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UncategorizedThe Next Best Thing To Playing Portal 2
Portal 2 is playable at GamesCom, and while some people are playing it, others are filming it being played, so everyone else can enjoy it! In case you’re wondering, no, that is not the voice of an over-eager booth assistant. It’s Wheatley, your AI companion in the game, who is voiced by British radio man,…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 20, 2010 -
UncategorizedFrom Voting Machine To Pac-Man Machine
Let’s say you have a direct-recording electronic (DRE) voting machine. And it’s been shown that it is insecure — you can’t use it for voting anymore. What should you do with it? You’d turn it into a Pac-Man machine. Yes? A group of researchers from Princeton and the University of Michigan did just that. They…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 20, 2010 - Uncategorized
$500 Bayonetta Figure, Now In Living Colour
It takes a certain person to prepare themselves to spend half a grand on a Bayonetta figure That person, then, demands a certain quality. They demand attention detail, something this Volks piece has. They demand an impressive scale, something its 1/4 scale has. And they demand exclusivity, something that $500 price tag more than takes…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 20, 2010 -
UncategorizedNSFW: Catherine Gets Debut Trailer
Catherine, the upcoming hi-def role-playing game from Persona developer Atlus, features scary sheep dreams, animation from Studio 4C and, from the looks of this trailer, lots of bumping and grinding. The trailer kicks off with the male protagonist (Vincent) asking a woman if she’s heard that when people die in a dream, they die in…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 20, 2010 - Uncategorized
Farmville Makers Attacked Over Real-World “Vandalism”
Zynga, the company behind Facebook titles like Farmville and Mafia Wars, is in trouble with the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office over reports of vandalism linked to the developer’s advertisements. San Fran Deputy City Attorney Alex Tse accuses the social game devs of several “documented acts of sidewalk vandalism” in relation to ads for the…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 20, 2010 -
UncategorizedNintendo’s Live-Action Metroid Ad Is A Slow, Sexy Treat
Looks like somebody at Nintendo HQ has been looking at the way Halo is marketed and thought, yes, that’ll work for Metroid, too. Hence we have this live-action Metroid commercial for upcoming Metroid: Other M, heavy on moody music and even heavier on the moody slow-motion. It’s unusually striking for a contemporary Nintendo ad, and…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 20, 2010 - Uncategorized
Portal Song Slowed Down 800%, Bieber-Style
We now know how to make a Justin Bieber song sound good: slow it down 800%. But what happens when Portal’s Still Alive, that great video game song from Jonathan Coulton, gets the same treatment? Listen. ‘Still Alive’ from Portal, slowed down 800%. [Soundcloud.com]
By Stephen Totilo Published August 19, 2010 -
UncategorizedInside The Artistry Of NBA Jam
Wonder where they got the crazy faces for the superstars of the upcoming NBA Jam? EA Sports didn’t bring everyone in to mug for the camera; they used a vast library of NBA photos to add emotion to the game’s zaniness. As much as NBA Jam has to honor the over-the-top gameplay of its arcade…
By Owen Good Published August 19, 2010 - Uncategorized
I Don’t Speak Swedish, But This Seems Bad
Kotaku tipster says the image here, which tops a Swedish story about a Wii charger gone ablaze, mistakenly thinks Nintendo makes bum recharge stations. Not so, but that’s no consolation for this lady. Louises laddare började brinna [Aftonbladet. Thanks, Forcen!]
By Stephen Totilo Published August 19, 2010 - Uncategorized
EA’s Gun Clubbers Get To Cut In Line At PAX
Sorry this is late. Had to show A Jawa how to use the comments. Anyway (reads from paper) Members of Electronic Arts’ “Gun Club” promotion have received emails saying they can skip the line for Dead Space 2 at PAX. As you can see above, Gun Club members may print out the latest email to…
By Owen Good Published August 19, 2010 - Uncategorized
Gender-Bending Game Characters: The Revenge
In his last role-reversal gallery, artist David Stonecipher largely interpreted female video game roles as if they were portrayed by male characters. He’s followed that up with a gallery of famous male characters, as portrayed by the fairer sex. Stonecipher prefixed all of these with “Lady” so, that’s not Mega Woman, Earthworm Jane or Samantha…
By Owen Good Published August 19, 2010 - Uncategorized
Brink Is The Breakthrough That Makes 2011 Feel So Far Away
The game I most wish I was playing right now is Brink. I played it a week ago. It delivered on an unusual promise. Brink is a first-person team shooter set on an advanced seaborne city of the future. You can play it solo or with up to eight players against either others. It’s one…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 19, 2010 - Uncategorized
Wii Party Keeps The Festivities Going In Japan
Nintendo’s latest Wii hit shows its impressive legs once again this week, with mini-game collection Wii Party returning to its first place spot on the Japanese video game sales charts. Almost zero competition certainly helped. Really. There wasn’t much in the way of competition for Wii Party—or anything else for that matter. New PSP game…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 19, 2010 - Uncategorized
EA Predicted Poor Reviews For APB
Electronic Arts provided distribution support for APB, whose bankrupt studio is being sold off; today a senior EA executive said the game’s poor reviews were somewhat predicted internally and suggested to Realtime Worlds. “We did suggest that where it landed from a review score standpoint was where we thought it was going to land from…
By Owen Good Published August 19, 2010 - Uncategorized
Today We Dined In Gardens of Beer
To: Ash From: Crecente Sorry I keep talking about food while we’re here in Germany, I just can’t help myself. And not just because the food is so great, but because we have such a small amount of time to eat it. Today, for instance I missed lunch again, but did manage to snag a…
By Brian Crecente Published August 19, 2010 - Uncategorized
How Multiplayer Kinect Dancing Works
Dance Central, the body-controlled dancing game from the makers of Rock Band, has multiplayer. It’s no Kinect Adventures multiplayer where you’d be standing side-by-side, in a gesture vs. gesture frenzy. No. It does dance battles. You take turns. I chickened out of participating in a two-player Dance Central dance battle last week at MTV’s offices,…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 19, 2010 - Uncategorized
Madden’s Facebook Version Slips Out
Back in February, EA Sports president Peter Moore said the Madden franchise would be coming to Facebook; Yesterday, Bitmob stumbled across an error page that calls the game “Madden NFL Superstars.” That’s the screenshot Bitmob took of the page. EA Sports already has published a well-received FIFA Superstars game to Facebook. It’s essentially a football-management…
By Owen Good Published August 19, 2010