Mike “Broly” Begum is a Street Fighter IV player from Texas. And he’s pretty damn good. What makes Mike’s success notable, though, is the fact he’s so good despite having to play the game with his face Begum was born with arthrogryposis, which has left him with only partial use of one arm. While this…
I don’t know what it is about old Nintendo hardware that makes it so interesting. Maybe it’s because, outside of Nintendo’s home run successes, there are a lot of straight-up strange devices in the company’s history as well. Not weird in a bad way, mind you. Just in a “well, it’s awesome somebody thought this…
Crystal Graziano, who we last saw cosplaying as Valkyria Chronicles villain Selvaria Bles, is back again as…Selvaria Bles. Only this time, in a bikini. While this sounds absurd, swimsuits actually feature in the war drama, so Crystal has a perfectly good excuse for swanning around the recent Anime Conji 2011 in…this. Valkyria Chronicles was originally…
In many ways, Mass Effect is what it is because its developers made a successful Star Wars game. So it’s about time we go to see the franchises square off. Artist Edrice Waliyar has done these two images, depicting some of the stars of the respective series taking each other on. In one pic, the…
William “Robotwo” G from Sweden reimagines Half-Life as a Master System game. There’s shades of Batman: Caped Crusader here. Which is a very good thing.
If the actual Left 4 Dead is a little too frantic for your tastes, why not try this “choose your own adventure” version of the game by web comedy troupe Game Station. It’s nice and slow, giving you ample time to consider your choices, then decide on what seems the most logical course of action.…
Sadly, indie developer Joakim Sandberg seems to be going through a bit of a rough patch at the moment. So he’s released an in-progress version of a game he’s been working on, called The Iconoclasts. And it’s great. Great for what it is, anyway, which is a glorified demo of sorts of a vibrant 2D…
I’ve never been the biggest fan of Penny Arcade’s “spin-off” works, but the recent Lookouts comic series (or at least attempt) was awesome. So it’s even more awesome to hear that the fantasy world is getting its own “hybrid role playing and board game experience”. Here’s the synopsis from the game’s creators, Cryptozoic Entertainment: The…
For those of you still excited at the prospect of playing Fable III on the PC after its long delays and, well, complete lack of cohesion, here are its system specs
Ultima IV, an oldie-but-goodie role-playing game from one of the PC’s most revered franchises, has been available for free since 1997. And nobody gave a hoot. Then, yesterday, EA suddenly gives a hoot. A number of sites hosting free (or flash) copies of the game – first released in 1985 – have been ordered by…
Patrice Désilets, the former creative director behind the Assassin’s Creed series who left Ubisoft for rivals THQ last year, was not alone in making the move. He brought others with him. So many that THQ has had to go get a court order. Désilets left Ubisoft in May and announced his new role at THQ…
“I tried to think of the most harmless thing. Something I loved from my childhood. Something that could never ever possibly destroy us…”. As seen on deliri0us
Not Street Fighter II , that was...the second Street Fighter
Most of this new Battlefield 3 trailer consists of lighting effects and people being shot. What’s got me interested, though, is the fisticuffs in the middle. That looked like some kind of fancy, scripted quick-time-event scenario. In a Battlefield game. Given these trailers are from the game’s singleplayer campaign, that shouldn’t surprise you, but this…
Microsoft’s research team in Cambridge has published a paper outlining several ways the speed and accuracy of Kinect can be improved. Lucky Kinect is also made by Microsoft! The team’s research does not build on Kinect’s existing technology; rather, it strips it away at the base level and replaces it with a new way of…
Final Fantasy Tactics. X-Com. Shining Force. All games that do turn-based strategy very well. If you have an iPhone or iPad, add Hunters to that list. Developed by Rodeo Games – made up of guys who have worked Sony, Criterion and Lionhead – Hunters is a turn-based squad combat game that takes a venerable old…
Hey, Farmville fans. When you log on and plant seeds, you’re not actually enjoying a game. You’re stuck in what’s called the “Sunk Cost Fallacy”. What is the “Sunk Cost Fallacy”? The You Are Not So Smart blog explains: The Misconception: You make rational decisions based on the future value of objects, investments and experiences.…
Mike Rose, who runs indie gaming hotspot and Kotaku favourite Indiegames.com, has written a book called “250 Indie Games You Must Play”. Note that it’s not “250 Indie Games You Must Play Before You DIE”, so there’s no rush. Some of these games, you will have played. Some you may have just heard of. But…
Resident Evil: Mercenaries 3D may not be the most original game on the 3DS, but it’s certainly shaping up as one of the best-looking. And yes, what you see there is a Resident Evil game letting the player move around while aiming their weapon. It seems to slow you down when you do it, but…
So, Microsoft is testing a “new disc format”. The more fanciful of you are thinking that means “Blu-Ray”. The more sensible and well-connected are thinking it’s something a little more realistic. Tech gurus Digital Foundry claim that, according to “a highly placed development source”, this new disc format is simply the same old Xbox 360…
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