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UncategorizedYou Will Not Look This Cool Playing Sonic Free Riders
Even if you have an expansive all-white room to play it in, this is not how you will look while playing Sonic Free Riders on Kinect. Perhaps it would help if you had a series of green and purple concentric circles beneath your feet like the Kinect event at GamesCom where Crecente tried out the…
By Mike Fahey Published October 20, 2010 - Uncategorized
Angry Birds Is Now From The Makers Of Madden [Update]
Giant games publisher Electronic Arts who you know from playing Dead Space, The Sims, Madden, and so on is buying the publisher of Angry Birds, Chillingo, for $20 million, the LA Times reports. What’s this mean for Angry Birds gamers? Chillingo publishes but doesn’t develop hits such as Angry Birds and Cut The Rope, two…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 20, 2010 - Uncategorized
Apple Thanks Valve, Briefly Acknowledges Mac Gaming
How much of Apple’s 90-minute keynote today is about games? This keynote is all about their computers so… does a few seconds impress you? In the first few minutes of the briefing, Apple chief operation officer Tim Cook name-checked Valve, commending the company for adding the PC company’s Steam service to Mac computers. “This is…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 20, 2010 - Uncategorized
A Very Angry Birds Halloween
The special 45-level Halloween-themed standalone Angry Birds game from Rovio is akin to a crack dealer wrapping up rocks in orange Jack-o-Lantern pouches and throwing in some candy corn. Angry Birds once had me sitting in the bathroom for an hour and a half. True story. That’s how addictive the normal version of the game…
By Mike Fahey Published October 20, 2010 -
Uncategorized10 Games Businesses That Are Blessed
Negativity was popular. Let’s see how positivity does. Business blogger Nicholas Lovell is back, following up his list of 10 game businesses that are doomed with 10 (or so) that are getting it very right. Recently, I wrote a post entitled Ten games businesses that are doomed I got a lot of feedback, much of…
Nicholas Lovell Published October 20, 2010 -
UncategorizedChopper 2 Flies From iPhone To iPad To 42 Inch TV
Using a standard Apple component cable and an iPhone 4 as a controller, Majic Jungle Software’s Chopper 2 transforms the iPad into an expensive video game console. There are a handful of games out there that support using the iPhone as a controller for the iPad, but few look quite as gorgeous running on a…
By Mike Fahey Published October 20, 2010 - Uncategorized
There’s A New PlayStation 2 Bundle In Town
The tenth anniversary of the launch of the PlayStation 2 in North America is right around the corner, and the console still sells well enough to warrant a brand new Toy Story 3 bundle from Sony. The $99 Toy Story 3 PlayStation 2 bundle brings together the decade-old console with a copy of Disney Interactive’s…
By Mike Fahey Published October 20, 2010 -
UncategorizedFreezepop Rocks The Rock Band 3 Keyboard
Just how fully-functional is Rock Band 3’s keyboard controller? Synthpop sensations Freezepop are utilizing the peripheral onstage during their current tour, so we asked them. It should come as no surprise that Freezepop has access to the new Rock Band 3 controller in advance of the game’s release. After all, retired founding member Kasson Crooker…
By Mike Fahey Published October 20, 2010 - Uncategorized
Fallout New Vegas Patches Coming
We just received comment from Fallout: New Vegas studio Bethesda about reports of bugs in the new game. Patches are coming, they say. We’ve updated our story with a note on one possible immediate fix. Just cross your fingers that this doesn’t happen.
By Stephen Totilo Published October 20, 2010 - Uncategorized
Super Mario Used To Shoot Bullets
The original plan for Super Mario Bros. was for video game’s biggest hero to shoot enemies with bullets rather than toss fireballs at them, according to Mario’s creator. As part of a 25th anniversary celebration of the Nintendo classic, legendary Nintendo designer and Super Mario Bros. lead creator Shigeru Miyamoto explained the change in Mario…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 20, 2010 -
UncategorizedTime Crisis Visual Guide
The Time Crisis series is one of my favorite still-in-existence arcade games. Light gun games are still best played in an arcade. The odd story mode of Time Crisis: Razing Storm has some neat weapons, like the spear gun which can be used to pin enemies to objects… and fish! With canon battles, rapid-fire blunderbuss…
By Brian Crecente Published October 20, 2010 -
UncategorizedA Visual Guide To Sonic 4: Episode I
This screenshot from website Electricpig shows how a boss battle from the first Sonic game was updated for Sonic 4. The targeting system allows players to “lock on” to targets when they jump. It is particularly useful for attacking enemies. In the Casino Street Zone, Sonic can ride a deck of cards, which is one…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 20, 2010 - Uncategorized
When “Alfa” Means “Car” And “Peach” Means “Baseball”
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: San Fran! Micro-Bash, who turns two years old next month, is really starting to talk. A lot. Some of the words he uses are typical Japanese baby-kid talk. Like “pon pon” for stomach, etc. Some of his other vocabulary is a bit more interesting. Much of what he says is…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 20, 2010 - Uncategorized
Mirror’s Edge And Battlefield In My Medal Of Honor
EA’s Medal of Honor touted itself as a realistic look at modern warfare. Military experts and soldiers consulted on the game to ensure its accuracy. Those in-game ads, though? EA consulted with itself. In the game, there are tattered fliers for Mirror’s Edge and Battlefield: Bad Company. Both titles, of course, are EA games. The…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 20, 2010 -
UncategorizedFallout: New Vegas Has Bug Issues [UPDATE]
Early reports say Fallout: New Vegas needs a good delousing, because the game seems to be buggy — and buggy from the game’s start. Update: Bethesda responds. Apparently, the above bug appeared at the game’s intro for YouTube user Shodan10. “FIRST THING THAT HAPPENS IS BROKEN,” Shodan10 writes. When meeting Dr. Mitchell, his head…started… …spinning…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 20, 2010 -
UncategorizedFinal Fantasy XIV Guide
It all starts with character creation. Basic combat in action. Gathering takes more than simply clicking on rocks. Surveying the scenery. One of the game’s levequests in action. This is the primary method for leveling up your combat professions. The crafting process takes time.
By Mike Fahey Published October 20, 2010