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Proud Papa
Happy Father’s Day | Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of The Legend of Zelda series, during an orchestral performance of the game’s music at E3 2011. This year the series turns 25, and today Nintendo released a remastered Ocarina of Time for the 3DS. (Photo: Kevork Djansezian|Getty) Rayman Origins Looks Like a Slapping Good Time Rayman Origins…
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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…
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Judge Foils Dillinger Plan to Get ‘Millions’ from EA
Remember that dumbass lawsuit filed against Electronic Arts because they called a gun “the Dillinger” in the two Godfather games? Yeah, that one didn’t go so well. The family of the Depression-era gangster lost their case in federal court. Back in 2009, the grandson of Dillinger’s half sister threatened to sue EA unless they paid…
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We’re No. 3!
Each week throws off several new video game lists ranging from the humorous to the trivial. What’s better? A list of those. Here’s a roundup of the rundowns out there. •The Five Most Hated Brands in Gaming [Unreality Magazine] Unreality Magazine did a cocktail-napkin resentment calculation and came up with Kotaku as its third-most despised…
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Rayman Origins Looks Like a Slapping Good Time
“You don’t want to play as Rayman?” the Ubisoft demonstrator asked. “Most people go right for him.” I explained that I identified more with his shambling, big-mouthed galoot of a partner, Globox. Off we went through the Glade in Rayman Origins, a game that began as a downloadable title, hit a delay in late 2010,…
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Console Battlefield 3 is Half the FPS of Modern Warfare 3
Battlefield 3’s awe-inspiring tank battle demonstration at E3 was run on a PC, and it wasn’t to make a statement about mouse-and-keyboard superiority. The game, according to developer DICE, will run at 60 frames per second on the PC—but 30 fps on the Xbox 360 and PS3. Call of Duty‘s latest entries run at 60…
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Bobbyball
We’re still searching for the connection, but Activision has confirmed that its president, Bobby Kotick, will cameo in the upcoming flick Moneyball, informing Brad Pitt that he, of course, can’t have any money. You didn’t have to be a bloodhound to smell this ‘Shop Contest cooking. Simple premise: Kotick in Brad Pitt’s flicks, or Pitt…
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Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves
Happy Father’s Day everyone, and if you’re not a father, Happy Father’s Day to your dad and your granddads. And of course, some of us were raised by single parents, so if your mom pulled that double duty, Happy Father’s Day to her, too. Have we covered all the folks who deserve breakfast in bed…
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Bob Hoskins has One Regret. Guess What It Is.
From a Q&A with the actor published in today’s Guardian What is the worst job you’ve done? Super Mario Brothers. What has been your biggest disappointment? Super Mario Brothers. If you could edit your past, what would you change? I wouldn’t do Super Mario Brothers. Q&A: Bob Hoskins [The Guardian]
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Sports at E3: A Postgame Report
Gameplay impressions are difficult to form under the lights, sights and cacophony of E3 in full swing, where you never have enough time to see all of what you want, and there’s always an appointment five minutes from now. It’s even more difficult to get a good read on a sports game. Usually what they…
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Mother Calls EA ‘Motherfuckers’
The gaming provocateur (and World of Warcraft power user) Athene says his mom wanted him to post this. It sounds like it came from the man himself, except for the part where she stutters over the pronunciation of the company’s name at the beginning. This is apparently a reaction to the twin fiascoes of Crysis…
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Crytek Says It Has No ‘Xbox 720’ and Doesn’t Know What You’re Talking About
Crytek officially denied it has any “Xbox 720” or any kind of next-generation hardware from Microsoft, putting the kibosh on a rumor that, for the second time in as many months, said the 360’s successor was coming soon. The studio, alleged to be building another TimeSplitters with the unit, sent this statement to IGN: Relating…
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Someone is Selling THQ’s E3 Debris for $2,000
This year, I came home from E3 with a Kinect Sports shirt, a Jurassic Park-inspired fake Barbasol shaving cream can to hide stuff and a Cooking Mama 4 oven mitt. Everything else I chucked, including my press pass and lanyard. Maybe I should have considered selling it on eBay. On Monday, Luke noticed a lot…
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Greetings, Starfighter!
You’re walking away from history! History, Alex! Did Chris Columbus stay home? Nooooo. What if the Wright Brothers thought that only birds should fly? And did Galoka think that the Ulus were too ugly to save? Yeah, wait a minute, who is Galoka? Forget it, let’s see some deals. Hardware • Creative Fatal1ty Pro HS-980…
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The Top Talent Departs as Madden Nears Its Release
The executive producer of Madden NFL quietly stepped down this week after less than a year on the job. He is the third senior-level Madden developer to leave the title in the past two months. But Phil Frazier and his former bosses say it is an amicable separation, one that won’t affect the video game…
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