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No More Heroes Creator Wants To Turn This Into A Nintendo 3DS Game
Goichi “Suda 51” Suda, the man behind oddball games like Killer 7, No More Heroes and Contact, has ideas already a-brewin’ for Nintendo’s next platform, the Nintendo 3DS. His idea? Force training. “I hope for the realization of a training remote like Luke Skywalker used for force training in Star Wars Episode IV: A New…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 19, 2010 -
Empire Strikes Back, The 1950 Production
Quick refresher: The Empire Strikes Back, like me, was released in 1980. Explains the haircuts. And the whole “Luke” thing. If it had been released in 1950, however, it would have looked a little different. Believe it or not, aside from the on-screen graphics this footage is all from real movies, including instalments from the…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 19, 2010 -
Rebel Scum It Up With New Star Wars Xbox 360 Avatar Gear
Show your Rebel pride, your Imperial allegiance or your carefree bounty hunter love with new The Empire Strikes Back-themed Avatar gear, adorable enough to force almost any Star Wars fan to drop Microsoft Points on virtual clothing. To celebrate the 30th anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back, LucasArts is exploring new money making opportunities in…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 18, 2010 -
The Star Wars of The New Generation Is…
Well, according to Gears of War designer Cliff Bleszinski, it is… Sci-fi role-playing franchise Mass Effect. Here’s the quote — from an interview with website Gamasutra: The thing that was cool was that Mass Effect is kind of an RPG for me, with the cover-based shooting. I think there’s a reason why it’s been successful.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 14, 2010 -
Star Wars, In Two Minutes, With LEGO
So yesterday was “Star Wars Day”? Well that’s stupid. Every day should be Star Wars day. To punish you for your shoe-horning, you must now watch this clip, which tells the original trilogy’s story in 2 minutes. With LEGO. I wish the LEGO Star Wars game had been this canonical and to the point. And…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 5, 2010 -
George Lucas Said No To A Wookiee Superhero Game
The story propelling Lucasart’s Force Unleashed is one of apprenticeship, Imperial cleavage, good and evil. It could have been about a Wookiee superhero, which would have been awesome, but no, George Lucas nixed that idea. In the latest issue of GamePro, developers Haden Blackman and Julio Torres remember the heady days of 2005, when the…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 5, 2010 -
Spider-Man, Jedi Thwart Real-Life Comic Book Villain [Update]
During the Free Comic Book Day festivities last week, one man in Adelaide, Australia attempted to make off with a pricey old X-Men book. Lucky Spider-Man was on the scene! Adelaide Comic Centre was the scene of this superhero showdown, when on the weekend owner Michael Baulderstone noticed a suspicious looking character at the back…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 4, 2010 -
Star Wars: Attack Of The Pokémon
Kids love Star Wars. Kids love Pokémon. Shall we throw them together and see what happens? Yes, let’s. tranive has done just that, taking ten famous Pokémon and combining them with ten famous Star Wars characters to create the crossover nobody ever asked for, but now it’s come into this world, we surely cannot be…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 21, 2010 -
2010: The Year of Empire Strikes Back Nostalgia
I’ve finally caught on. The Hoth-themed recruiting booth at Game Developers Conference last month was a clue. The e-mail about rare movie set photos seals it. It’s the 30th anniversary of the Empire Strikes Back this year. Nostalgia time. Well, not nostalgia time here. Not yet. The movie premiered in the U.S. on May 21,…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 16, 2010 -
Reviews
Star Wars Cantina Micro-review: Serve Greedo First
Not since Bea Arthur’s spin as Ackmena the bartender in the Star Wars Holiday Special have we been as thrilled to revisit a classic Tatooine bar as we have in Star Wars Cantina for the iPhone. Star Wars Cantina puts you in the shoes and Dewback-sized beehive hairdo of Nia Adea, a drink-slinger at the…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 15, 2010 -
Darth Vader Contemplates One More Round Of Advance Wars
As seen on 20×200
By Luke Plunkett Published April 15, 2010 -
The 90-Minute Review Of Star Wars: Attack Of The Clones [Update]
Forget watching a movie; the best 90 minutes of video you’ll see tonight is this epic recap of Attack of the Clones, the latest in RedLetterMedia’s enjoyable series of serial killer movie reviews. These are so great not just because they’re funny, but because when you look past the “women trapped in a basement” shtick…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 6, 2010 -
Star Wars, Like You’ve Never Seen It Before
Star Wars games have often tried to paint the franchise in a different light, from Super Star Wars’ over-abundance of bad guys to LEGO Star Wars’ fondness of plastic dismemberment. But these animation shorts, these are different These short clips, made late last year, are part of the excellent “Star Wars Uncut” project (which we’ve…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 5, 2010 -
Have Video Games And Computer Graphics Killed Puppets?
If you grew up in the 1980s or before, chances are puppets delighted and frightened you. Later generations have become increasingly exposed to computer graphic creations. That’s the norm. And puppets…. Thanks to the brilliance of puppeteers Jim Henson and Frank Oz, the 1970s were a puppet Renaissance of sorts with Henson creating Sesame Street…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 1, 2010 -
The Time Is Right For A Lightsaber Video Game
The man behind the most advanced video game swordplay available today says the time is now right — and the technology is now good enough — for a motion-controlled Star Wars lightsaber video game. Speaking on Kotaku’s live podcast yesterday, Red Steel 2 creative director Jason VandenBerghe said that advances in motion control have removed…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 25, 2010 -
Open Darth Vader’s Head, Eat Gum
Ever wonder what is inside Darth Vader’s helmet? Well, besides actors Sebastian Shaw and David Prowse. Japanese corner stores are selling this “Darth Vader Gum Pot”. It includes the Vader helmet “gum pot” as well as shinny black mint-flavored chewing gum. Yours for a ¥760 (US$8.40) a pop, er pot. Whatever. Darth Vader Mint Chewing…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 17, 2010 -
Star Wars Strippers We Never Want To See Again
If you were to name which Star Wars characters you like to see in a burlesque show, Slave Leia might be at the top. Heck, a Stormtropper-getting-naked might make the list, too. Boba Fett? Sure, why not. How about Chewbacca? Or C-3PO? Or Jabba the Hut? Eh… These characters most certainly would not. Too late!…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 16, 2010
