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UncategorizedNow Shopping Carts Just Need Video Games
Ran to the store today to get Tristan some medicine and discovered this sweet ride: A Shopping cart with television built in. Now to figure out how to hack it for video games…. and my nearly adult-sized body. What you missed MineCraft Comes to the iPhone With a Hate-Mail Inciting Twist Two-Face Wants You Do…
By Brian Crecente Published February 2, 2011 - Uncategorized
Tales of Graces F Is Coming To America
Another Tales game will come to the West, publisher Namco Bandai has announced. Tales of Graces F, the enhanced PlayStation 3 port of a 2009 Wii game, is “coming soon to North America.” Enjoy this victory, long-suffering Tales fans!
By Michael McWhertor Published February 2, 2011 -
UncategorizedD.C. Universe Online MMO Log Part Three: In Blackest Night
The makers of DC Universe Online advised that some missions are unbeatable without resorting to that classic comic-book convention, the superhero team-up. Bogged down against the Sinestro Corps, I went in search of a big friend who wanted big action. Kotaku’s MMO reviews are a multi-part process. Rather than deliver day one reviews based on…
By Owen Good Published February 2, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Last Story Finishes First In Japan
The creator of Final Fantasy brought his latest adventure, Mistwalker’s The Last Story, to Japan this past week, with the Wii game debuting at the top of the country’s bestseller list. But this week’s chart definitely belongs to the PSP. The top ten bestselling games in Japan is dominated by new PSP games, including Sega’s…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 2, 2011 - Uncategorized
D.C. Universe Online MMO Log Three Gallery
At least he’s not a sad panda. Mom warned me about you. Abort, retry, fail? Not a goof; I thought this guy’s character was very well done. I can tell by the hat. Little. Yellow. Different. This looks like a hell of a great snapshot, but it’s really a glitch hanging this guy in midair.…
By Owen Good Published February 2, 2011 -
UncategorizedStar Trek Online Celebrates Its First Year
It’s been a year since Cryptic Studios boldly went and released a massively-multiplayer game based on Star Trek, and it’s come quite a long way since then. See what’s changed and what’s next for Star Trek Online. Star Trek Online is a different game from the one I reviewed a year ago. Back then I…
By Mike Fahey Published February 2, 2011 - Uncategorized
Reel in Augmented Reality Fish (and Humans) Using Takara Tomy’s Fishing Reel
Like a fish borne from the ashes of Dreamcast’s Bass Fishing comes another wacky Japanese toy: Takara Tomy’s Virtual Master Reel. It’s an augmented-reality fishing reel that uses its 0.3MP camera to insert your real surroundings into the fishing game. Unfortunately it’s only destined for Japan (where it’ll cost the equivalent of $77), but how…
By Kat Hannaford Published February 2, 2011 - Uncategorized
We Got Armored Core V Screens Incoming!
The team behind the Armored Core series is giving fans another dose of massive mech-on-mech action next year. Armored Core V from FromSoftware mixes things up with new “atmosphere” and online action “newly designed to focus on huge team-based battles on a global scale.” Armored Core V will be available throughout North America and Europe…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 2, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Case Of The Identical Rabbit Games
There are two ways to buy a game about a violent rabbit on Apple’s Mac store. You could pay the game’s creators $10 or you could buy the version that is making them angry. That one costs two bucks. That choice between Lugaru and Lugaru HD is one that the creators of the game never…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 2, 2011 -
UncategorizedFirst Look At Dark Souls, The New Demon’s Souls, In Action
FromSoftware is giving Demon’s Souls fans more of the punishing same with Dark Souls, the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 follow-up to 2009’s brilliant and unforgiving role-playing game. Here is Dark Souls’ first glorious trailer. Formerly known as Project Dark, Dark Souls appears to deliver more tense dungeon crawling, strategic combat and innovative online multiplayer…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 2, 2011 - Uncategorized
Dark Souls Screens And Artwork
By Michael McWhertor Published February 2, 2011 - Uncategorized
Killzone Multiplayer Beta Pushed to Tomorrow
Originally scheduled to hit today, the multiplayer beta for Killzone 3, Guerrilla Games says, will now hit on Thursday, February 3rd at 10:00 AM Pacific Standard Time. But cheer up, they’re giving away 60 Killzone 3 Limited Helghast Editions to make up for the delay.
By Brian Crecente Published February 2, 2011 -
UncategorizedIs This The First Kinect-Created Music Video?
Some music video directors spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on fancy special effects. Filmmaker Dan Nixon just spent $150 on Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Kinect to create the music video for Echo Lake’s “Young Silence.” I don’t know about the song, but the imagery in Echo Lake‘s “Young Silence” is quite eerie and haunting, thanks…
By Mike Fahey Published February 2, 2011 -
UncategorizedA Video Game Dream House, Built Before Your Eyes In Hyper-Speed
Most 18-minute videos on YouTube are dreadfully boring, but Curtis Paradis, avid Sims 3 user, puts on a stellar show speed-building the most elaborate house I’ve ever seen in a video game. The house is elaborate. Lots of windows. Lots of furniture. It’s basically a mansion, something I’d never have the money for in real…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 2, 2011 - Uncategorized
Eyes Deep in Deus Ex Human Revolution’s Must-Read Comic
It opens with a man masturbating on a Juarez, Mexico rooftop and wraps up with a head-exploding punch; surprising then that the first word that popped into my head when I finished reading the inaugural Deus Ex comic is smart. The first Deux Ex Human Revolution comic hits stands next week, dropping readers somewhere into…
By Brian Crecente Published February 2, 2011 -
UncategorizedStem Cell Shooting Gun Heals Massive Burns In Days
Treating serious burns is a time consuming process that normally takes weeks or months, leaving patients open to dangerous infections as they heal. This newly-developed stem cell shooting spray gun reduces healing time to days. Warning: Graphic video inside. Most of the damage from serious burns doesn’t come from flames. It comes from infections brought…
By Mike Fahey Published February 2, 2011 -
UncategorizedCrysis 2 Starts Spreading the Minimum Spec News
There is no room for the weak in this battle for New York City, according to the latest Crysis 2 trailer. Apparently, there’s also no room for weak computers either. Along with this new trailer comes the official minimum specs for playing the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 game on your computer: * Internet connection…
By Brian Crecente Published February 2, 2011 -
UncategorizedCan Kinect Make You Swim Like Michael Phelps?
505 Games has teamed up with Olympic superstar Michael Phelps to create Michael Phelps – Push the Limit, “one of the most realistic and intense sports simulation video games ever.” Is it time to flood your living room? The Kinect is a magical device full of hope and wonder, but I’m having trouble envisioning how…
By Mike Fahey Published February 2, 2011