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Battlefield 3 Finds a Way to Piss People Off
Until this point, Battlefield 3 has been running an almost flawless marketing campaign. Great trailer after great trailer had people eating out of the palm of its hand, so much so you voted it your game of E3 2011 Even the fastest hype train can be derailed by a single hiccup, though, and Battlefield 3…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 13, 2011 -
Screw Kinect, Martial Arts Wizard Shows Xbox 360 Controller Motion Controls
Azo was skeptical about Kinect. Then he got it, and found out he liked it. Know what else he likes? Swinging his Xbox 360 Controller around like a freakin’ badass. According to Azo, “The old controllers are pretty fun to play with, even if you don’t own a console or a TV.” But especially if…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 13, 2011 -
World Of Warcraft and Final Fantasy Take Turn Trading Blows
8-bit SoupRobot is a new web comedy series focusing on current affairs, country & western music, vintage automobiles, and 18th century German literature. Oh, wait. No, it’s about video games. The clip above is taken from the series’ first episode, which you can find on Vimeo here. The premise of the show is “what happens…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 13, 2011 -
Metal Gear Solid Girl: Not Enough Food Eater?
Some people are known for their hairdos. Others are known for their wit. Rina Akiyama was known for her round butt. Now, she’s known for something else: Her increasingly thin figure. Akiyama debuted around the turn of the century, appearing in bikini mags and TV dramas. But she went on to appear in Kamen Rider…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 13, 2011 -
A Game of Thrones Without the TV Crowd Isn’t a Game at all
OK, so here’s my problem with the upcoming Game of Thrones…game. It’s not a problem with the game, per se, more with me. And it’s all the TV show’s fault. You see, now that there’s a slick, big-budget visual interpretation of Game of Thrones showing on HBO, that’s the look I associate with the franchise.…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 13, 2011 -
Battlefield 3 Reaches Out to 4chan With…Dinosaurs
Why did Modern Warfare 2 on PC suck? Because it didn’t have dinosaurs in it, apparently Fast forward a few years later and rival publisher Electronic Arts figured the dinosaur-loving, PC game-playing demographic was a demographic it could actually go after, inserting a dinosaur prominently in the most mind-blowing clip of E3 2011 then tweeting…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 13, 2011 -
The Northwest U-Turn
The Northwest U-Turn | My flight home took me to Eugene, Ore. by way of Seattle. Here is a view from my window. I thought that was Mount St. Helens at the middle, but now I am not so sure. (Update: Many readers have said it is in Oregon, and it is the Three Sisters…
By Owen Good Published June 12, 2011 -
Excitebike‘s Subtle Shift in 3D Scenery
If you’ve got a 3DS, and you’ve got an Internet connection, there’s no reason to not have downloaded the latest system update and pulled down 3D Classics: Excitebike from the Nintendo eShop. It’s free, after all. But developer Arika didn’t just break down the 2D game into separate layers for 3D presentation. As you can…
By Owen Good Published June 12, 2011 -
The Lowlights of L.A.
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. •Top 5 Fails of E3 [Calm Down Tom] This recap gets all of the cringe-inducing gaffes and underwhelming reveals we saw down in L.A. The…
By Owen Good Published June 12, 2011 -
Duke Nukem Forever Appears to Be A Full-Priced Mess
Some time on Saturday, as I was playing Duke Nukem Forever on my Xbox 360, I realized that in all the conversations I’ve had with people from Gearbox Software—the company that heroically salvaged this game from its decade-plus sink toward oblivion—no one ever said this game would be wonderful. They reveled in accomplishing the impossible…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 12, 2011 -
Here’s a Look at the Zelda Tribute Level in Super Mario 3DS
At E3, Totilo liveblogged a Nintendo developer Q&A which showed a Zelda-inspired level for the upcoming Super Mario 3DS. Pictures and video weren’t allowed, but a snipped of video just went up to Nintendo’s official E3 site, giving a glimpse of what Super Mario 3DS has in mind. This level is a top-down board, familiar…
By Owen Good Published June 12, 2011 -
Molyneux Disowns Fable E3 Demonstration as a “Horrendous Mistake”
The E3 news conference demonstration for Fable: The Journey, the Kinect-enabled next entry in the role-playing franchise, was objectively speaking a flop. The series’ creator himself says so, because The Journey left the impression this was a rail-shooter spinoff, and now everyone’s in damage control. “I made an horrendous mistake on the press demo on…
By Owen Good Published June 12, 2011 -
Star Trek Sets its Phaser for Thrill
So, yes, I saw the Phaser. The PlayStation Move attachment showed off to oohs and aahs at Sony’s E3 press conference is, indeed, a beautiful thing. More importantly, so is the game that’s arriving with it. Star Trek, despite the series’ long history, and its long history of video games, has rarely done action-adventure shooters…
By Owen Good Published June 12, 2011 -
Shield Posing
We knew going into E3 that something seen there would be the basis for our latest ‘Shop Contest challenge, and that the new console from Nintendo would probably be it. It is. Instead of the console case itself, though, we’re thinking that new Wii U controller has some untapped potential, especially in the real world.…
By Owen Good Published June 12, 2011 -
Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves
Welcome back to Talk Amongst Yourselves. E3 seems like both a day and a month ago. I feel like I’ve traveled through a time warp. So let’s get the morning warmed up while I get my act together. Once again, our Weekend TAYpic, and like the last five TAYpics overall, comes from Incursor. Can anyone…
By Owen Good Published June 12, 2011 -
Facing the Lockout, Madden and NFL Fans Seek a Common Refuge
At E3 this week, the sight I was least prepared for was that of Ray Lewis in full Baltimore Ravens uniform: eye-black, skullcap, gloves, wristbands, everything. This was an appearance for Madden NFL 12 but to him, it didn’t look like it was for show. Lewis looked ready to play right there, ready to go…
By Owen Good Published June 11, 2011 -
Notch Will Get That For You, Cliffy B
Epic Games and Gears of War creator Cliff Bleszinski have made a ton of money. Minecraft creator Markus “Notch” Persson carries around a little bit of scratch himself. We’re pretty sure both had no trouble making their escapes from Los Angeles after E3. [via Twitter]
By Owen Good Published June 11, 2011 -
Michael J. Fox Voicing Two Characters in Back to the Future Finale
Michael J. Fox will lend his voice to the fifth and final chapter of Telltale Games’ Back to the Future adventure, but we didn’t know he’d be supplying the voices of two characters. Telltale’s creative director, Dave Grossman, confirmed the dual appearance during a preview of Telltale’s coming work at E3 2011. Grossman wouldn’t say…
By Owen Good Published June 11, 2011