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  Ah, The Delicious Taste Of Tentacle Rape

  When the folks at Mnemosyne aren’t busy running MMORPG Rubies Of Eventide, the busy themselves with other pursuits, such as developing the world’s first beverage with the great taste of anime tentacle rape. Tentacle Grape is a caffienated grape soda that Mnemosyne is targeting at gamers, cosplayers, and comic book fans. It is also perhaps…

  By Mike Fahey Published December 30, 2008
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  Home Could Remain in Beta Indefinitely

  Jack Buser, director of Home, was kind enough to join us for this podcast. He let Fahey, Adam and I drop in to his surprisingly stark virtual home on the Playstation 3 were he talked about the future of the free virtual world and surprised all of us by saying there’s a good chance it…

  By Brian Crecente Published December 30, 2008
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  What Are Your New Year’s Plans?

  To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Here Comes The New Year Tomorrow is the New Year’s Eve in Japan. We’re gonna eat soba, which symbolize longevity, and I’ll probably polish off some sake, which symbolizes a good time. Mmmmm, sake. Later in the week, we’re gonna go to shrines and pray and toss money at the…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published December 30, 2008
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  Guitar Hero’s European Vacation

  Guitar Hero Tour has, this week, gotten a little more exotic. On offer today are three tracks from bands that aren’t American, aren’t British, aren’t Canadian, aren’t even Australian. Instead, they’re three tracks from three bands from continental Europe. Spain’s Fito & Fitipaldis bring us “Por la boca vive el pez”, Holland’s Di-rect bring us…

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 30, 2008
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  BioShock PS3 Japanese Ad Slightly Frightens US

  Yes, BioShock, been there done that — even on the PS3. But the game is just hitting Japan this month. Here is the game’s official ad. Not sure if it’s just me, but it is actually kinda freaky. Is it just me?

  By Brian Ashcraft Published December 30, 2008
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  IBM: World of Warcraft Is Good

  It’s a seesaw. Somedays playing World of Warcraft is good, good, good. Somedays it’s bad, bad, bad. What about today? Today, David Laux, global executive in charge of games and interactive entertainment at IBM, tells us that WoW makes good human beings. This is in the wake of job recruiters avoiding WoW players. Here are…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published December 30, 2008
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  Get Your Own Customized Japanese Arcade Chocolates

  Anyone who has been to a Japanese arcade has seen sticker booths. Popular with young girls, sticker pictures these days can be downloaded straight to cell phones. That, and put on chocolate wrappers. Yum. Japanese chocolate maker Tirol has been offering its DecoChoco service since earlier this year. Users take pictures of themselves, upload them…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published December 30, 2008
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  British Sales Charts

  These British sales charts are for the week ending December 27. Or, as it’s more commonly known, the “oh my Lord I’ve got last-minute Christmas shopping to do” week. Which explains why Mario Kart Wii sits atop the charts. And why Wii Play is right behind it. And why, when we thought it had breathed…

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 30, 2008
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  You Can Stop iDOLM@STER Adult Videos But Not Macross?

  Rui Saotome, the actress who blogged about her difficulties dancing in the now cancelled iDOLM@STER porn parody, is back. She now blogging about yet another adult film parody. Dancing, too. This time, Ms. Saotome is appearing as green-haired Ranka in a Macross Frontier send-up. She blogs: Today, TMA filmed the Ranka from XXcross cosplay. I…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published December 30, 2008
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  Video Game Addict Is A Real, Sad Case

  Straight from the TV show of the same name, this intervention is from an episode earlier this year February 2005. And is sad, sad viewing. Oh, except for the Shinobi part. That part, totally understandable. [via NeoGAF]

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 30, 2008
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  Game Promotion Done Right… Until The Cops Show Up

  Wanna know how to promote your game? With a bus. A giant bus. A giant bus with images of your game plastered all over it. And not just any bus, a Mercedes bus. A Mercedes bus with TV monitors looping your game’s trailer over and over and over again. Upcoming Xbox 360 title Chaos;Head Noah…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published December 30, 2008
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  Punch-Out Hoodie Borders On Punch-Out Cosplay

  I’ve been a little down on King of Games lately. Not enough new shirts, not enough good shirts. But this Punch-Out hoodie may well be a return to form for the team. Not necessarily for the print itself, but because it captures the spirit of the game. You get a cityscape, boxing gloves and game…

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 30, 2008
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  Four Titles Most Likely To Make You Throw Your Controller

  It’s that time of the year. Time for lists. Website Bits, Bytes, Pixels & Sprites has a list of this year’s most frustrating titles. They are: HOME: “Having to wait for an arcade game to be unoccupied in order to play it was the final straw, and I quickly logged out before winging my controller…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published December 30, 2008
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  Hollywood Composers Finding Work (And Money) In Games

  Once was a day that if you were in the movies, games were something to be shunned, not sought out. And hey, for many actors, that’s still the case. But for composers, no. The Seattle Times have a great piece up on how many Hollywood and TV composers are now flexing their creative muscles in…

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 30, 2008
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  Gackt, Your New Favorite Pachislot PS3 Game Sound Producer

  Japanese musician Gackt in video games? Nothing new. Japanese musician Gackt making game music? New. For PS3 pachislot title Bounty Killer, out this past fall in Japan, Gackt did just that. The former Malice Mizer singer lent his likeness and music to the pachislot title. Check out the Bounty Killer tune called “Justified.” You can…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published December 30, 2008
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  This Is How Crayon Physics Works On The iPhone

  Wondering how physics puzzler Crayon Physics was going to fare once it made the jump to the iPhone? Please. Don’t wonder. Look.

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 30, 2008
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  Konami’s PSP Shounen Fighter

  Battle of the manga titans! Konami has announced a 3D PSP “action” fighting title featuring characters from Kodansha’s Shounen Magazine and Shogakukan’s Weekly Shounen Sunday. Both manga magazines were founded in 1959 and released a combined anniversary issue together — a PSP mash-up does not seem out of the blue. Here’s who is currently announced…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published December 30, 2008
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  Here’s Your King Of Fighters XII Roster

  Street Fighter IV’s able to whip up an internet shitstorm every time it announces one character. King of Fighters XII, meanwhile, likes to be a little more subtle, announcing its full, seemingly final roster quietly. Those residing on the pointiest end of the KoF fanbase may already have pieced together most of this from trailers…

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 30, 2008
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  The Gaming Laptop Of A Wealthy, Wasteful Future

  Gaming on a laptop? It’s hardly ideal. But that’s going off the hardware limitations of 2008! By the distant future, who knows what gaming on a laptop will be like. Might even be like this. Kyle Cherry is the man behind this gaming laptop concept, and we like it because it just does not fuck…

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 30, 2008
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  PS3 Production Costs Have Dropped By 35 Percent

  Do something long enough and you get better at it. Manufacture something long enough, and it gets cheaper. No surprise that Sony has cut the PS3’s component cost by 35 percent. According to research firm iSuppli, the first generation PS3 cost a hefty US$690.23, based on mid-2007 component prices. What about late 2008? Based on…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published December 30, 2008