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Every Band on Tour Needs HelloGoodBye’s Magic Gaming Box
Like many, I find it difficult to balance my gaming habits and my professional life. I don’t, however, have the most normal day job. I’m in a band called HelloGoodbye and we tour many months out of the year. I love my job. I wouldn’t trade it for anything but when it comes to gaming,…
Joseph Marro Published February 4, 2011 - Uncategorized
HD Halo Remake Coming In November?
The rumored HD Xbox 360 remake of the original Halo: Combat Evolved will be released on November 15, 10 years after the Xbox classic debuted, Joystiq reports. Series creator Bungie wouldn’t be involved. Microsoft hasn’t confirmed, though we’ve asked.
By Stephen Totilo Published February 4, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe Best Thing I Bought Last Year (What About You?)
No, really! I’m a simple man of simple tastes, who likes to stay warm. Sue me. What’s the best thing you bought? What you missed last night Battlefield 3 Trailer Shows Leap in Destruction, Fall Release When The Going Gets Weird, The Weird Make Fighting Games Bet You Couldn’t Play Fallout With Your Chin A…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 4, 2011 - Uncategorized
NGP Is A Game Developer’s “Dream”
Think you are excited about Sony’s upcoming portable, the NGP? You’re not alone. Game developers are apparently totally jazzed about it, too. And the NGP might not only change the way you play games, but the way video games are made. “NGP is a developer’s dream,” a developer speaking under anonymity told website Eurogamer. “Sony…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 4, 2011 - Uncategorized
Glasses-Free 3D Televisions Flop (But The 3DS Won’t)
Later this month, the Nintendo 3DS will go on sale in Japan. Players can enjoy 3D without the glasses, and all early indications are that this handheld is going to be a hit. Glasses-free TVs, however, are floundering. When pre-orders kicked off for the 3DS last month, gamers lined up early in the morning to…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 4, 2011 - Uncategorized
Cash Or Schoolgirl-Covered Credit?
Why get a boring old credit card, when you can get a really interesting one that probably says more about you than anyone really wants to know? Love Plus, Konami’s love simulator, is the latest otaku favorite to get its own credit card, which you can flash for big purchases — you know, expensive hug…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 4, 2011 -
UncategorizedIn This Game, You’ll Want To Cross The Streams
In Magicka, you don’t just shoot fire or ice at things. You can combine them with electricity then shoot everything on the screen. Including your friends. And yourself. It’s the surprise PC hit of the year (so far, anyway!), and while it’s had a litany of technical problems, it’s also a lot of fun. If…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 4, 2011 - Uncategorized
Why The 3DS Is Like An Ice Cream Sandwich
You know how you have the ice cream part that goes in the middle and the cookie parts that stick out? The 3DS is designed like that, but for a very good reason. The original DS was pretty easy to open and close. The DS Lite, however, was not. When shut, it clammed up. And…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 4, 2011 -
UncategorizedAnd You Thought YOU Were Excited About Elder Scrolls V
There’s a new Elder Scrolls game coming! That’s enough to get most fans of the series excited, but not this guy. He gets really excited. Excited enough to go questing It’s the work of web animation darling Harry Partridge (of Saturday Morning Watchmen fame), who normally focuses on things other than gaming. The way he…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 4, 2011 -
UncategorizedWhen The Going Gets Weird, The Weird Make Fighting Games
Don’t think of upcoming fighting crossovers as Street Fighter x Tekken (or vice-versa), but rather, one unhinged game producer against another. Kotaku first reported on the Twitter antics of Street Fighter producer Yoshinori Ono and Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada last summer. Since then, things have escalated as evident by the baseball bat and knives Ono…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 4, 2011 -
UncategorizedBet You Couldn’t Play Fallout With Your Chin
This is Gareth. He’s playing through the early stages of Fallout: New Vegas on the PC. Why are we watching him? Because he can play it without using his hands. Gareth, who through disability does not have the use of his hands, is able to customise a game’s controls to the degree that he can…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 4, 2011 - Uncategorized
Would You Do A Game After Spending Five Seconds With It?
Gearbox Software’s Randy Pitchford does a delightful job of explaining the need for a game to “hook” the player. It can be heard on the latest instalment of the always-excellent Irrational Interviews podcast
By Luke Plunkett Published February 4, 2011 -
UncategorizedA Boy Screams As He Is Locked In An Invisible Prison
Griefing. The act of undermining another’s online gaming experience. It’s usually a dirty word, one associated with cretins and assholes. Yet when applied to the right target, it can also be associated with great things. This is Garry’s Mod. It’s a PC “game” based on Valve’s Source Engine, and lets people run around just…doing stuff…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 4, 2011 -
UncategorizedBattlefield 3 Trailer Shows Leap in Destruction, Fall Release
Yesterday afternoon, Kotaku reported that Battlefield creators DICE would be releasing the game’s first trailer. That trailer, apparently, is already online, supposedly leaking tonight. Images of the multi-player military shooter were revealed in the latest Game Informer. The game has the same visual vibe of Battlefield: Bad Company 2, but with decimated environments. As mentioned…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 4, 2011 - Uncategorized
Hang Out In Nerd Paradise (With Maids!)
Akihabara. The mere mention of it conjures images of retro game shops, arcades, aisles of manga and maids, yes, maids. Wouldn’t it be great to visit them? Like, right now? If you live in Tokyo, that’s a clinch. But for the rest of the world, visiting Akihabara isn’t so easy. Enter Akihabara 360 Map, Google…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 4, 2011 -
UncategorizedGuile, You Would Be Perfect On The Simpsons
Simpsons fan artist Dean Fraser revisits the world of Street Fighter to show us a man whose haircut would actually fit right in on the animated series. Impressive! As impressive at is, however, we know as well as you that Guile’s theme not only goes with everything, but makes everything better. Even Guile. [Street Fighter:…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 4, 2011
