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The Glory, The Horror Of The Monster PC
Gah. I don’t want to look. And yet, I cannot look away. Cyclone, a Russian man with a need to construct a custom PC equal parts impressive and horrifying, has built this thing he calls Devastator, after the Transformer of the same name. I can see trampoline springs, some rugged bodywork, a trolley for portability,…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 15, 2010 - Uncategorized
Pink, Pika And Totally Fake
Hong Kong retailer Milanoo.com has this “Pikachu” costume available for purchase, marked down to a bargain ¥18,000 (US$215). Just in time for…Christmas? The site recommends the outfit for company openings, large scale parties, athletic events and even weddings. Weddings. Just imagine if you saw this at your wedding. And if you think this is scary,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 15, 2010 - Uncategorized
Call Of Duty Guy Overpays For Five Games, Minecraft Guy Quadruples That
It was impressive when Robert Bowling, creative strategist for Call of Duty studio Infinity Ward, paid $500 for a batch of indie games that only cost $85. Then Notch, maker of Minecraft stepped up, with $2000. These guys and a few others are paying lots of money for the Humble Indie Bundle 2, which went…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 15, 2010 - Uncategorized
Talk Amongst Yourselves
In honor of Uncharted 3 here is today’s Talk Amongst Yourselves, which is full of sand and, hopefully, your comments about video games. Thanks to reader Nexus SIX for today’s image. Submit your finely-crafted images to #TAYpics
By Stephen Totilo Published December 15, 2010 - Uncategorized
A Holiday Card of Cataclysmic Proportions
May your holidays be filled with at least one Blizzard.
By Brian Crecente Published December 15, 2010 -
UncategorizedGuess You Could Call This Man My Hero
RE: D and D Or at least one of ’em. What you missed last night This Is What 2011’s Year In Video Games Looks Like Right Now Sega Is Making A Game You Can Piss On Gran Turismo 5 Trading In Crummy Cars For Premium Models Force Unleashed II Has A Poor Interpretation Of “Han…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 15, 2010 - Uncategorized
Chinese Gangster Busted After Buying Consoles
A leader of a Chinese organized crime outfit called “Dragon” was arrested in Japan after the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department was able to nail him — for ordering two game consoles. Suspect Rai Kinzan, 37, is in police custody. The Chinese national was arrested after trying to purchase two game consoles online for ¥39,000 (US$465)…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 15, 2010 -
UncategorizedSega Is Making A Game You Can Piss On
Literally. Dubbed “Toirettsu” (トイレッツ), the game’s title is a word play on “toy”, “let’s” and “toilets”. As the Sega Toys website points out, “You’re able to game with pee!” The contraption is outfitted with mini-games, and there is a sensor that can apparently measure the speed of one’s urine stream. Some of the mini-games include…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 15, 2010 -
UncategorizedForce Unleashed II Has A Poor Interpretation Of “Han Shot First”
Lucasarts’ Force Unleashed action games always played a little loose with established Star Wars canon, and that’s been tolerable, but this? This is not cool There are people you can kill in Star Wars re-tellings. Yoda is fair game. Luke too. Leia, Jar Jar, Mon Mothma, even General Jan Dodonna. But you do not kill…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 15, 2010 - Uncategorized
Back To The Future’s Star Goes Back To The Past
Telltale’s series of adventure games based on Back to the Future will be with us real soon. Here’s some footage of Marty McFly hangin’ out with Doc Brown. A young, young Doc Brown. Episode 1 of Telltale’s Back to the Future series will be out later this month. Click to view More Back to the…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 15, 2010 - Uncategorized
Robbers Didn’t Only Get Game Schwag, They Scored Marijuana
A twelve-year-old boy was left at home while his parents were out shopping. Robbers showed up and not only stole his video games, but also medicinal marijuana. Early Saturday morning, the boy was at home playing video games when two men in their 20s found an unlocked back door and entered the Sacramento home. The…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 15, 2010 -
UncategorizedIt’s Like Katamari Damacy: The Board Game!
Courtesy of hand-crafting superstar Moxie, here’s a Katamari Damacy playset for the real world, made of little else but felt and magnets. Look at it go! Not only does it work pretty well (so long as you’re trying to pick up small metal objects), but that rendition of the game’s classic theme song is enough…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 15, 2010 - Uncategorized
Gran Turismo 5 Trading In Crummy Cars For Premium Models
In driving simulator Gran Turismo 5, there are over 1,000 cars. However, only around two hundred of them are premium. That, however, is going to change. GT5 designer Kazunori Yamauchi tells Japanese game mag Famitsu that there are plans to increase the number of premium cars through future updates. Yamauchi did not specify how many…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 15, 2010 -
UncategorizedTurn Your Phone Into A Game Rating Encyclopaedia
The Entertainment Software Rating Board, America’s classification outfit for video games, has a new iPhone (and Android) app out, and it’s surprisingly handy! Taking advantage of your smartphone’s camera, it allows users to take a snap of the cover of a game off the shelf and be beamed not just a ratings description for the…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 15, 2010 - Uncategorized
A Treasure Trove Of Nerd Figurines
Over the past week, the figure-centric Treasure Festa was held in Tokyo. It was, as they say, a symphony of sculpted plastic. From The King of Fighters to Love Plus, there were all sorts of upcoming gaming figurines to behold. So do that, behold them. M’kay? グリフォン新作やミリメの新作ガレキ「アスカ」の彩色サンプルなど！「トレジャーフェスタin有明4」会場の様子 [Moeyo.com]
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 15, 2010 - Uncategorized
If Fine Art Was A Busted Video Game
Kristoffer Zetterstrand’s works take traditional painting and smash it head-first into things that aren’t traditional painting. Often, that means video games. You can see some of his work in the gallery to your left, with classics like Way of the Exploding Fist and King’s Quest tossed into the same piece as fake dioramas of a…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 15, 2010 - Uncategorized
New Tales Game Ready To Tell A Story
The latest entry in Namco’s Tales role-playing series has a name. That’s good, because it’s major headaches when a game does not have a name. Dubbed Tales of Xillia, the game marks the 15th anniversary of the Tales series and is a “RPG of flickering conviction”. It features character designs by Kosuke Fujishima and Mutsumi…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 15, 2010 -
UncategorizedGetting One Of The World’s First Video Games Back In Action
In 1958, Tennis For Two went on exhibition at the Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York. With controllers and an analog display, it’s regarded as one of the first ever true video games. The original Tennis for Two was only on show for two years before being dismantled in 1959, used primarily as a novelty…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 15, 2010 - Uncategorized
This Game Developer’s Next Project Is Time In Prison
David Rushton, founder of Utah-based studio Sensory Sweep, is looking at jail time for tax fraud and racketeering as well as US$516,819 in restitution. Sensory Sweep is best known for DS title Tiger Woods PGS Tour 2005, Street Fighter II: Hyper Fighting and Justice League Heroes. More recently, the company released Major League Eating and…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 15, 2010 -
Uncategorized2200 Minecraft Skins In Four Minutes
In the next four minutes, you’ll see more Minecraft skins than you can shake a wooden pick-axe at. It’s testament to both the creativity of Minecraft’s players and the flexibility afforded the game that in a 3:43 space we get Colonel Sanders, Mario, Darth Vader, Soundwave, a soldier from Half-Life, Batman, Vault Boy, Dr. Zoidberg…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 15, 2010