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  Nintendo DS Software Allows For Classroom Test Taking

  The Nintendo DS is used to play games, communicate with friends and, in Japan, take tests. Yay? The Kyoto-based game maker has teamed up with Sharp System Products to produce Nintendo DS Classroom. The game software enables students to use DS consoles in case to do multiple choice exercises and take tests. A room full…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 9, 2009
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  Logitech’s Opulent $300 Flight Sim Controller Is 15 Years Too Late

  Had Logitech’s G940 “Flight System” been released in the mid-90s, it would have been the most desirable thing on the planet. Now, though, in 2009, it just feels a little…wasted. I mean, don’t get me wrong. As a long-time fan of the ol’ flight sim, the concept of a $300 setup including a stick, throttle…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 9, 2009
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  The Biggest Game in Japan Last Month Was…

  Did you know that May is over? We did. Know why? Because we have calendars. Do you have a calendar? Famitsu does, and it has complied sales data for the period beginning April 27 and ending on March 31. Let’s have a look! Can you feel the suspense? Can you, can you, can you? 10.…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 9, 2009
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  Brutal Legend’s E3 Trailer

  To give the crowd at EA’s E3 press conference something to feel good about, Tim Schafer popped on-stage, said some funnies, then rolled this trailer. You should watch it. It’s great.

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 9, 2009
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  The Lost Planet 2 Launch Window Is…

  Looking for a rough release window for Capcom’s Lost Planet 2? Look no further than the game’s Japanese site. The Xbox 360 version will be hitting The Land of the Rising Sun this winter. That’s what the LP2 website says. Don’t forget that “this winter” is also February 2010 — that, and the game, like…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 9, 2009
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  Sony: Wii Owners Will Become PS3 Owners (Eventually)

  Andrew House is the new boss of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, a position with a long, storied history of corporate tit-for-tat. And it’s a position he seems to be taking a real shine to. In his first real public interview since assuming the role following David Reeve’s departure in April, House tells Edge Online: If…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 9, 2009
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  PC Sales Charts: Where Parity Is Achieved

  Amazing what a week off can do for the PC sales charts. Not only does it allow them to all catch up and be on the same week, but Steam’s charts are vastly improved. Yes, amidst all the excitement of E3 came a different kind of excitement, the kind that will kick a tyre and…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 9, 2009
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  What Does The News From Evangelion’s Misato Sound Like?

  Yep, Evangelion’s Misato is reading the news in a very, very mechanical voice. The news program runs on software that collects news from real-life news (politics, the economy, sports and, yes, the anime industry). A Cellius voice synthesis engine is used to have Misato read said news in real time on this Nerv News 24…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 9, 2009
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  Ratchet & Clank Future Screens

  Ratchet & Clank are back. Again. In Ratchet & Clank Future, for the PS3. Here’s what it looks like!

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 9, 2009
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  Koei Tecmo Encourages Employees To Have Babies (With Money!)

  The Japanese population is shrinking. People are not having babies like they used to. Koei Tecmo, the folks behind hack-and-slash Dynasty Warriors and boobs-and-high-kicks Dead or Alive, to the rescue! Starting this month, the company is offering the a gift payment that’s the equivalent of US$20,300 to employees who have their third child. Those having…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 9, 2009
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  Let’s All Take A Look At Guitar Hero: Van Halen (And Learn Some Things)

  Oh good. I’m not crazy. I could have sworn I saw this trailer at Activision’s E3 booth, but since it never showed up online for download/embed, figured my jetlag was playing tricks on me. Thankfully for my own state of mental well-being, it was playing at Acti’s booth, and while it’s yet to be released…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 9, 2009
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  Old Is New: Nintendo Released A Bio Sensor A Decade Ago

  The Wii Vitality Sensor tracks a players pulse while playing. A novel Nintendo idea — or is it? Nintendo has never been afraid of mining its own past for new product ideas — take the DS’s dual screen design that echoes Nintendo’s own Donkey Kong multi-screen Game & Watch. The Wii Vitality Sensor appears to…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 9, 2009
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  PSP Resident Evil Is An “All-New Title”

  Resident Evil 5 aside, it seems everywhere you look these days, there’s a Resident Evil remake popping up. So when a PSP Resident Evil game was announced last week, few people seemed to care. They probably, like I first did, assumed it was just another remake of some PS1 or PS2 RE game. Yawn. Never…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 8, 2009
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  Heroes Star Producing Family Movie Based On MMORPGs

  Masi Oka, star of TV’s Heroes, has pitched a movie concept to studio DreamWorks based on massively multiplayer online role-playing games. Called The Defenders, it’s a family adventure based on Oka’s own experiences playing MMORPGs, and follows a group of gamer teens who only know each other via their online identities. An unnamed threat rears…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 8, 2009
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  Tracking The Ups And Downs Of Microsoft’s E3 Press Conference

  After looking at the “popularity contest” study done on Nintendo’s E3 press conference yesterday, many asked when it would be Microsoft and/or Sony’s turn. Today, it’s Microsoft’s turn. Bitmob’s Andrew Hiscock has applied the same methodology – tracking the positivity or negativity of comments on hardcore gaming board NeoGAF – used for the Nintendo study,…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 8, 2009
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  Tetris Claymation Watches Tetris Orgy

  What better way to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Tetris than with a claymation Tetris block watching hot square on square action? There’s block masturbation. And moaning and “Korobeinki“. Hardcore Tetris Pornography [Topless Robot]

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 8, 2009
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  Nintendo Scrapped New Portable Hardware Over “Momentum” Concerns

  Nintendo global president Satoru Iwata isn’t afraid to make hard decisions, having recently scuttled a new piece of Nintendo hardware that might never see the light of day, never to put smiles on faces. According to a report from CNBC, Iwata says that Nintendo had another handheld gaming system in the works as recently as…

  By Michael McWhertor Published June 8, 2009
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  A Bright Idea: Sims 3 USB Christmas Lights

  To go with the reviewers’ copies of The Sims 3 Collectors Edition (plum-bob USB memory stick included), EA also sent a set of USB Christmas lights, also in the shape of plum-bobs. The tips of the lights are sharp enough to cut skin or a small child’s mouth should they attempt to gum them. According…

  By AJ Glasser Published June 8, 2009
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  This Is Why I Thought Just Cause 2 Was “Best In Show”

  I called Just Cause 2 the best thing I saw at E3. That’s a big call for a sequel to a so-so game. So, just in case you think I’ve gone mad, watch this. It’s the same developer demo I sat through behind closed doors at E3. It runs for around 10 minutes, but it’s…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 8, 2009
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  Mario Vs. Donkey Kong Mini-Marches To DSiWare

  What new digital treasure await the Wii Point and DSi Point bearing Nintendo fan this week? Perhaps most noteworthy is arrival of Mario vs Donkey Kong: Minis March Again!, announced last week for the Nintendo DSi and available right now. This week’s new downloadable titles for WiiWare, DSiWare and the Wii Virtual Console has a…

  By Michael McWhertor Published June 8, 2009