Tuesday, December 30, 2008

News

Guitar Hero’s European Vacation

11:20PM December 30, 2008 | Luke Plunkett

Guitar Hero Tour has, this week, gotten a little more exotic. On offer today are three tracks from bands that aren’t American, aren’t British, aren’t Canadian, aren’t even Australian.

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BioShock PS3 Japanese Ad Slightly Frightens US

11:00PM December 30, 2008 | Brian Ashcraft

Yes, BioShock, been there done that — even on the PS3. But the game is just hitting Japan this month. Here is the game’s official ad. Not sure if it’s just me, but it is actually kinda freaky.

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IBM: World of Warcraft Is Good

10:20PM December 30, 2008 | Brian Ashcraft

It’s a seesaw. Somedays playing World of Warcraft is good, good, good. Somedays it’s bad, bad, bad. What about today?

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British Sales Charts

9:30PM December 30, 2008 | Luke Plunkett

These British sales charts are for the week ending December 27. Or, as it’s more commonly known, the “oh my Lord I’ve got last-minute Christmas shopping to do” week.

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In Real Life

You Can Stop iDOLM@STER Adult Videos But Not Macross?

9:00PM December 30, 2008 | Brian Ashcraft

Rui Saotome, the actress who blogged about her difficulties dancing in the now cancelled iDOLM@STER porn parody, is back. She now blogging about yet another adult film parody. Dancing, too.

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Video Game Addict Is A Real, Sad Case

8:30PM December 30, 2008 | Luke Plunkett

Straight from the TV show of the same name, this intervention is from an episode earlier this year. And is sad, sad viewing. Oh, except for the Shinobi part. That part, totally understandable.

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In Real Life

Game Promotion Done Right… Until The Cops Show Up

8:00PM December 30, 2008 | Brian Ashcraft

Wanna know how to promote your game? With a bus. A giant bus. A giant bus with images of your game plastered all over it. And not just any bus, a Mercedes bus.

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Punch-Out Hoodie Borders On Punch-Out Cosplay

7:30PM December 30, 2008 | Luke Plunkett

I’ve been a little down on King of Games lately. Not enough new shirts, not enough good shirts. But this Punch-Out hoodie may well be a return to form for the team.

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Four Titles Most Likely To Make You Throw Your Controller

7:00PM December 30, 2008 | Brian Ashcraft

It’s that time of the year. Time for lists. Website Bits, Bytes, Pixels & Sprites has a list of this year’s most frustrating titles. They are:

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Kotaku AU: Games Of The Year – #7

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6:59PM December 30, 2008 | David Wildgoose

When the year began, this was the game I was most looking forward to playing. So for it to appear in my Game of the Year list is hardly surprisingly, although its final ranking is perhaps ultimately a disappointment. To me, Bethesda’s reinvention of the Black Isle classic is a glorious failure. More »