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UncategorizedMaking the Armor and Enemies for a Live Action Halo Commercial
Deliver Hope, the live action commercial for Halo: Reach, was the highlight for the Bungie shooter’s marketing, giving us a short glimpse of what all of that upcoming gameplay might look like in real life. This 4-minute making of video shot on the set in Prague documents the making of television commercial Spartans and how…
By Brian Crecente Published October 15, 2010 - Uncategorized
Namco Bandai Pulls Mr. Driller Chilean Miner Image, Apologizes
To mark the release of the 33 Chilean miners, Namco Bandai created the above image, which features the character Mr. Driller. Today, the company has removed the image and apologized. Regarding the image, Namco Bandai tweeted earlier today that the image lacked consideration. Because of this, the company has taken it down. “We would like…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 15, 2010 - Uncategorized
Full Angry Birds Game Now Available on Android for Free
It’s been a thorn in any Android user’s side, but finally the full Angry Birds game is now available on Android phones…only, not in the Android Market. Instead, Rovio chose to release it, for free, on the GetJar store. Rovio said that it was an “obvious choice” of GetJar over Android’s Market, thanks to the…
By Kat Hannaford Published October 15, 2010 - Uncategorized
The King Of Fighters 2002: Unlimited Match Out Next Month
The King of Fighters 2002: Unlimited Match is finally getting a Western release. The game is hitting Xbox Live Arcade this fall. But when? The game will be released on November 3rd and priced at 800 Microsoft Points. It’s a hi-def port of the arcade game and features new characters, updated stages, new moves and…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 15, 2010 - Uncategorized
Xbox 360 Game Room Developers To Close
Krome Studios, the Australian developer behind Ty the Tasmanian Tiger and more recently the Xbox 360’s Game Room, has shut down, online reports are suggesting. If true, it’s not entirely unexpected, with the developer shedding staff from its Adelaide, Brisbane and Melbourne studios earlier in the year It now appears the remaining staff at Krome’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 15, 2010 - Uncategorized
You Cannot Make Foreign Friends With Monster Hunter Frontier
Monster Hunter Frontier, Capcom’s massively multiplayer online role-playing game, is currently only available in Asia on the Xbox 360 and the PC. But Japanese people cannot play with people in other countries. Here’s why. “We intentionally made ‘MHF’ only available to people in Japan,” says Yoshinori Ono, Capcom’s online gaming manager. “While it may seem…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 15, 2010 - Uncategorized
Giant Robots! Male Cheerleaders!
Asian American pop culture mag Giant Robot has been in a bit of financial trouble lately, so its asked some friends to help out. And who has answered the call? Some male cheerleaders, that’s who. Meat Bun’s newest shirt, Osu! Giant Robot, channels the spirit of 2005’s amazing Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan, a DS game where…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 15, 2010 - Uncategorized
Would Your iPhone Like Some Dead Space 2?
Or how about some Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit? EA has revealed a bunch of new games for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad at a recent event in Tokyo, Japan. Dead Space 2 for iOS isn’t based on the forthcoming console sequel, but will serve as a bridge between the first and second consoles…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 15, 2010 - Uncategorized
Could YOU Rescue 33 Miners Trapped Underground?
The rescue of 33 Chilean miners trapped underground for weeks has made for great TV, but how does it shape up as a video game? Not so great. Chilean design firm Root33 came up with this flash game recreating the rescue, and what it lacks in production values and raw thrills, it makes up for…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 15, 2010 - Uncategorized
These Tron Heels Are Perfect For Stripping
Exotic dancers and folks who like to dress as exotic dancers, listen up! Has Disney got a pair of shoes for you. The house that Mickey Mouse built is rolling out some pricey Tron-related consumer products that include hats, jackets and jewelry. Titter on over to Flynn’s Arcade in these 5-inch platform Tron heels that…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 15, 2010 - Uncategorized
250GB Xbox Includes Forza, Alan Wake
A new Xbox 360 means new Xbox 360 bundles for the holiday season, and one of the first cabs off that yuletide rank for 2010 seems to be this Canadian offer, including two full games with a 250GB console. Those two games, both Microsoft exclusives, are a boxed copy of Forza 3 and a download…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 15, 2010 - Uncategorized
Nintendo, Sony, I Feel Your Pain
It may not seem like it, but Nintendo, Sony, and I have something in common: we’re all getting screwed by money. The U.S. dollar has hit record lows, sliding below 81 yen. That means for every dollar earned, Nintendo, Sony and I only get 81 Japanese yen. Money evaporates during the currency exchange! Poof! It’s…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 15, 2010 - Uncategorized
The 3DS Has A 3D Market All To Itself
There’s a reason people are excited about the Nintendo 3DS, and are not excited about 3D on a TV set: because nobody wants to wear those stupid glasses. And it’s going to stay that way for some time. “The first challenge (for 3D TVs) is the inconvenience of wearing glasses,” Samsung’s Visual Display President B.K.…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 15, 2010 - Uncategorized
Gran Turismo 5 Delay Will Be “A Short One”
Gran Turismo 5 has been delayed. But according to Sony, not for long. There have been rumors and reports that the game narrowly missed its deadline for the November 2 release. Because of that, there is chatter that the game is being held up by Blu-ray production delays. In a tweet yesterday, GT5 designer Kazunori…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 15, 2010 -
UncategorizedJust Dance…Wii…Jersey Shore…Ungh…
It is 2010, and this is what the world has come to. Didn’t the short girl make the show famous for getting punched in the face? And now this? It makes me wish I wrote for a blog covering wireless transistors and the telegraph. Just Dance 2 is out on the Wii this month.
By Luke Plunkett Published October 15, 2010 - Uncategorized
Chile’s Own Super Mario Miner
After nearly seventy days, the 33 Chilean miners have finally been rescued from over 2,300 feet underground. As the entire world celebrates, the area is swarming with reporters and journalists. It’s a media circus! Cue the headline puns. Mario Sepúlveda has been dubbed “Super Mario” by the press for his upbeat attitude during the incredibly…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 15, 2010 - Uncategorized
Starcraft II Updated Again
Starcraft II has been updated for the second time in a month with Blizzard again venturing under the game’s hood with a spanner and thing-a-me-jig to make changes to cooldowns, build times and energy levels. Tweaks have been made to all three of the game’s races, five minor bugs have been addressed and a couple…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 15, 2010 - Uncategorized
Yarn’s Epic Kirby
Crocheted amigurumi Kirby doll made by reader Christina K. in anticipation of the launch of Kirby’s Epic Yarn. Without a pattern, too!. Kirby looks delightful – and a little like a hacky sack. Don’t let him near any hippies, Christina!
By Owen Good Published October 15, 2010 - Uncategorized
Halo: Reach Sells Over 3 Million Copies
For a game where you know how it ends before you even fire it up, the fact Halo: Reach has sold over 3 million copies since its release a month ago is some tidy work on the part of Bungie. Microsoft’s Aaron Greenberg took to Twitter earlier today to reveal that the game, the fourth…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 15, 2010