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2010 Game of the Year Finalist Debate: Red Dead Redemption
In another universe, they made a box containing Red Dead Redemption that’s just for me. The front is familiar. The back, though, boasts the kind of bullet points I might demand of a great video game: –Respects Your Intelligence (Because it doesn’t bore me with some easy and obvious macho super-hero of a main character.)…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 18, 2011 -
This Is How South Korean Children Battle Game Addiction
It looks like torture, and for children In South Korea that are used to playing video games non-stop, ruining their grades in the process it might be. This is where parents send their children to learn a little self-control. You’d never see these sorts of images featuring North American children. One glance at the pained…
By Mike Fahey Published January 18, 2011 -
Video Game Reduced to 30 Seconds of Disapproving Moms
Electronic Arts’ latest Dead Space 2 campaign is brilliant. Why? Because it uses the power of the disapproving mom to sell violent video games. Who knows if these are real moms being really disgusted by the notion of a game that essentially requires you to dismember your enemies and features vomiting deaths and exploding faux…
By Brian Crecente Published January 18, 2011 -
These Sackboys Are Barking Up The Wrong Tree
LittleBigPlanet 2 hits stores today, and while it does a lot of things, the Xbox 360 is one thing it will not do. As seen on BertieA’s Flickr stream. Gameface is a photographic celebration of the people who make, play and love video games.
By Mike Fahey Published January 18, 2011 -
Heroic Company Of Heroes Dev Lives On In His Daughter
In September Company of Heroes Online lead designer Brian Wood was killed in a car crash. His pregnant wife Erin survived. NBC’s Today talks with the widow about how she’s keeping Brian’s memory alive for her newborn daughter. Brian Wood lost his life in September of 2010, but through his actions a new life was…
By Mike Fahey Published January 18, 2011 -
Angry Team COCO Birds Make Late Night Appearance
He doesn’t talk about it much, but either Conan O’Brien is a gamer or someone on his team is. How else do you explain the subtle gaming references that keep popping up? This little video showed up last night early in the show. Poor Richter Pig La Bamba Pig.
By Brian Crecente Published January 18, 2011 -
The Uncanny X-Men At The Mercy Of One Of Games Journalism’s Greats
Kieron Gillen was one of the most profound and prolific video game journalists working in the industry. Some would even say he invented games journalism. Now the future of Marvel’s Uncanny X-men is in his hands. Kieron Gillen has worked with just about everyone in the video game business. He’s written for PC Gamer UK,…
By Mike Fahey Published January 18, 2011 -
Kinect Hacked To Perform Surgery
We’ve seen the Xbox 360 Kinect control robots before, but never robots with tasks this important. A group of graduate engineering students at the University of Washington are using Microsoft’s device to guide the actions of surgical robots. Scientists and engineers have been working for years to integrate gaming technology into the human-controlled robots that…
By Mike Fahey Published January 18, 2011 -
Learn the Secrets of Nintendo’s 3DS From the Man Behind Mario Kart and Nintendogs
With the annual Game Developers Conference set to kick off next month, we’re starting to learn much more about the talks, including one that promises to walk us through the creation of the Nintendo 3DS. Hideki Konno plans to lecture about the development process of the Nintendo 3DS, a perfect fit for a show that…
By Brian Crecente Published January 18, 2011 -
40 Ways Dante Can Thrash Spider-Man In Marvel Vs. Capcom 3
Devil May Cry hero Dante has many, many moves in next month’s Marvel vs. Capcom 3. You can see a whole lot of them in this new clip. Some of us will be playing MvC3 using the game’s simple controls, which reduces the number of button presses and the number of moves Dante and other…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 18, 2011 -
Gears of War Triple Pack Is Old Gears For A New Price
For those needing a Gears of War fix or a whole lot of old Gears on one new disc, the Gears of War: Triple Pack, combining Gears of War, Gears of War 2 and the sequel’s previously-released map and campaign expansion, the All Fronts Collection, will be out Feb 15 for $30. Xbox 360 only,…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 18, 2011 -
Who Knew Dead Zombie Hookers Were So Fun?
What better way to kick off a Tuesday then a little dead zombie hooker action? Right? OK, maybe not for everyone, but you still should probably watch this for a morning grin. Just make sure you’re wearing headphones. Stay around after the credits for a pro tip on which babies are OK to kill.
By Brian Crecente Published January 18, 2011 -
A Visual Guide To New Square Enix Trailers
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 18, 2011 -
These Characters Are Cute And Creepy
Man, Crecente, GET A NEW PIECE OF PAPER! (More info about the characters in my Night Note here.) What you missed last night The Trailer Final Fantasy’s Creators Don’t Want You To See World Of Starcraft Isn’t Quite What You Thought It Would Be The Game That Exists In Trailers Only Final Fantasy XIII Gets…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 18, 2011 -
The Trailers Final Fantasy’s Creators Don’t Want You To See
Well, not yet at least. Screened today in Tokyo, the trailers popped up online and are making the rounds via Japanese gaming sites. Watch them, right now. The event in Tokyo was invite only and attended by the press as well as fans. Square Enix is apparently releasing trailers it showed online in HD later…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 18, 2011 -
Nintendo Bringing 3D Bikinis To The Masses
The Nintendo 3DS is poised to take glasses-free 3D to the great unwashed. That’s not all, it seems. As detailed last fall, the 3DS will stream programming from Japanese TV network Nippon Television on a daily basis. Initially, it was revealed that the programs will be gourmet and travel shows. A report today is more…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 18, 2011 -
World Of Starcraft Isn’t Quite What You Thought It Would Be
Your eyes do not deceive you. Long assumed to be the natural successor to World of Warcraft, this is an MMO built around the Starcraft universe. Only…it’s been made by some fans, and it’s been made using Starcraft II. It appears that Starcraft II’s mod tools, which are powerful enough to allow users to turn…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 18, 2011