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Wired Mag on iPad Rocks
It’s nice to know I wasn’t the only one blown away by Wired Magazine on the iPad. John Abell, New York bureau chief of Conde Naste, notes on Twitter that 24,000 copies of the e-mag were sold in the first 24 hours. Check it out, you deserve it.
By Brian Crecente Published May 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
Do Not Email Me About Buying an iPed
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: House Listed! I have gotten a gajillion emails tonight from people interested in buying an iPed. I have no idea where you can buy an iPed. Nowhere in my post do I indicate that I do. Don’t ask me. Use Google! Go to China! Argh!! (Oh, and you have a…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
In South Korean Soap Operas, Love Is Like…
As seen on Ningin. Thanks, Charles!
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
Less Focus on DRM, More on Anti-Piracy Tech
Blizzard tells VideoGamer it has spent more development time focusing on “content and cool features” than on anti-piracy tech. What’s more, DRM is described as a “losing battle”. This attitude, however, sounds like a winning one.
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
Mai Shiranui, All Cheeky
After sitting out fighting game The King of Fighters XII, jiggly ninja Mai Shiranui is returning for KOFXIII. And she’s bringing butt floss with her. To mark the occasion, Mai is getting a 1/5 scale “Hip Line Ver. Omega Style”. (In Japanese, “hip” also refers to one’s backside.) This will be released in December 2010…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
Master Chief Is Real, Takes Nice Pictures
Cosplay nut Gixxer85, from Malaysia, doesn’t just like dressing up as Master Chief, he likes having people – professional people – take his photo while doing so. Taking to an abandoned office building with his custom-built Spartan suit and custom-built weapons, Gixxer85 certainly looks the part. Without seeing him run around sticking grenades on things…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
Are You Ready For Tekken 7?
Eurogamer Portugal, attending a press event in Spain earlier this week, reckon Namco Bandai’s Katsuhiro Harada revealed that his team is already at work on Tekken 7. While this seems like more a pre-E3 slip of the tongue than a genuine product reveal, it’s hardly the stuff of night terrors. A seventh Tekken game? Why…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Voice of Metal Gear Reviews Game Movies
David Hayter is a rarity. He has made a name for himself in voice games as a voice actor and in movies as a Hollywood screenwriter. With a foot in both worlds, no doubt he has a unique point of view on video game movies. Over at the MTV Movies Blog, Hayter gives his opinion…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 28, 2010 -
UncategorizedTeen Werewolves Do Not Like The Xbox 360
Hey, Josh! Stop making fun of teen werewolves, OK? They’re people, too. With feelings. And a love of Tim Burton films. They just want to be left alone, in a world of black lipstick, sewing scissors, Twilight novels and feelings Josh, we don’t care that your Van Helsing jokes are surprisingly witty. Or that this…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
ThunderCats Writer Murdered
Stephen Perry, who was a writer for 1980s cartoon ThunderCats, recently went missing. His van was found last Sunday. Inside it, a man’s severed arm. Stephen Perry, police now report, is dead. The 56-year-old writer went missing from his Zephyrhills, Florida home, which authorities discovered was ransacked. His roommates, James Davis (45) and Roxanne Davis…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
Total War Ditches Gunpowder, Returns To Japan?
Sega has been teasing the release of an all-new Total War game for the last week or so, with a full reveal set for E3. Looks like their cover may have been blown by some sloppy pre-show organisation, however. Booking some press visits for the upcoming trade event, Turkish site Oyungezer says it was pencilled…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
Xbox Man Can Also Fix A Giant Robot
Sanrokumaru (literally 3-6-0) is Microsoft’s new mascot in the Japanese market. He’s a talented guy! Not only can he throw a baseball, but he can maintain a giant fighting robot as well. This is a new commercial for Virtual-On Force, the upcoming Xbox Live Arcade port of Sega’s 2001 arcade game (and successor to last…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
First Look At Jill Valentine in New Resident Evil Movie
And what a horrible, horrible photo. At a recent press conference in Japan, director Paul W.S. Anderson showed off some new images of upcoming film Resident Evil: Afterlife. RE character Jill Valentine was rumored to appear in the film. Seems like she is! The women on the screen is actress Sienna Guillory as Jill Valentine.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
That Multiplayer Castlevania Game Looks Pretty Real Now
The impending release of a new, multiplayer Castlevania game called Harmony of Despair looks a lot more likely today, after a rating for the rumoured title turned up on Australia’s Classification Board website. It’s been listed as an Xbox 360 title (most likely Xbox Live Arcade), and…that’s about it. There’s nothing new to add from…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
Dear Apple, Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft
Right now, you all might be digging your own holes. The recent rash of suicides at Foxconn’s Shenzhen factory has shined a light on the fact that large companies like Apple, Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft have contracted out the manufacturing for devices like the iPad, the Wii, the PS3 and the Xbox 360 to Chinese…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 28, 2010 -
UncategorizedKillzone 3 Footage: Breaking Necks In A Snowy Strip Club
Here’s your first look at Killzone 3 in action! Sorry it’s not in 3D. And sorry there’s no sound. And sorry it looks like it was shot in a strip club. Enough apologising, though, because we didn’t film this. Some guy did, obviously without Sony or Guerilla Games knowing about it, Sony did, then some…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 28, 2010