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Roman Politicians Allowed To Game During Meetings
Rome. The Eternal City. Its elected leaders are the inheritors of a millennia-old tradition forming the basis of modern municipal and state government. Yet where senators once debated inside the august walls of the Curia, now city councillors play video games. Laptops are issued to town hall bosses, pre-loaded with video games, says Metro of…
By Owen Good Published September 30, 2010 -
UncategorizedDid You Know EA’s Skate Games Were This Hilarious?
As a lapsed fan of the skateboarding video game, I dedicated little personal interest to Electronic Arts’ Skate series. What a mistake that was, because as this lowlight reel shows, Skate is great comedy. This compilation of Skate and Skate 2 pratfalls and glitches is positively ancient. Months old. But thanks to the video game…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 30, 2010 - Uncategorized
New DLC Available Now For Castlevania: Harmony of Despair
Two months back we scented the rumor that Castlevania was due for downloadable content, specifically a new map set inside a pyramid. That’s confirmed with today’s availability of “Beauty, Desire Situation Dire,” for 400 Microsoft Points on Xbox Live Marketplace. “Beauty, Desire Situation Dire,” (may I call you BDSD?) is the first extra map for…
By Owen Good Published September 30, 2010 - Uncategorized
Myst May Be Coming To A Theater Near You
Puzzling adventure game Myst, the best way to show off your bad-ass new CD-ROM drive in 1993, may be the next video game to get a big screen adaptation. According to a report from Deadline, Cyan Worlds’ adventure game series has been optioned for “live action film treatment.” Producers Hunt Lowry (Donnie Darko) and Mark…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 30, 2010 -
UncategorizedGet Chills With Left 4 Dead’s ‘The Sacrifice’ Cinematic Trailer
Next week, downloadable add-on “The Sacrifice” comes to Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2, giving the original Survivors, Zoey, Francis, Bill and Louis, a chance to beat up on Spitters, Chargers and Jockeys with melee weapons. To set the mood, Valve has released a heart-pounding cinematic trailer for The Sacrifice, filed with thrills,…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 30, 2010 - Uncategorized
NBA Elite’s Cover Star Learned Of Postponement Over Twitter
Kevin Durant, the cover athlete for NBA Elite 11, “spoke with noticeably more sullenness” in his first comments since EA Sports indefinitely postponed the game. Hearing the news first via Twitter probably did not help his mood. “They said it wasn’t as up to par as they wanted it to be,” Durant, the all-star forward…
By Owen Good Published September 30, 2010 - Uncategorized
Please Review This
To: Ash From: Crecente We’re continuing to tweak the new review system we’ll be using. It still needs a bit of work, but I think it’s coming along nicely. I’ll be writing up a full run down of the system and our new criticism pieces probably next week. Otherwise we spent most of the day…
By Brian Crecente Published September 30, 2010 - Uncategorized
Fist of the North Star Declares November ‘Already Dead’
The holiday season with be covered in liquefied guts, now that Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage has a release date. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 brawler lands in North America on November 2, Tecmo Koei revealed today.
By Michael McWhertor Published September 30, 2010 - Uncategorized
Forza 3 And All Its DLC Ultimately Collected
Microsoft kicks off a multi-year partnership with BBC hit television show Top Gear next month, packing in 90 minutes of Top Gear TV content into the Forza Motorsport 3 Ultimate Collection, along with every bit of DLC released so far. Today is a day for making people feel bad about buying downloadable content. First Dragon…
By Mike Fahey Published September 30, 2010 - Uncategorized
Call of Duty: Black Ops Achievement ‘Leak’ Is Spoiler City
The next big Call of Duty game has just had much of its single-player game spoiled, thanks to an early look at the shooter’s list of achievements and trophies. What do Black Ops‘ achievements tell us about Treyarch’s war game? (Perhaps too much. Stop reading now if you would prefer to keep Black Ops’ locations,…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 30, 2010 -
UncategorizedVideo Proof That Outland Is The Child Of Ikaruga And A Platformer
We’ve described Outland. We’ve shown screenshots. Now watch the 2011 downloadable game from the makers of Super Stardust HD in action. The trick is the color-switching, Ikaruga-style. When the hero is red, red bullets don’t hurt him and red elevators work. Blue bullets do hurt him, but he can switch to blue. When he’s blue,…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 30, 2010 - Uncategorized
Put A Half-Life 2 Headcrab Zombie On Your Shelf
Who doesn’t love sending Half-Life 2‘s headcrab zombies to the great beyond with a few whacks of Gordon Freeman’s trusty crowbar? And who wouldn’t love to have said bloody, shambling headcrab zombie in statue form? Thankfully, the next great Gaming Heads creation based on Valve’s Half-Life games is coming soon. The figure makers is opening…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 30, 2010 -
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Turning Old Vegas Into New Vegas
In the latest developer diary for Fallout: New Vegas, the team at Obsidian talk about how they tackled turning something old into something new, while keeping it old. I’m confused. Building a world based on the real world das we know it today is easy. With tons of old movies, archive footage, and photographs available,…
By Mike Fahey Published September 30, 2010 - Uncategorized
Running Backwards While Shooting A Shotgun Is A Bad Idea In Real Life
One brave or foolish gamer claims he took out his shotgun, went somewhere remote, and tried a common video game first-person shooter maneuver. The results were painful. This is how one man says he tried to back-up-and-shoot, using a shotgun, a broom, and a warehouse. He suffered some distress. The details were revealed in the…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 30, 2010 - Uncategorized
Team Fortress 2 Now Lets You Buy Items With Real Money
No longer will you have to endure hours of Team Fortress 2 play just to unlock the game’s hidden weapons, defensive items and wearable accessories. Today, Valve opened the Mann Co. Store, which lets you buy goods with real-world cash. The update not only introduces a way to buy new guns, hats and fish-wrapped-in-newspaper melee…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 30, 2010 -
UncategorizedFree-To-Play Free Runner FreeJack Enters Open Beta
FreeJack is a parkour MMO that looks like Jet Grind Radio, only without the skates, and starting tomorrow you can test it out. Free run through the streets of New Jack City against thousands of other players in FreeJack, a free-to-play parkour racing MMO from GamerKraft and Games Bridge Entertainment. It’s not the sort of…
By Mike Fahey Published September 30, 2010 -
UncategorizedThe Wii Drawing Tablet Might Be The Best Wacky Wii Peripheral
Do you look at the Wii Remote and see the potential for an advanced fishing rod or bowling ball? Imagine it as part of a drawing tablet. I tested that set-up this week. It’s what Mario Paint Wii could’ve been. The Wii drawing tablet is technically called the uDraw Game Tablet. It is shipping in…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 30, 2010 - Uncategorized
MAG Upgrades To Version 2.0
The 2.0 patch for Sony’s MAG went live today, bringing with it PlayStation Move support and enough game tweaks and changes it could be considered a whole new game. The full list of changes hitting in MAG patch 2.0 is huge. Developer Zipper Interactive has upped the level cap 60 to 70. There’s a new…
By Mike Fahey Published September 30, 2010 - Uncategorized
Bungie Made Halo: Reach, Look Mountain Dew and Doritos!
I am to be congratulated, it seems. I am one of just 300 people in the country to receive a Halo: Reach Honor the Code kit in the mail… courtesy of Mountain Dew and Doritos. What’s that entail, you might ask? Why six Halo: Reach-themed Mountain Dew drinks and two packs of Doritos stuffed into…
By Brian Crecente Published September 30, 2010