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Achievement Hunter Reaches Her Ultimate Goal
Last year, we profiled Kristen, the stay-at-home mom whose 165,000 Gamerscore made her the No. 5 female worldwide. She set 200,000 as a retirement mark. Monday, she reached it. Does she still plan to put the controller down? “I do but I don’t want to,” Kristen told me yesterday. “I’ve been gaming for so long,…
By Owen Good Published November 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
A Titanic Waive Crashes Into Tennessee
A day after Minnesota bailed on a four-game experiment with Randy Moss, Tennessee claimed the talented headcase from the waiver wire. The Titans have a bye, but Moss will suit up in Madden NFL 11 when the roster update hits Friday.
By Owen Good Published November 3, 2010 -
UncategorizedOwen’s Dangerous Hunt
A couple weeks ago, the Cabela’s Dangerous Hunts 11 trailer pulled into Eugene, Ore., winding up a 56-day nationwide tour. After showing me the game, the crew took me into the country to shoot some antique firearms. As in muzzle-loaders. This video has some jocular NSFW language and lots of bang-bang, so headphones are best…
By Owen Good Published November 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
Indie Sports Game Updates With Motion Capture
College Lacrosse, which released last year on Xbox Live’s Indie Games channel, returns this year with a new version and a slew of upgrades – including motion capture animations and an augmented control set. It will cost $5. Crosse Studios, which earlier this year developed what’s thought to be the only fully licensed indie sports…
By Owen Good Published November 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
Silent Hill 3 Coming To Movie Theaters In 3D
Konami’s grisly horror game franchise, Silent Hill, is coming back to movie theaters, this time with a story based on one of its best entries, Silent Hill 3. Like any movie worth watching, it will be filmed in stereoscopic 3D. Fangoria reports that the next Silent Hill flick, Silent Hill Revelation, will tell the tale…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
You Got A Little Minecraft In My Super Meat Boy
Super Meat Boy makers Team Meat reveal Mr. Minecraft, the latest indie game star to make a guest appearance in the hard-as-nails platformer. The Minecraft-inspired cameo is exclusive to the PC version, says Team Meat, coming later this month.
By Michael McWhertor Published November 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
Sonic Colors Gets A Chilly Reception In New York City
Sega celebrates the impending release of Sonic Colors in New York City tomorrow evening with an ice skating party in Bryant Park. Need a reason to care? How about free hedgehog hats? The first 300 guests to arrive at the Sonic Colors launch party at the at Citi Pond at Bryant Park in New York…
By Mike Fahey Published November 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood Has A Killer Cameo
The guild of Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood has expanded with a surprising new member, one that you might not want spoiled before the game arrives later this month. Ah, who are we kidding? You’re going to want to know this. Actually, wait. If you don’t want to know about Ubisoft’s latest cross-game cameo, you’d better back…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Man Who Made Resident Evil Is Making His Last Game
The director of great video games old (Resident Evil) and new (Vanquish) is going to get out of the business of directing games after his next unannounced title. Instead, famed creator Shinji Mikami will be focusing on things more… presidential. Mikami tells Japanese game mag Famitsu in a new interview translated by 1UP that after…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
Marvel Vs. Capcom Vs. Atlanta
The Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 models were in fine form last week during Capcom’s Fight Club in Atlanta, Georgia, which I missed due to being deathly ill. See more of what I didn’t see at Capcom Unity Gameface is a photographic celebration of the people who make, play and love video games.
By Mike Fahey Published November 3, 2010 -
UncategorizedHolographic Technology Is the Next 3D
Who needs flat 3D when you can have 360 degree holograms? Researchers at the University of Arizona have created a method to produce holographic images that refresh every two seconds, and say that 30 frames per second is within reach. Holograms have captured the imagination of scientists and science fiction writers for years, The video…
By Mike Fahey Published November 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Surprising Ways Japanese Games Are Changed For Americans
There’s an old translator’s joke that goes something like this: If you literally translated what is said when a Japanese businessman calls another, you’d get two people constantly apologizing. Not exactly fall over funny, but it’s true. The Japanese language is different from the English language in a myriad of ways: it sounds different, the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
Lovely Blanka, Meter Maid
You really don’t want to let the meter expire in a town where they employ World Warriors as meter maids. The constant fighting has to come to an end sometime, and then what will Street Fighter’s World Warriors do? Dorkly’s idea is solid enough, though most municipalities would rather lose a buck or two in…
By Mike Fahey Published November 3, 2010 -
ReviewsReview: SingStar Dance
What the hell, Sony must have thought. If people are happy to sing along to a video game at parties, they’ll be happy to dance along too, right? SingStar Dance is Sony’s attempt at reinvigorating its once-flagship casual gaming series by introducing the PlayStation Move to the game, which allows up to two people to…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 3, 2010 -
UncategorizedLittleBigPlanet 2’s Creatinator Spews Everything
The Creatinator is a magical hat in LittleBigPlanet 2 that fires sharks, missiles, cupcake icing, cows, and just about anything else your twisted imagination can come up with. The Creatinator is one of the new tools Media Molecule introduces in LittleBigPlanet 2 to give level designers easier ways to be creative. This unassuming looking mining…
By Mike Fahey Published November 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
Marky Mark And Microsoft Bring Kinect To All The Good Boys & Girls Clubs
Actor Mark Wahlberg teams up with Microsoft today to help deliver a funky bunch of Xbox 360 and Kinect gaming hardware to thousands of Boys & girls Clubs across the nation. The Boys & Girls Clubs of America have been helping underprivileged children become productive, caring, and responsible adults for more than 100 years. Today…
By Mike Fahey Published November 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
Now Movies Are Advertising In FarmVille
Tomorrow all 17 million plus players of Zynga’s Facebook game FarmVille will be getting a new neighbor: The villainous star of DreamWorks Animation’s Megamind, opening in theaters this Friday. DreamWorks Animation and Zynga team up for the first-ever feature film integration in the ridiculously popular Facebook game FarmVille. The self-described “incredibly handsome master of all…
By Mike Fahey Published November 3, 2010 -
UncategorizedHulk Hogan Plays Def Jam Rapstar, Flashes His Junk
Wrestling legend Hulk Hogan, daughter Brooke, and Jimmy Hart are having a wonderful time paying tribute to The Notorious B.I.G in Def Jam Rapstar, until the Hulkster decides the cameraman wants to see his penis. Thank goodness for censor bars. Not even during the height of Hulkamania was flashing Hulk Hogan’s privates a winning marketing…
By Mike Fahey Published November 3, 2010 -
UncategorizedA Visual Guide To Kinectimals
A gameplay preview of Kinectimals from Xbox. Expect your kid to demand that you buy him or her a copy of Kinectimals this holiday, based on these official ads for the Kinect game. This is how a young girl plays Kinectimals. Cutely. This is how a much older man plays Kinectimals. Creepily? Lions, tigers, cheetahs…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 3, 2010
