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Phantasy Star Portable 2 Coming This Winter
Phantasy Star Portable was a big hit and one of the biggest selling PSP games in Japan last year. So what do you think of the chances for a sequel? Pretty good. According to this notice for “The Best” budget version of Phantasy Star Portable, a special UMD will be bundled that shows off Phantasy…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
Anyone Want To Make A Heat Game?
Anyone out there keen to buy the rights to make a game based on Michael Mann’s 1995 classic Heat? Because Gearbox – who currently own said rights – don’t really want them anymore. The Borderlands and Brothers in Arms developers, who first announced that they’d be making a game based on the movie all the…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
Milla Jovovich On Why They’re Making Another Resident Evil Movie
Hollywood has already churned out three Resident Evil films. Three films? That’s a trilogy. Now, director Paul W.S. Anderson and his star/fiancée Milla Jovovich are making a fourth. Why? Money. “The movie makes money,” says Jovovich. “If it makes more money than the last one, you’d think that people want to see another one, so…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
New Crimson Skies Game A Distinct Possibility
Jordan Weisman founded FASA. Which came up with Mechwarrior, Shadowrun and Crimson Skies. He now runs Smith & Tinker, owns the rights to FASA properties, and is keen on making new games out of them. One of these titles has already been announced: Piranha’s Mechwarrior reboot. But more might be on the way, with Weisman…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
Kill Bill’s Gogo Yubari Actress Not In Tekken Movie
Check Chiaki Kuriyama’s Internet Movie Database page. At the time of posting, it says right at the top that the actress will be appearing in the Tekken movie. This is incorrect, she says. She won’t. While I was interviewing Chiaki for an upcoming book I’m doing on Japanese schoolgirls (second book — hooray!), I brought…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
Technical Difficulties
To: Luke From: Owen We had an unusually prolonged service disruption today; I know very little about what the problem was, or its cause, but I do know Gawker Media staff noticed it immediately and were working on it, late into the afternoon on a Sunday. Everyone’s frustrated by such problems, but I hope they…
By Owen Good Published August 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
Casting Resident Evil: Afterlife
No secret that today’s been a tough one. We know lots of you had problems getting to the site. So let’s wind down with a game of what-if, casting the next Resident Evil film. The Bits, Bytes, Pixels and Sprites takes a look at who’d be best for the fourth installment of the franchise, which,…
By Owen Good Published August 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
Miyamoto: Not Worshipping at DLC’s Altar
In an interview with the San Jose Mercury-News, Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto downplayed the importance of digital distribution to the company’s future. Said Shiggy: Personally, I’m one of those guys who, even if I have all the songs from iTunes, I want the CD as well. I feel more reassured with that physical media. Entertainment is…
By Owen Good Published August 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
Keeping a Promise to Joe
Earlier this year, EA Sports made an open call for names to add to its roster in NCAA Football 10. I put in for a guy to whom I felt I owed one. Joseph I. Hodas never really knew me, and never knew he was in a video game. He was a professional acquaintance of…
By Owen Good Published August 2, 2009 -
UncategorizedSex Scene of the Year Already Awarded
By Edge, anyway. They’re saying that an underworld Overlord II foursome takes the cake, precisely for what it does not show. Overlord II’s “foursome” scene is the best of the year. Yes, it’s a scene where you, the hero, have a foursome. And yes, it’s juvie wish fulfillment. But it’s also a smartly done and…
By Owen Good Published August 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
This Would Be My Deathbed
Some day, if you get rich enough, this can be yours – a hi-tech luxury bed that combines a giant pull-down hi-def screen with built in gaming consoles and lots of other amenities. This is the HiCan bed, which takes the IKEA design of “put all the essentials on as few square feet as possible”…
By Owen Good Published August 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
Week in Games: The Mothership Lands
Fallout 3’s Mothership Zeta, expected to be the final DLC for the game, drops tomorrow. On Tuesday, G.I. Joe’s movie tie-in bravely goes up on five platforms against Daisy Fuentes and Hannah Montana. Those are the highlights I can see this week. The count: Six for Wii, four for PSP and 360, three for DS,…
By Owen Good Published August 2, 2009 -
UncategorizedToday’s Punishment: 3 Minutes of ColecoVision Smurf Gameplay
Even for its era, this was one of the all-time, mind-numbingly boringest video games ever developed. How boring? Walking into a fence could kill you. That’s where I checked out, 0:17 seconds. How much can you take? I hear Smurfette’s naked at the end. Smurf: Rescue in Gargamel’s Castle [YouTube]
By Owen Good Published August 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
Game Not Blamed for Assault
Let’s see if we can predict where this is headed. Two people in Michigan were playing a game when a disagreement ended with someone getting punched. Think anyone’s pinning it on the game? Nope. That’s because it’s a board game. Monopoly, in fact. A 54-year-old man was playing with a female friend, and when she…
By Owen Good Published August 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
How to Pick a Name for a F2P MMO
At Games Convention Online in Leipzig, Germany, Gamigo announced “Project S,” the working title of a fantasy, free-to-play MMO. They’re taking suggestions for a real name, and a handy name generator provides many. Neoseeker noted that this game looks like YAMFRIES – Yet Another MMO Featuring Rangers, Imps, Elves and Sorcerers – so its title…
By Owen Good Published August 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
Iwata Hints at New Marketing for DS
Following this week’s sour, but not unexpected, news of a 40 percent drop in hardware sales, Nintendo chief Satoru Iwata seems to be taking DS marketing in the direction of a personal device. The shift would mean they want the unit to be seen as something everyone should own, not shared among a family. Basically,…
By Owen Good Published August 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
Newt Gingrich Needs Tips on Wii Sports
Newt Gingrich, putative presidential candidate (and in his party, who isn’t?) is getting his ass handed to him by a 7-year-old in Wii bowling and has asked for your help, Via Twitter, the former Speaker of the House says he’s up in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, visiting family and rolling the Wiimote. “Seven year old is…
By Owen Good Published August 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
UK City May Name Road After Lara Croft
Derby, the city in the United Kingdom, is said to be considering naming a road after Lara Croft, who was created at Derby-based Core Design in 1996. The city is taking suggestions for names of two stretches of road, and one of the more popular ideas is Lara Croft Way. The city’s marketing director thinks…
By Owen Good Published August 2, 2009 - Culture
Sunday Comics
Penny Arcade published July 29 PvPonline published July 31 ActionTrip published July 27 Digital Unrest published July 27 DotGIf published July 27 Little Gamers published July 27 EXTRALIFE published July 30 GU Comics published July 28 Awkward Zombie published July 27 2P Start published July 29 Nerf NOW published July 27
By Owen Good Published August 2, 2009