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Screw FarmVille, This Is Real (Casual) Farming
Who wants to farm in the virtual space when there is real land to till? Quite like the idea of casual farming, and if I had the extra time and scratch, I’d totally do it. Metal Gear Nut Turned Stripper Is Now A Fugitive Since she was 15 years of age, Minako Komukai worked as…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 17, 2011 -
When Your First Game Design Is Destroyed By Dad
Atsushi Inaba’s credits are impressive. He’s produced titles like Okami, Viewtiful Joe and, most recently, Vanquish. When he was young, he dreamed of becoming a game creator. Then his dad found out. After a friend got a NEC PC-6001, 11-year-old Inaba got bitten by the programming bug. “I couldn’t afford it, though, so I started…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 17, 2011 -
The PlayStation 4 Is Still Pie In The Sky Talk
The PlayStation 3 came out in 2006. That doesn’t matter, people want to know about the PlayStation 4. Thing is, Sony’s still focusing on the PS3. Oh, and the NGP. From the get-go, Sony said that the PS3 will have a ten year lifecycle. That doesn’t mean, Sony can’t or won’t release the inevitable PS4…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 17, 2011 -
The DSi Didn’t Stop This Slasher, The Cops Did
Remember how the DSi’s internet connection led cops to arresting a 13-year-old would-be slasher? Today, officers made another arrest. The boy’s older brother. Earlier today, police in Tokyo police arrested a 19-year-old man who was carrying a knife and running around near Shinjuku Station saying, “I’m going to kill someone.” The 19-year-old was the older…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 17, 2011 -
Oh Good, A Shoot-Em-Up Where I Can’t Actually Die
I’m generally not very good at shoot-em-ups (Ikaruga somehow excepted). I tend to die, and die often. So playing Who’s That Flying today has been a refreshing change for me! It’s a shooter (or shmup) where you’re invincible, and like superhero games you may have played featuring this hook instead of worrying about your own…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 17, 2011 -
You Will Not Pick Up Girls With Your Call Of Duty Bragging
Ice-T is a rapper, an actor and a huge gamer. The man loves Call of Duty, but he also knows that telling ladies your kill/death ratio probably isn’t going to impress them. Ice-T has become synonymous with Call of Duty, stating that its multiplayer is one of the few games that has a tangible skill…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 17, 2011 -
RAGE May Be A Wasteland, But In This New Trailer It’s A Pretty One
This new trailer for id’s upcoming open-world shooter RAGE turned up in advertisements overnight. You really should watch it. I mean, the game looks great, but it’s when you see the “from the creators of Doom & Quake” bit that it hits you: these guys, who made Doom & Quake, haven’t made a new, proper…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 17, 2011 -
The Nintendo 3DS Has The Launch Line-Up Blues
On February 26, the Nintendo 3DS goes on sale in Japan. Folks want the hardware (bad), but do they want the games? The 3DS is a compelling piece of hardware. It has that what the French call I-don’t-know-what which will appeal to the masses. Players can see 3D with no glasses! Brilliant. And it has…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 17, 2011 -
This Game Lets You Play With Your Friends, Even When They Don’t Want To
Gunshine is an upcoming RPG that’s being worked on by a bunch of former Remedy (Max Payne) developers. It’s also being funded by the former Crown Prince of Sony Computer Entertainment, Phil Harrison. So let’s have a look at it. Supporting four-player co-op and running in a browser, Gunshine looks like Saturday Morning Syndicate, and…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 17, 2011 -
Screw Consoles, Let’s Play Games On Our Bathroom Mirror
Brushing your teeth, doing your hair, shaving, all BORING. What we need to liven things up is a mirror that doubles as a touch-screen display. Like this one. Designed by Alpay Kasal, it’s inspired by a similar display he’d seen which was intended to be “the bathroom of the future, complete with news and weather…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 17, 2011 -
Oh My God, There Are Bullets Everywhere
Over ten years since it was first released on the Dreamcast, Bangai-O is back, and boy, are you in for some bullets. Due out in the Spring, Bangai-O HD is a shiny update of the original, which was first released on the N64 in Japan before later turning up in Europe and North America on…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 17, 2011 -
Spoil Catherine And Get Your Ass Banned
Adventure game Catherine features sheep, nightmares and generally looks bizarre. That might be why the game’s maker is asking players not to spoil the game’s story. The game’s official Twitter “respectfully” asked players to use “self control” and refrain from posting in-game footage or doing livestreams that could spoil the end of the game. Continuing,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 17, 2011 -
Metal Gear Nut Turned Stripper Is Now A Fugitive
Since she was 15 years of age, Minako Komukai worked as a pin-up model. Somewhere along the line she got into Metal Gear Solid and drugs. Her appreciation of Metal Gear earned her the acquaintance of Hideo Kojima. Her love of drugs has her on the run from the law. This month, a warrant for…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 17, 2011 -
It’s Not Even Out, And Already, A 3DS Game Has Been Cancelled
Well, that was fast. Despite the handheld not being released yet, Electronic Arts has already canned one of its first games for the Nintendo 3DS. My Garden was one of the first titles ever shown off for Nintendo’s upcoming handheld, and also one of the first “proper” games for it we ever got our hands…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 17, 2011 -
‘Destiny’ The Next Game From Halo Creators, Says Source
Bungie’s follow-up to the Halo series is a massively multiplayer online first-person shooter, according to a source claiming to have knowledge of the game’s development. That sci-fi shooter is currently named Destiny, he says, Bungie’s original post-Halo franchise. That source also claims to be a recently terminated contractor, part of a group of an estimated…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 17, 2011 -
Mario, You Look Great In A Giant Mechanised Battle Suit
You’ve never seen Mario like this before. Not unless you dreamed he was in a game developed by Epic for the Xbox 360. This amazing re-interpretation of the humble little plumber is by artist Marat Ars. His humble little friend Yoshi has been replaced by a hulking mecha suit, quaint fireballs switched out with what…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 17, 2011 -
Former Rockstar Dev Working on Game About Iranian Revolution
A writer with credits in Grand Theft Auto III, Max Payne and, later, Alan Wake is now working on an entirely different project, likely controversial in its own way: “1979: The Game,” based on the Iran Revolution. In an interview with the Russian news site RT (above) Navid Khonsari recently discussed the project. 1979: The…
By Owen Good Published February 16, 2011 -
Samurai Warriors is a Big Hit with the Ladies
One of the launch titles for the Nintendo 3DS will be Samurai Warriors Chronicles, a series whose devoted fan base is 40 percent female, says publisher Koei. Hisashi Koinuma, the developer overseeing the Samurai Warriors series, quoted the figure to Nintendo president Satoru Iwata. Koinuma said he thought the series was appealing because the development…
By Owen Good Published February 16, 2011