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CultureTotal Recall
The Evolution of the PlayStation Control Pad
It’s perhaps the most iconic design in the world of game controllers, and definitely the longest-serving. Today in Total Recall, we look back at over 15 years of PlayStation control pads. The primary PlayStation controller’s basic appearance has survived with only minor changes since it accompanied the first console to the marketplace all the way…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 28, 2011 -
Let the Countdown to the Uncharted 3 Multiplayer Beta Begin!
Naughty Dog co-president Evan Wells wants gamers ready around 2 p.m. PDT tomorrow to download Uncharted 3‘s multiplayer beta. This release is only for certain people. The rest of us have to wait until July 4. [via Twitter]
By Sam Winstrom Published June 27, 2011 -
What’s Wrong With Kids These Days?
Back in my day things were different! If I wanted to play a video game I had to use one joystick to move and aim! In the snow! Come to think of it, it wasn’t that bad at all. Acast010 thinks that this generation is a lot worse—not the games though. He says the gamers…
By Sam Winstrom Published June 27, 2011 -
PS3’s New Flavor is Lighter, Less Power-Thirsty
Andriasang says a new PS3 configuration is coming, but don’t get your hopes too far up. The changes concern its power draw, weight, and the removal of LED lights. The hard drive for the CECH-3000B model still is 320GB, according to a retail source Andriasang quoted. The console cuts power consumption to 200W from 230W…
By Owen Good Published June 19, 2011 -
For $35,000, You Can Make Your Own PS1 Games
Website PlayStation Museum has a complete PS1 development kit, including everything you need to make a game, from coding it to burning master discs. And now it can all be yours. The site is selling this obscure and yet amazing collection of hardware, which includes dozens of pieces of equipment as well as software and…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 16, 2011 -
Guy Goes From Gran Turismo to Le Mans
In 2009, we told you about Spaniard Lucas Ordoñez, who won a Gran Turismo competition that gave him a shot at racing a real car. Fast forward to 2011 and the guy just made the podium at Le Mans, one of the world’s most gruelling and prestigious car races. Ordoñez, who only a few years…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 15, 2011 -
Spanish Police: Three Arrested in PSN Hack Attacks
Spanish police this morning say they have arrested three involved in the hacking of Sony’s Playstation Network, which lead to Sony shutting down the Playstation 3’s network for a month, locking nearly 80 million gamers out of playing online. All three were freed without bail pending formal charges. The New York Times reports that they…
By Brian Crecente Published June 10, 2011 -
Terrifying TriMount Connects All Your Game Console Sensors, Might Just Kill You
For anyone who owns all three of this generation’s gaming consoles, it can be a bitch setting up their respective sensor peripherals. Not anymore, as the dreamGEAR TriMount combines all three. Only it looks like a very angry Wall-E. This behemoth rigs the Xbox 360 Kinect, Playstation Eye, and Wii Sensor Bar together to form…
By Kwame Opam Published June 8, 2011 -
Nintendo Home Consoles *Finally* Getting a Tekken Game
Tekken: Wii Successor, a temporary title, is the first Tekken title to come to a Nintendo home console. Tekken is traditionally a PlayStation series, but has also come to the Xbox 360. It’s also the first Tekken with face painting
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 8, 2011 -
The PlayStation TV: A 3DTV That Shows Different Images to Two Players
Whoa! A PlayStation TV. It’s a $500 24-inch 3D TV that Sony’s promising delivers “best in class” entertainment for way more people than are able to currently afford 3D. It looks like a giant PSP, sorta. Update: Hands on. It’s, well, nice. Set up in the fake, entirely-too-clean dorm room Sony had on hand, the…
By Matt buchanan Published June 7, 2011 -
Welcome to Sunny Los Angeles
Awesome shots courtesy of Isaac Viel.
By Drew Cohen Published June 7, 2011 -
Dungeons & Dragons: Daggerdale: Hacking, Slashing, Looting and Leveling
Dungeons & Dragons: Daggerdale, released this week, provides a fun (if somewhat predictable) dose of RPG action based on D&D 4th edition rules. Team up with friends to save the Dalelands from the Zhentarim threat, and see how many times you laugh out loud at the stilted dialogue. Daggerdale is a straightforward hack and slash…
By Ed Grabianowski Published May 27, 2011 -
One Year Later, Did Sony Keep Their E3 2010 Promises?
E3 is a den of promises. Promises sell products. And according to the cynics of the world, promises are meant to be broken. Yesterday, we took a look at the promises that Microsoft made at last year’s E3. Today, we scrutinize Sony. Did their PS3 and PSP-related promises bear out, or were we left feeling…
By Drew Cohen Published May 25, 2011 -
Minecraft Mobile Getting E3 Outing?
What’s that I spy in this email from Sony Ericsson? Could it be Minecraft? Packed with imagery and references to Minecraft, it seems a safe bet to assume that the Sony Ericsson E3 party for their Xperia Play phone has got to be, at least in part, about the popular indie computer game. The party…
By Brian Crecente Published May 24, 2011 -
Sony Thinks Your PSN Pain and Suffering is Worth Up to $104
Sony is sorry it got hacked and that you’ve been locked-out of the Playstation Network for over three weeks. Now it would like to buy your forgiveness. Exactly how much the company is willing to part with depends largely upon what kind PSN-user you were previous to the outage, and which of the two Sony…
By Drew Cohen Published May 16, 2011 -
PlayStation Network Back Online in North America
Shortly past midnight, U.S. Pacific Time, Sony announced that PlayStation Network service had been restored in Canada, all 50 U.S. states and Puerto Rico. PSN, down for 22 days following a massive cyberattack on April 19, continues to be restored in stages in Europe and in other regions. Upon logging back in, PSN account holders…
By Owen Good Published May 15, 2011 -
Sony Working To Get PS3 Back Online “As Soon As Possible” But No New Deadline Set
The deadline Sony set for itself to start restoring service to their online gaming and music networks passed over the weekend with no update and no success. Today Sony officials told Kotaku that there is no new estimate for when they plan to start putting the service back online. “We’re working hard, doing everything we…
By Brian Crecente Published May 9, 2011 -
Gee, Kevin Butler’s Been Awful Quiet Lately
Kevin Butler, the voluble, if fake, PlayStation executive, has nearly 84,000 Twitter followers. His approval rating, if it was measured, would assuredly be sky-high among hardcore gamers. And he has been dead silent since the beginning of the PlayStation Network Outage, now in its third week with no signs of ending. Check his feed: April…
By Owen Good Published May 7, 2011