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These Are Some Nice Nuts
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Podcast A farmer family friend of ours brought over some Japanese chestnuts, pumpkins and Japanese persimmons. Fall food! Japanese chestnuts are quite tasty when you make roasted chestnut rice What you missed last night Review: Hydrophobia Rumor: Sony Pulling Plug On PSP Dev Kits [Update] There Is A New Wii…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
X-Men Destiny Set To Turn Gamers Into New Mutants Next Fall
Marvel and Activision today unveiled a new game coming to consoles next fall that casts players as new mutant recruits. The two companies are being pretty tight-lipped about X-Men Destiny, saying only that it will feature a “branching storyline that features a deep element of choice and gives players ultimate control of their destiny.” It…
By Brian Crecente Published October 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Gears of War 3 Is Getting a Multiplayer Beta Next Year
Gears of War 3 is getting a public beta early next year, Epic Games revealed at an event this week at their studio. This will be the first time a Gears of War game is getting a public beta. Epic Games’ Rod Fergusson told the gathered press that the team has always wanted to do…
By Brian Crecente Published October 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Duke Nukem Forever Designer Apparently Lost Millions
Duke Nukem Forever has been in development since 1997. And the man who toiled away on that game for over a decade lost a bunch of cash. Tens of millions, apparently. Ouch. Gearbox Software has taken the reigns of the game from its original developer 3D Realms. In May 2009, the world around Duke Nukem…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 7, 2010 -
UncategorizedThe Game For Anyone Who Ever Wanted To Be A Sky Pirate
A prototype version of Pirates of New Horizons, the game that gave us vivid Skies of Arcadia flashbacks a few weeks back, is now available for download. It’s like the old shareware days from games like Doom; the developers have put out a short game as a proof of concept, and if enough people dig…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
So How Much Is A Wii Remote Plus In Japan?
Late last month, Nintendo confirmed that new Wii Remotes with on-board Wii MotionPlus. Today, the company has dated and priced the new Wii-motes, dubbed “Wii Remote Plus”. The Wii Remotes with Wii MotionPlus “inside” will be available in four colors: white, black, blue and pink. They will be released on November 11 and priced at…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
I Choose You…Jigglypuff, For This Giant Tattoo
You hear someone has a Jigglypuff tattoo on their arm, you begin to think horrible, horrible thoughts, but Danielle White’s forearm piece looks…well, it works As seen on ALBOTAS Gameface is a photographic celebration of the people who make, play and love video games.
By Luke Plunkett Published October 7, 2010 -
UncategorizedReview: Hydrophobia
Hydrophobia, a downloadable Xbox 360 survival adventure title, claims to have some of the most realistic water physics video games have ever seen. But does the title wade into the deep end or is it just shallow? Hydrophobia (which does not mean “fear of water” — aquaphobia does) is the first of several planned digital…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Mario’s 25th Anniversary Box Set Heads For Europe
That lovely re-release of Super Mario All-Stars, presumed only for the Japanese market, will also be released in Europe, Nintendo has revealed. The company’s Swedish website has posted a listing (Update: now backed up by a press release stating it’s a Europe-wide release) for the collection, with a release date set for December 3. Included…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 7, 2010 -
UncategorizedA Visual Guide To Hydrophobia
Early in the game, everything goes to pot. Kate has to scramble as more and more water floods in. There might be story spoilers here. As seen on YouTube. This trailer doesn’t give a good sense of what it’s like to actually play Hydrophobia. However, it does provide a good look at some of the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
There Isn’t One Pokemon DSi
There are two. On November 20, a pair of Pokemon: Black and White Nintendo DSi handhelds will go on sale in Japan. One is black. The other? White. Priced at ¥19,800 (US$239), each console will be bundled with a copy of the game.
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Epic Boss Doesn’t Think The 3DS Can Run The Unreal Engine
Though he hasn’t got his hands on the system himself, Epic’s Mark Rein reckons he knows what’s under the hood of Nintendo’s new 3D handheld. And from what he knows, he says there’ll be no Unreal Engine on the thing. “It’s below our [minimum specifications], from what we can tell” Rein said to Joystiq. “We…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
“The Most Awesome Wife Ever!
So says the subject line in the email reader Zenboy sent. In the pic, he and his wife show off the clothes they wore to Video Games Live in Vancouver. Gameface is a photographic celebration of the people who make, play and love video games.
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Rumor: Sony Pulling Plug On PSP Dev Kits [Update]
According to a report on French site PSPGen, Sony has informed those in the relevant communities that come November 15, they won’t be able to order development kits for the handheld any more. Wonder why that would be? The news reportedly comes via a message Sony Computer Entertainment sent to PSP developers, part of which…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Sam Raimi Is Using “Earth Defense Force” In An Upcoming Movie
Funny, because Japan’s D3 Publisher releases games called “Earth Defense Force”. Sam Raimi (Evil Dead series) is teaming up with District 9 producer Bill Block and Air Force One scribe Andrew Marlowe for “EDF”, a film about an alien invasion. “EDF” stands for “Earth Defense Force”, and apparently Raimi isn’t directing. Since 2003, D3 Publisher…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
There Is A New Wii Color, And It Is Red
Super Mario Bros. is 25 this month, and to mark the occasion Nintendo is releasing this hot new variant of the Wii in, what else, Mario Red. It’ll be out in Japan on November 11, and will retail for ¥20,000 (USD$240). What’s more, it’ll also include not a Wii Remote, but one of the new…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 7, 2010