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High Scores And Egos: There's Always A Bigger Doodle Gamasutra has an interesting (if spotty at points) article up with Tetsuya Mizuguchi, the man behind Rez and Lumines (Lumines Live! is one of those games I have to be careful about playing, since I find it oh—so—hard to put it down), talking about proper vibrator placement while playing Rez, the future of Dadaist games, and emotional depth in games:
Here is an absolutely bizarre Japanese Zelda II commercial featuring a little girl and a man in drag as an old lady. The little girl comes to a shop and a glowing Tri-force on her hand magically transforms her into Link and the man-lady into a cloaked character sporting a string of old lady pearls. Why they opted to go with a guy in drag instead of a real old lady, I don’t know but it makes for some humorous viewing.
[via RetroGameVideos]
Well, I guess we can’t blame the domination of the Blu-ray format on everyone’s (least) favorite superstore, at least according to some sources: Toshiba is supposedly conceding defeat and withdrawing from the next gen DVD market. It should be noted that Toshiba has not made any official comment. A number of Kotakuites have sent us the Japanese source NHK and Reuters articles that are brief and to the point, citing an (anonymous) internal Toshiba source: Toshiba’s been losing the war and is giving up, with official details to follow later.
It seems that World of Warcraft is the cause of yet another relationship breakdown. A gal named Jocelyn has divorced her husband of six years citing a crippling Warcraft addiction as the main cause.
Jack Thompson must have Fox News on speed dial, because every time a student shoots someone it seems like he’s there, head hanging low, like a vulture, dishing out his special brand of truisms.
Seeing that Jack went out of his way to email me this morning to point out that he was “right” about the shooting being spurred by Counter-Strike, I thought it was probably worth another round of Dissecting Jack’s Lies.
Hit a jump for his confusing quotes and how accurate they were:
From CNN.Money comes the news that ubiquitous retailer Wal-Mart has decided to go exclusively Blu-ray. According to a statement by Wal-Mart’s Senior Vice President of Home Entertainment Gary Severson,
“We’ve listened to our customers, who are showing a clear preference toward Blu-ray products and movies with their purchases.”
Wal-Mart will continue to sell HD-DVD products in the coming months, but expect to be Blu-ray exclusive soon with a heavy shift happening in the next thirty days. Add to that this week’s announcement of Netflix’s Blu-ray exclusivity and you’ve got what looks like an end in sight to the format wars.
Wal-Mart on Blu-ray bandwagon [CNN Money]
Sony has announced that the v1.3 patch for Warhawk is coming soon and fills us in on all the details. The patch adds a myriad of functions including future Home support, new VOIP Options and new paint schemes & insignias. The latter will be culled from a contest that invited users to submit their original paint schemes. The winners will be included in the patch when it arrives. Also included will be two new pieces of troop equipment: the Bio-field Generator and the Mechanic’s Field Wrench. There is no word yet on when the patch will be deployed but you can check out all the details on the Playstation Blog.
Warhawk v1.3 Patch details [Playstation.Blog]
The New York Post, not exactly a bastion for accurate and fair reporting, decided that “sick shooter” Steven Kazmierczak’s interest in Counter-Strike three to four years ago made a better headline than the fact that he was off his medication when he decided to go on a rampage in an Illinois classroom.
The man who gunned down five people and wounded 16 in an Illinois classroom rampage was a loner who preferred studying to partying and was obsessed with an ultra-violent video game, dormitory mates said yesterday.
Stephen Kazmierczak, 27, played the wildly popular game Counter-Strike while studying sociology at Northern Illinois University in 2003 and 2004.
“He played a lot of video games, especially Counter-Strike, really loud,” said dorm mate Ben Woloszyn, 24.
