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Mario Gets Serious Street Cred In Spain
Proud Italian plumber/princess savior Mario gets super excited at the christening of Avenida de Super Mario Bros, the first street to officially bear his name. The Spanish suburb of Zaragoza also has plans for streets named after Space Invaders, Sonic and Zelda. [CNN]
By Michael McWhertor Published November 8, 2010 -
UncategorizedWorld Of Warcraft’s Greatest Fan Sings
Witness a musical celebration of the life of Falstad Wildhammer, courtesy of Twenty First Records and the world’s greatest World of Warcraft fan. What began as the tale of an over-excited, nervous, and extremely observant World of Warcraft fan at BlizzCon 2010 becomes a legendary tale of good triumphing over evil in the inevitable auto-tune…
By Mike Fahey Published November 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
5 Things Microsoft Needs To Do To Improve Kinect
The Kinect is pretty good, but who is satisfied with “pretty good”? Having spent many days with Kinect, I’ve got five requests for how Microsoft could improve this thing. 1. More Than 25% Kinect In My Dashboard, Please I’ve raved about the Kinect’s support for voice control. I love talking to my TV and actually…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 8, 2010 -
UncategorizedSee Tekken Tag Tournament 2 In 2-On-2 Action
The finer points of the next Tekken were explained in-depth by producer Katsuhiro Harada this weekend, revealing a handful of returning characters and all-new ways to beat the crap out of people wearing exotic cat masks. Harada and translator Michael Murray explain new team-based throws, escapes, wall dizzies and the other two-versus-two features of Tekken…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
A Space Giraffe Meets Its Maker
Space Giraffe creator and Llamasoft founder Jeff Minter poses with what we can only assume is some sort of space giraffe at the 2010 R3play retro gaming show in England over the weekend, as seen on Gemz_photography’s Flickr stream Gameface is a photographic celebration of the people who make, play and love video games.
By Mike Fahey Published November 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
To-Do In New York: Play Gran Turismo 5 In Style
There are more things to do in New York City than go to the Nintendo store to watch speedruns. Starting tomorrow, you can go to the revamped PlayStation store. All we need after that is a Dreamcast store, right? The official PlayStation blog teases the following stuff in this new PlayStation lounge which opens on…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Choicest Cuts Of Bowser, Ganon, Yoshi & Chocobo
What’s the sweetest meat of Mario’s eternal rival, Bowser? Artist Jude Buffum breaks down the choicest cuts of Nintendo villains Bowser, Ganon, Blooper and more in a new series of meat diagrams that video game butchers would swear by. Buffum answers the questions we never really wanted answers to, like “What’s the best way to…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
Battlestar Galactica Online Rockets Into Closed Beta
The battle for the future of humanity is joined, as MMO developer Bigpoint reveals the launch of the closed beta test for browser-based MMO Battlestar Galactica Online. Get a peek at what fashionable humans and Cylons will be wearing this fall. Players from across Europe and the U.S. are now flying the unfriendly space lanes…
By Mike Fahey Published November 8, 2010 -
UncategorizedSuper Mario Bros. World 8-Cake
The Sunday celebration in New York City for Super Mario Bros.’ 25th anniversary included cake, Super Mario cake. At the Nintendo World Store near Rockefeller Center, Nintendo’s lead game designer and Super Mario creator, Shigeru Miyamoto, cut the cake alongside Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime (pictured left in the photo below.) Let’s look at…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
Playing With Your Children Can Save Their Mental Health
Using the television or video game console to babysit your child might be more detrimental than you think. The results of a two decade study show that actively participating in your child’s life could save them from severe personality disorder. While psychologists have pinpointed many of the adverse elements that go into a child growing…
By Mike Fahey Published November 8, 2010 -
UncategorizedThe iPad’s Best Free Games Right Now
You spent enough money on that shiny new iPad. You shouldn’t have to pay for games as well. Here’s a selection of the finest free gaming the iPad has to offer. There’s a tremendous amount of free video game content available for the iPad some seven months after launch, but how do you weed through…
By Mike Fahey Published November 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
For Some Reason, Sony Believes Now Is The Time To Hype Move
With the Xbox 360 Kinect selling like gangbusters, Sony releases this infographic to demonstrate how its take on motion gaming is picking up speed. Are you convinced? The infographic uses up a lot of real estate discussing people interested in buying a PlayStation Move controller. Intending to buy and purchase intent weigh heavily, but those…
By Mike Fahey Published November 8, 2010 -
UncategorizedThe Dangers Of Playing Kinect Enthusiastically
Microsoft’s new Kinect sensor continues to walk the path of Nintendo’s Wii with Civil-War-reenactment precision. 1) Sports mini-game compilation released. 2) Talk show hosts made giddy. Now: 3) Accidental swattings and injuries immortalized on YouTube and elsewhere. Up top is one unintended swat of one Kinect gamer by another. Here is a second, though the…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Nintendo Download: The Best Use Of Your DSi Ever
Never before has a downloadable game for the Nintendo DSi made as good a use of the handheld’s features as Kaasa’s Discolight. You will believe the DSi screens can be two different colors at once. For a mere 200 DSi points you can transform your Nintendo DSi into the ultimate disco light. Choose a genre…
By Mike Fahey Published November 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
Fallout: New Vegas Makes Millions
Bethesda Softworks is calling Fallout: New Vegas’ launch a success, with more than five million copies shipped since the game’s release, with retailers calling for more. Now all they have to do is fix it After the warm reception Fallout 3 received a few years back, it was a no-brainer that Fallout: New Vegas would…
By Mike Fahey Published November 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
Check Out The New Official PlayStation 3 Bluetooth Headset
It’s time to throw out that old, clunky PlayStation 3 Bluetooth headset. There’s a new earpiece in town, and it’s smaller, sleeker, and more functional than before. A reader sent us promotional materials for the new PlayStation 3 Bluetooth headset last week, and now Sony follows up with the details on this update to the…
By Mike Fahey Published November 8, 2010 -
UncategorizedThe Deaths Of Sackboy
Before Media Molecule decided to end Sackboy’s life in a puff of smoke, LittleBigPlanet’s creators had other, more gruesome ideas in mind. Check out the developer’s Sackboy death reel. In an extensive and quite interesting article posted on the Media Molecule blog, the developers detail the evolution of Sackboy from a 2D placeholder graphic called…
By Mike Fahey Published November 8, 2010 -
UncategorizedSomeone Is Already Playing Gran Turismo 5
While fans all over the world sit and wait for word on the holiday release date for Gran Turismo 5, some lucky bastard is sitting in his home playing it. Reader Alex sent along this video of YouTube user You5825 racing through Gran Turismo 5 on his PlayStation 3. It doesn’t look to be a…
By Mike Fahey Published November 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft Are Finally Competing on Common Ground
With the launch of the Xbox 360’s Kinect last week, all three major video game consoles now have motion-based gaming support. But which is the best? That’s not as easily answered as one might think. While all three allow you to forgo button-mashing for body movement to interact with games, they all do it in…
By Brian Crecente Published November 8, 2010