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Office Life Before Blogs
‘Deadline’ – A Post It Stop Motion @ Yahoo! Video Back when I had a regular work-a-day job, back when dalek’s floated up basement stairs and dinosaurs roamed Saturday morning TV, there were no blogs to fill the long, lonely paycheck days. Instead we had to amuse ourselves in more creative ways, like with office…
By Brian Crecente Published July 1, 2009 - Uncategorized
Still Air Conditioner Free
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Drinks at the Saucer Oh yeah, I grew up in Dallas. Been to Fort Worth a gajillion times. No, a gajillion and one. Who’s counting? Speaking of air conditioning (smooth, eh?), Japanese buildings don’t typically have central air — but rather, individual air conditioner units you put on the wall…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 1, 2009 - Uncategorized
Bend Over, Britain, Here’s Your DJ Hero Pricing
DJ Hero will be $120 when it’s released in the United States. Which is pricey, but not unheard of. When it’s released in the UK, however, it’ll follow a precedent set by Rock Band in being ridiculously expensive. The title – which will bundle the game and a plastic turntable controller – has a recommended…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 1, 2009 - Uncategorized
Hey Jerry Bruckheimer, Why Do Movie Games Suck?
It’s a good question! One that Jerry Bruckheimer – with his silver screen experience and interest in the games business – is well-placed to answer. Speaking with Games Radar, the ginger fox (and overseer of the upcoming Prince of Persia flick) answers with “I couldn’t tell you that. They just haven’t quite captured the imagination…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 1, 2009 - Uncategorized
Kojima Productions? Here to Help
At E3, it was announced that Metal Gear Solid developers Kojima Productions would be helping with Castlevania: Lords of Shadow. But Kojima Productions isn’t developing the game — that duty belongs to Madrid-based MercurySteam Entertainment. So what is KP doing? Lending moral support, it seems. “Kojima Productions is playing more of a support role,” explains…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 1, 2009 - Uncategorized
Brutal Legend Wii Cancelled, Will Not Reach Valhalla
While never confirmed to exist by Electronic Arts, we were all fairly sure that somebody, somewhere was working on a Wii version of Brutal Legend. Now we’re hearing that version has been binned. Destructoid report that the game has been cancelled “due to quality and technical concerns”. Which sounds a lot like what you’d expect…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 1, 2009 - Uncategorized
So Why Didn’t Wii Ghostbuster Copy The Cartoon?
For anyone growing up in the 1980s, cartoon The Real Ghostbusters was quality Saturday Morning television. It seems like it would be perfect fodder for the Wii version of the Ghostbusters game. When asked why the animated series, which rad from 1986 to 1991, wasn’t tapped, game designer Drew Haworth explains, “We avoided reference to…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 1, 2009 - Uncategorized
Some Last.fm 360 Pricing Details
Last.fm is coming to the Xbox 360, sticking another multimedia feather in the little beige box’s hat. But we’re left with two burning questions: how much will it cost, and can we stream the music in our games? The most important of those questions is the streaming one, and sadly, we don’t have an answer…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 1, 2009 - Uncategorized
Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Dated And Detailed For Japan
Tecmo is bringing Xbox 360 exclusive Ninja Gaiden II and big guns to the PS3 with Ninja Gaiden Σ 2. It has a few new game modes (including online co-op), some new characters and a whole range of fixes for the problems that plagued the 360 edition such as better camera control. The game will…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 1, 2009 - Uncategorized
Shock: Alienware Release Tasteful Product (And It’s A Monitor)
You know Alienware for custom gaming PCs, yeah, but they’re also synonymous for releasing hardware that is so ugly, it ain’t got no alibi. Which is what makes this monitor so refreshing. Coming in at 21.5 inches, it’s a “gaming” monitor in that it’s got stuff normal people wouldn’t want/need in a display, such as…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 1, 2009 - Uncategorized
Trucking It In Rig ‘n’ Roll
If you can’t believe a developer would build an entire game around big rig trucking, check out these screens of SoftLab-NSK’s Rig ‘n’ Roll — the only big rig simulator that covers all of California. Players take the role of a young man in the year 2024 to drive ginormous trucks from one end of…
By AJ Glasser Published July 1, 2009 - Uncategorized
There Will Be A Second Uncharted 2 Demo
There’s been an Uncharted 2 multiplayer demo going on. Those who picked up a copy of inFamous, or one of the thousands of promo codes, have been enjoying it. Not among them? You soon could be. Naughty Dog have confirmed that a second Uncharted 2 multiplayer demo will be released, this time closer to the…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 1, 2009 - Uncategorized
SEGA: Not Game Over For Mature Wii Games
SEGA’s record with mature Wii titles has been so-so at best. MadWorld was not a hit. House of the Dead: Overkill wasn’t a monster seller, but did well due to a lower price point. But that doesn’t mean SEGA has given up on mature Wii titles. “You have to push boundaries and explore,” says SEGA…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 1, 2009 - Uncategorized
In South Korea, PSP Is “Very Hot”
A giant PSP plus one lady belly button equals “very hot”. In South Korea, there are three new PSP bundles: One bundle includes a region-specific TV tuner, 32MB memory stick, and a PSP. The other two? They’re Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection bundles — as game site Siliconera points out, the year-old-game is quite popular in…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 1, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Great Xbox 360 Robbery
Last Sunday, the city of Mississauga in Southern Ontario, Canada was the scene of a mass Xbox 360 theft. A truck carrying over 1,300 Xbox 360 consoles was stolen from a trailer yard at 4 AM. The total value ballparks at around US$670,000. According to police, four or five suspects in dark clothing stole a…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 1, 2009 - Uncategorized
Starcraft II’s Tech Tree In All Its Glory
In the olden days, you used to get this sort of thing as a lovely big poster, which came folded neatly inside your game’s large cardboard box. These days, you’ll have to make do with viewing your Starcraft II tech trees online. These shots come courtesy of the gentlemen at Giant Bomb. And before you…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 1, 2009 - Uncategorized
Dream C Club or Dragon Quest IX?
Gemaga magazine has polled its readers about which upcoming title they want the most. The front runners: Hostess game Dream C Club and role-playing-game Dragon Quest IX. Before we start, realize that this list is not what the ENTIRE NATION OF JAPAN wants, but rather, the readers of Gemaga — the readers who respond to…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 1, 2009 - Uncategorized
And Now There Is A Girl…
To recap: First there was a landscape and the number four. Then a dragon. After that, a boy. And now? A girl. There looks like there is enough space on the back of that dragon for at least another rider, maybe more. Check back tomorrow! It should be oh so thrilling. NEW Game [Square Enix…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 1, 2009 - Uncategorized
Xbox Game Creator Software Now Out, Available For Download
Microsoft’s “Kodu Game Lab” – often labelled the “LittleBigPlanet of the Xbox 360” – is now available for download via Xbox Live Community Games. It’s only $5, which considering that it lets you create many different types of game, is a pretty good deal. Kodu comes with some basic single and multiplayer game modes includes,…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 1, 2009