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Lord Of Ultima Brings Online Strategy To The Browsing Masses

EA Phenomic lures unsuspecting gamers into an addictive, free-to-play, browser-based online strategy game using the name of a beloved classic role-playing franchise in Lord of Ultima, now available for play worldwide. Less Ultima, more Evony without the non-existent scantily clad women, Lord of Ultima is quite an involved little strategy game for a browser-based title.…

This Is Great

To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Burning Up! So great. So, so, so very great. My father-in-law got this as a present today for his birthday, courtesy of Mrs. Bashcraft’s mother. Happy birthday! Happy Beatles! (He took this picture — that’s his job, takin’ pictures!) What You Missed Last Night Making Avatars That Aren’t White Dudes…

The Evolution of The Otaku Room

Time changes us all. And not only us, but our rooms. Otaku are no exception! This image show an otaku room circa-1985. Notice the Nintendo Famicom console on the floor as well as the VCR, record player and a robot figure. Hair is down. Fast forward to 1995. Not much has changed. More game consoles…

This Crane Game Prize Is Most Impressive

Crane game prizes can run the gamut of everything from rice cookers to stuffed animals. Figures are not uncommon. This figure, however, is quite nice. Hatsune Miku started out as a Vocaloid character, but has since gotten her own PSP game and arcade game. This 24cm figure is a US$50 value. Not a bad pull…

Iceland’s Volcano Cannot Destroy Iceland’s Video Games!

The eruption of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull volcano may have wreaked havoc with international game distribution, but what’s it done to Iceland’s game studios, like EVE Online’s developers CCP? “We want to assure you all that we are in no danger whatsoever, and that things are running smoothly here at CCP’s HQ,” CCP spokesperson Sveinn Jóhannesson Kjarval…

What Is This, Final Fantasy XIV, Or The Princess Bride?

I’m not that interested in Final Fantasy XIV, what with it being a massively multiplayer game and all, but man, I’m interested in anything and everything related to Cary Elwes. Like this guy. He’s of course not Cary Elwes, nor will he be voiced by the star of The Princess Bride, Glory and…Robin Hood: Men…

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Nier Art: An East vs. West Comparison

Upcoming Japanese action role-playing game Nier is getting an English language comic book. How does it compare to the original Japanese art? They’re…different. It’s not a matter of which one is better or worse. Here are two different stylistic takes on Nier by accomplished artists. On the right is the Western comic art. On the…

Play Dr. Peter Venkman (On Your iPhone)

ESP Training is a new game/application for the iPhone that, were it not for a fantastic connection to Ghostbusters, would be a fairly nondescript app. Lucky for that connection, then! The game seeks to test your extrasensory perception abilities by asking you to place your iPhone down on the table, guess which shape is being…

Yes, There Are Actually Pokemon Batteries

Just what Japan needs: More Pokémon stuff. Whether it be Pocket Monster branded school buses or any of the endless heap of merchandise, Japan loves its Pocket Monsters. On May 25, these Maxell Pocket Monster batteries go on sale in The Land of the Rising Sun. Thunder Pokémon Raikou and thunderbolt Pocket Monster Electivire appear…

Making Avatars That Aren’t White Dudes Is Hard

Since the majority of video game players in the West are white, when they play a role-playing game, it’s not hard to have their character looking and dressing like them. But what if you’re not white? Fox Harrell (above), an artist, computer scientist and avid gamer, has written of the problems he’s run into in…

Japanese Poll: Only 8% Will Definitely Buy A Nintendo 3DS

The general public has yet to see the upcoming 3D-glasses-free Nintendo 3DS. It will be playable sometime this year. Exciting, no? Well, not to some folks in Japan. Nintendo has described the portable as allowing games to be “enjoyed with 3D effects without the need for any special glasses”. The Nintendo 3DS will succeed the…

Xenosaga Statue Is Like A High Definition KOS-MOS

Epic sci-fi series Xenosaga inspires devotion in its die-hard fans, and KOS-MOS is a Xenosaga character that inspires devotion in their…hearts. Here’s a new KOS-MOS figure. But be warned. She is expensive Due out later this year, it’s actually a statue, hence the extra detail and inflated price-tag over what you’d expect from a standard…

FarmVille Expanding To “Various Mobile Platforms”

Farm simulator FarmVille launched on social networking site Facebook.com. It then became hugely popular, boasting 80 million users. Know what that means? It means that it’s really, really popular. And it also means that chances are really good the world will see FarmVille on other platforms — you know, like Android and the iPad. Domain…

European Volcano Causes Aussie Game Delays

You know how ash from the Icelandic volcano has disrupted plane travel to and from Europe? Well, we’ve heard there were video games on some of those cancelled flights. Mindscape, the Australian distributor for Konami, has told us that several of its upcoming releases have been delayed as a result of a new cloud of…

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Art Can Be Games Too, You Know

Games as art? Not my kind of discussion, really. Games can be what they want to be, and what you want them to be. Whatever. But art as games? Now this is something I can get behind. Italian group AIOMI put this together, showing that as dour as the old lady is, the Mona Lisa…

This Guy Is Quite The Villain

That’s Gackt. He’s a bad, bad man. Well, he is in upcoming PC role-playing game Dragon Nest. In real life, he is a songwriter, fashion model, actor, novelist, restaurateur, screenwriter and psychic. Gackt once said he was born in the 1540. But now, acknowledges that, yes, he was born in 1973. He actually has a…

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