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The Whores (And Man Whores) Of Fable III
Xbox 360 and PC role-playing game Fable III, not one to shy away from the sexier side of humanity, contains prostitutes. Here are some of them. Warning: coin purses ahead. This image comes from an upcoming Fable III artbook, which is mostly full of beautiful images of uniforms, posters, characters and environments. Then you get…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 13, 2010 -
A Week In Comments
Kinect Does Not Need This, No Sir It Does Not Comment by: Ash Paulsen Day one. The Argument For Marvel Vs. Capcom 3’s Super-Simple Controls Comment by: Soul Bro Ryu Nominated by: Andrew Wyatt I know there are plenty of naysayers on this subject, but I welcome this addition. Mainly, because in casual situations where…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 13, 2010 -
Let’s Watch A Gran Turismo 5 Stage Being Built
Driving sim Gran Turismo 5 will allow users to create their own tracks. Here’s how you build one, then go race on it! You can’t build your own course out of thin air, of course. There’s six years worth of rendering on those stages and roads, so you won’t be playing LEGO Gran Turismo, making…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 13, 2010 -
Yakuza Producer Looks Browner On Television
Toshihiro Nagoshi is known for two things: Being very brown and making video games. He looks even browner on television. The Yakuza franchise, which has already seen a movie adaptation, is currently getting a television adaptation in Japan. The program is based on the new PSP game, Yakuza: New Chapter Black Panther Nagoshi has undergone…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 13, 2010 -
This Wii Remote Is Made By LEGO, Not Nintendo
If you’re sick to death of Nintendo and its subtle, stylish colours for Wii Remotes, you could always pick up one of these official LEGO controllers. Due out later this week from Power A and selling for $40, it’s, well, exactly as advertised: it’s a LEGO-branded Wii Remote controller. Sadly, it’s not a complete kit,…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 13, 2010 -
Darth Vader Can Sure Take A Beating
The very talented animation team at Blur Studio have produced two more cinematic trailers for upcoming Star Wars title Force Unleashed II. They’re very pretty. The one above shows that Stormtroopers combust just fine, while below, well…I’ve seen Darth Vader lose a lot of limbs in my time, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 13, 2010 -
PlayStation Store Update: In Dead Space, No One Can Hear Sonic The Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog 4 and Dead Space Ignition both hit the North American PlayStation Store this week. You’d think they’d spread such similar games out a little. Sonic is reborn and Dead Space is re-dead this week in the PlayStation Store update, but my eye is on the PS One Classics release of Alundra and…
By Mike Fahey Published October 12, 2010 -
New Dragon Quest Food For You To Eat
Luida’s Bar is a Dragon Quest restaurant in Tokyo’s Roppongi. It’s been opened since earlier this year, so the dishes might have become old hat. Good thing the restaurant’s menu is getting new DQ themed food. There are 11 new items on the menu that range from sweets to spaghetti. There is also a recently…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 12, 2010 -
Browse The Entire Rock Band Music Library In This Post
In honor of the release of Rock Band’s 2,000th song, Harmonix has released a handy widget that lets you browse the entire Rock Band library from inside a blog post. For instance, this one. Jimi Hendrix’s “Are you Experienced?” is the 2,000th song to hit Rock Band in the past several years. That’s a lot…
By Mike Fahey Published October 12, 2010 -
The Dusty Great Gaming Machines Of Old
We bring you news of new games. Flickr user liftarn brings you this nice gallery of old video game machines, photographed this month at Retrogathering 2010 in Sweden. Have a look. I can’t name all these wonderful fossils. Can you?
By Stephen Totilo Published October 12, 2010 -
Looks Like All Steam Borderlands Owners Get Duke Nukem Forever Access
Looks like you don’t have to purchase the Borderlands Game of the Year Edition to join the Duke Nukem Forever First Access Club if you’ve already purchased the original Borderlands on Steam. Readers Jon and Steve sent in images showing off the Duke Nukem Forever First Access Club codes that have shown up in their…
By Mike Fahey Published October 12, 2010 -
Crazy Taxi Port Is Faithful But Wider
The revival of Dreamcast favorite Crazy Taxi on Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network won’t transform the game significantly. I recently got the quickest of looks at a build of Crazy Taxi (Dreamcast Returns) at a Sega showcase event in Manhattan for upcoming games. It is a port of both the original 1999 arcade game…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 12, 2010 -
Still!
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: When You’re 7 And Have Pocket Change… I was up until 3 a.m. or so this morning working through the copious amounts of video I had captured for use in my Medal of Honor review. But you know that, we were chatting! Sometime early in the morning Tristan stumbled out…
By Brian Crecente Published October 12, 2010 -
Guitar Hero Scores A Sweet Transvestite
A trio of Rocky Horror Picture Show tracks are coming to Guitar Hero later this month, giving us an excellent opportunity to post a picture of Tim Curry in lingerie. Not that we need an excuse to post a picture of Tim Curry. Three songs from the cult-classic film will be making their Guitar Hero…
By Mike Fahey Published October 12, 2010 -
Old Favorites Return In GoldenEye 007
They can swap out Bonds and update the plot as much as they want, as long as Jaws, Oddjob, and Dr. No are available in GoldenEye: 007’s multiplayer I’m a happy camper. Daniel Craig is my favorite James Bond, but GoldenEye was always about Pierce Brosnan, so I’m a little uneasy about the swap. The…
By Mike Fahey Published October 12, 2010 -
Nick Swardson Is a Friend to Gay Robots and Wheelchair-Bound Cats Alike
Watch him embody the spirit of weird in his brand-new Comedy Central sketch show Nick Swardson’s Pretend Time. Witness him as Lady Gaga’s brother Garry, a cop who shares his sister’s sartorial gene, work the mean streets in lace tranny sleeves. Nick Swardson’s Pretend Time, Comedy Central’s brand-new sketch show starring Nick Swardson (formerly of…
By Gawkercreative Published October 12, 2010 -
Tony Hawk Developer Robomodo Struck By Layoffs
A mere two weeks before the release of its second game, Tony Hawk: Shred developer Robomodo is hit by layoffs, with sources reporting 30 to 60 jobs being cut due to the loss of the Tony Hawk franchise. Formed in 2008, Robomodo is the Chicago-based development studio that Activision put in charge of the Tony…
By Mike Fahey Published October 12, 2010 -
Mean Marvel Characters Transformed Into Cute Video Game Characters
Marvel’s Super Hero Squad Online is an upcoming MMO for kids, featuring cutesy versions of Marvel characters. At New York Comic-Con, the people behind the game wanted to surprise us, but showing us some of Marvel’s nastiest. Any and every Marvel character can be in this game, one of the game’s developers told an audience…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 12, 2010
