Saturday, February 9, 2008
So Your Girl Needs A New Shirt?
5:30PM Luke Plunkett | Say there’s a special someone in your life. That special someone is partial to the ol’ video gaming. Thing is, her wardrobe…it’s kinda ratty. One part of you finds that endearing – in a cute, bohemian kinda way – the other half just thinks it’s kinda ratty. That other half may want to buy her a new shirt. One that both gets her a new shirt and manages to cram a shitload of gaming controllers (including the Boomerang!) into its design. If so, you really can’t go past this one, from FIFTY24SF. You can get it at the link below (search for FIFTY24SF in women’s shirts). More »
A Week In Comments
5:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Does Brain Age Actually Work? No, Apparently. Comment by Kuraudo Nominated by geekgrrl This is why there’s no class division in high school between the intelligent and the sporty. The Cake Goes to Portal’s Commentary Comment by BolognaFire Nominated by sethmad Imagine: BABIES – Commentary “A big issue we had with starting off development was deciding who our target audience would be.”
Bangai-O DS Hits Japan On March 19
4:30PM Luke Plunkett | It’s been announced that Bangai-O Spirits, Treasure’s upcoming handheld version of its cheek-pinchingly adorable slice of bullet hell pie, will be out in Japan on March 19. Same day as Echocrome! Which is of course relevant to everyone able to work an import store’s online store, seeing as with Bangai-O an ability to understand what’s being said comes a distant second to being able to make an entire screen explode. [Treasure, via GhostSeed @ GAF] More »
News
Jaffe Waxes About The True Meaning of Hip-Hop
4:00PM Brian Ashcraft | We like hearing David Jaffe talk. He says interesting things and uses bad words. We like interesting and bad words! Over at MTV’s Multiplayer blog, there’s a meaty interview with him discussing the types of music he listens to while making a game. During God of War? “Sail Away” by Styx. And now? Public Enemy, LL Cool J and Tupac. Does that mean Jaffe is making Saints Row 3? Not at all! He explains: It’s not ‘You listen to hip-hop music’ [means] ‘you make a hip-hop game.’ It’s got nothing to do with that. It has to do with, at least for me, what is the underlying message of a lot of that hip-hop I’m talking about. Which is aggression you know, which is energy. That’s the kind of stuff that I hope comes through in the game. Insightful stuff. The rest of the interview is a great read and definitely worth checking out. We’re just happy that we get to use this snowy Jaffe pic again. Why Is Jaffe Blasting Straight Outta Compton? [MTV] More »
GTA Papercraft
3:40PM Luke Plunkett | Ah, Tubbypaws. Few are able to delight us so with naught but a few pieces of coloured paper and some folding instructions. You’ve seen her Silent Hill and Portal papercrafts, now see her Vice City tribute, complete with little square Tommy Vercetti and three cars that he’ll never be able to steal thanks to his poor, fat little head. Unless you make alterations on the design, that is, which you can find below. GTA Papercraft [Tubbypaws] More »
News
No Nazis For Lego Indiana Jones
3:20PM Luke Plunkett | The upcoming Lego Indiana Jones will, of course, feature cute, adorable little Indiana Jones. And – fingers crossed – a cute, adorable little Sallah, with a clicky little red fez. What won’t be featured in the game are Nazis. While the characters themselves will still feature (yes, Toht is still in it, and yes, he’s still going to melt), all references to Nazism have been scrubbed, Traveller’s Tales telling Edge: Lego [have] already replaced them with an anonymous genocidal, occultist, trenchcoat-wearing master-race. On the one hand, understandable. Lego’s for kids. But on the other…how many five year-olds know who the fuck Indiana Jones is? Surely the target demographic for this game is the 20+ market. Lego Indy: First concrete details [Edge, via CVG] More »
Space Invaders Invade Snow Festival
3:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Reader Ryan attended the Sapporo Snow Festival last week in Hokkaido, Japan. He spotted this Invader and writes: It was dwarfed by some of the larger creations there but was still very cool to see. A lot more cool than the Al Gore snow sculpture that looked like Kim Jong-il. Ice pixels, what’s not to love? More »
News
Studios Falling Over Themselves For BioShock Movie
2:20PM Luke Plunkett | A BioShock movie? No brainer. So why, then, have we heard nothing concrete about plans to adapt the project for the silver screen? It’s not for a lack of effort on Hollywood’s part, according to Ben Fritz over at Variety, who says that “you’d be hard pressed to find a production company, studio, or agency with at least one videogame savvy employee that isn’t interested in BioShock”. Seems Take 2 is being “bombarded” with requests from studios and producers keen on picking up the rights to the game, but so far, none have been successful. No doubt because every proposal has had a love story, and BioShock, it ain’t a love story. Bioshock: the Movie… where is it? [Variety] More »
Crytek Talks Crysis 2, Far Cry Movie and CryEngine 2
1:06PM Kotaku US Edition | By John Gaudiosi MONTE CARLO–Cevat Yerli, co-founder, president and CEO of German game developer Crytek, recently was a featured speaker (for the second year running) at Imagina 2008, the annual 3D technology conference in Monaco. Following his discussion on the lessons learned from developing Far Cry and Crysis on CryENGINE and CryENGINE 2, he spoke about the changing face of game development. Today’s landscape has fewer independent game studios, especially on the heels of Electronic Arts acquisition of Bioware and Pandemic. Along with Epic Games and id Software, CryTek remains one of the top independent game makers in the world today. More »
