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Since January, I have been focused on one goal: My hair. Namely, growing it out. It’s gotten to the point where I have a rather nice rockstar mullet — close to something Ronnie Wood had in 1973. But! At the end of the day, it is still a mullet. This summer has been hot and sticky. Dealing with my ‘do has been a real drag. At home, I always have to put up my hair, and I’m getting somewhat tired of dealing with it. So. I ask you. Should I cut the mullet? That will kill it, you know.
What you missed last night Molyneux loves that LIVE Little kids and BioShock Microsoft’s English is so good Japan gets new DS Lite Firmware detailed More »
There are only so many hours in the day. Developer Rare is not going to widdle them away making downloadable content for Viva Piñata. Rare is doing other stuff, ‘kay? A member of Rare’s team commented on its website: We aren’t doing any downloadable content for Viva Piñata because we are much too busy doing something else.
Yeah, something more important. The game didn’t turn out to be the runaway smash hit Microsoft was hoping for. But like many things Xbox 360, Microsoft will push on valiantly with Viva Piñata by releasing PC and DS versions. All is not yet lost. Rare Says No More [Games Industry] More »
I’ll be honest. I haven’t played Space Giraffe, because my Xbox 360 is still in the intensive care unit. (Have you? You like it?) Paper mag Official Xbox Magazine didn’t dig the game much at all, giving it a 2/10. Over at Something Awful, Space Giraffe creator and head yak Jeff Minter called the review “the most extraordinary example of egregious fuckwittery” he’s ever seen. Right or wrong, the magazine is certainly entitled to its opinion! Just as Minter is entitled to make t-shirts lampooning that review. They’re available for purchase, too. Buy one if you like. Wear it, too.
Fuckwittery. Gotta remember that one. Funny. Minter Makes Shirt [YakYak] More »
There’s not one, but two (count ‘em!) Lucky Star adult video adaptations. The anime already has a DS game and is getting a PS2 incarnation this November. So lucky. And just yesterday we featured smut flick Kira Suta, which put too much effort in puns and chocolate buns, but not enough in hair dye. Enter porno actress Yuria Hidaka. She’s got the hair color, the cowlick and the clothes right. The rest is very, very wrong.
Know this: While the above photo is innocuous enough, there is a freakazoid picture after the jump. It does not contain any nudity or bodily fluids whatsoever, but is VERY MESSED UP. So! If you are the type to be offended by, say people in shrink-warp, then move along. Everyone else, click at your own risk! More »
Peter Molyneux? Microsoft fanboy. Hey, he gets checks from them! When Microsoft bought his Lionhead Studios, it officially made Molyneux a Microsoft employee. As a Microsoft employee, he’s got to do his fair share of grandstanding. Take this Molyneux insight, for example: All I can say is that Microsoft is an incredibly smart company and I never fail to be impressed by just how clever they are. Don’t forget this is the company which pioneered LIVE which I believe will ultimately be far more impactful on video games in the long term than something like the Wii controller.
So write that down, kiddos! Giant Peter Molyneux says Xbox LIVE will have a greater long-term impact than the Wii-mote. Agree? Disagree? Whatever! Fable 2 Interview [CanalJuegos] More »
The old God of War figures were mean. Surly, even. And they were only 15cm tall. What happens when NECA release 30cm figures? That’s right. Twice as mean, twice as surly. Mega-Kratos comes with a severed Medusa Head, two interchangeable Kratos heads and the Flaming Blades of Athena, plus he also gargles little electronic sound bytes from the game like “I am what the gods have made me”. You sure are, Kratos. No word on release dates, but these should be very, very soon, since they were originally scheduled to ship in August. Player Select God of War II 12″ Kratos with Sound Action Figure [NECA Online] More »
There is no eloquent way to put it: Man, children do some crazy-assed shit! Just listen to reader randlsa’s story: OK, so my kids are all fascinated with Bioshock characters. Ever since I picked up my big daddy statue on launch day they’ve been asking me questions about big daddy. While I haven’t let them watch me play the game, they have inadvertently seen it over my shoulder a couple of times. To my surprise, my seven year old came up with a way to mimic big daddy with Lego’s and even threw in a little sister with an Adam extractor. I assure you he did this all on his own. My almost five year old was just overheard in the shower saying, “Look Mister Bubbles… Adam”.
Little kids making BioShock toys, cool. Little kids quoting BioShock, CREEPY. More »
Microsoft cut the price of its 360 HD-DVD add-on on August 1 in the US. In Europe, though, no cut. They had to wait. As always. That long, torturous vigil may soon be over, though, with eFluxMedia reporting that a price reduction was announced at a recent German trade fair. If legit, the HD-DVD drive would drop 20 Euros to €180. Bear in mind, however, that this is still unconfirmed by Microsoft, so you might want to grab a salt shaker, pour a grain or three into the palm of your hand and lick them, gently. Microsoft Cuts The Price Of HD-DVD Unit In Europe [eFluxMedia, via Next-Gen] UPDATE: Looks like Microsoft did announce it! On Monday! But in German, and we never got the memo. We’ve been sent it now, though, so this is indeed official. More »
Communication is important. So when you’re undertaking a massive project like developing a video game, the last thing you want to worry about is a language barrier. That, yes that, is why developer Infinity Ward says it has a better relationship with Microsoft than with Sony. According to the Call of Duty 4 studio’s honcho Grant Collier: With Microsoft we’ve got the advantage of them being an American company so our level of accessibility to them is much better than Sony.
