2011 - Uncategorized
The LEGO Star Wars III: Clone Wars Spill Over Into San Francisco
As thousands of copies of LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars begin appearing at retail locations across the country, LucasArts PR takes the opportunity to take pictures of tiny Star Wars figures in big San Francisco locations. As a toy collector, I find taking pictures of bits of my collection in real-world locations a…
By Mike Fahey Published March 22, 2011