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  No Controller? No Glasses? No Problem

  The big news popping out of this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo was more about what was missing than what was there. Microsoft’s motion-controlling Kinect add-on for the Xbox 360 turns your body into the controller for video games, making you the puppet master of your own virtual avatar in a slew of video game experiences.…

  By Brian Crecente Published June 21, 2010
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  I’m (Not) Afraid of Americans

  To: Crecente From: Bashcraft Back from E3! And feeling recharged, actually. Getting to LA from Japan is a drag. It’s even more of a drag when your flight is delayed and you miss your site’s party. (I hope all your other people liked it!) But totally worth it, and I think we had a great…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 21, 2010
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  Nintendo 3DS vs. PSP vs. iPhone

  How does the upcoming Nintendo 3DS compare to the its current competitors, the Sony PSP, the iPhone 3GS? Let’s find out! The original Nintendo DS is thrown in for good measure. Via website HardCoreWare comes these assumptions on how the Nintendo 3DS stacks up: Graphics Processing Unit • Nintendo 3DS: DMP Pica 200 • Nintendo…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 21, 2010
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  Queen’s Blade Cosplayers Look Like This

  Blades-meets-boobs Queen’s Blade recreated by real live human beings in assorted outfits. Sometimes it’s the costume that sells the cosplay. Sometimes it’s the cosplayer. And sometimes it’s both. Not sure which ones these would fall under… Queen’s Blade is originally a Lost Worlds style “combat picture book game” and has been published in Japan for…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 21, 2010
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  Prince Of Persia Figure Has Plastic Face, Jakey Chest

  Intimidated by a $300 Prince of Persia statue? Try a $250 Prince of Persia action figure instead. This one even looks like Jake Gyllenhaal! While Sideshow’s premium statue looked like Clive Owen’s long-lost Persian twin, Hot Toys have got the chesty star’s look down pat, with smoky eyes and a beard so soft it makes…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 21, 2010
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  Crackdown 2 Demo Out Later Today

  Seems we’re getting a Crackdown 2 demo later today, which has accelerated levelling, 4-player co-op and even achievements.

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 21, 2010
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  Call Of Has A LOT Of Helicopters

  Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare’s most famous aerial sequence may involve an AC-130 Hercules, but as this clip shows, the real stars of the show are the game’s helicopters. All 147 of them. How do we know there are 147 helicopters? Because some guy has a blog called “Call of Helicopters“, in which every…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 21, 2010
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  Tales Studio Is Not Doing So Well

  Namco Tales Studio is the developer behind Tales of Phantasia, Tales of Eternia, Tales of Destiny and Tales of Vesperia. The studio has seen better days. A recent financial report has revealed that debt for the studio has piled up so that it has surpassed the studio’s total assets, making the developer insolvent. The Tails…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 21, 2010
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  If Atari Was Apple, And Had Done It All In 1977…

  Designer Alex Varanese had an idea: what if the technology of 2010 had been around in 1977? It’s an idea he illustrates in these pictures, showing an iPod, mobile phone, laptop and portable gaming system decked out in a very Atari-looking livery of red, orange, yellow and woodgrain. While the phone, laptop and iPod are…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 21, 2010
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  Dead Or Alive Creator Meets Lakers Fans

  Dead or Alive creator Tomonobu Itagaki was in LA last week for E3. Was he also there for game seven of the NBA Finals? Who knows. Probably not, as at the ten-second mark of this surprise, random clip he looks like he’s making a hasty exit from this joint, which has been overrun by celebrating…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 21, 2010
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  Sony Cat? Touchy-Feely

  Sony mascot Kuro is struck with girl fever World Cup Fever. As seen on Akiba Blog

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 21, 2010
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  New Xbox 360 Warns You Of Possible Doom

  The new smaller Xbox 360 will not flash the “Red Ring of Death” — the iconic symbol of catastrophic system failure. It’s new warning mark is the “red eye”. Sounds…ominous It’s not necessarily the red eye of death, though. This new 250GB unit is clearly displaying the red dot. That’s only half the story. Apparently,…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 21, 2010
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  More Batman Figures For Your Top Shelf’s Nuthouse

  Following on from DC Direct’s first line of Batman: Arkham Asylum figures, here’s a second series, this time featuring some villains that make more of a direct appearance in the game. While the inclusion of Scarface was a head-scratcher first time around, these four figures make much more sense, a new Batman joined by Zsasz,…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 21, 2010
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  Sony Boss Responds To Nintendo 3DS

  Nintendo caused quite a stir at the E3 gaming expo with its glasses-free Nintendo 3DS. In an interview with Japan’s Sankei, Sony Computer Entertainment honcho Kaz Hirai had this to say about the glasses-free 3D tech: “In in-house research, naked eye 3D for portable machines is not high and there are presently limits for it.”…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 21, 2010
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  Meet The Graphics Chip Powering The Nintendo 3DS

  Earlier today, Japanese technology firm Digital Media Professionals sent out a press release confirming that they are the providers of the graphics chip for the new Nintendo 3DS. This chip is called the PICA200, an older GPU (it’s from 2006!) that DMP says provides “high quality graphics” with “low power consumption”. Handy for a handheld,…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 21, 2010
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  Would You Like To See The Nintendo 3DS’s Cartridge?

  Nintendo isn’t only rolling out a new successor to the Nintendo DS platform, it is also rolling out something else: A successor to the Nintendo DS’s cartridge. The Nintendo 3DS cartridge sports a 2GB capacity. While piracy is a problem for the Nintendo DS, there has been speculation than the new 3DS carts will help…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 21, 2010
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  We Like Our Metal Gear Sunny Side Up, Thanks

  Reader Psudonym combines two of our favourite things: giant robots and books for kids

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 21, 2010
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  What Did You Think of E3?

  Today? Today is Friday. Time for…Wait a second. Today is not Friday. Today is Monday. Last Friday, we were busy. So time for a special edition of Tell us Dammit. This is Tell Us Dammit. Here’s how it works: We ask a question, you answer it. Simple and no strings attached! This isn’t some marketing…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 21, 2010
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  Good Thing Tomorrow’s Summer?

  To: Luke From: Owen Re: Back! Returning to Oregon I find it still hasn’t moved much past April here. Still wet and cold; I can count on one hand the number of days the high has been over 70 degrees. This is the coldest June I’ve ever experienced, and I’ve lived in upstate New York.…

  By Owen Good Published June 20, 2010
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  Who Wants to See Booth Babes Dancing to Lady Gaga?

  Excuse me, “Who wants to see costumed reps testing Dance Central for Kinect? On the last day of E3, one of Rift’s attendants joined two from End of Nations – and two dudes – for a dance off. We’ve called Dance Central both “Kinect’s best game” and, possibly, “the most important game of E3,” but…

  By Owen Good Published June 20, 2010