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Behold: A Unicorn Gundam
For those who aren’t familiar with it, classic Japanese mech franchise Gundam has a series called Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn. Sounds great, but the problem is, there aren’t actually any unicorns in it. Fixed. Japanese hobbyist crossneko has built himself a Gundam unicorn. Shame he couldn’t find a space rainbow to go with it, but…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 27, 2012 -
Okami, You Were Born for a HD System
While it won’t look as good as it could, which is a bit of a shame, Capcom’s upcoming HD re-release of Okami still looks great. Especially when you watch this new trailer in 1080p, and remember just how satisfying it was to unleash that STORM OF FLOWERS.
By Luke Plunkett Published July 27, 2012 -
Every Cover Ever Made for the Best Games Magazine Around
Call them snooty if you must, but I think Edge magazine has consistently been the most mature, well-written and well-respected video game magazine on the planet for nearly twenty years. While competitors have come and gone either pandering to the lowest common denominator or selling their pages as glorified advertising space, Edge has always been…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 27, 2012 -
You Can Buy the Original Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Rulebooks (Again)
You all owe Gary Gygax more than you can possibly imagine. The creator of Dungeons & Dragons, who passed away in 2008, had a big impact on tabletop gaming, of course, but those concepts he created for paper and dice are still widely used in video games today, especially RPGs. So this commemorative offering from…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 27, 2012 -
M. Bison Wants to Take Over the (Art) World
There’s an art show opening next Friday in LA called Combo Attack. It’s a celebration of all things Street Fighter, and will include the work of over fifty artists. One of them is Aled Lewis, whose series of Street Fighter pixel art images are just wonderful. You can see them below, on the internet, or…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 27, 2012 -
A Wonderful Stop-Motion Video About a Trip to This Year’s Comic-Con
Reader Rob Gilpin went to the San Diego Comic-Con this year, and decided to document his trip a little differently. Instead of writing a blog, or spamming his Instagram account with pictures of convention food, he took 825 photos and cut them into one amazing stop-motion video.
By Luke Plunkett Published July 27, 2012 -
GameStop Wants to Sell Second-Hand Digital Games
Seems the world’s largest specialist games retailer is keen on the market for “used” digital downloads. Not in a big way, at least not at first, but they’re definitely picking at the edges of the concept. I don’t know about you, but I prefer my downloads new. When the corners of my digital manual are…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 26, 2012 -
Holy Crap, These Guys Finished Portal in Eight Minutes
You’re about to see what happens when a team of “speed-runners” knows enough about the progress and timing of a game that they can finish something that normally takes hours in just over eight minutes. The run, with video slightly edited for your viewing pleasure, is above, while this online document is full of notes…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 26, 2012 -
Nintendo Puts a DS Through Mechanical Hell to Make Sure it Works
Despite what some may think, Nintendo doesn’t just make a product, put it on the market and hope everything works. The company has a reputation for making stuff that doesn’t break easily, and these images show how that reputation is maintained. They give a rare glimpse behind the curtain at Nintendo, showing the various stress…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 26, 2012 -
Is That A Tiger In Your Boat Or Are You Just Glad To See Me
I had mixed feelings when I heard that they were making a film adaptation of Yann Martel lovely little book Life of Pi. I remembered reading that book right when I first moved to San Francisco in 2003—there was a period of time when 50% of the people on the bus were either reading it…
By Kirk Hamilton Published July 26, 2012 -
Tera‘s Next Exciting Update Reminds Me I Should Probably Log Into Tera or Something
The Argon Queen update for En Masse Entertainment’s action-packed massively multiplayer online role-playing game Tera drops next month in North America, bringing with it player-versus-player battlegrounds, a 10-man raid, new skills and a nagging reminder that I should probably log into the game sometime this month. It’s not you, Tera; it’s me. I still love…
By Mike Fahey Published July 26, 2012 -
What Happens When You Take One Letter Out of a Game’s Name?
The goal was simple. Take a video game’s name and remove one letter. See what happens. What resulted this evening on Twitter was a collection of games that might make you think, might make you laugh, but most likely will just make you think, hey, I would actually play that. And then get you thinking…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 26, 2012 -
The Galvanizing Glory Of The Baldur’s Gate Theme Music
Just listen to it. Listen to that puppy. That groove in five, that sinister melody. The way it pushes you, onward. Onward to the character creation screen! In just a couple short months, we’ll get to play the enhanced edition of Baldur’s Gate. That’s extra good news for me, because I played more Baldur’s Gate…
By Kirk Hamilton Published July 26, 2012 -
Dead Space Series Composer Will Return For Dead Space 3
In light of the news that Hitman and Assassin’s Creed composer Jesper Kyd is leaving both series, it’s good to hear confirmation that Dead Space composer Jason Graves will be back for the third game. Graves’ creepy strings and dirge-like orchestrations lend a huge amount of atmosphere to Visceral’s first two outer-space creepshows. Good news!
By Kirk Hamilton Published July 26, 2012 -
Geeky Musicians Unite For The Humble Indie Music Bundle
We’ve had humble indie game bundles, and humble indie game soundtrack bundles… so I guess it only makes sense that we’d get a Humble Indie Music bundle by people who people who like games might like. That was a mouthful. Anyway! Now, you can pay what you want for six albums by OK Go, They…
By Kirk Hamilton Published July 26, 2012 -
A Visual Instrument That Turns Colors Into Music
Music may be something that you hear, but it does have a visual element. That visual aspect is different for everyone—I see melodies and harmonies as shapes, with a chord laid out as a fragment of its parent-scale. It’s asily moved around and re-arranged, but it’s always a part of a larger thing. Other people…
By Kirk Hamilton Published July 26, 2012 -
The Time MTV Turned Video Games Into Music Videos
MTV has always been at least a bit more in touch with the video game scene than most major cable TV stations. I mean heck, our EIC Stephen wrote for their video gaming site for a time! One of the most enjoyable/bizarre things the network ever did was Video Mods, an EA-sponsored series devoted to…
By Kirk Hamilton Published July 26, 2012 -
Planet Crashers Takes on Mario and Wario in This Week’s Nintendo Download
Which would you rather have, a grungy old black-and-white Wario game, a dollar off a classic Mario game, or a colorful action role-playing game from the creators of Dementium: The Ward? I have no definite answer. I just like asking long form questions. I will say, at least, that were I completely unfamiliar with all…
By Mike Fahey Published July 26, 2012 -
Playing Battlefield 3 When Suddenly OH GOD KILL IT WITH FIRE
Ok ok, that’s kind of mean. Here’s this guy, living with this disability, trying to fight a war. And then there’s the guy following him around, knifing and shooting him. We should all be a little more respectful. But keep the fire ready just in case things go bad. bf3 hulk glitch ftw !!! [YouTube via…
By Tina Amini Published July 26, 2012
