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Mmmm…Airplane Food
To: Totilo From: Bash RE: No Lost Zelda Here Happy to be in Texas. Happy to no longer be eating airplane food. What you missed last night The Modern Warfare Fight: Your Guide to Activision Vs. Infinity Ward PlayStation Ad Banned For Being Too Violent Why There Are Coins In Super Mario Bros. Call Of…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 22, 2010 -
2010 Is Very Good For The PS3
This year is apparently being pretty good for Sony. That means more folks are taking the plunge and picking up PS3s. What does that mean? According to Kaz Hirai, who heads up Sony Computer Entertainment, the Tokyo-based game company looks to be on target to sell 15 million PS3 consoles this year. The recently released…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 22, 2010 -
Wii Fit Helped This Woman Do More Than Exercise
Eighteen months ago, Jo Collinge was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease, which attacks the nervous system. Collinge had difficulty walking. And then, she started playing Wii Fit. For 45 minutes a day, the business analyst played Wii Fit boxing, did step aerobics and the hula hoop mini-game. She tells The Sun that she saw a “massive…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 22, 2010 -
Sad, But True
As seen on I Love Charts, via Infinite Lives
By Luke Plunkett Published December 22, 2010 -
PlayStation Ad Banned For Being Too Violent
A British print advertisement for the PlayStation Move controller is banned in the United Kingdom, after a whopping eight people issued formal complaints. The ad, which shows a man about to punch another man he has in a headlock, was deemed by Britain’s Advertising Standards Authority to be too much for public consumption, on the…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 22, 2010 -
Final Fantasy Illustrator Finally Making Feature Film Debut
There is one man who best represents the look of the entire Final Fantasy franchise and that man is Yoshitaka Amano. Whether it be character design, art or logos, Amano’s left his mark on the series. Next up, his own anime. Amano is helming his debut anime, called Deva Zan. This isn’t his first fortray…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 22, 2010 -
Now You See Chinese Gundam, Now You Don’t
Well, that was quick. After being constructed earlier this month, the large 15-meter mecha constructed at China’s Floraland Park came under fire for looking a little too much like the life-sized RX-78 Gundam first erected in Japan in 2009. The Chinese theme park denied those claims, saying the statue was based on an original design.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 22, 2010 -
What Really Motivates Master Chief
Artist Matthew Davis did this while studying at Middle Tennessee State University, as part of a range of pieces “[focusing] on desensitization from different forms of media we are subjected to on a regular basis”. It’s a catchy slogan, one that could work as well for an official endorsement of the game (or the product)…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 22, 2010 -
Why There Are Coins In Super Mario Bros.
One of gaming’s most iconic in-game items are Super Mario Bros’ coins. But why coins? Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto admits that fruits were also a good choice, but tells Nintendo president Satoru Iwata that other items might confuse players, causing them to run away. “Thus, when we were thinking about something that anybody would look…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 22, 2010 -
Game & Watch? More Like Sonic & Watch
It’s holiday season, but if you’re like us, you may still be at work. What you need in that case is something to pass the time on an office computer. Something like, oh, a Game & Watch version of Sonic. Egg & Watch, by Newgrounds user Elratauru, takes the very first boss battle from the…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 22, 2010 -
A Week (Or So) In Comments
Tokyo Says “Sayonara” To Freedom Of Speech? Comment by: GunFlame: Digivolve into Wargunflamemon Nominated by: Helba: Hubris is Humorous. It’s just another one of those reflex actions that seem to be the norm in politics. They want to get support of the majority, the majority wants protections, and usually if they want protection it’s because…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 22, 2010 -
Charity Game Bundle Makes Over $1 Million [Update]
The first Humble Indie Bundle, a collection of games discounted in the name of charity, made $1.2 million in sales earlier in the year. The second bundle has already surpassed that tally. At time of posting, the Humble Indie Bundle 2 has made $1.3 million, with proceeds split between the developers, promoters, Electronic Frontier Foundation…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 22, 2010 -
Minecraft’s Music Video Debut Scores Over 9000!
Hipster darling and Kotaku reader Armand Mirpour’s latest music video features a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it one of PC’s most popular games, Minecraft. Mirpour’s a big gamer, saying, “I really enjoy video games! Super Smash Bros.in particular.” And he loves Dragonball, adding, “I’ve seen all the episodes, read the manga twice and watched all of the stand alone…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 22, 2010 -
Final Fantasy Rap Levels Up
Here’s a song about Aeris, that (SPOILERS!) dead chick from Final Fantasy VII. It’s awesome. Rapper Random, aka Mega Ran, used to be considered a Capcom man. No longer, it seems, as he’s about to release an entire album dedicated to Square Enix’s classic 1997 RPG. Sure, the premise isn’t that original — we’ve seen…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 22, 2010 -
How The Wife Of Japan’s Beloved RPG Maker Challenged Nudity Censorship
In the West, Shigesato Itoi is best known for the Earthbound series of role-playing games. He might challenge game conventions, but his wife Kanako Higuchi challenged Japanese censorship more, changing it forever. Itoi is no stranger to the limelight. During the 1980s, Itoi hosted an educational program called “You”, but he really made his name…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 22, 2010 -
Call Of Duty Is Nothing Like The Real Thing
I’ve been a long-time advocate of somebody making a war game that plays like an actual war: one where you fight in real battles, not battles from a video game based on an action movie. This is what I mean. This clip, posted on military site TheBrigade.com, depicts a US infantry squad in combat in…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 22, 2010 -
The Modern Warfare Fight: Your Guide to Activision Vs. Infinity Ward
The ongoing legal tussle between Call of Duty: Modern Warfare developer Infinity Ward and publishing giant Activision is full of intrigue, accusations, lawsuits, a mass exodus of key staffers from the studio behind the game and, now, allegations of sabotage. Updated with recent developments. At stake is the future of Infinity Ward, the studio behind…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 22, 2010 -
EA Realising In-Game Ads Maybe Aren’t The Best Thing Ever
A few years back, it seemed in-game advertising was going to ruin everything. That…hasn’t really happened, with EA saying that the business has been eclipsed by one more lucrative for publishers. “We actually aren’t getting much from ad revenue at all”, EA’s Ben Cousins tells Edge. “The in-game advertising business hasn’t grown as fast as…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 22, 2010 -
First Kinect Game For PC Coming From Korea?
While Kinect will inevitably come to PC gaming one day in an official capacity (it’s of course already being used by hackers), there have been no games actually revealed making use of the peripheral. Until now! Korean developer GamePrix reckons its upcoming massively-multiplayer online game Divine Soul “is scheduled to support Kinect, a new control…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 22, 2010