Sometimes irony can be delicious. In this case, it’s a little bit tragic, with the ESRB publicly releasing the email addresses of people who had written to the board to protest…the revelation of private information. Blizzard’s decision (and ultimate reversal) this week to institute a “real names” policy on the company’s forums led to widespread…
Oh dear. This whole “3D” thing could have a little more trouble getting off the ground if research by Britain’s Eyecare Trust is on the money. “3-D technology relies on our eyes’ ability to work together as a co-ordinated team to achieve an accurate perception of depth,” the report says. “However, more than one in…
Earlier models of the Nintendo DS are awash in a sea of pirated games. The upcoming 3DS? It might be a tougher nut to crack. That’s according to THQ, anyways, whose executive VP of global publishing Ian Curran told CVG, “What excites me even more [than 3DS games] is that there’s technology built in that…
Coma is a flash game by Thomas Brush, in which you…well, just wander around a world exploring and helping people out. It’s beautiful. It looks beautiful. It sounds beautiful. And while it’s of course limited by the fact it’s a flash game with barely any controls, it stretches this about as far those limitations allow.…
One Life Left, probably the best podcast coming out of Ol’ Blighty, is back after a lengthy holiday. It’s return episode is a solid 7/10.
“BUY ACTION FIGURE” may not have been written across the side of a building during the latest Splinter Cell game, but for die-hard fans it should have been, given the impending release of a new, plastic tribute to Sam Fisher. Based on his likeness in Splinter Cell: Conviction, this figure by NECA isn’t quite ready…
There are a lot of Mortal Kombat games that should never have been made. This one at least had the foresight to be cancelled before it saw the light of day. It was called Mortal Kombat: Fire & Ice (sadly, not pictured above), and was a co-operative game starring Scorpion and Sub-Zero, similar to 2005’s…
This Zelda clip is pretty primitive! Pretty childish, too. You may cite these as reasons for not liking it, but then, you’d be missing the point. This collection of tiny animated flicks reminds me of bad European stop-motion from the 1970s. It’s got the same charm; lifeless eyes, stilted animation, weird, sometimes slightly unsettling plotlines.…
And by “affordable”, they don’t mean “cheap piece of crap”. They mean (or at least claim) “bang for your buck” for the serious gamer on a budget. Nvidia today took the wraps off the GeForce GTX 460, designed to be the the company’s first real mass-market card built to support DirectX 11. Priced at $199,…
Brain Age isn’t the most enjoyable of DS games played straight. Playing it through an emulator that lets you substitute answers for stupid doodles sure fixes that. This “speed run” isn’t terribly fast – indeed, it’d be faster writing the actual answers – but it’s way more fun, as by using an emulator they’re able…
If women on the covers of magazines can be photoshopped to within an inch of oblivion, then damnit, there’s no reason why cosplayers can’t as well. It’s mean, I know, but also an interesting exercise in body image (and cosplay as well)! You’d think people that are already in costume wouldn’t be as concerned with…
SOTA Toys have sent over the first images of an upcoming piece of Darksiders merchandise fans of the game might be interested in: a big sculpture of “hero” War, and his trusty steed Ruin. It stands an impressive 14 inches high, and while a release date and price are still up in the air, SOTA…
The gang at Boing-Boing recently ran a competition, asking for devs to submit quick little games based on, in or around music. And not just any music. Chiptune music. Well, the finalists have been selected, and you can now play those finalists over on their site. Don’t go in expecting meaty, polished product; these are…
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Two stories on promising PSP games in one night? What a strange, wonderful evening this is turning out to be… Reaper, an upcoming downloadable game for the PSP, looks gorgeous, taking the smart route of pitching to the handheld’s strengths: namely, that 2D, vivid graphics will usually always trump muddy, under-powered 3D visuals.
Chores suck! Video games don’t! If only there was some way to combine the two, it’d be like chocolate sauce on broccoli…oh, hello, what’s this? It’s Epic Win. And it looks like it could be just that. It’s an RPG for the iPhone, where instead of killing trolls and centaurs and goblins, you have to…
This statue is 19 inches of M. Bison, complete with billowing cape and enormous feet. And gums. Designed by Pop Culture Shock Collectibles, he’s now available for preorder, and will ship to stores sometime in the Summer. There’ll be 700 made available – 500 in red, and 200 in the Sideshow-exclusive black – and all…
The latest God of War title, Ghost of Sparta for the PSP, had some gameplay footage shown during E3 that’s only now made its way online. What Mike saw during his time with the game, you can now see free from the glaring lights, pounding music and sweaty men of the Electronic Entertainment Expo’s showroom…
Blizzard’s decision to force posters on its forums to use their real name isn’t exactly going down too well. But is posting on the internet as, well, yourself really all that bad? I don’t think it is. And I should know! I mean, this is my real name. I’ve been using it here since I…
Yeah, that’s right. For once, the cars take a back seat in a Gran Turismo 5 trailer, the focus here on the little touches that go on inside and outside the game’s vehicles. Dust, dusk, lights, glow, debris…these are the visual effects of Gran Turismo 5, and if you’ve got a big-screen, HD TV, then…
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