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UncategorizedCrimeCraft’s Bleedout Draws Top-Notch Art Talent
Vogster’s free-to-play online shooter CrimeCraft launches its episodic Bleedout campaign this weekend, with some of comics’ greatest artists lending their vision to each chapter. Who’s in? Check out the trailer. Some of the biggest names in comic and dark fantasy art are giving CrimeCraft a go, with Tim Bradstreet, Ben Templesmith, Nathan Fox, Zach Howard,…
By Mike Fahey Published December 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Uncharted Movie Doesn’t Sound Like Uncharted At All
Set aside your concerns about Mark Wahlberg portraying PlayStation 3 action hero Nathan Drake in the big screen adaptation of Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune, because it doesn’t sound like this movie is based on the video game at all. Uncharted director David O. Russell tells the LA Times that he sees Nathan Drake and his extended…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
Multiplayer Space Combat Is An Excellent Reason To Return To PlayStation Home
It takes something pretty special to drag me into PlayStation Home these days. A free-to-play multiplayer space combat game complete with customizable ships and zero-G avatar exploration might just do the trick. Every day that passes without a new entry in the Wing Commander series is another day I desperately seek out any game involving…
By Mike Fahey Published December 1, 2010 -
UncategorizedWhen Spartans Die, They Go Here
College Humor’s latest animated short makes me feel a little less bad about all the times I get killed in Halo. I’m just letting my Spartan see the Spartan afterlife. It’s intentional. Halo Spartan Heaven [YouTube’s CollegeHumor.com channel]
By Stephen Totilo Published December 1, 2010 -
UncategorizedIs Technology Ready For Japan’s Holographic World Cup?
Tomorrow is the day Japan finds out if its promise of a fully holographic worldwide broadcast earns them the bid for the FIFA 2022 World Cup. Can the country possibly deliver? Tomorrow is the day the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) reveals which country will be hosting the 2022 World Cup. Australia, Qatar, South…
By Mike Fahey Published December 1, 2010 -
ReviewsReview: Fable III Understone Quest Is No Mystery
You’ve staged a revolution, you’ve saved the day. Now journey below Fable III‘s Bowerstone to discover the source of an enigmatic voice. Shame there isn’t much to solve, other than why this Fable add-on is so half-baked. Fable III is an action role-playing game in which players must not only gather forces to come to…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 1, 2010 -
UncategorizedU.S.A. Leads Lucky Part Of The World In Slaying Zombies
The PlayStation 3 video game Dead Nation was created in Finland but nevertheless shows that the United States is the world’s top country in destroying the undead. The game’s global rankings also inadvertently show the worldwide divide between those of us privilieged to live in countries where PlayStation 3s are officially sold and those where…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
30 Days, 25 Robots, 24 Mustaches, And One Sex Change
Last month 25 employees at Age of Empire developer Robot Entertainment stopped shaving in honor of the annual Movember men’s health awareness event. Aside from one transforming into a woman, it seems to have gone pretty well Gameface is a photographic celebration of the people who make, play and love video games.
By Mike Fahey Published December 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
Skateboarding ‘Has Run Its Course’ As A Top Video Game Format
The heyday of skateboarding games is past, the head of EA, the company that makes Tony Hawk rival franchise Skate, told Kotaku in an interview this week. EA chief John Riccitiello, whose company’s Skate series has been regarded as the better skateboarding video game series in the last few years, sees skateboarding as part of…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
Check Out The Top 100 Indie Games Of 2010
Interested in playing more games from independent developers but unsure where to start? Indie DB’s list of the top 100 indie games of 2010 as voted by players is an excellent place to start. The top 100 list at Indie DB comes as a result of their quest to find the top 10 indie games…
By Mike Fahey Published December 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
PETA Roasts Super Meat Boy With Tofu
After using its game parodying powers to transform Super Mario Bros. and Cooking Mama into vegetarian-friendly fare, PETA sets its eyes on the indie scene with Super Tofu Boy. Is he really better in bed than Super Meat Boy? Back in the day recording artists were sure they had made it big when Weird Al…
By Mike Fahey Published December 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Allure Of Plush Tech
When I was a kid the future looked like this. Modern. Sleek. Cool. Technology, we dreamed, would deliver us a touchscreen-controlled, voice-activated world in which humans harness technology, build a peaceful world, and look fabulous doing it. In my own lifetime, this streamlined aesthetic extends from the Starship Enterprise to the iPad, and it’s only…
Michael Abbott, BrainyGamer.com Published December 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
PlayStation Minis, I Can No Longer Ignore You
PlayStation Minis are little iPhone games, except no one talks about them (and they’re playable on a PlayStation Portable, not an iPhone). Sorry, but I’ve got to change that. According to the official PlayStation blog (in Europe, sigh), Pac-Man Championship Edition — possibly the best Pac-Man game ever made — and Mobigame’s Edge — a…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
Hugo-Nominated Sci-Fi Author Writes The Book On Crysis 2
Del Rey brings the story of Crysis 2 to book stores everywhere in March with Crysis: Legion, the official game novelization by Peter Watts, the Canadian science fiction author once famously involved in a scuffle with the U.S. Border Patrol Crysis: Legion tells the story of Crytek’s upcoming shooter. New York has been invaded by…
By Mike Fahey Published December 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
Resident Evil 5 May Have Exposed Child To Real Evil
A father in the Canadian province of British Columbia contacted the police on Monday after receiving sexually explicit messages from a man his 12-year-old daughter had met playing while Resident Evil 5. The father, a resident of Nanaimo, British Columbia, told authorities that the message exchange began on Monday when his daughter was engaged in…
By Mike Fahey Published December 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
Xbox Live Rewards For U.S. And U.K. Only
The new Xbox Live Rewards program, which doles out Microsoft Points (money!) in exchange for doing stuff on Xbox Live is “currently” for the U.S. and U.K. only, according to Xbox ambassador Major Nelson
By Stephen Totilo Published December 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
Talk Amongst Yourselves
This is the December image for Talk Amongst Yourselves. Let it inspire you as you discuss video games in the comments below. The 17th century painting is by David Teniers The Younger. It’s called the Temptation of St. Anthony, and comes recommended by reader Hisilarn. You all know what to do, right? Throughout the month,…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 1, 2010
