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The Tester Looking For Host?

Sony’s PSN reality show, The Tester, has gamers compete for a “gamer’s ultimate dream job” — no, not running one of the major platform holders as they seem fit, but as a QA tester. Yeah. The eight episode show will be produced by the folks behind The Surreal Life, Flavor of Love and Rock of…

Marcus Fenix Has Bad Teeth, Cute Handbag

As seen on @CPaladino.

What’s Keeping Lumines Off The PlayStation Network

The original Lumines and its sequel took advantage of all the PSP had to offer. You’d think that the puzzle music game would be penciled in for new Sony portable, the PSPgo. You’d think. Q Entertainment‘s Twitter feed explains why the game isn’t available on the PlayStation Network Store — and in turn, the digital…

Where Do NBA Players Play Video Games?

At home, sure. In the hotel, of course. Maybe even the locker room. Los Angeles Lakers’s Kobe Bryant says that’s not all. “All the guys will play on the plane actually,” he tells USA Today. “Travel with a flat screen and hook up the console. It gets pretty competitive.” But… Is a flat screen a…

Man Plays Grand Theft Auto For 40 Hours Straight

What did you do between September 4 and September 6? Twenty-six year-old private equity broker Chirantan Patnaik played Grand Theft Auto IV — for 40 hours and 20 minutes straight. The Mumbai, India resident started playing at his home on September 4 at 10:00 a.m. and wrapped up on September 6 at 2:00 a.m., taking…

Bayonetta’s “Perfect” Famitsu Score – There’s A Catch

PlatinumGames’ sexy shoot ‘n’ kick fest Bayonetta made headlines earlier today for securing a “perfect” 40 out of 40 score from the editors of Japan’s Famitsu magazine. That’s kind of a big deal. But there’s a footnote worth mentioning. See, those “perfect” Famitsu scores are generally granted very infrequently—although that frequency has definitely increased over…

Need For Speed Nitro Says Anything’s Possible In Rio

This Need for Speed: Nitro Trailer is very likely the closest I’ll ever get to Rio de Janeiro — and as virtual tourism goes, it doesn’t look half-bad. NFS: Nitro ships November 3, two whole weeks ahead of schedule and with a heck of a lot of fancy cars. If the Wii is where you…

First Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time Demo Hits PSN Thursday

Insomniac Games’ Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time is scheduled to hit the PlayStation 3 next week. But the wait to play portions of it will be much shorter, thanks to the first of two demos. That Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time demo should hit alongside the weekly PlayStation Store…

A Patch Of Gaming Pumpkins

I asked and many of you answered. We almost have enough gaming-themed pumpkins to cover a post a day between now and Halloween. Here’s a gallery of ceemdee’s pumpkins. “Mainly I’ve used an x-acto knife and three tiny screwdrivers to do most of the carving,” ceemdee said in an email. “I used some wood carving…

The Beatles: Rock Band Abbey Road Trailer Just Sold Me

And it didn’t take much, to be honest, as The Beatles: Rock Band footage looks pretty good with whatever Beatles song is put before it. The remaining tracks from "Abbey Road" are available to download as of this week. Maybe it has something to do with Ringo’s moustache. Or maybe it’s the option to play…

I Kept Playing – Reader Response

Yesterday I posted an article titled I Kept Playing – The Costs Of My Gaming Addiction.” The response from our readers has been so overwhelming that I felt I should take the time to address it. First of all, thank you all for the kind words and well-wishes directed towards Emily and I. As I…

Gawkerville

To: Ash From: Crecente Re: I. Am. Sick. I spent the day checking out Capcom goodies and hanging with Totilo at the SoHo Gawker HQ. Nice digs, nice music, nice people. New York, it seems, rolled out the beautiful weather for me. Good times. Off to try and catch the tail-end of Capcom’s meet-up. What…

Muramasa: The Demon Blade Fan Art Winner Well Deserved

As seen on the Muramasa Fan Art Contest Winners page at Facebook, via Tiny Cartridge.

A Reason To Exclude Motion Controls From Your Flying Game

Chatting with the producer of Capcom’s jet-pack shooter Dark Void today, I learned that Sixaxis was not a control option for the game. Why not? “False positives.” Capcom producer Morgan Gray said that he believes motion controls don’t work well for flight games that include a lot of shooting in it. His reasoning: Players tend…

Wolfenstein PC Patch Fixes In-Game Breaking, Lets Players Finish Game

The PC version of id and Raven Software‘s Wolfenstein has graduated to version 1.11, fixing a small batch of errors that have plagued the Windows release and prevented some gamers from finishing the game at all. The game notably addresses the “gamex86.dll” error that may have shut your game down for good. The positive news…

Konami Brings First DSi-only Game Monster Finder To America

Alpha Unit’s Monster Finder, the first Nintendo DSi-only retail game announced for the platform, looks like it may have been picked up by Konami, due to arrive stateside early next year. According to a listing from online game rental outfit GameFly, spotted by Siliconera, Monster Hunter will be published by Konami in January 2010, likely…

Your Annual Video Game Halloween Costume Suggestions Are Right Here

Every year, Vintage Computing & Gaming’s Benj Edwards compiles a list of the best video game inspired Halloween costume ideas that you’ve probably not yet considered. This year’s may be his best (or at least most obscure) yet. There’s some real gold here, including the pictured option, Shadax from Solstice, whose “luminous footwear can brighten…

Play Super Street Fighter IV Before Us

Capcom is putting community first (and Crecente last, where he belongs) this week. Our editor-in-chief was able to only gawk at Super Street Fighter IV in New York today. But you could play it here later this week. You’ll need to be a Capcom Unity member to attend. And you’ll need to RSVP. And maybe…

How About A Spore Fighting Game?

The newest Spore game is a bit of a platformer and a bit of a Spore game. But it has just enough Tekken to it that it could hint at something else: Could the world use a Spore fighting game? The game that actually exists isn’t exactly a Spore fighting game. It’s Spore Hero, which…

God Of War III May Get Downloadable Challenge Rooms

Sony’s highly anticipated end to the God of War trilogy won’t attempt to shoehorn in some sort of multiplayer component. But the game’s developers may have a way of convincing you not to trade in the game after completing it. God of War III producer Stig Asmussen tells GamePro that the PlayStation 3 game may…