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StarCraft II Takes A Shot At Apple
You can elude the Dominion. You can evade the Zerg. You can swipe precious artifacts out from under the watchful eyes of the Protoss and escape without a scratch, but you can never escape Apple’s crack marketing squad. Note: iPistol will not fire if held firmly by the grip.
By Mike Fahey Published July 30, 2010 -
The Great Gatsby Video Game Disappoints
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s wife may have given video games the name of one of the medium’s best franchises, but what did F. Scott ever give us gamers? The Great Gatsby game? Apparently, it’s not good, though that’s not his fault. Here is blogger Jennifer Wright, crushed because of The Great Gatsby video game: When I…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 30, 2010 -
Nominate The Next Talk Amongst Yourselves Image
What should next month’s Talk Amongst Yourselves image be? Drop you suggestions into the comments section below. (This is not today’s TAY.) Reminder: Please provide the artist’s name and the name of the artwork.
By Stephen Totilo Published July 30, 2010 -
LittleBigPlanet Does Limbo
Limbo is a wonderful black-and-white game from Playdead that has been a marquee title for the Xbox 360’s summer of arcade (we like it). LittleBigPlanet is a modder’s delight on the PS3. Of course, someone combined the two. Above is a Limbo-inspired level made in LittleBigPlanet. It is called, Limbo, Son of the Forest. The…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 30, 2010 -
TWO WEEKS, I HAVE MADE IT!!
To: Totilo From: Bash RE: Obama And The Billboard It’s not Obama driving by, but it’s been about two weeks since Mrs. Bashcraft and Mini-Bash went to the US to visit my parents, leaving me in Osaka with Micro-Bash. I was kinda worried at first, seeing as how I’d be responsible for the kid, cleaning,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 30, 2010 -
Mass Effect Studio Needs To Sell 10 Million Units
One million used to be the bar. Then two. Then three. Mass Effect developer BioWare isn’t stopping there. “Well, we need to sell 10 million units,” said BioWare co-founder Dr. Greg Zeschuk. “That’s actually the new target, right? We do Top 10 games, our stuff is quite successful. I know Mass [Effect 2] is number…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 30, 2010 -
Why Didn’t Lost Planet 2 Sell As Well As Projected?
Capcom took a big spinning bird kick, right in the profits, which were down 90.4 percent. Ouch! Part of the blame fell on Lost Planet 2. At the company’s financial briefing, Capcom answered why the game didn’t live up to sales expectations. According there are many rival titles in the genre, and the company didn’t…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 30, 2010 -
Six Colorful Minutes Of Pokemon Black & White
Kids! Pokemon! Dancing! Bad 3D! There’s all that and so much more in this lengthy new trailer for Pokemon Black & White, for the Nintendo DS. There’s also battles galore and some overworld action as well. If you feel like this game has been under-shown to date, this trailer should take care of that nicely.…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 30, 2010 -
I’m Commander Shepard, And This Is My Favorite Cosplay In The Entire Universe
Remember that Mass Effect 2 cosplay that could have been the best thing ever? Yeah. Turns it out it’s the best thing ever. Here’s Holly Conrad, Tayler Hudson, Tank, Jessica Merizan, Alex Gross and Steph Werner up on stage at Comic-Con last week, absolutely dominating proceedings. Grunt may steal the show from a technical standpoint,…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 30, 2010 -
Vietnam’s Gaming Crackdown
After a “public outcry” about the negative effects of computer games, the Vietnamese government has begun issuing measures to restrict online games. Games that require a server will be limited to three hours of playtime per day for each gamer. However, educational and cultural games will be permitted for up to five hours per day.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 30, 2010 -
A Teenage Wish Fulfilled In This Space MMO
Wing Commander. X-Wing. Elite. Privateer. Some of my favourite games of all time, yet all were missing one thing that upcoming MMO Infinity has: the ability to fly seamlessly from space to a planet’s surface. Sounds trivial, but if you’ve ever played a space shooter (or space trader!) you know exactly what I’m talking about;…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 30, 2010 -
Five Flicks The Gears Of War Movie Should Ape
That’s right, the Gears of War movie is going back to the drawing board. The game’s designer, Cliff Bleszinski, said the aim was to have the feature film version “more like District 9”. Meaning? Meaning they probably aren’t going to try to make a US$100 million epic, but something on the cheap side of the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 30, 2010 -
Capcom, You Might Want To Stop This
Hunter Blade is a Chinese developed online game in which players hunt monsters. It doesn’t look a little like Capcom’s Monster Hunter. It looks a lottle like Monster Hunter. When the game was first shown in spring 2009, Capcom issued a statement: “This title is not licensed by us and has no connection to our…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 30, 2010 -
Microsoft To Sell 250GB HDDs Separately
Selling individual 250GB hard disk drives for the new Xbox 360 S seems like a predictable move, sure, but also one that until now had never been officially disclosed by Microsoft. Packaging shots for the 4GB version of the console, however, have shown Microsoft’s hand, revealing that in addition to controllers and Kinect, another accessory/upgrade…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 30, 2010 -
Widescreen Arcade Gaming Is Quite Nice, You Know
The arcade cabinets for the 1986 horizontal shooter Darius and its 1989 sequel Darius II featured a three screen set-up, giving the game a single panoramic view. Taito is releasing Darius Burst: Another Chronicle, the latest entry in its Darius series, in Japanese arcades. The cabinet is a four player set-up and features a wide…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 30, 2010 -
Ice-T Reviews Medal Of Honor’s Beta
Rapper and TV cop Ice-T is a man of strong opinions. He is also a man who loves him some video games. So what does he think of Medal of Honor’s beta? It’s hard to tell whether that’s Modern Warfare fanboyism shining through or not. I’m actually enjoying the beta, especially the objective map. Or,…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 30, 2010 -
The Companions And Cosplayers Of ChinaJoy 2010
ChinaJoy, the region’s version of the E3 gaming expo, has kicked off. The PC game-heavy show is known for its big booths, booth companions and cosplayers. According to website CNNgo, show sponsors say the goal of the event is to strengthen domestic game supervision, actively regulate the markets of electronics and Internet publications, rigorously fight…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 30, 2010