Tuesday, December 9, 2008
PaRappa’s Courtroom Fracas
11:20PM Luke Plunkett | Poor PaRappa. The 90’s were soooo long ago. What’s he been up to since? Bad stuff, it looks like, as he’s forced to call upon an old friend to help him through some legal troubles. More »
Guitar Hero Arcade Coming In February
11:00PM Luke Plunkett | Activision, Konami and the guys who make Buck Hunter? Strange combination. But that’s the team behind the arcade version of Guitar Hero, and in an interview with MTV, they’ve spoken at length on the game. More »
Yum Yum, It’s A Katamari Damacy Bento Box
10:00PM Luke Plunkett | Ah, bento boxes. Combining food and art for Japanese schoolkids since…well, since forever. Mini-Bash has been on the receiving end of some sweet, sweet bento box action previously, but oh, what is this? More »
British Sales Charts
9:00PM Luke Plunkett | Anything new for this (well, last) week’s British sales charts, Britons? Um….nope! Christmas time is Nintendo time, so it shouldn’t surprise you to see Nintendo titles clogging up the top half of the charts. Hell, even Nintendogs and Wii Music are up there (telling note: Nintendogs is outselling Animal Crossing Wii). More »
Rock Band Country: Here Are Your Hotly-Anticipated Details
8:00PM Luke Plunkett | Is Harmonix’s decision to try and court the C&W market in a game called Rock Band a stupid one? Probably! Nevertheless, they’re taking a swing at it with the “Going Country” track pack. More »
News
Atari Buys City Of Heroes Devs
7:30PM Luke Plunkett | You keep on with that resurging, Atari! It’s just been announced that the once-beleaguered publisher have bought MMO developer Cryptic Studios. Who you may know from their little game City of Heroes. More »
News
Sony Slash 8,000 Jobs
7:00PM Luke Plunkett | What economic crisis? This economic crisis. Sony just announced that 8,000 employees are to be given the arse, courtesy of a round of cost-cutting aimed at stemming the worst losses of the economic crisis. More »Resident Evil 5 Marketing Kicks It Up A Notch
6:00PM Luke Plunkett | Capcom took the wraps off a new Resident Evil 5 website today. Most of it is kooky, hype-building nonsense, but they also released a shiny new live-action trailer. More »
Media
Korg DS-10 Meets 70’s Rock With Homebrew Talkbox Mod
4:00PM Luke Plunkett | Just in case you weren’t already sold on the neat stuff the Korg DS-10 synthesiser could do, along comes Jetdaisuke and his bendy plastic straw. More »
