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A Bright Idea For Doom 3 That Comes A Little Too Late

John Carmack’s thoughts today on Doom 3. The programmer says id Software was legitimately “dinged” for making the 2004 game too dark, wishing he’d added more lighting options to the tech, adding “the artists hiss at us if we turn on lights.”

Link Is Silent, And Nintendo Wants To Keep It That Way

One of the enduring appeals of Link, hero of The Legend Of Zelda series, has been the fact that he’s mute. You can’t spoil a man’s character with bad writing when he never speaks! As technology marches onwards, though, some people may expect Link to make like the characters from other long-time mute series like…

They Don’t Call Me Bruce

Now that we’ve got the shock of BioShock Infinite out of our systems, we can move onto more important things. Things like discussing kung fu and ninja movies that we love. If you’re not outside watching tonight’s meteor shower (or the sun’s out in your time zone), please give us your greatest martial arts movie…

Prank Redecorates Sega Desk As Green Hill Zone

Aaron Webber, Sega’s community manager, went on a three weeks vacation, and came back to find his cubicle completely remade into the Green Hill Zone from Sonic the Hedgehog. Check out the video, the attention to detail is impressive. The best part is the rings hanging in midair, followed by the blue Robotnik/Sonic sign that…

Doom 4 Absent From QuakeCon 2010

We really thought that id Software would give us an update on Doom 4 at this year’s QuakeCon. After all, id CEO Todd Hollenshead said at last year’s event that we’d hear more about the next Doom in 2010. Hollenshead kicked off today’s QuakeCon keynote with the bad news. Doom 4 just wasn’t ready to…

NHL 11 Demo Is Out On Tuesday

NHL 11’s developers revealed today that the game’s demo will be released on Aug. 17 in North America and Aug. 18 in Europe. With it, you’ll also get to play a demo version of the new Hockey Ultimate Team. The announcement came in a developer chat earlier in the day. Operation Sports reports that Hockey…

Appear In Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II Yoda Will

Everyone’s favorite little [species unknown], Yoda, will be making a cameo appearance in LucasArts’ Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II, the publisher revealed today. How do the pint-sized Jedi Master and Starkiller wind up crossing paths? LucasArts sets up the scene featured in the newly released Force Unleashed II cinematic like so: Starkiller, having escaped…

Give Your Avatar A Free Jordan Jersey

Preordering NBA 2K11 from GameStop will land your Xbox Live or PlayStation Home avatar a Michael Jordan No. 23 Bulls jersey for free. I hear if you pre-order Rock Band: Lollapalooza you get a Gary Trent Miami Heat model instead. Home gets the white Home jersey (get it? Get it?) Xbox Live gets the red…

Back… For Now

To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Friday, I Will Be Cleaning The Family Grave! I got back yesterday from a whirlwind tour of Connecticut and Upstate New York looking for houses. We toured about 40 in four days, and found quite a few we’d love to move into. Now I just need to sell the house…

Eyes On With The Grim, Colorful Fantasy Of Warhammer 40K: Space Marine

The Warhammer 40,000 universe’s descriptive tagline—”In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war”—does not sound like a cheery fantasy in which many of us would like to find ourselves. But Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine is designed to fulfill the fantasy of taking control of the fiction’s hulking machines of war, to…

Seacrest County Is Serious About Speeding

Apparently the recession has not hit Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit’s Seacrest County. Or the sheriff and the county commissioners are gonna face a recall election for giving the deputies Dodge Vipers instead of the good old honey-brown Crown Vic. Then again, you can’t have a game called “Hot Pursuit” if the pursuit is supplied…

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Bad Dad Steals And Sells Son’s Games

A Cincinnati-area father took bad parenting to a new depth this past weekend by swiping his 9-year-old son’s console and games and trading them all in for cash. What for exactly wasn’t said, but the guy has a drug problem. Joseph Phillips, 28, was visiting his son for the weekend at his ex-wife’s home when…

Penny Arcade’s Episodic Adventures Live On In With The Written Word

Followers of Penny Arcade’s foray into game development may never see the last two chapters of their Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness come to video game form. But the series will continue, if only in text. Penny Arcade’s Jerry Holkins unveiled the beginnings of Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice…

The Post-Apocalyptic America of Enslaved: Odyssey To the West

Monkey and Trip show off their co-dependent relationship in this latest trailer for upcoming action game Enslaved: Odyssey to the West. A lot of the good about this PS3 and Xbox 360 game reminds me of Ninja Theory’s Heavenly Sword… and I loved Heavenly Sword. Enslaved: Odyssey to the West is set for an October…

Tales Of Tales & Japan’s Weekly Sales

Last week‘s sales champ, Sengoku Basara 3, was soundly defeated by Namco’s latest Tales game, which draws upon the powers of a big PSP install base and Japan’s love of doe-eyed anime-style characters. How well did Tales of Phantasia do? Well enough to outsell Wii Party! Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon X moved an impressive,…

The Living Kitchen Project Imagines A Gesture-Based Future

Could Claytronics make the simple act of preparing a meal as interactive and engaging as a video game? Michaël Harboun explores the future of everyday objects with the Living Kitchen Project. Claytronics is a technology concept that relies on nano-sized computers that can join together to form interactive 3D objects. Imagine walking up to a…

The Suite Life of Making Pokemon Commercials

When they’re not making Disney television shows about living in suites located in hotels and cruise ships, the Sprouse brothers are busy hawking goods. In this case, Nintendo goods. Check out this behind the scenes look at brothers Dylan and Cole Sprouse’s upcoming Pokemon commercial, due to hit television next week. Click to view

Old Spice Man’s Delightful Dating Tip #1,453

Looking for that perfect, swoon-inducing, fresh-smelling date idea? Old Spice Man made this little PSA to alert you to what bliss could come if your man just knotted a white cardigan around his manly shoulders and took you for a ride. Get your man as fresh as humanly possible with Old Spice

Looks Like Dance Central Will Support Rump Shaking

Harmonix has officially confirmed nine songs from Dance Central‘s danceable soundtrack, including hits like Bell Biv Devoe’s “Poison” and Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face.” The Xbox 360 game’s new ESRB rating may have just outed three more. Dance Central’s “Teen” rating appears to be a product of some of its lyrical “suggestive references”—things like “Did your…