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  Guest Op/Ed: The Impact of Homophobia in Virtual Communities

  A few weeks ago there was a group established on Facebook called “I hate gays” which openly advocated killing gay people. When the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) sent a report through Facebook’s built in reporting system and then urged its Facebook and Twitter followers to do the same, the user was suspended,…

  justin j. cole Published July 10, 2009
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  Plants VS Zombies Pollinating Other Platforms

  One of the strangest tower defense variations around is spreading its seed, as PopCap Games reveals plans to spread the Plants VS Zombies PC love to other platforms. In an interview with Kombo, PopCap’s senior director of public relations Garth Chouteau talks about migrating the company’s more popular games to other platforms, and PC title…

  By Mike Fahey Published July 10, 2009
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  Star Wars: The Old Republic Script More Than 40 Novels Long

  In a blog post on the Star Wars: The Old Republic website, director of audio and localization Shauna Perry talks about the challenge of recording voice overs for every character in a massively-multiplayer universe. When they first announced that The Old Republic would be fully-voiced during E3 2009, those of us involved in the more…

  By Mike Fahey Published July 10, 2009
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  Forza 3 Will Deliver Nearly Limitless Online Multiplayer Variety

  More than anything, Forza Motorsport 3’s greatest challenge is perhaps its greatest strength. As racing franchises continue down a diminishing road of more, with detailed engine tuning, real world physics, realistic damage modeling and road wear, they often leave all but the most devoted fans of their games and autophiles in the dust. But not…

  By Brian Crecente Published July 10, 2009
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  Japanese LittleBigPlanet Site Ain’t Afraid Of Posting Ghostbusters DLC

  The Japanese LittleBigPlanet website beats North America to the punch, revealing downloadable Ghostbusters costumes of Slimer, all four Ghostbusters, and the Littlest Stay Puft Marshmallow Man. Media Molecule and Sony have been teasing the Ghostbusters downloadable content for LittleBigPlanet for a good week now. While we’re still waiting for the big reveal as of this…

  By Mike Fahey Published July 10, 2009
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  Are These Cat Lips On DC Universe’s Comic-Con Poster?

  Match the lips to the character in this teaser image from the San Diego Comic-Con exclusive poster for DC Universe Online. This teaser image popped up on the DC Universe Online MySpace page yesterday, along with a bit of overly-obvious teaser text: “I just saw the poster that we’re giving out at San Diego Comic-Con…

  By Mike Fahey Published July 10, 2009
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  Dante’s Inferno Lust Level Could Have Been Packed With Sex

  Dante’s Inferno is a complex undertakling. While the source material and it’s use in a game still doesn’t sit well with me, the setting is rich, deep and, if you trust this video, being fully explored. Now about those Doggy-Style enemy creatures.

  By Brian Crecente Published July 10, 2009
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  Hudson Soft Dials Up The Horror With Calling

  Hudson Soft takes a stab at the horror genre with Calling for the Nintendo Wii, which transforms your Wii remote into a cell phone with direct dial service to the damned. The Calling plays on classic Japanese horror films like Ringu, with a mysterious website called the Page of Black. A simple black page with…

  By Mike Fahey Published July 10, 2009
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  Starfy Parties In Rockefeller Plaza

  Nintendo celebrates the release of the first Starfy title in the United States this weekend, inviting children of all ages to the Nintendo World Store in New York City for hot face painting action. The Legendary Starfy for the Nintendo DS might have been released in North America early last month, but it’s never too…

  By Mike Fahey Published July 10, 2009
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  [UPDATE] Eidos Once Again Attempting To Mess With Review Scores?

  Longtime silent champion/nitpicker of the British gaming press, The RAM Raider, has a post on their blog highlighting Eidos’ latest alleged public relations faux pas, this time involving review scores and cover placement for the upcoming Batman: Arkham Asylum. Yes, this is the same Eidos behind the Kane & Lynch fiasco with GameSpot. Behind voting…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 10, 2009
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  A Dictionary Of Bad Video Game Names

  In an industry driven by creativity there sure are a lot of very similar titles for video games out there. Game Daily points out 20 words that show up way too often attached to the name of a game. The list includes everything from the innocuous (age, legend) to adjectives (darkness, eternal) to a simple…

  By Brian Crecente Published July 10, 2009
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves (New Comments Edition)

  No witticism today. But please read this important update about our new comments system and how it will affect TAY. We’re still working out the kinks of the new comments system (we know there are bugs, bear with us). But here are the key ways that I believe TAY conversation will be affected: -The new…

  By Stephen Totilo Published July 10, 2009
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  Mrs. Bashcraft Helps Out, Lands In French

  To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: A Gold Star For the French version of Arcade Mania, we had to switch out a couple of the purikura (sticker pics) photos. So in their place, we needed pictures of girls posing in print club photos, and we needed them pronto. Mrs. Bashcraft (above) graciously agreed to stand-in and…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 10, 2009
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  LittleBigPlanet Getting Re-Release, Bundled With DLC

  LittleBigPlanet came out last year, and while it was fun, didn’t immediately sell as many units as its advertising and profile would have suggested. But that’s OK. Because it’s a slow burner. As witnessed by its impending 2009 re-release. The LittleBigPlanet “Game of the Year” edition will see the original game packaged alongside “much” of…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 10, 2009
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  Game & Watch Titles Coming To DSi Ware

  Game & Watch, the handheld games created by Game Boy creator Gunpei Yokoi, are coming to Japanese DSi Ware. The series was recently released as a Club Nintendo DS cartridge dubbed Game & Watch Collection. Each game is priced at 200 Points. Titles and Japan release dates as follows: • Ball July 15 • Flagman…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 10, 2009
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  PAL PlayStation Store Update: Tobin’s Spirit Guide, 1943 Edition

  Some good stuff on offer for Europeans and Australasians this weekend, with both Battlefield 1943 and a Ghostbusters demo sure to keep your mind off England’s impending Ashes defeat. If busting ghosts or tropical bloodbaths aren’t your thing, you could always try some of DLC available this week, which includes add-ons for Skate 2, MotorStorm…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 10, 2009
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  Want To Try Out Taito’s First Person Arcade Shooter?

  Cyber Diver is described as an “original” take on the FPS genre with 5-on-5 networked play and a new game system that displays in-game battle damage. From July 17 to July 20, the arcade game is getting a location test at a trio of locations: G-Port Las Vegas, Taito Station Akihabara and Taito Station Machida.…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 10, 2009
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  Loads Of New Square Enix Toys

  Square Enix don’t just make games. They make action figures, too. Sometimes for their own games, sometimes for other people’s games. These new figures are a bit of both. Part of the company’s August toy catalogue, we can see a range of new stuff, from new Final Fantasy “Creatures” mini-statues to new Trading Arts mini-figures…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 10, 2009
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  Dragon Quest IX Already Being Hacked

  Tomorrow in Japan, Dragon Quest IX is going on sale. But there is already at least one player who has conquered the game — by cheating. This character is a Level 99 with max HP and MP, and it has 9999999 Experience and 9999999 G, making it way more impressive than Koichi Sugiyama‘s Level 97…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 10, 2009
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  Is This A Netbook Or A Nintendo Entertainment System?

  It’s a netbook. Well, a netbook inside a netbook cover. The NES was great, but never that cuddly. This compact case is made to keep your small-scale laptop safe and secure, but as adorable as it is, we’re getting slightly sick of all the love for the NES pad. What’s wrong with a Master System…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 10, 2009