To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Boulder’s APB Had it all typed up and ready to go. And now I can’t find it. It has disappeared into the ether. Hence, this. So now, I leave you wonder what it said. How mysterious! What you missed last night Report: Nintendo Thinks It Has Won, Sees Apple As…
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Console wars decided. A rival comes into view. Time to buckle down, because things seem poised for a shake up. While Wii sales might have been down 21 percent last year, Nintendo still saw its third best year in the history of the company. According to the Times Online, sources close to Nintendo’s Japanese headquarters…
Wii Sports led to Wii Play. Wii Play brought us to Wii Fit, then Wii Music. The next major Wii-branded game from Nintendo is also a Mario Party successor. Ready for Wii Party? Nintendo president Satoru Iwata revealed the new game in a presentation to investors this week as part of a show of confidence…
There is widespread support amongst both Australian voters and politicians for the introduction of an adults-only rating for video games. Oh, and Catholic bishops, too! The Aussie government has released some preliminary findings from its look at introducing an R18+ rating, and amongst the support is this, indicating the backing of the Catholic bigmen: The…
Japan isn’t only The Land of the Rising Sun. It’s also The Land of Xbox 360 Indifference. There must be a way to double weekly consoles sales. Turns out, there is. Well, at least once. In last week’s hardware sales tally, the Xbox 360 sold 2,214 units in Japan. By comparison, there were 28,758 PSPs…
This starts off as a bit of a love story between Ms. Pac-Man and Arkanoid’s paddle. Then there’s machine guns and a giant, evil NES controller, and a boss battle for the ages. Look, just…watch it, it’ll make sense. “The Bug” was created by Yongsub Song for his thesis at Manhattan’s School of Visual Arts.…
With a Best Supporting Actor nomination under his belt, Jake Gyllenhaal’s status as a serious actor has been cemented. But he doesn’t necessarily want to only be a serious actor. Because in the upcoming Prince of Persia, he’s Chesty Jake. And Gyllenhaal seems to be totally contend with his role in the upcoming adventure flick.…
Fallout 3 knows the rules: beards make video games better. Take these pics as example, showing that even some of the all-time greats – like Mario, Metal Gear and Zelda – can be made greater by handing out beards. Look at Mario! He’s now got a face befitting his steadfastness. Snake? His chin is now…
Last year was a rough year. Just ask Osaka-based Capcom. The game company, which is best known for the Street Fighter series, sales profits down. Way down. According to an official statement, Capcom saw new sales down 27.3 percent to ¥66.8 billion. Net profit was down 73.1 percent from the previous year to ¥2.17 billion.…
I raised this in a recent night note, but since I got so many interesting responses, I figured I’d throw it out to the masses: is there anything in real life that scares you so much it affects your gaming? For me, it’s underwater monsters. Mostly when it comes to games, that means sharks, but…
George Romero’s name is synonymous with horror. Romero isn’t a huge gamer, but he’s interested in making a video game. If only a game company would allow him to do just that. There’s shit he’d like to hide and stuff. Romero is best known to moviegoers for his groundbreaking zombie films Night of the Living…
Sir Ben Kingsley, who won an Academy Award for his portrayal of Gandhi in the 1982 film of the same name, will soon be playing a role a little less historical, landing a part in Lionhead’s upcoming Fable III. Kingsley – who many gamers are soon to be re-acquainted with thanks to his appearance in…
It sure beats popping pills. To mark he 30th anniversary of Pac-Man, a set of French-made wine glasses will be go on sale in Japan on July 2010 in Japan. The set is priced at ¥5,250 (US$58) and comes with two Japanese-made cork coasters. Besides wine glasses, Pac-Man will also be getting leather wallets and…
While the botched “Engrish” translations in video games like Zero Wing, the Ninja Warriors and Metal Gear have provided us with years of amusement and long-running memes, officials in China are trying to stamp out mangled English. The New York Times reports on the Shanghai Commission for the Management of Language Use’s efforts to scrub…
J.J. Abrams, the creator of television series Lost and the producer of monster flick Cloverfield, is teaming up with Steven Spielberg for a new feature film called Super 8. This is your first look at the picture. Directed by Abrams and produced by Spielberg, Super 8 was rumored to be either a prequel or a…
Capcom vs SNK is one thing, but a fighting game that pits Nintendo against Capcom, Irem, Sunsoft, Hudson, Taito, Namco, Konami and Sega? Oh boy. While this kind of cross-promotional stuff would have been pure fantasy in the days of the Famicom/NES, it’s the reality in this clip’s fantasy world, which sees most of the…
Right now? Not much. But that doesn’t mean things haven’t been happening for the flick or won’t happen in the future. In summer 2009, Saw franchise co-creator and director of Dead Silence and Death Sentence, James Wan, signed on to co-write and helm the cinematic retelling of the Belmont family vampire slaying saga. “That’s the…
Since the launch of both the DS and Wii, five games published by Nintendo have sold more than twenty million copies. Can you guess which ones? If you said Brain Age, you’re close (18 million), but wrong. Mario Kart DS? Close again, at 17.9 million, but just as wrong. No, the five games to reach…
With real humans stationed outside Blizzard HQ playtesting World of Warcraft’s latest expansion, Cataclysm, it was only a matter of time until some decent footage made its way into the public eye. These clips give you an unguided tour of two of Cataclysm’s new additions, the Alliance stronghold of Stormwind and the Orcish Ogrimmar. What…
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