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Big Shi(r)t Sale
To: Luke From: Owen Re: E3 Done Got a really flattering phone call the other day, from the publisher of the Washington (N.C.) Daily News. I interned there in 1994 – it was my first news writing job, the summer before my senior year of college. They’re celebrating their 100th anniversary and asked if I…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Week in Games: Bustin’ Makes Me Feel Good
For my money, the years 1984 to 1986 might have been the greatest consecutive three -year stretch ever for summer blockbusters. In 1986, we got Top Gun, Aliens and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off; 1985 was Rambo: First Blood Part II, The Goonies and Back to the Future; and 1984 saw The Karate Kid, Indiana Jones…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Video of Live Action Pitfall!
Well, the video itself isn’t that intense, but if you wanted to see what live-action Pitfall! looked like, reader Chris took three videos of the event. The best sequences are ones requiring the rope swing; the rest of the time, you’re looking at people with tiny vertical leaps, if not waiting contestants’ backs. But thanks…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Lots of Bad Career Choices in Fallout
A list of the 11 worst virtual jobs in video games gives us places three from the Fallout series in the top 8, including el numero uno. That would seem to make sense. If your country’s economy, infrastructure and landscape has been obliterated by nuclear warfare, then everyone’s job is gonna suck in some way.…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Toothless People Can Still Be Cover Models, Too
The champagne from the Stanley Cup final is still fizzy and we’ve already named next year’s NHL 2K coverboy – it’s Washington’s Alex Ovechkin, sporting a grin a jack o’lantern would love. The burly Russian appears “with fists clenched and mouth agape in a celebratory scream,” says the Capitals’ official website. It looks like he’s…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Old Atari Cart Remade Into Wallet
It is $55, however, the maker of this fine conversation piece says all of an Atari 2600 cartridge’s parts, except for one screw, are repurposed to help make it into a wallet. The maker, Nilesz, is running a win-a-wallet contest over on his site, which of course gives you the info on how to order…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Final Fantasy Tactics Gets Rated, Likely PSN Bound
The guys at One Last Continue went panning for ESRB gold and found this nugget: Final Fantasy Tactics got a rating for the PS3, which likely means it’s going to PlayStation Network soon. Friday, Bash informed us that FF Tactics would be among the next batch of Square Enix “Ultimate Hits” releasing July 30, but…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
–> L@@K Nintendo GOLD Cartridge RARE Only $25K!!! <—
Last year some guy bought a Nintendo World Championship Gold Cartridge for $15,000. Only 26 were made, 11 known to exist. Now an eBayer is listing one for the superlow price of $25 grand. Seller unish25 admits he doesn’t expect to get the $25,000, but still listed it for the Buy It Now price, because…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Here’s Your $300 Stick to Play a $15 Game [Updated]
So, Virtual On: Oratorio Tangram has a “devoted fanbase,” which in peripheral makers’ lexicon means “cash geyser.” The XBLA title runs $15; Hori’s custom stick costs 20 times that. But it misses a big point. Knoxximus at TheFour11.org notices the twin-stick layout is a little off. See, the label under the left stick says “D-Pad.”…
By Owen Good
