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Tokyo Game Show To Have Metal Gear Cosplay Contest

When not judging cosplay contests or posing with cosplayers, Hideo Kojima makes games. Metal Gear Solid games. And at this year’s Tokyo Game Show, cosplayers have the chance to take the stage in Konami’s booth, MGS style. Interested cosplayers need to send a photo of themselves via Konami’s site in full Metal Gear garb by…

British Politician Defends His Call For Medal Of Honor Ban

The UK’s Secretary of State for Defence Liam Fox has called for the ban of the “tasteless” Medal of Honor. The only defense he is doing now is of his remarks. “I am disgusted and angry,” Fox initially said. “It’s hard to believe any citizen of our country would wish to buy such a thoroughly…

Meet Britain’s New Biggest-Selling Game Of All Time

Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training on the DS used to the biggest-selling video game of all time in the United Kingdom. It no longer holds that title. Instead, the honour now falls to Activision’s Modern Warfare 2, which has overtaken the venerable DS title to take top spot. It’s been on sale for 41 weeks and…

Hey, It’s Miranda From Mass Effect 2!

Sure, she’s no Yvonne Strahovski, the actual actress behind Mass Effect 2’s Miranda Lawson, but Polish model Jessika F is doing a pretty good job nonetheless in this cosplay photo shoot. Put together by Dark Stars Photography, this is a great shoot. And I’m not talking about the lady clad in spandex. I’m talking about…

Girls, You Look Different

The next generation of Pokemon, Pokemon: Black and White, is wall-to-wall with new Pocket Monsters. That isn’t it, though. A preview for the new anime, Pokemon: Best Wish!, shows what looks like a new Nurse Joy-type character (compare above with Nurse Joy). She is visible in the early batch of screenshots released for the game.…

What Kind Of Software Do PC Gamers Have Installed On Their Rigs?

The first of Valve’s new software survey results are in, and they provide a fascinating insight into the kind of crap the service’s users have installed on their PCs. The company’s surveys have long been a great source of general information on what’s popular amongst hardcore PC gamers on the hardware side of things, but…

Link, Dark Link, Zelda And So Many Questions

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Creepy Pokémon Story Now A “Visual Novel” For The DS

The mythical tale of Pokémon Black may be an urban legend, but it’s great reading regardless. It’s even better when you read it on a DS with accompanying graphics and sound. Multiple: Option have made a “storybook” version of the tale, a visual novel that provides the text of the story with graphics on the…

Ghibli Has A Dissolution Plan (Long Live Ni No Kuni!)

Studio Ghibli, currently at work on role-playing game Ni no Kuni with developer Level-5, is famous for its films created by Hayao Miyazaki. Not to be morbid, but Miyazaki won’t be making movies forever. What does that mean for Ghibli? In an interview with Cut magazine, the 69-year-old Miyazaki talks about the future of the…

Treating Starcraft Addiction With Anti-Smoking Drugs

Starcraft is big in Korea, but for some it can be too big, and they develope a serious addiction to the game. Ah well. Nothing some hard drugs can’t cure! A study at the Department of Psychiatry at Chung Ang University has found that those “suffering” from a video game addiction – in this particular…

According to a PR rep, Plants vs. Zombies is headed to the Nintendo DS.

Lightsabers Make Everything Better

Even Metal Gear Solid: Rising. This mock-up was done in Adobe After Effects CS5 and shows Rising’s “cut what you will” system. With a lightsaber. An Act of Inception: What if Kojima Productions and LucasArts Worked Together On A Star Wars Game? [The Mad Black Gamer]

Modern Warfare Creators Out Buying Furniture

Infinity Ward founders and Modern Warfare creators Vince Zampella and Jason West may have formed a new games studio, but don’t go expecting anything from them for a long time. They’re too busy…buying furniture. Yes, while everyone’s always figured the pair’s debut game for new developers Respawn would be a few years off, it’s easy…

This Is More Than Just A Figure Of Some Lady

It is also a sculpture of a sofa. It’s really a two-for-one deal if you think about it! Amane from Dream Club, the Xbox 360 hostess game, is getting her own figurine. Good for her. Listed at ¥9,240 (US$108), this 1/7-scale Amane figure (with sofa!) will be out in December. Feel free to fill out…

Bowser Died 3000 Years Ago

This extinct species of turtle was five-feet wide and weighed half a ton. It also looks a lot like a certain Nintendo villain. The dog nose, the horns, the beaked mouth, the (relatively) enormous size…it’s official name is Meiolania platyceps, but it may as well have been called Meiolania Bowserus, so uncanny is the resemblance…

OH DEAR, PLEASE MAKE HER STOP

Voice actress Yu Kobayashi looks like an angel. Her art, however, looks like it’s from the smouldering depths of hell. Previously, Kobayashi she drew a character from the animated version of visual novel Umineko no Naku Koro ni, the character she voiced in Wii game Arc Rise Fantasia and the I-have-no-effing-clue for Konami’s Mankai Princess.…

Reduced Carbon Footprint

To: Luke From: Owen Re: Back Off R2! Working from home isn’t all cotton candy, cake and pie, but it does have its benefits. Today I gassed up my car for the first time since June 29 – and only the second time since E3, which seems forever ago. Some of what you missed this…

Excitebike, Come To Life

Pixel-style Excitebike racer made from wood. Its creator, Justin Harder, also fashioned a pixelated helmet, chest protector and trophy from the game. As seen on Vision02 where there are loads more pictures. (via The Bits, Bytes, Pixels and Sprites)

Italian City Pissed At Gran Turismo 5

Officials of Siena, the historic walled city in Tuscany, Italy, are unhappy that their Piazza del Campo is a race course in Gran Turismo 5’s new kart mode, and will demand that Sony remove it from the game. The issue isn’t just that the Piazza or the surrounding structures, the most notable dating back to…