Sometimes It’s Too Hot Outside

Comiket, aka Comic Market, recently wrapped up in Japan. It is summer in Japan. Summer in Japan is hot and icky. Not ideal for standing outside in funny outfits. Website Moeyo.com has just posted a smattering of indoor Comiket cosplay photos, which do a nice job of complementing the gallery we previously ran. Have a…

Scott Pilgrim’s Debut Looks Even Worse With Context

The first weekend box office earnings for game-infused movie Scott Pilgrim looked bad in isolation. Place them next to other gaming movies’ debuts and they look even worse. This chart shows the opening weekend take for video game movies in the United States. As you’d expect, Tomb Raider, Mortal Kombat and Prince of Persia are…

Do You Love Foxconn?

Foxconn — the manufacturer of the PS3, the Xbox 360 and the Wii — held a rally at its complex in Shenzhen, China. Think of it as a pick-me-up for a factory that has made news for suicides. What Foxconn rally wouldn’t be complete without t-shirts, pom-poms and, yes, dudes in Spider-Man outfits. Workers even…

Italians Upset That The Mafia Are Italian

UNICO National, a group that represents Italian Americans, has lodged a protest with publishers Take-Two over the portrayal of the Mafia in upcoming game Mafia II. Because, you know. The mafia are portrayed as Italian Americans. Andre’ DiMino, president of the group, says the game is “racist nonsense”. “Why would Take Two foist a game…

Dead Space 2: It’s Like The End Of Point Break, Only, In Space

This short sequence from Dead Space 2 was shown at the end of the game’s time during EA’s GamesCom press conference. That small, blurry footage, however, didn’t do the insanity justice Here it is in a proper clip, where you can truly appreciate what’s happening. You are being shot through space, through destroyed buildings, so…

Epic Mickey’s Opening Movie

A young and mischievous Mickey Mouse paints his way into trouble in Wii game Epic Mickey’s opening cinematic. Disney says this this part one, and hopefully there’s more to come.

Star Wars Mod Fulfills Fanboy Dreams

Star Wars: Requiem, a mod of 2008 PC game Sins of a Solar Empire that just received another update, is what a Star Wars space real-time strategy game should look and play like. Lead modder JasonF created an incredibly detailed mod that feels like a true expansion. Sins of a Solar Empire wowed PC gamers…

The Gold Card

Today I got a new credit card. It’s actually the same credit card I’ve had for 14 years. But now it’s called the “Chase Freedom” card, which sounds like some piece of shit good only at your participating Family Dollar. Here’s the lineage of this card. I got it in 1996, thanks to my college…

Twenty-Four Years Of Metroid History, Narrated By Samus Aran

Team Ninja’s upcoming Metroid: Other M is heavy on story. But what if you haven’t paid attention in past Metroid games? How the hell will you know what’s going on? Allow Metroid’s heroine Samus Aran to explain.

GameStop Robber Gets 40 Years, 36 With Edge Card

Gregory Reaux, 29, will be 69 when he gets out of the pen for robbing six GameStops in Louisiana with a boxcutter and a cutoff sleeve as a mask. Reaux was a former GameStop employee fired because he “improperly use[ed] employee discounts and store deals,” according to The Times-Picayune of New Orleans. In apparent retaliation,…

Dead Rising 2 With Another Strong Showing In The Best-Screenshots Sweepstakes

Dead Rising 2, Capcom’s September anti-zombie game is not supposed to be taken seriously. Here is more high-quality screenshot proof of that, as shown by Capcom for this week’s big Gamescom show in Germany. The screens here show co-op as well as day and night solo gameplay in this Las Vegas-inspired sequel.

All I Needed To Know About Management I Learned From Tropico 3

Aulistar Mark is not a benevolent dictator; he has a habit of “making people disappear, if they say something that isn’t pleasing to my ears.” That, folks, is a banhammer. Good thing he’s the intern, and only playing Tropico 3. Three of our best and brightest are in Cologne for Gamescom 2010, but KTR still…

In This Nightmare, Bad Activision People Make Limbo II

Newgrounds user Tenacious T imagines a bleak future when Activision’s worst people create Limbo II: The Bar’s Been Lowered, the sequel to the beloved indie hit Limbo. It has celebrities! Predator missiles! And … color. I’m torn. Who would want this game made, really? We can be happy it’s just a joke. But then again……

Four New Looks At Call Of Duty: Black Ops

These new Call of Duty: Black Ops screens from Treyarch take us over the mountains and through the woods. Be sure to check out our most recent Black Ops impressions

Analysis Shows Madden’s Old Model Goes Out With A Bang

Raptr, the gaming social network counting more than a million users, examined their gamers’ habits with Madden NFL 10 and found gameplay spikes sharply – beyond Christmas-sales levels – about a month before the newest version releases. People played Madden NFL 10 the most at the game’s launch, of course, and the figure oscillated through…

Gamescom Day One

To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Slicing My Finger Today was the first day for the show’s floor, a day packed with hands on and interviews. Despite being only open to press, the massive convention center already seemed fairly packed. But I’m sure it’s going to pale in comparison to tomorrow’s crowds which are bound to…

Hands-on With Fable III’s Main Course & Two Sides

Gamescom represented my first chance to go hands on with Fable III for the Xbox 360, a game that’s more action adventure than its forebears. It’s also a game that matches its dark side with a lighter one. Playing through a small section of Fable III’s core storyline at a Microsoft preview event wasn’t its…

Star Wars Mod Gallery

NBA 2K11 Has A Shoe Fetish

For years, NBA 2K only featured a few pair of authentic Air Jordans in its equipment lineup. That changes with NBA 2K11, featuring His Airness in the game. Twenty-five models are available, and they carry attribute boosts. Speaking to ESPN.com, producer Erick Boenisch says there will be 40 Nike varieties in the game, 25 of…

Xbox Kinect Gets Its Fight Club

You love to punch your arms through the air, like you’re beating up ghosts. You wish you could be part of a Fight Club. You have an Xbox 360 and may have a Kinect. There is a game for you. The game is called Fighters Uncaged, and it appears to be publisher Ubisoft’s answer to…