Most of the very best games on the PC need you to cough up at least a little cash, but if you absolutely must game for nothing, then let us show you how it’s done. If you look past the obvious avenues for playing on a PC – massively-multiplayer games like World of Warcraft (that…
OK, hold onto your hats and duct tape your socks on, Sony Computer Entertainment of America tells us that Gran Turismo 5 is going on sale in North America on Nov. 24. Honest to goodness, cross their hearts and hope not to have to delay it a forty millionth time. Why do I sound so…
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Turkey, Attorneys and Some Lovely Bruschetta In my typical Night Notes, I take pictures of silly things and talk about my daily life. I did not take this photo, even though it’s slightly silly. Japanese underwear maker Triumph recently held a press conference for this “Welcome To Japan bra”. It’s…
This month, grow a Mario stache. C’mon on. Do it. The Singapore Prostate Cancer Research Fund has a website full of famous faces without their trademark staches. We’ve seen a facial hair free Mario before, but the site has clean-shaven images of other personalities like Hulk Hogan. While this moustache mania is for a good…
There is a flood of content in the Apple App Store. It’s hard for games to stand out and find an audience. Why do that when you can ski in the wake of others? While retail game charts ebb and flow on a weekly basis, with new titles entering and old titles leaving, the App…
See, here’s what I don’t get about Mortal Kombat: who cares how Sub-Zero became Sub-Zero? This is a fighting game. He’s there for the punching, and the kicking, and the killing, and that’s it Still, so long as there are Mortal Kombat fans out there who do care, Warner Bros. will keep releasing these story…
We can only hope it would have looked this good. By Jesse Griffin, as seen on Herochan
Those looking to drop some money on pachinko can head to their neighborhood parlor in the hope of winning some extra scratch. Those looking to spend ¥7,000 (US$85) and win nothing but satisfaction, get this. CR Neon Genesis Evangelion are a series of pachinko games based on, of course, the popular Japanese franchise Neon Genesis…
Starcraft in Korea falls somewhere between a national sport and a religion. So you’d think, then, that Starcraft II would have been a big hit there. Nope! A great report over on Edge highlights a bitter struggle between Starcraft developers Blizzard and Korean e-sports authorities, which has left many in Korea — which should be…
When the Wii was launched, gamers got hurt. They whacked their TVs, their friends and themselves with the Wii Remote, which prompted Nintendo to make a protective jacket for the remotes. Likewise, Kinect players are getting hurt Is Microsoft giving out protective body suits? Well, no. Sadly, it doesn’t not look like Microsoft will be…
Ever wonder how many Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft consoles have been sold in the USA over the past six years? Allow Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime to fill you in. Speaking at the BMO Capital Markets Annual Digital Entertainment Conference in New York, Fils-Aime revealed that since launching in 2004, the Nintendo DS has…
Tales of Graces, the buggy Wii game, is getting a PS3 port and its own curry. When originally released on the Wii, the game also got its own curry. When people think of curry, do they imagine Tales of Graces? They do now. Starting this December, the Tales of Graces F branded “mabo curry” will…
Nintendo is trying to copyright the saying “It’s on like Donkey Kong”. It’s madness. Thankfully, Super Nerd Wil Wheaton has an elegant solution. It’s one we’d like to see come to fruition, if only because it’d give us all somewhere official to lump other “Are you fucking serious, Nintendo?” moments like Wii Music, the e-Reader…
To mark the 25th anniversary of Super Mario Bros., a special Wii bundle that includes a “hacked” version of the game was released in Japan on November 11. It’s November 12, and the bundles are flooding online auction sites. The bundle is retailing for ¥20,000 (US$244) and the few bids that are being placed are…
Games now cost between $50-60. That’s a lot of money for something that in many cases is done with after 4-6 hours. It’s nice to see publishers THQ looking at whether that’s the right way to do business. “What we’re thinking about the business is we’re turning it on its head a little bit,” THQ…
As with Valkyria Chronicles 2, Valkyria Chronicles 3 is headed for the PSP. And like the other games in the series it is set in an alternative World War II. This clip is essentially the demo’s opening and is heavy on the anime theatrics — much like the Tokyo Game Show trailer. Good thing they’re…
Now that Kinect has been cracked open so that anyone with a PC (or Mac) can mess around with its code, people are free to improve on its current capabilities. Like this guy, who has “multitouch” working on the camera. In this demonstration video, we can see how user floemuc has been able to get…
When I was thirteen, Ice-T was the baddest dude on the planet, rapping about pushing dope and killing cops. There were no musicians who seemed as hard as him. The guy was scary. Now? Even as he eases into middle age, Ice-T still seems like someone you wouldn’t want to set off, but over the…
Call of Duty: Black Ops developer Treyarch has pushed live an update for the PC version of the game, promising to fix many of the issues that have plagued the title since its launch earlier this week. Users have been complaining for a few days now of two major issues: intermittent “lag” in multiplayer matches…
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