“Thank you - for blessing me with new controls and strafing feet.”

Step aside Chris Redfield. No, really. Step aside. There is an axe flying at your head.

Where Leon Kennedy in Resident Evil 4 could do little more than shoot flying implements of rusty death out of the sky (which would really require way more skill than dodging), Chris Redfield will have an advantage thanks to Capcom’s announcement of an overhaul to the controls for RE5.

According to the most recent Australian Official PS3 Magazine, RE5 will feature a control style similar to Gears of War, enabling strafing and rolling. Read more…

Can’t decide on what video game character to dress up as this Halloween? Sick of wearing the same blue suspenders and red hat every year? Have you ever wanted to have a large, Styrofoam drill for an arm? Do you live in the New Jersey area?

If you answered yes to these questions, this man has a suit to sell you. This fancy, homemade Big Daddy costume can be yours for only $250. The drill arm does work, provided you stick a power drill in there, and you can string some Christmas lights up in the face mask for that extra “friendly” or “your death is imminent” effect. Make it a family affair and bring your little sister along for an added bonus. Just hand her a giant syringe and a dirty, 50s throw-back dress and you finally found a good use for the little brat!

While it is a refuge from last year’s festivities, don’t worry about appearing out-of-date. Just tell people you’re the PS3 version of the Big Daddy, and this costume’s relevancy gets an extra year, and you don’t have to worry about gluing on that fake, Italian mustache ever again.

Until 2009. Video of the suit in action after the jump. Read more…

According to an interview with Pete Hines from Rock, Paper, Shotgun; the PC version of Fallout 3 will not come with a mod kit out the gate, and while he doesn’t rule one out in the future, it’s as good as locked in a vault for now.

Hines said that producing the mod tools takes a helluva lotta time and effort, and that people have become to accustomed to having them in Bethesda games, but this time, no dice. Read more…

Yes, you read that right. Courtesy of our Japanese friends in… well, Japan, comes an iPhone flash program that simulates mammories for your touching pleasure. If you think that sounds creepy, you’re not alone. It is creepy. Read more…

While you were loitering about last weekend, perhaps jamming out in your underwear to Rock Band 2, or consuming an entire case of Bawls in an effort to get as far ahead in Warhammer: Age of Reckoning, some people were making productive use of their time. Read more…

Will Wright, the man who created the Sims phenomenon, finally gave the world Spore this weekend, after a long development and teasing gamers with the Spore Creature Creator. Unfortunately, like so many movie trailers, all the best parts were contained within that $10 download. The bottom line is: Spore is disappointing.

The short version: The game starts out with a bang and an addictive hook– guiding your creature through its evolution from a single cell in a tide pool to a space-faring race of complex beings. However, shortly after your creature gains sentience and forms a tribe, the heart of the game goes out, and the rest is a spiral into a shallow RTS that lacks the fitness to survive in the gaming jungle.

Hit the jump for the long version and an in-depth look at where Spore went wrong. (Spoiler: right after the creature stage) Read more…

PAX is all about games, and the massive show floor had plenty of them on display. Here are the impressions from the show floor demos. Keep in mind, many of these are at different stages of production, so things could change. Read on for impressions of Starcraft 2, Gears of War 2, Left 4 Dead, Resistance: Retribution, and more. Read more…

One should be careful when wielding a $20,000, sharp, pointy object. But when you’ve got a replica sword this cool, it can be difficult to resist the temptation to swing it around a bit.

WoW Insider supplied some images of a pair of dorks duking it out with their prized duplicate Frostmourne Runeblades. The things cost more than a goldfarmer makes in a year but damn, are they shiny. And apparently they’ve got some serious heft to them.

Collecting replica swords is nothing new for nerds. I myself own some blades for decorative purposes, but this one is clearly a cut above the rest. A must-own for the serious WoW player with way too much money on his or her hands, and a must play-with for anyone who actually gets one.

PAX 08 came and went as a whirlwind adventure deep into the heart of nerddom. I saw strange things; I saw glorious things. I put faces with the names I only know through the internet. I got drunk and met Solid Snake in the street. I hugged a ninja. I amassed a wealth of free trinkets.

But most importantly, I played video games. Video games that aren’t out yet. Video games you likely haven’t played yet. But I’m not bragging. No, far from it. I’ve played these games and now I want to share that experience with you. Read more…

Dave Chappelle once said, “Nobody likes getting their ass beat to a soundtrack.” Dave never played FaceBreaker. EA’s arcade-style boxing game’s soundtrack has been announced, and it’s full of Grateful Dead and Jack Johnson. You know — good, mellow stuff.

