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If Life Were a Video Game We Could All Do This

Seen here is not a single piece of animation or visual trickery. Instead it’s five minutes of people doing things that you’d only expect to see happen in a video game… probably with a video game hack. [Thanks Jenny you have a good day too. 😉 ]

Talk Amongst Yourselves

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Unleashed II Visual Guide

Guybrush Threepwood is one of many unlockable costumes in Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II, so is Boba Fett. You won’t see this amazing scene in the game. This video? It’s also an ad, a scene you won’t see in the game either. Here’s a look at the offline multiplayer mode found in the Wii…

New Costume, New Attack Comes to Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions

The Cosmic costume is coming to Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, granting the hero one new “signature charge attack.” But that new look and power won’t be free. The suit, which can be worn in any of the game’s four worlds starting next week, runs 240 Microsoft Points or $2.99 on the PS3.

This Is Japan, Too

To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Peeeee Ceeeeee There is a perception about Japan that the country is an urban sprawl — a lot of it is. But there is also some truly beautiful nature. Spotted near my house during a morning walk. Can’t believe the middle of Osaka is a 30 minute car ride away!…

South Korea’s Pikachu Rides Are Truly Frightening

In Japan, coin-operated Pikachu buggy rides are a common sight in front of arcades or suburban shopping centers. Children love them. In South Korea, they must scare the crap out of kiddos. These South Korean takes on Pikachu were spotted by blog Koya Log Everyday in South Korea. The Pikachu buggy ride below is the…

Vaporware Classic Wardevil Finally Put Out Of Its Misery

Wardevil was one of the first current-generation games to ever be shown off. That was back in 2005. Back when it could still be called an upcoming game. Now? We can call it a cancelled game. London-based studio Ignition has finally pulled the plug on the ambitious title, which over the space of five years…

Steve Jobs Went Bananas When Microsoft Bought Halo’s Creators

Before Halo, Bungie had made a name for itself developing the Marathon series of shooters on the Mac. So when the studio was bought by Microsoft to make games for the Xbox, Apple boss Steve Jobs was pissed “As soon as we announced we bought Bungie, Steve Jobs called,” former Microsoft VP of game publishing…

The Computer Nintendo Never Released

In Japan, Nintendo launched the Famicom in 1983. Besides the two controllers, the “Famicom” later had a keyboard, helping the machine live up to its “Family Computer” moniker. The version released in the West, however, was a different story. Nintendo was looking to bring the Famicom to North America and initially reached out to Atari…

The First Ever Kinect Cost A Lot More Than $149

While Microsoft’s first attempts at a motion-sensing peripheral were relatively primitive affairs, the very first prototype of Kinect was worth an absolute fortune. A report on the New York Times says that the first working version of what’s now known as Kinect cost Microsoft $30,000 to build. That’s not the cost of the entire project.…

Former Prime Minister Wants Japanese Youth To Drink Cute Booze

Taro Aso is hardly your typical Japanese politician. This is hardly your typical Japanese sake. Aso was raised in Japan as a Roman Catholic and was educated at Stanford and the London School of Economics. He spent his twenties digging for diamonds in Africa and later worked in a Brazilian mining operation, where he learned…

Spectator Mode: DogFighter

If Team Fortress 2 had an air supremacy mode, Dogfighter would be it. It really baffles me why this game isn’t more popular. It’s got a great look, fantastically responsive controls, a simple premise – Mario Kart meets the Red Baron in a fight to the death – and right now you can buy the…

New Dynasty Warriors Is For “PS3 Only”

Koei Tecmo’s long running hack-and-slash franchise Dynasty Warriors gets a new entry next spring, Dynasty Warriors 7. At a press event attended by Kotaku Japan in Tokyo, Shin Sangoku Musou 6 was made official and dated for March 2011. It is currently only for the PS3 and is 3D compatible. In the West, the Shin…

When Kinect Advertising Goes Horribly, Horribly Wrong

Looks like Microsoft ponied up a bit of cash to have Kinect appear in this week’s episode of Chuck. I hope it wasn’t much, though, because this isn’t advertising. It’s dissuading. Sweat. Hair. Sweaty hair. Sweaty man chest. Jiggly man chest. If you’ve ever thought “Hey, some friends and some beers will make all this…

Castlevania And Metal Gear Solid 4 Get A PS3 Bundle… Together!

Konami has already released a special PS3 bundle for Metal Gear Solid 4. This new bundle isn’t so special. But hey, it’s got Castlevania: Lords of Shadow. The PS3 bundle includes a copy of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, a “best” or budget version of stealth game MGS4 and a Charcoal Black 160GB PlayStation 3. So…

Asimov’s First Law Of PC Ads: Have Awesome Sideburns

They don’t sell PCs like they used to—specifically with sci-fi author Isaac Asimov and his powerful, bushy sideburns. The bewhiskered Asimov pitched Tandy/Radio Shack PCs, like the TRS-80 the first personal computer I ever played a game on. [More PC Gaming Week]

Which Game Series Should Go 3D?

3D televisions are expected to proliferate. More 3D TVs means more and more 3D games. Japanese research firm goo Ranking (via What Japan Thinks) polled folks in Japan regarding which game series they wanted to play on a 3D TV. The survey sample was mostly female (68.2 percent) and ranged from teenagers to senior citizens…

Microsoft Not So Keen On HD Re-Releases For The Xbox 360

From Ico to God of War to Sly to Beyond Good & Evil, the PlayStation 3 is currently being inundated by high definition ports of classic PS2 games. The Xbox 360? Notsomuch. “I don’t think it’s necessarily a bad idea,” Microsoft Game Studios Corporate Vice President Phil Spencer told IGN. “I’m going to think about…

Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare Visual Guide

Pokémon Weren’t Originally In Pokémon Snap

What do you call Nintendo 64 game Pokémon Snap with no Pokémon? Snap? “Originally, Pokémon Snap for the Nintendo 64 system wasn’t a Pokémon game,” recalls Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, “but rather a normal game in which you took photos, but the motivation for playing the game wasn’t clear.” With the Pocket Monsters got-to-collect-them-all craze…