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  Will Wright Tells Morgan Freeman About Gods & Sims

  Morgan Freeman’s “Through the Wormhole” show on the Science Channel had an interesting guest a few weeks back: Sims creator Will Wright, who was there to talk about video game games, and gods The segment has a simple premise: as computer programs become more advanced, our emotional connection with their creations grow ever stronger. And…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 15, 2010
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  Poll: The Most Interesting Games Of 2010 So Far…

  Japanese game publication Dengeki Online has released the results of a poll it conducted regarding the most interesting games so far of 2010. Let’s dive in. Here are the top twenty most interesting games according to Dengeki’s online poll: 20. Heavy Rain 19. Resonance of Fate 18. Dragon Quest IV 17. Valkyria 2 16. Love…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 15, 2010
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  CultureTotal Recall

  A Celebration Of Video Game…Boot-Up Sequences

  It may seem a trivial thing, but a game’s boot-up sequence can be more important than you realise! First impressions count, after all, and the first impression you get of a game is the sequence as it starts up. This is nearly always – always – in the form of a procession of logos. Developer…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 15, 2010
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  Close Up With Kinect’s Purple Boxes

  Did you know that Microsoft’s controller-free Kinect games come in purple cases instead of the green Xbox 360 ones? Would you like to see the cases up close? Better yet, would you like to see an entire wall of them? Here you go! A wall of purple Kinect cases. On your computer screen. Amazing. Kinect…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 15, 2010
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  Why Are Consoles Banned In China?

  Video game consoles are illegal in China. Ironically, the Wii, the PS3 and the Xbox 360 are Chinese made. And there is a flourishing PC gaming culture. There has to be a reason for this ban. Turns out, there is. “Consoles have been banned in China since the year 2000,” Lisa Hanson from market researcher…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 15, 2010
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  BioWare: Consoles Are The Past, Not The Future

  Juicy comment, that, but before anyone goes calling them trolls (or witches! Or prophets!), it’s worth looking at the context in which the RPG powerhouse is making the above claim. “The future isn’t necessarily on console,” BioWare co-founder Dr. Greg Zeschuk tells Eurogamer. “That’s the past. It’s going to be a strong thing going forward,…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 15, 2010
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  Can Screenshots Also Be Art?

  Dead End Thrills is a site about the art of video game screenshots. Not in the way marketing teams use art to lie via bullshot; in the way actual screenshots can use real world photography rules to look amazing “Dead End Thrills is a website dedicated to videogame photography”, the site’s mission statement reads, “an…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 15, 2010
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  Would You Buy This Arcade Cabinet?

  Chrome-plated dash. Aluminum and rubber wheels. Painted racing strips. This isn’t a sports car, but a luxury arcade cabinet. French luggage and leather-goods maker Pinel & Pinel has created this “Arcade 80’s Trunk”. There are 51 colors of calfskin to choose from, and even the option of either crocodile and shagreen skins. Sporting a 1080p…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 15, 2010
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  There’s A Seventh Member Of Halo: Reach’s Noble Team

  Noble Team, the squad you’ll be joining in Halo: Reach, only has six members. For the upcoming San Diego Comic Con, however, Bungie has drawn up a seventh member, available only in action figure form. Yes, designed by Bungie’s artists solely for the purposes of selling a toy at a comic convention, Noble Seven has…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 15, 2010
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  Another Games Magazine Bites The Dust

  Britain’s PC Zone, founded in 1993 and one of the world’s longest-running PC gaming magazines, is no more

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 15, 2010
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  Fighting Real Street Fighters

  As seen at EVO 2010 by slash5150’s SmugMug.

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 15, 2010
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  It’s Like Pilotwings, But For The Xbox 360

  You know what the Xbox 360 needs? More homages to classic Nintendo titles. Yeah, there’s Perfect Dark, and Banjo Kazooie, but…look, they have a fanbase, but I wouldn’t call them classics. Not classic like Pilotwings, which is what Haiku Interactive’s AvaGlide basically is, only on the Xbox Live Indie Games channel. For a game that’s…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 15, 2010
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  Zelda Coming In “Early 2011”

  Last we heard from Nintendo, the next Zelda game was going to be out in 2011. That’s fine, but when in 2011? Producer Eiji Aonuma has a rough answer. “The basis we have now is very, very solid,” Aonuma told Official Nintendo Magazine, in response to a question on how the game was coming along.…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 15, 2010
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  Your Fourth Spider-Man From Shattered Dimensions Is…

  …well, it could be a few things. What appears to be the final box art for Activision’s Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions is here, thanks to Gamefly, apparently revealing the fourth, still unofficially revealed incarnation of Spidey. And he’s black. That black suit version of Spider-man could be a throwback to the post-Secret Wars webslinger, when Peter…

  By Michael McWhertor Published July 14, 2010
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  The Mighty Thor, The Meager Loki & Odin

  Lessons learned. That’s what we’re going to talk about in this post powered by the gods of Asgard. If we’re setting expectations in this openly conversational post, it’s that expectations can be way, way off. So let’s not worry too much about how corny Sir Anthony Hopkins looks as Odin in Marvel’s Thor film, with…

  By Michael McWhertor Published July 14, 2010
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  Reviews

  Art Style: light trax Review: We’re Just Dots In The Stream

  Racing games are often judged by their ability to provide more realistic driving experiences, to throw increasingly massive collections of cars at the player or to offer infinite replayability online. Judged normally, Art Style: light trax would be a disappointment. In this Skip-developed WiiWare game—a remake of sorts of “bit Generations” title Dotstream, released only…

  By Michael McWhertor Published July 14, 2010
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  Sir, Our Weapons Are Useless Against That Dog

  SWAT officers find out the hard way that they’re never taking Asshole Dog, dead or alive. Seen via Reddit.

  By Owen Good Published July 14, 2010
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  Madden 11 Bundles Up with the PS3

  Loyal reader [redacted], a Best Buy employee, passes along not only this SKU-mor, but how new products on double-secret probation work for one major retailer. BB’s listing a Madden NFL 11 250GB PS3 bundle with the same street date as the main game, Aug. 10. Right now, it’s listed in a dead category in Best…

  By Owen Good Published July 14, 2010
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  Rumor: Rockstar Lays Off 40 From Red Dead Redemption Studio [Update]

  Red Dead Redemption is a commercial and critical success, moving more than 1.5 million copies in its first month while wrangling rock-solid reviews. Despite that, Rockstar has axed about 40 employees from the San Diego studio, according to sources close to the developer. Kotaku has heard from multiple sources who say that a “significant” chunk…

  By Michael McWhertor Published July 14, 2010
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  How the Free Agency Turnover Affects NBA Jam

  The NBA’s tumultuous offseason involved far more than LeBron James jumping ship to Miami, and basketball video games, which release Oct. 5, will have to react to that on short notice. NBA Jam seems the most affected by the rosters remade by free agency, as only two players are on the floor in the arcade-style…

  By Owen Good Published July 14, 2010