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My Other, Other Office
WORKING 7 To 7 | My third office is whatever seat I can find on the daily commuter train. The gin and tonic is extra. (Photo by Crecente) Home Sheep Home May Have Been Nominated for a BAFTA, But It’s Just Too Thin to Win Home Sheep Home, you’re no Angry Birds-at least not when…
By Brian Crecente Published May 12, 2011 -
Even More Insane Portal 2 Cube Tricks? Now You’re Just Showing Off!
Few people know how to handle a Portal 2 cube better than James, here—aka “Schrobot.” Continuing his extremely impressive cube tossing and portaling techniques from his first video, we delve deeper into Aperture Science, finding new ways to blown away by Schrobot’s cube-jockeying prowess. Obviously, spoilers and puzzle solutions abound in this latest Portal 2…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 12, 2011 -
How Sony Is Explaining the PlayStation Network Outage to Its Developers
Sony execs have already apologized to PlayStation customers by way of the company’s official blog and with extremely deep bows, but what’s the message to game developers affected by the PlayStation Network outage? Industry Gamers has the internal memo in which they “deeply regret that this incident has occurred,” but don’t offer many new details.
By Michael McWhertor Published May 12, 2011 -
Tugboat Ran Aground as Captain Played Video Games, Says Coast Guard
More than 6,000 gallons of diesel fuel spilled into Alaska’s Prince William Sound – the very same spot as the infamous Exxon Valdez disaster – because the captain of a tugboat was playing video games while the ship ran aground, says the Coast Guard. The Pathfinder, a “safety-escort” tug, was returning to port after an…
By Owen Good Published May 12, 2011 -
Meet Diablo III‘s New Enchantress, Scoundrel and Templar
Who are these three mysterious additions to Diablo III? They’re not new character classes in Blizzard’s upcoming action-role-playing game; they’re “Followers,” the co-op companions you’ll play alongside in the next Diablo game. The Enchantress, Scoundrel and Templar appear to be the Diablo III equivalent of the Mercenary, the hirelings introduced in Diablo II. From the…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 12, 2011 -
By the Time the Army of Darkness Reached the iPhone It Was Too Late
Nineteen years ago Bruce Campbell and his time-displaced chin took on the forces of evil in a movie that generated a good fifteen years’ worth of amusing quotes. Today Backflip Studios releases Army of Darkness Defense for the iPhone. Bruce Campbell is Ash Williams, one asshole of a retail employee teleported via ancient evil book…
By Mike Fahey Published May 12, 2011 -
The 50 Worst Voices in Video Game History Meet One Hilarious Face
Behind every badly-read line of video game dialog there is an equally horrific voice actor. Face actor Dean Lauderdale channels fifty of the worst, possibly redeeming them in the process. From The Legend of Heroes to Resident Evil: Director’s Cut, Lauderdale lends his hyper-elastic face to some of the worst video game performances since they…
By Mike Fahey Published May 12, 2011 -
Rumored Starhawk Screens Leak, Curiously Light On Stars
The follow-up to 2007 PlayStation 3 futuristic dogfighter/third-person shooter Warhawk hasn’t been a well kept secret. But it appears we may have gotten our first look at the spacey sequel, Starhawk, earlier than officially anticipated. A handful of small screens purportedly from Starhawk were published earlier today by GameSpot, according to a report from Gaming…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 12, 2011 -
Oddworld Creator: “EA Sabotaged Stranger’s Wrath“
Oddworld creator Lorne Lanning accused EA of “Sabotaging” his studio’s game, Stranger’s Wrath, in a conversation with Eurogamer. Lanning says that the publisher, by not marketing the game properly, condemned it to failure. “It was sabotaged. When you see a big game coming out, just ask what the marketing budget is. If you decide as…
By Mike Epstein Published May 12, 2011 -
A Five Minute Guided Tour of Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
If you’ve not seen this walkthrough video of 38 Studios and Big Huge Games’ Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, you might have the impression that this is a generic action RPG. Once you see the video you’ll definitely have that impression. I want to believe that the combination of author R.A. Salvatore’s words, Spawn creator Todd…
By Mike Fahey Published May 12, 2011 -
Deus Ex: Human Revolution Screens Are Pure Gold
Alright, alright, so there are some greens and reds intermingled with the rich, golden hues of Eidos Montreal’s new Deus Ex prequel, but this game’s so luscious and brassy it’s going to sound redundant when Square Enix announces it’s officially gone gold. Ahem. Our latest look at Deus Ex: Human Revolution is so clean we…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 12, 2011 -
Bungie May Also Have A Mobile Game On The Way
Bungie “Aerospace” filed a trademark for a new phone-based game called “Crimson” last week. The trademark is described as a “Computer game software for use on mobile and cellular phones.” and “Computer game software downloadable from a global computer network.” [UPSTO.GOV]
By Mike Epstein Published May 12, 2011 -
Could a Video Game Save Your Life During a Natural Disaster?
Could a video game mean the difference between life and death the next time the planet decides to violently erupt near a heavily populated area? That’s the question Geeks Without Bounds plans to answer with GameSave, a five week long hack-a-thon event aimed at creating the ultimate disaster relief video game. Video game website Gameranx‘s…
By Mike Fahey Published May 12, 2011 -
5th Cell’s Cover Shooter Hybrid Innovates Itself into 2012
Hybrid, the cover-focused Xbox Live Arcade shooter from the creators of Scribblenauts that made a splash at GDC earlier this year, has been pushed back into 2012, the extra time used to “create the highest quality title possible”.
By Mike Fahey Published May 12, 2011 -
An Innocent Sandwich Died to Create Weapons for The Lord of the Rings: War in the North
The Lord of the Rings: War in the North developer Snowblind Studios takes its weapon creating seriously in this behind-the-scenes video, and an innocent lunchtime treat gives its life for the greater good.
By Mike Fahey Published May 12, 2011 -
Ubisoft Expects Minimal Impact from PlayStation Network Downtime
While the PlayStation Network security breach and subsequent downtime has had significant impact on many PlayStation 3 publishers, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot says he expects his company’s cost to be minimal. Speaking today during Ubisoft’s fiscal year 2011 financial results conference call, Guillemot spoke about how the PlayStation Network’s security-spawned hiatus was affecting his company.…
By Mike Fahey Published May 12, 2011 -
Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Will Rival the Shooter Heavyweights, but is Getting Far Out of the Way
Who wants a Modern Warfare killer? Ubisoft does. (And so do most other publishers aside from Atlus, but that’s not the point.) The head of Ubisoft, Yves Guillemot, said today that the company’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, long in development and showed in controlled demos at last year’s E3, won’t be released until the first…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 12, 2011 -
Street Fighter X Tekken Has Sexy British Legs and Knows How to Use Them
Though the latest teaser video for Capcom collaboration Street Fighter X Tekken takes the teasing to the extreme, there’s no mistaking the blonde braid and camouflaged flanks of Britain’s own Cammy White. With Ryu, Ken, Guile, Chun-Li, and Able already confirmed for Street Fighter X Tekken, it’s quite obvious to me that the Capcom side…
By Mike Fahey Published May 12, 2011 -
How a Video Game Chickened Out Of Letting Me be a Terrorist
Video games let us be heroes. They let us don the cape, wave the flag, put on the badge, hoist the blue lightsaber or simply face the fires of dragons to save the princess. They could let us be anyone, though. Terrorists, for example. They could let us be them. If you take your video…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 12, 2011