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Death Sure Is Pretty On The PSP
Two stories on promising PSP games in one night? What a strange, wonderful evening this is turning out to be… Reaper, an upcoming downloadable game for the PSP, looks gorgeous, taking the smart route of pitching to the handheld’s strengths: namely, that 2D, vivid graphics will usually always trump muddy, under-powered 3D visuals.
By Luke Plunkett Published July 9, 2010 -
MGS Creator: Japan Lacks Motivation
A popular theme of late is how Japan has lost its edge. The country isn’t where it should be. But, says one game developer, it isn’t technology that is holding back Japan. It’s ambition. Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima expressed his opinion after watching a TV program on foreign students studying manga in Japan.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 9, 2010 -
China Cracks Down On Sex In Online Game Advertisements
Sex sells. But in China, that doesn’t make it okay. Several homemade sex videos of China’s number one car model, Shou Shou, leaked online earlier this year. The videos were made in 2007 and were apparently uploaded by a spurned lover, enacting revenge over their break-up. As with American celebrities who have sex tapes, the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 9, 2010 -
The Game That Makes Chores Fun
Chores suck! Video games don’t! If only there was some way to combine the two, it’d be like chocolate sauce on broccoli…oh, hello, what’s this? It’s Epic Win. And it looks like it could be just that. It’s an RPG for the iPhone, where instead of killing trolls and centaurs and goblins, you have to…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 9, 2010 -
Quitting World Of Warcraft
Internet person haiksterbnh spent nearly five years of his life playing World of Warcraft, clocking over 24,000 hours. He created a Level 73 Shaman and a Level 80 Priest. But after “having no friends…at all”, he made an important decision. In a video he posted on YouTube, the 34-year-old haiksterbnh is apparently giving away all…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 9, 2010 -
My, M. Bison, What Big…Teeth You Have
This statue is 19 inches of M. Bison, complete with billowing cape and enormous feet. And gums. Designed by Pop Culture Shock Collectibles, he’s now available for preorder, and will ship to stores sometime in the Summer. There’ll be 700 made available – 500 in red, and 200 in the Sideshow-exclusive black – and all…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 9, 2010 -
Why Japan Likes Dragon Quest (And Other Pressing Issues)
Dragon Quest IX was released in Japan on July 11, 2009. A year later, the game is getting released in North America. Finally. Why the long delay, Square Enix? “The reality is that we were not able to develop all versions of the game simultaneously, since making the Japanese version alone proved to be a…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 9, 2010 -
God Of War: Ghost Of Sparta Makes The PSP Sing
The latest God of War title, Ghost of Sparta for the PSP, had some gameplay footage shown during E3 that’s only now made its way online. What Mike saw during his time with the game, you can now see free from the glaring lights, pounding music and sweaty men of the Electronic Entertainment Expo’s showroom…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 9, 2010 -
Pac-Man Cartoon Coming In 2012
In the early 1980s, there was a Pac-Man cartoon. In 2012, Namco Bandai now says, there will be a new one. Set in Pac-Land, the original Hanna-Barbera cartoon was more of a Pac-Man sitcom with Pac-Man, his wife Pepper and their baby Pac-Baby. The show lasted two years, going off the air as Pac-Man fever…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 9, 2010 -
Is It That Bad Using Your Real Name On The Internet?
Blizzard’s decision to force posters on its forums to use their real name isn’t exactly going down too well. But is posting on the internet as, well, yourself really all that bad? I don’t think it is. And I should know! I mean, this is my real name. I’ve been using it here since I…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 9, 2010 -
If Pokemon Were Real
Hate to break it to you, but they are not. That hasn’t stopped art student Alysia from drawing realistic Pocket Monsters. Besides breathing life in to Pokémon like Chatot, Gengar and more, she also has created realistic battle scenes. Check out more of her work in the link below. Leashe’s Gallery [DeviantArt]
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 9, 2010 -
Gran Turismo 5 Trailer Has Nothing To Do With Cars
Yeah, that’s right. For once, the cars take a back seat in a Gran Turismo 5 trailer, the focus here on the little touches that go on inside and outside the game’s vehicles. Dust, dusk, lights, glow, debris…these are the visual effects of Gran Turismo 5, and if you’ve got a big-screen, HD TV, then…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 9, 2010 -
Blizzard Is The Pixar Of The Video Game World
Pixar is the…Pixar of the animation world. But who’s the Pixar of the video game business? Well, according to Pixar, two companies share that honour. “We’ve met quite a few of the Blizzard people actually – some of the cinematics team,” Pixar’s Andrew Payton tells GI.biz. “Blizzard and Pixar almost seem like mirror images of…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 9, 2010 -
Sucks to be in Cleveland
The Rust Belt got another karate kick in the jimmy when native Ohioan LeBron James, who never went to college, saw everyone who never made it out of that dead-ass town and said “That’s not going to be me.” So ends the greatest orgy of narcissism in American sports history, and since this is both…
By Owen Good Published July 8, 2010 -
What Games Did We Forget To Review This Year?
We’re officially more than half way through the year, basking now in the glow of a sweltering summer and a look back at a surprising long trail of games we never reviewed. We’re taking this little break in the constant onslaught of new games, great games to look back over the previous six months for…
By Brian Crecente Published July 8, 2010 -
Vanquish Dated For North America With Preorder Arsenal
Japan’s getting Shinji MIkami’s sci-fi third-person shooter Vanquish on October 21? So what! In North America we’re getting it a couple of days earlier, with a trio of deadly new weapons available to those who preorder from the right store. October 19 is the date that Vanquish hits the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, and…
By Mike Fahey Published July 8, 2010 -
TF2 Engineer Update Delivers Fun Size Sentries
Behold, the 100th Golden Wrench has been collected in the revelry that is this week’s Team Fortress 2Engineer mania, revealing a new weapon – the Gunslinger, which places new Mini-Sentries – and the Thunder Mountain map. From the Team Fortress 2 update page, the Gunslinger looks like Doctor Detroit’s glove, bestow’s +25 health to its…
By Owen Good Published July 8, 2010 -
Study Says Kids Likely to Play Video Game Sports in Real Life
Duh, you say. Well, the usefulness of the report suggests that playing video games ain’t entirely sedentary, and aren’t a threat to actual exercise. Ah, now do you see? Sports games are our friends The UK industry group TIGA touted the research, done a by a French business school’s sports marketing department. The study found…
By Owen Good Published July 8, 2010
