Friday, August 10, 2007
My Face Friggin’ Hurts
11:40PM Brian Ashcraft | To: Crecente From: Ashcraft Pain. Severe pain. Today I got something like five shots. Three of them were with the dentist’s painless electric needle. Two of them were not. Those friggin hurt. All yesterday, my wife has been saying the dentist told her that the next time is going to be painful. Know this about my wife: She likes to joke around and fuck with me. So, I worried all day, and right before I get in the dentist’s chair, Mrs. Bashcraft tells me she was joking and that the dentist never said it was going to hurt. She then giggled. Then the dentist started drilling, and it hurt BAD. He said the cavity was too close to my nerve. So he gave me shots. It still hurt. More shots. Still ouchy. He then put some “desensitiser” on my tooth and said to come back in a week or so. Then it won’t hurt. After that, I have to go back again to have the filling put in. Fun! Somehow I think this has something to do with all the people I banned. Instant karma baby! :) What you missed last night: More »
The Making Of Heavenly Sword
11:20PM Luke Plunkett | “Our goal was to make one of the most beautiful games ever created”. Says it all, really. Here’s how they’ve done it. More »
Manhunt 2 Appeal Verdict’s Gonna Be A While
10:20PM Luke Plunkett | Think the British Board of Film Classification care about Rockstar and Take-Two’s release schedule? They couldn’t give two shits. MCV “understand” that Rockstar’s appeal to have the game’s British ban overturned, which was submitted last week, is now being heard by the board. Thing is, they also “understand” the process could take months, meaning that if the game ever does ship, we’ll all have gotten over it by then. Maybe even completely forgotten about it, and you have to resort to making things up so you sound like you know what you’re talking about. “Manhunt 2? Ah, yes, the one with the magic penguins and little orphaned babies. No thanks, heard it was a bit crap. $10 for downloadable babies was a bit much”. Rockstar faces lengthy wait for Manhunt appeal verdict [MCV] More »
Opoona Slips A Little
10:00PM Luke Plunkett | Anyone excited about Oppona? I am! Well, I’m not excited… call me mildly enthused. If you’re anywhere between those two emotions, and were looking forward to its release on September 27, I’m sorry. It’s been delayed. To November 1. Why? Game needed a little bit more polish it seems, Koei preferring to wait a little while and get a better game onto the market. Tough news, I know, but you can manage. Not like there’s a shortage of games worth playing over the next six months. コーエーã€Wii用ソフト『オプーナã€ã®ç™ºå£²æ—¥ã‚’11月1æ—¥ã«å»¶æœŸ[Dengeki Online, via Siliconera] More »
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption Preview Rolling Onto Wiis
9:45PM Brian Ashcraft | Heads up! Head over to the Wii Ware section on the Shopping Channel and download a totally free Metroid Prime 3: Corruption preview. After downloading, it becomes its own Wii Menu channel. It’s not a demo, but has trailers and other vids from the game. This kicks off a “Month of Metroid” for Nintendo with Metroid (available for 400 points) and Super Metroid (800 points) getting Virtual Console releases on August 13 and August 20th respectively. MP3: Corruption drops August 27th. Finally a reason to use the Wii again. Thanks to all who sent this in! More »
Postal Makes Bourne Book Cameo
9:30PM Brian Ashcraft | Just got a press release directly from Running With Scissors CEO Vince Desi (above). It mentions that the company’s game Postal is mentioned in the latest Bourne novel The Bourne Betrayal, written by Eric Van Lustbader. (Bourne creator Robert Ludlum passed away in 2001). The Postal franchise finds its way onto page 270. In the book, a young gang banger is given a gun in thanks for not ratting out some arsonists. The kid decides to use the weapon because he: “already had some experience with blowing people’s heads off playing Postal 2…” Vince Desi has openly declared to “perform a BJ in gratitude — that is, a Bourne Job.” Using lame puns and reinforcing negative gaming stereotypes, that’s our Desi. Full release after the jump. More »
Final Fantasy VII Anniversary Gallery
9:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Get out your hairgel! To mark ten years of Final Fantasy VII, Square Enix is rolling out a special exhibition for all to gape at. Take note Tokyo readers, the FINAL FANTSY VII 10th ANNIVERSARY Gallery will run from August 31 to September 2nd at Aoyama’s Spiral Garden. It will feature illustrations and original images from Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, Before Crisis -Final Fantasy VII-, Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII- and Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII. See, Square Enix doesn’t just make a lot of Final Fantasy games, it makes a lot of Final Fantasy VII games! If you’re Aoyama, might as well swing by. The exhibit is totally, and that’s totally cool. FFVII Exhibit [Famitsu] More »
The Japanese Hardware Chart
8:30PM Luke Plunkett | OK, no messing around now. It’s official. The Wii and Japan have broken up. It’s finished. Over the past month sales have gone from 109,854 a week to 61,498. Sure, most other consoles have seen a slight dip over the same time (except the PS3), but that’s a biiiiig drop-off. What has the Wii done to you, Japan, to deserve the cold shoulder? All it ever offered you was love. Guess all you ever really wanted was a few more decent games. More »
Circuit City Subpoenas CheapAssGamer
8:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Electronics retailer Circuit City has served CAG Productions with a subpoena. CAG Productions is responsible for popular video game shopping community CheapAssGamer.com, which has 100,000 registered members. The retail giant wants CAG to turn over all personal information about registered forum member Speedy1961, who has been posting weekly CC ads prior to their release on the site. Speedy has also posted them on DVDtalk.com, and that site appears to have received legal action as well. The subpoena mentions one CheapAssGamer thread in particular, which prior to E3 revealed that the PS3 would get a price drop as well as pricing for games at Circuit City as well as game prices at Target and Best Buy. In that subpoena mentioned thread, here’s what Speedy wrote: More »
