10 Awesome Uses Of The Konami Code
Today is the 31st birthday of the Konami Code. The memorable cheat first appeared in 1986's Gradius and has been a…
The First Five Minutes Of Thirty Years Of Gradius
Three decades ago, back when Konami released video games, Japanese arcade goers were graced with one outstanding space…
Happy Birthday, Konami Code
This week in 1986, the release of Gradius ushered in the era of the Konami Code, a series of button presses that would…
This Guy Doesn't Need Paper to Draw Cute Characters. Sand Will Do.
Manga creator Mine Yoshizaki, best known for Sgt. Frog, recently went to the shore, where he left a sand drawing for…
What the Original Star Fox, Mega Man, Mother and Gradius' Intros Would Look Like in HD
YouTube user rickonami has done a wonderful thing. He's remade the intro to Star Fox on the SNES, only now it's in…
Why's the Konami Code So Damn Easy To Remember?
If you grew up in the 1980s and played video games, you know the Konami Code. It's very easy to remember. Kazuhisa…
Vic Viper, You are Cleared for Take-Off
So, blogger RoboRay bought himself a model kit of a Vic Viper fighter from classic shooter series Gradius. Upon…
The Official LEGO Inspired By Gradius
A new, official LEGO set called "Earth Defense HQ" may look at first glance to be just another space-based LEGO set.…
Girly Shoot 'Em Up Otomedius Excellent Still Cute, Still Coming This Year
The side-scrolling shmup that's part Gradius, part anime fetish fulfillment, Otomedius Excellent, is coming to the Xbox…
This Game Cancellation Shoots Up My Heart's Core
Back in 2005, Tokyo-based game maker Konami revealed it was working on a handful of titles for the then unreleased…
Scribblenauts Has Changed
Scribblenauts is now out in Japan, and to make up for the delay, some extra characters have been added to the game.…
See The 193 LEGO Vic Vipers Of 'Nnovvember'
The star of Konami's classic side-scrolling shoot 'em up Gradius has been remixed, re-imagined and rebuilt hundreds of…
Otomedius Excellent Not Excellent Enough For 2010
Konami's cute-'em-up Otomedius (think Gradius meets boobs) was supposed to be this year in The Land of the Rising Sun. …
Hands-On With The Girl Ships Of Otomedius Excellent
Konami offered a single level's worth of its next great titillating side-scrolling shoot 'em up, Otomedius Excellent,…
Otomedius Excellent Combines Xbox 360, Gradius & Boobs
Konami's cute-em-up shooter with ample chests is coming to the Xbox 360 and it's coming to North America, the publisher…
LEGO Fanatics Plan Massive Modern Warfare, Vic Viper Gatherings
This year's gathering of some of the world's biggest LEGO fans—they call themselves Adult Fans of LEGO—at Brickworld…
Taking Issue With The Ten Most Important Video Game List
In 1998, Stanford University's Henry Lowood began preserving video games and video game artifacts. Lowood, along with…
Sony & Konami Both File "Arc" Trademarks, New Gradius Coming?
A new trademark from PlayStation 3 maker Sony lends more credibility to the rumor that its forthcoming motion…
November Is LEGO Vic Viper Month
November now has a theme we can all get behind, with a Flickr group kicking off Novvember, a month-long event aimed at…
Another Pretty Vic Viper For The Space Fleet
You can never be too thin, too rich or have too many Vic Viper spaceships from the Gradius series. That's why it's so…