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Uwe Boll Wins Big At Weekend Movie Awards
The Oscars? Hah! Anyone can win an Oscar. And the show itself, gah, it’s so boring. The Razzies, though, a night honouring the worst in Hollywood, well, now we’re talking. The 29th Annual Golden Raspberry Awards were held over the weekend, and as expected, Mike Myers and his cinematic abominaton The Love Guru won big.…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
12-Years-Old-And-Up Rated PS3 Tentacle Game Getting Anime
PS3 role-playing-game Tears to Tiara — which features rope play, suggestive udder spray and touching tentacles [links NSFW] — is getting an inevitable anime version. Premiering in Japan on April 2, the anime is being produced by WHITE FOX animation studio and directed by Tomoki Kobayashi (Ichigo 100%). Doko Machida (Lucky Star, Ramen Fighter Miki)…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
First Mass Effect 2 Artwork
EA and BioWare released on Friday the first teaser trailer for Mass Effect 2. It was our first (brief) look at the game. These bits of artwork are our second. They’re not screenshots, mind, just pieces of concept art. But for those left wanting for a little appertiser to go along with Friday’s main course,…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Xbox LIVE Gold Members Getting Weekly Deals
Microsoft is bringing discounts to Xbox LIVE. Starting today, Xbox LIVE Gold members get discounts that range from 25 percent to 50 percent on Arcade titles, DLC, Xbox Originals and other LIVE content. This week’s deal is Braid, now available at a 33 percent discount for 800 Microsoft Points. This deal will only last one…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Street Fighter IV: 2 Million Shipped
Mostly-impressive press release from Capcom Japan just arrived. Street Fighter IV is out, and they’re excited to let us know that they’ve shipped two million copies of the game. That doesn’t mean two million copies have been sold through to a customer, it just means two million copies have been shipped from Capcom’s warehouses. Though…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Xbox 360 Port of DoDonPachi Dai Ou Jou Buggy, Developer Apologizes
Xbox 360 port of maniac shooter DoDonPachi Dai Ou Jou Black EXTRA was originally slated for Christmas Day, but was delayed until February 19. Now that the game’s out, it’s reportedly plagued with bugs. Japanese developer 5pb, who did the port, issued a statement on the DoDonPachi Dai Ou Jou Black EXTRA Xbox 360 webpage.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Watch Kill Bill Actress Sell Xbox 360 Resident Evil 5
Japanese actress Chiaki Kuriyama, who played Kill Bill‘s Gogo Yubari and who will play Ling Xiaoyu in the Tekken movie, appears in the Xbox 360 Resident Evil 5 TV spots. This ad features button-mashing and focuses on co-operative play, and Kuriyama appears with actor Yoichi Nukumizu. The commercial is short — much like this post!
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Sometimes Nothin’ Can Be a Real Cool Hand
To: Luke From: Owen Re: Kotaku Signs Syndication Deal The Oscars are tonight of course, and one of my favorite parts about this show – inveterate sentimentalist that I am – is the montage of all the great artists, directors and contributors who passed away in the preceding year. They always pull the most iconic…
By Owen Good Published February 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
Week in Games: In the Killzone
This week is Killzone 2’s world, everyone else is just temporarily occupying it. The highly anticipated and acclaimed PS3 exclusive releases Friday, although, naturally, we’re hearing of some retailers breaking street date already. For those without the PS3, 50 Cent goes hunting for his bling-encrusted skull in Blood on the Sand; Endwar arrives on the…
By Owen Good Published February 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
Stock Photos Capture Gaming at its Most Fail
Everyone loathes posed photos where neither the models nor the photographer know what the fuck they are doing. Yet they’ve glutted stock photo sites, which charge ridiculous amounts for them. The -Minus World did a brilliant rundown of 30 among the worst, capturing “gamers” in various states of rigor mortis and/or douchebaggery. They’re using wrong…
By Owen Good Published February 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
Microsoft Overpaid Some Layoff Severances, Asks for It Back
“An inadvertent administrative error” meant that some of the 1,400 Microsoft laid off recently received overpayments in their severance packages. The company’s asked for the money back, making this a hat trick of HR Kops komedy. “We ask that you repay the overpayment and sincerely apologize for any inconvenience to you,” says the letter, which…
By Owen Good Published February 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
More Madworld Gameplay Mayhem
The sick minds of Madworld released three more gameplay trailers this weekend. Commodes, jet engines and bus stop signs are some of the improvised weaponry in the first, covering the game’s subway levels. They are not holding back with the language, too. Unlike the last trailer I posted, it comes in much more clearly, and…
By Owen Good Published February 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
A Conversation With the Portal Gun Maker
Everyone remembers the ultrafantabulous do-want Portal Gun prop we showed you back in January. This weekend its creator, Harrison Krix, revealed future summa-cum-badass prop projects he’s working on. Among them: • Life-sized Big Daddy from BioShock. “I realize this has been done before, but I think I can bring it to life in a more…
By Owen Good Published February 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
Mystery Rocker is in Fact King Diamond
Probably not much of a surprise, but inspection of the Guitar Hero: Metallica trophies list reveals one for “Rock Out as King Diamond,” meaning he’s a playable character in the game. Gene Simmons is thrilled. Lars Umlaut is readying his own C&D letter. Guitar Hero: Metallica is out March 29 in the U.S., May 5…
By Owen Good Published February 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
Sunday Timewaster: Shopping Cart Hero
Unlockables give this jump-physics Flash game some pretty strong replay value. I spent at least 30 minutes tricking out my cart and practicing midair handstands. The object, bobsled your shopping cart down a hill and then up a ramp, collecting dollars for the distance, height and difficulty of your jump. Use them to buy upgrades…
By Owen Good Published February 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
Parent Asks Son to Play COD According to Geneva Conventions
Although it’s some versions are rated T, Call of Duty had some troubling aspects for a father of a 13-year-old who wanted to play it. So they came to an agreement. On Boing Boing, a writer named Hugh Spencer mentions his son Evan’s enthusiasm for Call of Duty, but also that his kid knows there…
By Owen Good Published February 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
Create Your Own Achievements in L4D
Achievement whores rejoice! Some francophone Left 4 Dead enthusiasts have created an achievement generator. This one offers three different achievement statuses, all the L4D achievement icons, or the capability to upload your own. The generator produces two codes, one a standard URL, the other an embed code for all your too-cool-for-school forum posts. So, get…
By Owen Good Published February 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
Nintendo Explains What the “i” in “DSi” Means
There is no “i” in team. There is one in your new Nintendo handheld. (There’s two in “Wii”, but I digress.) GoNintendo asked Ninty straight up what’s with the I, and got an answer. Nintendo insists it’s not-follow-the-leader of Apple branding “i” on any must-haveable small gadget that exudes 2.0 coolness. Rather: • The “i”…
By Owen Good Published February 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
Win Your GameStop Manager this Jersey
Anonymous tipster sends this – the incentive prize 100 GameStop managers can win, based on breaking launch night sales quotas for Resident Evil 5. Those who don’t make quota have to wear Sheva’s cheerleader skirt. OK, kidding. But maybe if you band together with your pals and buy up RE5 at launch, you can win…
By Owen Good Published February 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
100 (Bullet)proof Whiskey
Thinking about the impending launch of the undoubtedly hilarious 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand takes me back to 2006, when I threw a party to play Bulletproof and invent an equally laughable mixed drink. This was in my corporate days (I forget exactly the name of my company, I think it rhymed with ……
By Owen Good Published February 21, 2009