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Some of Keita Takahashi’s Video Game Dreams Will Come True This Summer, And You Can Play Them [UPDATE]
Keita Takahashi, the free-thinking creator of Katamari Damacy and Noby Noby Boy is teaming up with Babycastles, the free-thinking New York City-based video game art curators for a most wonderful exhibition. They’re turning several of Takahashi’s brainstorms into real-world, physical games for an exhibition premiering in Manhattan in late August. Takahashi’s ideas involve classic video…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 30, 2012 -
Watch Paranoia Become The Death of An Entire Group In DayZ
In the video above, one DayZ player decides to infiltrate a wandering group when they mistake him for a member. Once someone’s suspicions starts to rise, though, everyone freaks out. And attacks each other. Anyone could be the infiltrator! Little do they know that the real infiltrator is hanging back, waiting to finish off the…
By Tina Amini Published July 30, 2012 -
Compare the Same Mario Game Running on the Old 3DS and the XL One
We’ve got two copies of New Super Mario Bros. 2 in the office. And we’ve got an original 3DS and the new 3DS XL. The XL’s screens are advertised as being 90% bigger than the regular 3DS’. Numbers are nice, but wouldn’t you rather just see the same game running on each unit? That’s what…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 30, 2012 -
Jay-Z Is Executive-Producing a Basketball Video Game. Does He Know How to Code Now, Too?
Earlier today, the YouTube channel for Life & Times—a lifestyle website founded by hip-hop mogul Jay-Z—posted a video that touts the platinum-selling artist as an executive producer of NBA 2K13 When reached for reaction to the video, representatives said that 2K Sports had no comment. What does it mean when a part-owner of the yet-to-debut…
By Evan Narcisse Published July 30, 2012 -
Now That Dear Esther is Done, Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture
Indie developer thechineseroom’s experimental first-person adventure Dear Esther was a runaway success, despite the fact that wonderfully moody and atmospheric experience wasn’t exactly what one might consider a game. Now that they’ve set the mood, it’s time to add in a bit more game with Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture, the story of the end…
By Mike Fahey Published July 30, 2012 -
These Are The Most Important 60 Seconds of Half-Life 2
Half-Life 2 is a vast and interesting game. This YouTuber fragments it into 60 seconds to give you the best, most accurate and important impressions. And by that I of course mean silliest. Do you ever just randomly talk to the games you play? Poke fun at characters playfully? That’s essentially what BlackLightAttack does with…
By Tina Amini Published July 30, 2012 -
Fox News Stretches to Connect Video Games to Dark Knight Shooting
The tragic murder of a dozen people in a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado has not, for the most part, been tied to the supposedly pernicious effects video games have on society. But Fox News’s website just found a connection. And it’s a stretch. In a piece about the case today, Fox News explores the…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 30, 2012 -
What The Hell Is Kingdom Hearts? A Beginner’s Guide To Square Enix’s RPG Series
There’s a new Kingdom Hearts game out tomorrow. It’s called Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance and it’s the seventh game in a series that now has 250% more spinoffs than main installments. To some of you a new Kingdom Hearts might be reason to celebrate. To others it might just be confusing. What is…
By Jason Schreier Published July 30, 2012 -
Ravenmark is my New Favourite iPad Strategy Game
Ravenmark: Scourge of Estellion, by Witching Hour Studios, is what happens when a small team sets out to bring the experience of, say, Fire Emblem to a platform that will never, ever get an actual Fire Emblem game. The result is surprisingly positive: the art is lovely, the strategy surprisingly deep and well-rounded (it’s built…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 30, 2012 -
Air Force Drone Pilots Say Their Job Is Nothing Like a Video Game
It’s been slightly bizarre to watch controversy swirl around the use of unmanned aerial vehicles in 21st Century war-making, while at the same time UAVs’ presence in video games has only grown. Despite the fact that they might be the most politically charged aspect of present-day combat, they’ve been in multiple Call of Duty games…
By Evan Narcisse Published July 30, 2012 -
Talk Amongst Yourselves
Where did your weekend gaming adventures take you? Think back on it and head over to Talk Amongst Yourselves, the place where we gather on a daily basis to discuss all things video game and existential. Go to the TAY forum at this link and do what you’ve always done: share your thoughts and opinions…
By Evan Narcisse Published July 30, 2012 -
Ubisoft’s uPlay Has a Security Hole. Here’s How You Can Fix It. [Update]
Ubisoft has caught a lot of flak from PC gamers over their uPlay system, online-authentication DRM that most recently came to attention for being unavailable at exactly the wrong time. As it now turns out, uPlay is not only inconvenient to gamers, but it also comes with an insecure, exploitable browser plugin. Rock Paper Shotgun…
By Kate Cox Published July 30, 2012 -
Second Thoughts About Gaming’s Most Hated Company
The bubble bursts. The blood is in the water. The knives sharpen. Pick your favorite cliché to commemorate the beating that Zynga took last week after posting some numbers that Wall Street hated and lowering their forecasts for the rest of the year. Their stock plummeted 40% and some people are rooting for the creators…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 30, 2012 -
E3 is Staying in Los Angeles Through 2015, Dammit
After filling the heads of game journalists everywhere with dreams of an Electronic Entertainment Expo taking place somewhere else for a change, the Entertainment Software Association crushes our hopes and dreams for three more years. Having teased E3-centric news on Friday, I spent the better part of the weekend dreaming up where next year’s E3…
By Mike Fahey Published July 30, 2012 -
Terraria Meets Borderlands in FortressCraft2d
ProjectorGames, creators of one of the best-selling Xbox Live Indie MineCraft clone FortressCraft, are going in a different direction with FortressCraft2D: sideways. A far cry from the 3D building game that sold like gangbusters in the XBLIG channel, FortressCraft2d is a 2D zombie survival game that leans heavily on procedural generation of worlds and weapons…
By Mike Fahey Published July 30, 2012 -
Grand Theft Auto III is Being Remade (By Fans), and it Looks Great
Later this week, Grand Theft Auto III is being released on the PlayStation Network. It’s going to be hard to get very excited about it when you look how well this little project is coming along. GTA III Rage is an attempt to recreate Grand Theft Auto III using Grand Theft Auto IV’s newer, fancier…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 30, 2012 -
For $1 Million, This Company Will Build You an Actual Giant Mech. That You Can Drive.
The future is now. Or at least, it’s soon, and over $1 million dollars away for those interested, as Japanese company Suidobashi has announced plans to build custom, actual, operational mechs. Named the “KURATAS”, the vehicles will come at a standard price of USD$1.3 million, with additional accessories like shields and weapons available for around…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 30, 2012 -
The 1980’s Shooter We’re Not Getting Until December 2012
In April, we showed you a game called Vektropolis, which caught my eye because it looked a lot like those awesome “future graphics” sequences from flicks like Running Man and Escape From New York It looked great, but then, there wasn’t much to it, either. So it’s lovely to hear the game has a release…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 30, 2012