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UncategorizedL4D Mod Puts More Survival Into Horror
Someone’s put together a Left 4 Dead mod that aims for more realistic gameplay but definitely ratchets up the difficulty. It does pack a nifty laser sight however. A modder by the handle Doku found the original a little too arcadey and set to putting the survival back into survival horror. Among the fun he…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Nuka Cola Recipe Omits Rads
Unless you’ve got some Polonium-210 in your spice rack, this homebrew brew of Fallout 3’s sody-pop lacks the oomph of the real thing. Judging by the ingrediments, It also lacks any kind of appealing flavor. Here’s the secret formula for standard Nuka, written up by forum poster aznz888 on Facepunch. 1/3rds Cream Soda 1/3rds Coca-Cola…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Korean Dev Goes all Nazi to Promo MMO
A bunch of half-nekkid Korean dudes got their sieg heil on in chilly downtown Seoul to promote Karma II, an MMOFPS (we’re doing that abbreviation now? OK). Cue shocked and outraged onlookers? Eh, not really. Instead, once they saw the shirtless fascists (say that five times fast) and the Karma II banner, many ran up…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Spore Honcho: We Toats Pwn LBP for User Content
It was recently suggested to Maxis producer Morgan Roarty that LittleBigPlanet has horned in, maybe even stolen the user-created content crown away from Spore. Pish-tosh, said Roarty. “They don’t have anything near our numbers of things created,” Roarty told CVG. He said about 250,000 creatures, buildings and vehicles are created every day by Spore’s install…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Oklahoma Considers Tax Break for Devs, Excluding M-Rated Games of Course
Oklahoma’s no friend to M-rated games. But, still smarting from the defeat of an unconstitutional anti-games law back in 2006, some legislators still want the state’s contempt for mature games known. Through tax breaks. GamePolitics reports that a proposal before the Oklahoma legislature would offer tax breaks to developers of video games, but only if…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Kotaku Originals: Bidness
The ceaseless tide of terrible news in the economy continues to dominate the storyline for this week’s originals. EA axed Black Box, of course, but not before they made them patch Need for Speed: Underground Undercover. Is there an end in sight? Who knows. The whole country’s either completely given up or determined that it…
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Onechanbara – Easy On the Eyes, Not On The Wallet
Half the appeal of the Onechanbara hack-‘n’-slash games on PS2 was the price. With that gone, all you’ve got is the other half – the one with the boobs. Onechanbara: Bikini Zombie Slayers for the Wii retails for $29.99 while Onechanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad will set you back $39.99. The Wii game is supposedly a…
By AJ Glasser - Uncategorized
AJ on X-Play – Yes, I’m a Girl, You Can Stop Speculating
A couple of weeks back, I climbed on a soapbox about the media frenzy surrounding video games in connection with real life violence or tragedy. This week, I got to go on X-Play’s Head-to-Head segment for a repeat performance with considerably less bearing* and more boob. Enjoy! Head-to-Head: Videogames in the Mainstream Media *When you…
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