Archive for August, 2008

DS Preview: Moon

Tweet My DS has been a lot of places, but this time I took it to the Moon. No, not that lifeless gray hunk of rock in the night sky— this is Renegade Kid’s Moon, a first person shooter using the same engine from last year’s spooky FPS Dementium. One concern I had when I [...]

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Fracture Multiplayer Video Walkthrough With Commentary by CliffyB in Twenty Years

Tweet New Fracture Multiplayer footage surfaced in the form of a walkthrough. I tried really hard to watch it, and focus only on the game itself, but all I could think was “oh my God, that is going to be CliffyB in twenty years.” Is it just me or does that guy’s over the top [...]

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New Video Game Headset Reads Your Mind – Robot Apocalypse: Day 1

Tweet If you’re like me, you’re sick and tired of waiting for the bleak robot dystopia outlined in films like Terminator and The Matrix. I want complete AI domination and I want it now! Thanks to Australia-based electronics company Emotiv Systems, the robot overlord is one step closer to ruling the world with a chrome [...]

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GC 08: Alison Carroll (aka: The New Lara Croft) Spotted At Leipzig Convention

Tweet The new face of Lara Croft, 23 year old Alison Carroll, has been spotted making her rounds at Leipzig. Can you tell which one is Alison? We know it’s hard, but try anyway. If you guess correctly, you may click the jump and see another photo of the British beauty taken at the show.

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Legend of Neil: Episode 5 (NSFW)

Tweet If you are new to the web series titles “Legend of Neil”, it is based off of exactly what you think it is based off of — The Legend of Zelda. This version however, is something that would never get the Nintendo family seal of approval. Neil’s journey to the videogame world of Hyrule [...]

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New Videos and Details for Rock Band 2′s Drum Trainer Mode

Tweet Little known fact; I play the drums. Another little know fact: I play the drums poorly. As sure as I am that playing Rock Band as often as I can won’t help improve my drum skills, Harmonix intends to prove me wrong by adding a new ‘Drum Trainer’ mode to Rock Band 2, for [...]

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EA Sports Responds to Tiger Woods Glitching “Jesus Shot”, Proof Tiger Walks On Water

Tweet The more I see, the more I believe. When I spoke to an EA/Tiburon employee at this years E3, he told me that the company was really trying to change the way they interact with their community. Well, it seems they are putting their money were their mouth is, and doing just that. It [...]

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Madden Curses House of Worship: Wisconsin Church Expresses Anger Over Favre Exit

Tweet If ever you wanted proof that Brett Favre was considered a God in GreenBay, this has got to be it. What seemed like a lock to break the Madden cover curse, has turned into one of the ugliest aftermaths yet. Sure Favre may not be suffering the effects of any on the field physical [...]

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Midway Reveals 4 More MK vs. DC Characters Plus New Screens

Tweet Prior to Midway’s Leipzeig conference, Midway released a bunch of new screenshots that showed the Green Lantern and the Joker in action. After the Leipzeig conference, people noticed 4 new characters that hadn’t yet been announced, but were shown briefly in a Midway slideshow- Kano & Raiden from Mortal Kombat, as well as Wonder [...]

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Buckets + Wood + Mesh = Awesome DIY Rock Band Drum Kit

Tweet When most people get stuck with something they don’t like, they just sit in their own filth and complain about it. Some people, however, like this guy over at eDrums.info, take matters into their own hands. Not everyone likes the Rock Band drums, understandably. This guy really didn’t like them, so instead of just [...]

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NaturalMotion to Showcase Morpheme 2.0 and Backbreaker Game at NVISION 08

Tweet I have been a big fan of NaturalMotion and their animation technology ever since rumor’s surfaced about the company’s possible involvement with 2K Sports on their All Pro Football title. Those rumors proved to be untrue, but Natrual Motion’s products have since been used in many well known games such as Star Wars: Force [...]

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GC 08: SOCOM Confrontation Booth Employs the Use of Sandbags

Tweet The Socom Confrontation booth at E3 consisted of — well, it didn’t exist. It was a single kiosk surrounded by several others running various Sony games. At Liepzig however, those looking to play SOCOM won’t have the luxury of standing at a kiosk, in fact, they won’t be able to stand at all. If [...]

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Retro Gore: Complete 1996 Doom Comic Book Surfaces Online

Tweet Outside of video games, I have one other geek fetish, and that is comic books. Joe Haywood over at Aeropause stumbled upon this gem from 1996 while checking out Shawn Elliott’s Twitter feed. I haven’t purchased a comic book in a few years now, but looking at the page by page break down of [...]

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Blizzard Unveils Wrath of the Lich King Opening Cinematic – Father’s Love Not Enough

Tweet This well done cinematic is a prime example of what sets Blizzard apart from all others in the highly lucrative MMO space. Yes, the three minute plus clip features stunning CGI visuals, but the most impactful aspect of the presentation is the narrative. The voice you hear throughout the piece is that of the [...]

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USA Sweeps Pokémon World Championships — Proof We are the Biggest Dorks on the Planet

Tweet The 2008 Pokémon World Championships took place this past weekend, along with the first-ever Video Game Showdown. Over 400 players from nearly 30 countries qualified for and competed in the Championships, but the United States swept first place in all three divisions of the Trading Card Game (TCG) finals. Additionally, the U.S. won the [...]

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