-
WeeP5: Badass Case, Same Old Rate of Fire
When Nintendo says it puts more smiles on more faces, I’m sure it’s not including the maniacal grin one must get blasting away raving Rabbids with this gangsta MP5 mod. User THeOReos joined Instructables on Christmas day just to show us how to put this bad bastard together. Disappointed with the variety of gun cases…
By Owen Good -
Study: Video Game Physiques Give Guys Body Image Issues, Too
Playing as super buffed up hunky dudes can make men insecure, according to a Kansas State study. But read on, if these stories are correct, this piece of scholarship has some serious problems. The study’s investigators themselves say other factors may contribute to one’s perception of body-image. But, after watching groups of men and women…
By Owen Good -
Chatting With Samus and Naomi Hunter — at the Same Time
This week, Maxim named Metal Gear Solid’s Naomi Hunter the top babe in gaming. Sadie Ultraneko talked to her voice actor, Jennifer Hale (right), who also voices Metroid’s babelicious Samus Aran. Hear her hold forth on being considered a gaming babe, the vagaries and challenges of voice acting a good death (“I hate when I…
By Owen Good -
Monolith Guy: Expansions, Ports Sunk F.E.A.R.
Dave Matthews (not this guy), the primary art lead for F.E.A.R. 2, has an idea what tanked the franchise: expansions and console ports — ones not made by Monolith. Talking to CVG, Matthews said the Extraction Point and Perseus Mandate expansion packs, made by TimeGate Studios, may have brought some new people to the brand…
By Owen Good -
Retro Edutainment: Talking with Speak & Spell’s Dev
The talkies of video games wouldn’t come until 1980, with Berzerk, Gorf and Intellivoice. But 1978’s Speak & Spell undoubtedly contributed to the DNA of early gaming. Vintage Computing talked to Richard Wiggins, the man who wrote its voice processing algorithms, and reminds us just what a thunderbolt this so-called child’s toy was when it…
By Owen Good -
Gatling Glitch > Rocket Jump
Here’s a trick for those rompin’ and stompin’ with zombies this Christmas: A physics glitch that enables you to charge up a gatling gun and launch yourself across the map in Left 4 Dead. Basically, wham on the gun like Engineer fast-building a sentry gun in Team Fortress 2, and when you think you’ve hit…
By Owen Good -
Japanese Game Developers In Trouble
As someone who has as-of-yet not visited Japan, I still imagine it is a place where cutting-edge game development technology is lurking around every corner – stuff so far beyond what we have in the U.S. that we look like cavemen in comparison. Apparently my imagination is a little bit off, as according to Konami…
By Mike Fahey -
Be The NBA Ballers Chosen One
If you thought NBA Ballers was a snicker-worthy title, Midway has a real treat for you next year. They’ve just announced the latest installment of the basketball lifestyle series, entitled NBA Ballers: Chosen One, heading to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 this Spring. “NBA Ballers: Chosen One will allow players to live the life…
By Mike Fahey