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Square-Enix Brings Toys, Not Games, To NYCC
While the rest of the other video game publishers at the NYCC brought video games for fans to check out, Square-Enix brought lots and lots of toys. No playable demos. No trailers. Just toys. At least these were new toys. On display were action figures and statues from Final Fantasy VII, Crisis Core, Star Ocean,…
By Jim Reilly - Uncategorized
The Mod Squad Arrives … and Departs
To: Luke From: Owen Re: Reportage I’ve been trying to sell my old TV, which is a nice HD screen but it’s big and heavy and about four years old. Friday I got a call from a guy up in Sacramento, which is more than five hours round trip, wanting to look at it. He…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
W.E.E.K. in G.A.M.E.S.
F.E.A.R. 2 Project Origin is your headliner this week. Other notables include House of the Dead: Overkill and Deadly Creatures on the Wii, Flower via PSN, LocoRoco 2 on PSP and X-Blades on PC. I know I’ll P.E.R.S.O.N.A.L.L.Y. be G.L.A.D. when this F.A.D. for putting P.E.R.I.O.D.S. at the E.N.D. of every L.E.T.T.E.R. in a game’s…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Red Dead Appreciation, and Hopes for Redemption
I’ve loved Red Dead Revolver like no other console game. It’s the only one I have 100 percented and finished on all difficulty levels. And I’m going back to play it after this post. So when Rockstar finally confirmed this week that Red Dead Redemption – the sequel rumored off and on for two years…
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UncategorizedCosplay Game Boy Works; Tetris Player Fails
I can only guess this player isn’t rotating the pieces because he’s afraid he might touch the cosplayer’s nipple. Or that he’d like it. GoNintendo found this vid, shot last week at Ohayocon, an Ohio cosplay/gaming convention. I’m guessing the working N-Gage cosplayer was too wide to get through the door. Working Game Boy Cosplay…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Old Republic Webcomic Debuts This Month
LucasArts, BioWare and Dark Horse comics are collaborating on a prequel-ish webcomic, debuting this month, to stir up more frenzy for Star Wars: The Old Republic. The comic is titled “The Threat of Peace.” The webcomic covers “the three decades from the pivotal signing of the Treaty of Coruscant to critical events at the beginning…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Headbang Hero: Rock Out with Your Locks Out
"For the first time in history," writes the creators of Headbang Hero, "a wireless motion-sensing wig is used as a game controller." God, I was wondering if I’d ever live to see that day. We just got sent this in tips by Tiago Martins, who created Headbang Hero along with Andreas Zingerle and Ricardo Nascimento.…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Epic Considers Remaking Gears 2 Ranking Structure
The complicated and not-always-transparent TrueSkill level in Gears of War 2 isn’t a player favorite, Epic’s Rod Fergusson acknowledges. They’re considering an overhaul that would make levelling more experience-based, once the third update releases. Under TrueScore “It’s not always clear how your rank will be affected by a particular match and your rank is based…
By Owen Good