Saturday, December 1, 2007
Win Hellgate With “Hell”
4:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Our Show-Us-Hell-Win-Hellgate: London contest continues! Reader Joey sends us this “Hell” from a Pokémon card. Clever! Remember, we’re giving away a copy of Hellgate: London. Here’s the contest: Show us the word “Hell” on something — anything, but just don’t write it. Take a picture of it and send it to kotakucontestATkotakuDOTcom. Deadline for this is next Wednesday, December 5th. Remember: You’re not just playing for a copy of Hellgate: London but the proverbial INTERNET FAME. Good luck! Hellgate: London [Official Site] More »
A Week In Comments
3:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Mickey Mouse Doesn’t Look Like a Mouse Comment by: aldo_14 Nominated by: skrame @Sailorcancer: Does Japan have to worry about west nile virus? Nah, it’s in the east. There Is No Shortage of Homophobes on Xbox Live Comment by: Campster Nominated by: sholmes I think it’s pretty awful to assume that using a name like xxxGayBoyxxx is “asking for it.” By the same logic a woman who signs up as HaloChick23 is just opening herself up to being called a bitch, or a Muslim who signs up as IslamIsNeat is opening himself up to a bunch of Jihad and towel head jokes. While putting personal information on such a public forum isn’t a brilliant idea, it doesn’t give people the right to be assholes. You can’t say “Being gay isn’t a crime, but admitting to it is.” Wearing a low-cut dress doesn’t make a rape victim less of a victim, and putting “Gay” in your gamertag doesn’t make you any more deserving of hate. This is a well thought out and perfectly articulated comment on a very serious issue. Please put it front and centre for others to read and learn from. Thank you. More »Say Hello to My Little Guncon
2:00PM Brian Ashcraft | This one’s self-explanitory: A viral Scarface parody for the Time Crisis 4’s Guncon 3, complete with a Tony Montana-style suit and bad Cuban accent. More »
20th Century Fox. Dear, Mr Akira Toriyama.
1:00PM Brian Ashcraft | We want to help. Really. Whether it be answering your questions or ignoring them, we’re here. Previously, we got an email from Kojima, but since we’d fired him long ago, we were never able to reply. Reader Oummada sent us the following email not once, but twice. It reads: To: Bashcraft From: Oummada H. RE: Scoop Dragon Ball Z live action movie (casting) 20th Century Fox My name is Oummada H., I’m writting this letter to let you know, that I went to play in the Dragon Ball Z movies. First of all, because I have what it takes to play the role of Sangoku in your movie. I have never palyed in a movie, but everyone needs to start somewhere. Second of all, you can see on the pictures, that I have joined to this letter, that I have the same haircut as Sangoku and we all know that Sangoku’s hair is the power. Third of all, I know everyting on Dragon Ball’s Z universe, except the personel view of Akira Toriyama. To conclude, I have a twin brother that looks just like me. I hope your will read this letter and see my pictures and realise that I am the real Sangoku. Dear, Mr Akira Toriyama. My name is Oummada H. and I think that I could play the role of Sangoku in Dragon Ball Z for 20th Century Fox, who bought the rights of the movies. As you can see on my pictures, from my personel view, I look just like Sangoku. I’m sure by seeing those pictures, you’ll be shocked by the resemblance of Sangoku and I. I also have a twin brother that looks just like me, I think you know where I want to come to thank you, for taking the time to read my letter. for contact my: (his email address – Ed.) Pics of this casting hopeful after the jump. More »My Mother Is Going To Get Shivved
12:00PM Mike Fahey | To: Ash From: Fahey Re: Japanese Post Office? Good Times My mother has decided to save some money this year on Christmas gifts, and to that end she has started surfing our local Atlanta Craigslist for items on her children and grandchildren’s holiday wish lists. Thanks to some of the stories about items sold on Craigslist I’ve read over the years, I am convinced she is either going to end up mugged, or possibly solicited for sex. This leads to questions about how far my mother would go to get my nephew a Wii for Christmas…questions I am not sure I ever want answered. Now that I’ve gotten everyone imagining their parents having sex with strangers, let’s jump straight to… What you missed: Squenix Brings Odin Sphere To Europe El Paso Police Nab Fugitives With 360s Xbox 360 Fall Update, Details Announced, Brings DivX Tomb Raider Underworld Coming Next? CNET Comments On Gamespot Controversy Warhawk Expansion Detailed, Priced Now to sit back and see if my mother actually reads the site, or if she is a big, lying, meany. More »Soul Calibur IV Wants To Remind You It Has Giant Breasts
11:40AM Michael McWhertor |
The Punter’s Guide To Wonder Boy
11:20AM Michael McWhertor | Trying to wrap one’s head around the various incarnations of Westone’s Wonder Boy series can be a bit confusing. Okay, it’s downright mind numbing. Over the course of six games released across various platforms, it has arrived in various regions under the titles Adventure Island (which then spawned its own series of games), The Dynastic Hero, Monster Lair and Dragon’s Curse. Fortunately, we have Wired’s Chris Kohler to break it all down for us, Virtual Console style. He does his best to clear up the Wonder Boy confusion running wild with Wii Shop Channel surfers in a post at Game|Life. Thanks to him, I think I finally get it. Wait. Nevermind, I lost it again. Still confused. Virtual Console’s Wonder Boy Games, Explained [Game|Life] More »
Fable 2 Gets Leafy Release Target
11:00AM Mike Fahey | Remember that Eurogamer chat with Fable creator Peter Molyneux I told you about on Monday? You didn’t? Great. Sometimes it feels like I’m writing to a wall here. Luckily for all of us, Eurogamer has seen fit to reveal some of Peter’s comments to the world at large, with the most interesting being a target release date for Fable 2: This Time There’s A Dog. “Late 2008. Maybe when the leaves have a slight brownish tinge – but are still on the trees, if you see what I mean.” What kind of answer is that? Is that European leaves? U.S. leaves? What kind of climate are we talking about? *looks out window* Brown leaves on trees! Could it be now? While I try to contact an arborologist, hit the link below to see some of Molyneux’s other comments, including hints on Lionhead’s other project, his console of choice, and his preferred choice of super-power, which is not laser eyes. Some visionary. Hmph. Fable 2 in late 2008 – Molyneux [Eurogamer] More »
New York Times Doesn’t Know From Video Games
10:40AM Michael McWhertor | It’s nice to feel smug and superior when comparing one’s knowledge to that of New York Times reporters. Unfortunately, it’s only for the geekiest of reasons, as we’re feeling quite high and mighty taking comfort in the knowledge that our understanding of video games and console technology far outweighs that of the Times. The NYT makes mention of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 both being powered by the Cell processor, with the latter listing for as low as $US 299. Furthermore, the paper refers to Gran Turismo 5 as “a hyper-realistic, high-speed journey, is one of the [PlayStation 3's] best sellers.” At least they know that Halo 3 is the third episode in the series, a game that Dan Strack, a trader for a Wall Street bank, is quoted as calling the “latest and greatest game that people are walking on water over.” While this edition of the New York Times may be forgiven, as it may have come from the future, we can’t excuse Strack’s sloppy metaphor. Halo 3 doesn’t make you Jesus. Some Essential Hardware (Even Away From the Street) [New York Times - thanks, Aaron] More »
