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This Isn’t Black Ops II’s Debut Trailer. But it Should Be.
Press play on this video. For around 40 seconds you may think it’s actually the debut trailer for upcoming blockbuster Black Ops II. Then you get to 41 seconds and, sadly, you realise that as wonderful as this is, it is not the debut trailer for Black Ops II For reference, the actual trailer goes…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 1, 2012 -
When You Can’t Find A Video Game Box, Make Your Own
Video game retailer GameStop lets you trade in games for cash. You don’t have to bring in the original packaging. So sometimes, when trying to re-sell those used games, GameStop will stick them in those generic, blank cases that look terribly ugly on your living room shelf. But sometimes friendly employees make their own versions.…
By Jason Schreier Published May 1, 2012 -
Screw With Your Skyrim Friends Using Two Simple Voice Commands
They’ve sort of added multiplayer to Skyrim via the game’s new Kinect voice-control update. Not real multiplayer. Not the kind that lets two people play the game together or against each other. No, they’ve simply added voice commands. But when a friend barges in on your gaming session and yells “ally attack” and then “quicksave”…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 1, 2012 -
Around the Corner From PAX, May Day Rioters Are Smashing Windows
Protesters around the world are commemorating today’s May Day with rallies in support of workers and against the economic and political powers that be. Much of this has been peaceful or at least standard Occupy-style protest-and-arrest, but in Seattle, in the same downtown area where tens of thousands of gamers gather each year to attend…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 1, 2012 -
Is This 3D Model of a Portal 2 Robot Cute or Fierce? I Can’t Decide.
Cosplayers and model creators will all give you fairly similar advice to starting a new project. It begins with a ton of hours spent on the Internet for research, and ends with paint, polish, and possibly some decals. Psychobob has experience creating awesome 3D models of game characters and pieces. After the research, printing, sculpting…
By Tina Amini Published May 1, 2012 -
Stop Getting So Mad About Video Game Reviews
It’s easy to take personal offense when you disagree with a game review. It’s easy to believe dissenting opinions mask ulterior motives. “How could that guy love Dragon Age 2?” you might think to yourself. “That game sucked! EA must have paid him off.” Or maybe you’re angry about a video game’s ending. Or a…
By Jason Schreier Published May 1, 2012 -
These Girls Sing a Darned Lovely Song About Hobbits
Well, aw. I have to admit a fondness for Leonard Nimoy’s Hobbit Song, but this is on a whole new level. For starters, it’s actually good Songwriter Allie Goertz and vocalist Megan Barrett perform this heartwarming duet about Bilbo Baggins, the shire, and the quest that lies before him. It’s great stuff. Take a little…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 1, 2012 -
Ghost Recon Future Soldier Gets Its Own Live-Action Mini-Movie This Week.
Halo 4‘s not the only AAA game with a real-life movie lead-in. Ubisoft’s just announced that their near-future squad shooter will be preceded by Ghost Recon Alpha, a 26-minute live-action film that will air on G4. There’s a multiplayer map based the locales in the film and scenes in the film will lead up to…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 1, 2012 -
In Paris, I Learned a Few Things About Video Games (And Toilets)
I went to Paris last weekend, which is an extravagant thing to do if you live in New York and should probably be making shorter weekend commutes. But I had a rare chance to go and so off I went, out Thursday overnight, back Monday afternoon. I wasn’t supposed to be working, but I can’t…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 1, 2012 -
Five Comics That Will Make You Switch Identities This Week
If you’re here in the Panel Discussion programming block, you might be a lapsed comics reader, trying to find a way back to the JLA Satellite. Or you might someone killing time until you pick up your weekly Wednesday pull list. Or maybe you’ve said goodbye to dozens of longboxes to embrace the promise of…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 1, 2012 -
Starting Today, Read The Digital Comics Financed By Mark Waid’s One-of-a-Kind Collection
You might’ve heard about how Mark Waid—veteran writer behind the awesome, on-going run of Daredevil—was selling off his massive comics collection to help finance a new digital comics intiative Well, Thrillbent—the site that Waid is spearheading—has launched today, with two offerings written by him that you can read for free. Insufferable tells the story of…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 1, 2012 -
Awesome Art Happens When Creators Cross Over for Comics Vs. Games
Cool stuff happens at TIFF Nexus, a collaboration and design collective in Ontario. Right now, they’ve helped mount an exhibition that mashes together 14 artists and designers from comics and games with digital and physical work that draws inspiration from each medium. The centerpiece of the show, programmed by the Hand-Eye Society, is a series…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 1, 2012 -
Earth 2 Lets James Robinson Re-Invent DC Comics’ Biggest Superheroes
Alternate realities are seductive, aren’t they? They entice you with the familiar, dangling remixed elements of the worlds you know in front of your eyes. Then there’s the thrill of the new randomness that a parallel plane of existence can hold. Alt-earths have been a sturdy concept in speculative fiction and, in superhero comics, they’ve…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 1, 2012 -
Gone, Gone The Form of Man! Panel Discussion Starts Now!
Are we still pretending that comics and video games don’t have anything to do with each other? Not anymore, we’re not. Welcome to Panel Discussion, where the focus will be on comic books and sequential art, whether they connect directly to video games or not. Confused? Read this
By Evan Narcisse Published May 1, 2012 -
Three-Fourths Of Video Game Kickstarters Fail
Turns out not everybody is Tim Schafer. Though the creator of Grim Fandango set Kickstarter records earlier this year, raising over $3 million for his point-and-click adventure game, most crowdfunded gaming projects aren’t nearly as successful. In fact, according to a Kickstarter representative who spoke to Kotaku yesterday, only about 25% of video game projects…
By Jason Schreier Published May 1, 2012 -
Skyrim DLC Is Called Dawnguard, Coming This Summer
Skyrim‘s first piece of downloadable content, Dawnguard, will be out this summer for Xbox 360, publisher Bethesda said today. Dawnguard, which Bethesda trademarked earlier this year, could refer to a museum located in the city of Dawnstar that is dedicated to the “Order of the Mythic Dawn.” A recent patch also hinted at potential future…
By Jason Schreier Published May 1, 2012 -
Blizzard Will Take a Big Cut Of Any Money You Try To Make From Playing Diablo III
You’ll have to cough up a significant fee while selling items on the real-money auction house in upcoming action-roleplaying game Diablo III That’s the catch associated with one of the big new features in Blizzard’s big new game: the fact that you’ll be able to buy and sell in-game items with other players in Diablo…
By Jason Schreier Published May 1, 2012