OK, I lied. The FaceBreaker soundtrack contains tunes with such auspicious names as “Sucker Punch,” “Knock Me Down,” and “Girl Fight.” How appropriate.

Hit the jump for the full list of songs that make you want to punch your friends in the face. Read more…

PAX 08 is rocking gamers with plenty of hands-on demos on the show floor, as Fall’s big-name titles make the rounds for their adoring public. Gamers queued up to get their greedy claws on Gears 2, Left 4 Dead, StarCraft II, and many others.

But one of the surprising hits of the floor was Red Faction: Guerrilla. It doesn’t take long to realize why the game has been in development for four-and-a-half years: the destructibility of the environments is complete. Read more…

Baseball has Barry Bonds and his Giant head (and ego) under the scrutiny of the senate. Cycling has a long list of riders banned for doping. The Olympics have stripped athletes of their medals for taking steroids.

Competitive gamers have bong rips before frag fests. But so far testing positive carries no negative.

Hit the jump (and the bong) for more on the smoky underbelly of competitive gaming. Read more…

So you like driving games, eh? Well, then you’ll probably find the images here are causing a strange sensation deep inside you. That, my friend, is want.

You see, this slick little aracade-style setup is the ultimate in Grand Turismo 5 Prologue gaming. It comes will all the extras and features you could ever want for a racing game except for tires and lots of open road.

A 40 inch screen flanked by a surround-sound set up is hooked up to a built-in PS3 with Logitech G25 wheel including pedals. Throw in a bucket seat and wrap the whole thing in a slick Plexiglas case and you’ve got yourself the most expensive gaming set up you can buy for a game that isn’t even out.

But you can be sure that when the game drops, this will be on every racers wish list. Right up there with a 2009 (insert fancy car name here). And it costs a measly $15,000!… which is considerably more than my 1984 Oldsmobile Cutlass Sierra. I wonder why that’s not in GT5?

Now all they need to do is hook up a toaster to drop rubber bands into and you’ll even be able to smell the burning rubber! Now that’s immersion.

Check our more images after the jump. Read more…

If you see this little yellow robot floating outside your window, you’re probably a terrorist, and deserve what’s coming to you. If not, duck and cover. Read more…

Ladies and gentlemen of the intertubes, what I am about to present is as nerd-on inducing as they come. Part swimsuit, part retro-gaming homage, all win.

I give you: the Geekini. I’d like to type the Konami code on that! Maybe jump ahead to level 69 with infinite continues.

Feel free to leave your own retro-gaming sexual innuendo below. Whoever leaves the best comment will win the respect and laughter of the Internet dwellers.

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Source: Geekologie

Calling all gamers: we have a situation on the internet, all units respond.

All Points Bulletin, the MMO from UK developers Realtime Worlds – the people behind Crackdown, that game that you bought for the Halo 3 beta – is accepting email addresses in preparation for beta testing. Read more…

Blizzard fans have zerg-rushed the Blizzard website into submission over tickets to BlizzCon 08, so Blizzard has come up with a solution to sell the tickets in waves.

Did you ever play “Red light / Green light” as a kid, where you can only run forward when the “it” person says go? Seems that’s the game Blizzard is playing with its BlizzCon 08 registration. Read more…

Attention nerds: Boobies.

Now that I have your attention, hit the jump to for some titillating pictures of Alison Carroll, the new face of real-life iconic adventurer Lara Croft. Read more…

Let me make this quick. If you like the quirky humor and nonsensical shenanigans of Strong Bad and Homestar Runner enough to pay $8.95 for a point-and-click episode of the web series, this game is right up your alley. Everyone else, save that money and go buy a yo-yo or a lottery ticket. It’ll keep you entertained far longer.

Bottom Line: 2

Hit the jump to see Strong Bad get a taste of his own verbal pummeling. Read more…

Flyleaf (pictured above, minus singer Lacey Mosley) join Guitar Hero as DLC

If you’ve played through every track on Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, there are now some fresh tunes courtesy of Interscope Records.

The Interscope Track Pack offers up three new songs: Flyleaf’s “Tina,” “Carcinogen Crush” by AFI, and a remix of goth rocker Marilyn Manson’s “Putting Holes in Happiness,” a la Nick Zinner of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

The tracks are now available on Xbox Live and the PlayStation Store.