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Tetris Gives You Thicker Brain Meats
A study conducted by neuroscientist Richard Haier has determined that performing a “challenging visuospatial task” like Tetris can actually alter the structure of your brain. Or at least the brains of adolescent girls, who were the subject of the study, funded by Tetris marketer Blue Planet Software. Adolescent girls’ brains are still developing, as any…
By Mike Fahey Published September 2, 2009 -
And Now DC Comics Does Aion
No video game is safe from DC Comics‘ WildStorm imprint, as NCsoft’s Aion becomes the latest title to get the comic book treatment, with a special issue available at PAX or with purchase at GameStop. “Aiva’s Story” tells the story of a young Asmodian warrior named Aiva, which seems completely appropriate given the name of…
By Mike Fahey Published September 2, 2009 -
Scenes And Screens From LostWinds: Winter Of The Melodias
Frontier Developments once again puts the power of the wind in your hands in LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias, the follow-up to the acclaimed WiiWare launch title. Here’s what it looks like. The art style remains intact, but the play style has changed a little bit. As mentioned in Owen’s article on the game this…
By Mike Fahey Published September 2, 2009 -
Scene It? Coming To Wii And PS3
The movie trivia party game that gave four new colored bits of plastic to the 360 is now making its way to the PS3 and Wii with Scene It? Bright Lights! Big Screen! Screenlife’s adaptation of the DVD-based movie trivia game for the Xbox 360 has sold well across two different iterations, so the company…
By Mike Fahey Published September 2, 2009 -
Why Buy Scribblenauts
Scribblenauts brings the ability to turn nearly any word you can write into a cute world of scribbles, but no nauts. But maybe that’s not enough to convince to buy the game for your DS. Fortunately, 5th Cell creative director Jeremiah Slackza is here to do the hard sale, explaining how the game came about…
By Brian Crecente Published September 2, 2009 -
Place Your Foreign Liquor Recommendations Here Plze
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: PC Headaches Typically liquor stores in Japan have, well, the same liquor. I don’t mean they’ve only got sake and Asahi Dry — far from it. Instead, I mean, they’ve typically got the same foreign liquors. So like Jack, Campari, Pernod, etc — along with wine. Not that there’s anything…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 2, 2009 -
EA Threatened Over Godfather Machine Guns
EA’s Godfather series features two weapons bearing the name “Dillinger”. They are, of course, a tip of the hat to bank robber John Dillinger. But the supposed Dillinger estate are having none of it. Jeffery Scalf, who says his grandmother was Dillinger’s half sister (I know, I know), has threatened EA with a lawsuit unless…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 2, 2009 -
Asking Publishers About Other PS2-To-Blu-Ray Releases
We touched on this in a dreamy way yesterday, but today, let’s look at it a little more seriously: now that God Of War 1 & 2 are being re-released on Blu-Ray, can we expect other series to follow suit? After all, there are plenty of popular PS2 games/series that – provided they were upgraded…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 2, 2009 -
More Details About New Okami Game
The full title for upcoming DS Okami game is Okamiden: Chisaki Taiyou, and the title takes place a few months after the PlayStation 2 original and features a new wolf named Chibiterasu. Gameplay is similar to the PS2 version where players will draw out characters with the in-game brush. However, the DS title will obviously…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 2, 2009 -
A Life Is Well Wasted Without Attractive Game Posters
Former Brodeo member Robert Ashley has a new(ish) podcast, but of more interest to us today, his podcast has some new, amazing posters to go with it. Ashley has teamed up with Olly Moss – who created those great gaming “book covers” – to release a number of retro-themed promo prints. They’re limited to 200…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 2, 2009 -
Voice Actress Threatened, Man Arrested
Glasses-wearing voice actress Mai Kadowaki is known for her voice work in the Konami anime Tokimeki Memorial Only Love and her work in games like console game Cross Edge and DS title Tales of the Tempest — among other titles. Since last November, threatening letters have been sent to the 28-year-old’s agency. A 26-year-old unemployed…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 2, 2009 -
God Of War Collection Might Get A Nip Here, A Tuck There
Despite Sony’s own admission that the God of War Collection remakes are just “ports”, that’s not to say both games will be identical to their PS2 forebears when they hit the PS3. That’s because, aside from the stuff we already knew – 720p, 60 frames-per-second, 2x anti-aliasing – the collection’s developers haven’t ruled out making…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 2, 2009 -
Developer “Terrified” While Making Beatles Rock Band
Think making a game with The Beatles would be all gumdrops and lollypops? Wrong. Rock Band developer Harmonix was “terrified”, says the studio’s John Drake. Terrified in the sense that the developer did not want to screw up the game and piss off The Beatles. “I don’t know what Apple was considering before they started…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 2, 2009 -
Konami Publishing Ninety-Nine Nights II, Shoko Nakagawa In A Big Hat
According to Microsoft, Konami will be publishing hack-and-slash Ninety-Nine Nights II. The prequel was developed by Rez designer Testsuya Mizuguchi; however, he does not appear to be involved with this title. Ninety-Nine Nights was published by Microsoft in 2006. South Korean developer Phantagram worked on the title with Mizuguchi’s Q Entertainment. This time Microsoft development…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 2, 2009 -
Time Donkey Loves Tacos
Time Donkey launched today. It’s from the guys behind Velociraptor Safari, Jetpack Brontosaurus and Minotaur China Shop. So, yes, you should know what you’re getting yourself into. The premise of Time Donkey is actually really neat: you’re a time-travelling donkey on a quest for tacos. To get those tacos, you have to respawn yourself, creating…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 2, 2009 -
Xbox 360 Gets Price Drop In Japan
As expected, Microsoft announced a price drop for Japan. Are you excited yet? No? So, yeah, the Xbox 360‘s price tag has been cut for The Land of the Rising Sun. Pricing looks like this: • Xbox 360 Elite Previous Price: ¥39,800 (US$429) New Price: ¥29,800 ($321) • Xbox 360 Pro Previous Price: ¥29,800 ($321)…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 2, 2009 -
Here Come The First DirectX 11 Cards
Pity those who only just got on top of Crysis’ recommended specs. Because if word on the street is to be believed, the next next generation of PC hardware is only a few months away. First off the starting blocks will be ATi’s Radeon HD 5800 series of cards (starting with the HD 5850 and…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 2, 2009 -
Are You 20-Something Years Old? Do You Want To Love A Game Character?
Konami Digital Entertainment polled 500 Japanese men to find out. Questions asked include things like if they thought of themselves as a herbivore male (Almost 64 percent said yes!) or whether they enjoyed in-game romance (42 percent said affirmative). The grass eater term was coined by a Japanese columnist to describe effeminate young Japanese men…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 2, 2009