Monday, August 27, 2007
Michel Gagné Making Game, Awesomeness To Follow
11:20PM Luke Plunkett | Wow. Michel Gagné is one of the world’s most, I don’t know, beautiful comic guys around. As in his work. Not himself. Though he is rather fetching, with his beard and Matthew Modine haircut. But I digress. Dude’s making a game! Looks like a shooter. He’s just posted on his own site: More »
Itagaki Shows Vaguely Human Display of Emotion
11:00PM Brian Ashcraft | With the sunglasses and leather jacket, you could get the idea that DoA and Ninja Gaiden creator Tomonobu Itagaki comes across as cold and distant. Like he’s just sneering at us, releasing bastard hard games and waiting for his next whiskey straight. But wait! Here he is. And he’s actually touching another human in a friendly way. It’s like the game creator is human. Or something. There’s good reason why he’s so pleased! That dude Itagaki has his arm around is a regular Dead or Alive finalist in the WorldCyberGames. The WCG 2007 finals aren’t until October, but prelims were held in Tokyo with Dead or Alive 4. Is that curled lip a slight smile on Itagaki’s face? Impossible! WCG Prelims [Game Watch Impress] More »
Wonder Why Germany Bans Games?
10:40PM Brian Ashcraft | Sure, Germans love banning games. But, why? German fella 3r0t1c n3rd over at game blog Destructoid does a great job explaining the situation. Let’s dive right on in: The reasons for banning media can range from violence to illegal content. For example, every book about producing drugs or growing weed is illegal in Germany. So what if a game is banned? More »Star Jones & Friends Talk Violence, Games
10:20PM Luke Plunkett | As an Australian, I’ve no idea who this woman is. All I know is what I’ve recently been told: she’s a lawyer, hosts a TV talk show, used to be large, is now small. Good for her! I now also know she “loves her games”. This is a segment which aired on her show last week. Subject: videogame violence. Not going to change anyone’s opinions on anything, but it is nice to see this topic debated by a bunch of fresh faces. [via GamePolitics] More »
The DS Japanese Newspaper Game
10:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Oh goody. Japanese newspaper Mainichi Shinbun and SEGA have a made a DS game. Called Mainichi Shibun 1000 Dai News, it’s a quiz game developed for the paper’s 135th Anniversary and tests players news knowledge about things like sports, society and fashion over the past 100 plus years. The reply value on this probably isn’t so high, but it will be interesting to see if this game includes questions about Japan’s tragic and more, well, colourful history in the past 135 years. Could be insightful! Newspaper Game [Game Watch Impress] More »
German Journos Pick Their Most Important Games Of All Time
9:30PM Luke Plunkett | This wasn’t as well-covered as other aspects of Leipzig (like sausage-eating), so we’ll give it a little post-GC shout-out here. As part of the Leipzig celebrations, a bunch of German gaming journalists (and one games collector) sat down, drank some beer, spoke, argued, wildly gesticulated, then came up with their list of the sixteen most important, seminal videogames of all time. More »
Summer Sony Ad Breaks My Heart
9:00PM Brian Ashcraft | When Sony gets advertising wrong, they get it really, really wrong. But man, when they get it right, damn… A short film-type PS3 ad for Boku no Natsu Yasumi with Hirofumi Arai (as the boyfriend), Tsugumi (girlfriend) and Susumu Terajima (yakuza) has surfaced online. It’s a truly beautiful, smart ad. Bravo Sony. You gave me goose-bumps. Watch the Ad [PlayStation Japan] More »
360 One Step Closer To Homebrew Heaven
8:30PM Luke Plunkett | Lots of technical stuff here, so I’ll give you the gist: the 360 modding community are now one big step closer to getting homebrew running on the console. It all centres around one of the 360’s kernels, which is apparently vulnerable to flashing, after which running homebrew apps are not too far away. Only catch is you won’t be able to take your console online, but if you’re “flashing fuses” on a “kernel” using a “timed attack” you’ve probably either got multiple 360s or couldn’t give two shits about Xbox Live. As someone who doesn’t know what a kernel even does, let alone why they’re so vulnerable, I’d recommend hitting the link below for a more technical description than that above. Timing Attack Tested Succesfully: Downgrade from any Kernel without CPU-Key [Xbox-Scene, via 360Fanboy] More »The Witcher Likes The Ladies
8:00PM Luke Plunkett | This isn’t your average marketplace hub area! No, this is an alley full of sluts. Slut alley. It’s a veritable gauntlet the guy’s got to run just to get to the other side, what with all the saucy playing cards, audio-only doin-it sequences and vagina riddles he’s got to get through. More »Australia To See Call Of Duty 4 Beta…Sometime
7:30PM Luke Plunkett | We’ve got our first bit of news concerning international (i.e. non-American) beta tests for Call of Duty 4. Seems Australian gamers will be first outside the US to genuinely participate in the beta-testing process muck around with a MP demo, with a beta confirmed as appearing on Xbox Live “before the game hits stores on November 7th”. Which leaves us anywhere between August 27 and November 6. Which is most unhelpful.
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