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All Three Dragon’s Lair Games At Once, All For Wii
Were Dragon’s Lair, Space Ace, and Dragon’s Lair II: TIme Warp too hard for you? Then you’ll want Destineer’s Dragon’s Lair Trilogy for the Wii, featuring a beginner moves guide and Watch Mode, so you don’t even have to play. Dragon’s Lair property owner Digital Leisure continues to try and milk as much money from…
By Mike Fahey Published July 30, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Ways Alan Wake Is Unrealistic
Shadow-possessed people are not the only unrealistic elements of celebrated Xbox 360 game Alan Wake. Over at Magical Wasteland, Matthew Burns interviewed writer Tom Bissell for a fun chat that turned into a breakdown of what Alan Wake the game gets wrong about the life of a writer. New York literary agents do not talk…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 30, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Old Republic Visits Nar Shaddaa, A Good Place To Be Bad
The Star Wars universe has its fair share of wretched hives of scum and villainy, but Nar Shaddaa, the crowning jewel of the underworld, is a rather lovely hive of scum and villainy. Ah, The Smuggler’s Moon; doesn’t it sound so romantic? Orbiting the Hutt home world, the sprawling upper cityscape of Nar Shaddaa is…
By Mike Fahey Published July 30, 2010 - Uncategorized
Lay Down Your Guns
Writer Fraser Allison thinks a few games could be improved if they contained a little less shooting. We’re reprinting the case here. Read on and see if you agree. I love violent games. I love shooting. I heart punching. I make “brrrm!” noises when I move tanks around, and cackle gleefully when I make those…
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UncategorizedStarCraft II Takes A Shot At Apple
You can elude the Dominion. You can evade the Zerg. You can swipe precious artifacts out from under the watchful eyes of the Protoss and escape without a scratch, but you can never escape Apple’s crack marketing squad. Note: iPistol will not fire if held firmly by the grip.
By Mike Fahey Published July 30, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Great Gatsby Video Game Disappoints
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s wife may have given video games the name of one of the medium’s best franchises, but what did F. Scott ever give us gamers? The Great Gatsby game? Apparently, it’s not good, though that’s not his fault. Here is blogger Jennifer Wright, crushed because of The Great Gatsby video game: When I…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 30, 2010 - Uncategorized
Nominate The Next Talk Amongst Yourselves Image
What should next month’s Talk Amongst Yourselves image be? Drop you suggestions into the comments section below. (This is not today’s TAY.) Reminder: Please provide the artist’s name and the name of the artwork.
By Stephen Totilo Published July 30, 2010 -
UncategorizedLittleBigPlanet Does Limbo
Limbo is a wonderful black-and-white game from Playdead that has been a marquee title for the Xbox 360’s summer of arcade (we like it). LittleBigPlanet is a modder’s delight on the PS3. Of course, someone combined the two. Above is a Limbo-inspired level made in LittleBigPlanet. It is called, Limbo, Son of the Forest. The…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 30, 2010 - Uncategorized
TWO WEEKS, I HAVE MADE IT!!
To: Totilo From: Bash RE: Obama And The Billboard It’s not Obama driving by, but it’s been about two weeks since Mrs. Bashcraft and Mini-Bash went to the US to visit my parents, leaving me in Osaka with Micro-Bash. I was kinda worried at first, seeing as how I’d be responsible for the kid, cleaning,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 30, 2010 - Uncategorized
Mass Effect Studio Needs To Sell 10 Million Units
One million used to be the bar. Then two. Then three. Mass Effect developer BioWare isn’t stopping there. “Well, we need to sell 10 million units,” said BioWare co-founder Dr. Greg Zeschuk. “That’s actually the new target, right? We do Top 10 games, our stuff is quite successful. I know Mass [Effect 2] is number…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 30, 2010 - Uncategorized
Why Didn’t Lost Planet 2 Sell As Well As Projected?
Capcom took a big spinning bird kick, right in the profits, which were down 90.4 percent. Ouch! Part of the blame fell on Lost Planet 2. At the company’s financial briefing, Capcom answered why the game didn’t live up to sales expectations. According there are many rival titles in the genre, and the company didn’t…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 30, 2010 -
UncategorizedSix Colorful Minutes Of Pokemon Black & White
Kids! Pokemon! Dancing! Bad 3D! There’s all that and so much more in this lengthy new trailer for Pokemon Black & White, for the Nintendo DS. There’s also battles galore and some overworld action as well. If you feel like this game has been under-shown to date, this trailer should take care of that nicely.…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 30, 2010 -
UncategorizedI’m Commander Shepard, And This Is My Favorite Cosplay In The Entire Universe
Remember that Mass Effect 2 cosplay that could have been the best thing ever? Yeah. Turns it out it’s the best thing ever. Here’s Holly Conrad, Tayler Hudson, Tank, Jessica Merizan, Alex Gross and Steph Werner up on stage at Comic-Con last week, absolutely dominating proceedings. Grunt may steal the show from a technical standpoint,…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 30, 2010 - Uncategorized
Vietnam’s Gaming Crackdown
After a “public outcry” about the negative effects of computer games, the Vietnamese government has begun issuing measures to restrict online games. Games that require a server will be limited to three hours of playtime per day for each gamer. However, educational and cultural games will be permitted for up to five hours per day.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 30, 2010 -
UncategorizedA Teenage Wish Fulfilled In This Space MMO
Wing Commander. X-Wing. Elite. Privateer. Some of my favourite games of all time, yet all were missing one thing that upcoming MMO Infinity has: the ability to fly seamlessly from space to a planet’s surface. Sounds trivial, but if you’ve ever played a space shooter (or space trader!) you know exactly what I’m talking about;…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 30, 2010 -
UncategorizedFive Flicks The Gears Of War Movie Should Ape
That’s right, the Gears of War movie is going back to the drawing board. The game’s designer, Cliff Bleszinski, said the aim was to have the feature film version “more like District 9”. Meaning? Meaning they probably aren’t going to try to make a US$100 million epic, but something on the cheap side of the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 30, 2010