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Miyamoto On Wii Star Controller Prototype: “No one liked that one.”
Why no disc-shaped star controller for the Wii? A new book, Nintendo Magic, explains that Nintendo bigwig Shigeru Miyamoto believed the 2004 prototype would be bad for Marios and Zeldas. Mystery Of The Nintendo Star Controller Solved [Press The Buttons]
By Stephen Totilo Published April 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
First Look At Next Call of Duty Happens This Friday
There’s a brand new Call of Duty game coming this year. This Friday, you’ll get your first peek at the follow-up to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, courtesy of GameTrailers TV. While Activision may be embroiled in drama related to its most recent Call of Duty, that won’t stop the company from churning out…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
No New Titles For Game Room Until Further Notice
According to a Tweet from Microsoft’s European Xbox Live editor, the next round of content for Microsoft’s virtual arcade Game Room has been delayed “until further notice.” We’ve been waiting for new titles to arrive in the Xbox Game Room since it launched last month, disappointed when we heard that the promised weekly updates wouldn’t…
By Mike Fahey Published April 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
Apple Searching For The Best Apps of 2010
Apple plans to hand out awards for the best five iPad and iPhone apps at this year’s Worldwide Developers Conference in June. The awards will judge entries, be they games, productivity or art, in four areas: technology adoption, design and user experience, innovation and performance. All iPhone Developer Program members are eligible to submit nominations,…
By Brian Crecente Published April 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
See Guild Wars 2’s Elementalist In Action
ArenaNet reveals the first class for Guild Wars 2, the magic-hurling Elementalist, complete with new screens and extremely impressive video of the class in action. The Elementalist harnesses the forces of nature to do her bidding. By attuning herself to one of the four elements – fire, water, air, and earth – the Elementalist changes…
By Mike Fahey Published April 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
Nice Guys, Stressed Ladies And The Curious Ways They Play Video Games
A galpal and I are discussing video games over cocktails at a bar. Well, kind of. She’s trying to tell me why she plays FarmVille, and in the course of the discussion I find out her life is a mess. This new acquaintance of mine and I have recently bonded over our fondness for farming…
Leigh Alexander Published April 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
Is There A Future In Bendable Gaming?
Motion-sensing, camera control, thought control; it’s all been done before, or has it? A team from Queen’s University in Ontario has created a new way to play games using a bendable projection screen and a shoulder-mounted projector. Is the future of gaming just around the bend? Zi Ye and Hammad Khalid of the Human Media…
By Mike Fahey Published April 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Crackdown 2 Team is in the House, What Do You Want to Know?
With Crackdown 2 just months away, now might be a good time to get up to speed on everything about the upcoming open-world, building-leaping, mass destruction game. Good thing the team behind the title is on our podcast right now to take your calls. We do have a last minute scheduling switcharoo. Now appearing for…
By Brian Crecente Published April 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
Black Wii Bundle Shows Up In GameStop Marketing
GameStop stores’ monthly poster shipment includes this lovely advertisement for the rumored black Nintendo Wii, bundled with Wii Sports, Wii MotionPlus, and Wii Sports Resort. An anonymous GameStop employee sent us an image of the new poster, which arrived in a monthly shipment with instructions to hold until May 4, five days before earlier rumors…
By Mike Fahey Published April 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
Play Super Mario Bros. As Mega Man, Link, Samus, And More!
What if you could play the original Super Mario Bros. with other classic video game characters, controlling just as they did in their own titles? Well now you can, with Simon Belmont, Link, Samus, Mega Man, and Bill from Contra. Super Mario Crossover is a flash recreation of the original Super Mario Bros. with a…
By Mike Fahey Published April 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
The History of Gaming Through Manuals
There was a time when a game manual wasn’t just a place to print out what each button did. Manuals were, at one point, the first step of the journey into a intricate fantasy world. Manuals explained the interface, but that was the least important thing they did. Much more importantly they served as the…
By Brian Crecente Published April 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
Mytheon Open Beta Launches With Fabulous Prizes
Petroglyph’s massive multiplayer online action strategy game Mytheon has entered open beta, with a laptop, iPod Touches, and iTunes gift cards up for grabs for those who give the game an early go. Mytheon is an interesting mix of Diablo-esque action role-playing game and collectible strategy. Instead of normal skills, players have an assortment of…
By Mike Fahey Published April 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
Probing Record Of Agarest War’s Naughty Box
Aksys’ Really Naughty Limited Edition of Record of Agarest War is out for the Xbox 360, and its contents are so interesting that one girl and two cats gather to see what’s inside. Warning: Simulated boob poking ensues. I thought I was just joking when I mentioned preordering this Limited Edition back when it was…
By Mike Fahey Published April 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
Help California Name Some Dangerously Violent Games
This week’s decision by the United States Supreme Court to hear arguments both for and against the State of California’s attempt to make the sale of very violent games to kids illegal raises a question: Which games would be affected? The California bill, authored by State Senator Leland Yee, does not name any specific games,…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
Kobe Is Beautiful
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Shopping is fun Drove over to Kobe this morning for some quick shopping IKEA shopping. It was fun! We bought a desk for the boys. A long desk so they can share it and study together. I envision…fights. But that’s part of growing up! Out of all the traditional looking…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
Cannes Film Fest Flick May Nail Video Game Thriller
There have been several attempts at bringing video games to the big screen. They haven’t worked out so well. How about a movie with a video game in it? Black Heaven is a techy suspense flick from French director Gilles Marchand, who helmed the 2003 thrilled Who Killed Bambi? According to the movie’s official release,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 28, 2010