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Slightly Disturbed Baseball Player To Pimp Video Game On Talk Show
Brian Wilson, the eccentric, bearded reliever of the San Francisco Giants, hits the talk show circuit this evening to pimp MLB 2K11 and unveil a short film he’s written. Queries as to whether “The Machine”/Pat Burrell would also appear were avoided outright. Whatever it is will be on “Lopez Tonight”, midnight EST, 11 p.m. CST.
By Owen Good Published January 26, 2011 -
Are Games Art? Well, They Now Belong In A Museum …
More than 300 exhibits comprise Computerspielemuseum, The Computer Game Museum, which opened Friday in Berlin. New consoles join old friends like Pong, plus what looks like a 1980s Imagic game manipulated by a giant joystick. More images inside. [images by Getty]
By Owen Good Published January 26, 2011 -
Tetris Makes World Spending A Little More Understandable
Last night President Obama delivered the State of the Union. Written for posterity, perhaps, it’s still a policy speech, and policy costs. Here’s “Debtris,” reminding everyone that, a bilion here, a billion there, pretty soon you’re talking about real money. Debtris, produced last month by Information is Beautful, arranges spending figures in relative sizes to…
By Owen Good Published January 26, 2011 -
Sony Starts Rolling Out New PS3 Security Updates
In the wake of hackers exploiting security vulnerabilities in the PlayStation 3, opening the system to custom firmware, hacks and piracy, Sony appears to be issuing a response with new security updates. The official PlayStation.blog warns that a new system update for the PS3 (version 3.56) will be released soon. Eric Lempel, VP or Network…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 26, 2011 -
Watch A Grown-Ass Man Losing His Mind Playing NBA 2K11
Remember our foul-mouthed Street Fighter IV friend? Anything he can do, our NBA 2K11 player can do better. Both spew words of the F- MF- (and N-) variety, but our hoopster does it to DMX. Bitch, eat that. Ho. NSFW. The first 90 seconds are mostly random profanity, insults of Ron Artest’s manhood and LeBron…
By Owen Good Published January 26, 2011 -
‘My Virtual Girlfriend’ Is Real-world Creepy
It seems we here in the U.S. are sliding down the slippery slope toward the kind of infatuation with virtual and stuffed girlfriends that are so popular in Japan. That’s right, if you’re the kind of lonely guy (or gal for that matter) who finds dating real women a bit too taxing, there’s an app…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 26, 2011 -
FIFA Commentator’s Sexist Remarks Put EA Sports In A Pinch
Tuesday, Sky Sports sacked football commentator Andy Gray after his sexist disparagement of a female official made it into a pre-game broadcast. Gray still has a job, though: The voice of EA Sports’ FIFA series since 1997. Reached for comment, EA Sports had none on Gray’s remarks specifically, nor whether the scandal would cost Gray…
By Owen Good Published January 26, 2011 -
Sorry, No Kid Icarus Or Zelda For Nintendo 3DS Until After E3
Nintendo has already laid out its plans for the Nintendo 3DS launch window games for North America—all 23 of them—but if you’re hoping for two of its bigger games to break into that window, don’t hope too hard. Perhaps two of the best reasons for purchasing a Nintendo 3DS, a new Kid Icarus and one…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 26, 2011 -
PSP 2 (?) Command Central is a Go
I’m ready, basking in the glow of all of those (not really) warming LCDs. You know, my dad told me once about how when he was in the army, back in the 50s I think, G.I.s would stand in front of giant radar dishes on cold winter nights to warm up. Yikes! Anyway, get to…
By Brian Crecente Published January 26, 2011 -
D.C. Universe Online MMO Log Week 2 Screens
Big Boss Whomever created this guy, I
By Owen Good Published January 26, 2011 -
LittleBigPlanet 2 Does A Very Good Impression Of Zelda
LittleBigPlanet 2 for the PlayStation 3 is a fantastic little toolbox, capable of creating video games of all shapes, sizes and genres. We’ve seen plenty of game recreations in LittleBigPlanet, but this Legend of Zelda aims for strict accuracy. For more evidence of LittleBigPlanet 2’s ability to do great impersonations of other games, see its…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 26, 2011 -
D.C. Universe Online MMO Log Part Two: Won’t Let Them Grind Me Down
DC Universe Online is meant to be grind-free; players will advance by completing missions, not menial tasks. So what’s an MMO novice to do when he hits a tough mission, and can’t simply level up to overwhelm it? Kotaku’s MMO reviews are a multi-part process. Rather than deliver day one reviews based on beta gameplay,…
By Owen Good Published January 26, 2011 -
The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Adventure Time
Oliver Sparkes brings the worlds of Zelda and Adventure Time together in a mathematical way! Zelda Time by Oliver Sparkes / OlinMercury (deviantART) Via: gamefreaksnz | EPICponyz Need your daily fill of geek eye candy? If so, head over to Justin Page’s Rampaged Reality and get your fix. Republished with permission.
By Michael McWhertor Published January 26, 2011 -
Autistic Boy Branded A Cheater By Xbox Live [Update]
Julias Jackson is an 11-year-old boy living with autism, whose only real social interaction comes from playing online multiplayer games on Xbox Live, an activity that became more difficult when the Xbox Live team labeled him a cheater. Autism is a neural development disorder that is often associated with a lack of social and communication…
By Mike Fahey Published January 26, 2011 -
Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti Review
Although we’ve seen plenty of good things from Nvidia’s latest GeForce GTX 570 and 580, both cards are too pricey for the mainstream bracket as many gamers prefer to spend less than $300 on a GPU upgrade. For those folks, AMD is currently offering the Radeon HD 6870 and HD 6850 graphics cards ($240 and…
Steven Walton, TechSpot Published January 26, 2011 -
Will Max Anarchy Be The World’s First ‘Massively Multiplayer Online Fighter’?
The makers of Max Anarchy, who also made Bayonetta, Madworld and Vanquish, believe they have an all-new genre on their hands—or at least a creative new combination of two old ones—with the massively multiplayer online fighter. Platinum Games producer Atsushi Inaba has offered new details on the fifth game from the development studio, Max Anarchy,…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 26, 2011 -
This Is The Wii’s Wonderful Dead Space On The PS3
Dead Space Extraction is one of my favorite games on the Wii and it’s been re-issued as a PlayStation 3 game. I’ve tried it. It holds up. I’ve captured portions of Extraction’s first level, as it is rendered on the PlayStation 3. I got the game as part of the Dead Space 2 PS3 collector’s…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 26, 2011 -
Kingdom Hearts Once Again Reigns In Japan
That Kingdom Hearts is once again the bestselling video game in Japan is a testament to the PSP’s power overseas. This is, after all, a game that has already been released in the country. Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep Final Mix for the PlayStation Portable managed to give the PSP the top spot once again…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 26, 2011 -
The Oregon Trail Leads Carmen Sandiego To Facebook
Now everyone on Facebook can experience the joy of hunting criminals and having dysentery, as Blue Fang Games and The Learning Company bring two of the most beloved learning computer games of all time to the social network next month. Don Rawitsch, Bill Heinemann, and Paul Dillenberger developed The Oregon Trail in 1971 as a…
By Mike Fahey Published January 26, 2011 -
What In The World Is ‘Combat Focused Movement’?
The people who made the Scribblenauts and Drawn To Life are getting a little closer to explaining how their next game — a shooter, of all things — is unique. Right now, they’re still teasing. So the word from 5th Cell, via a press release today, is that their upcoming game Xbox Live Arcade game…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 26, 2011