Three Words I Said To The Man I Defeated In Gears Of War That I'll Never Say Again 
New Doom 3 For Xbox 360 And PlayStation 3 Supports Head-Mounted Displays 
Far Cry 3 And The Stranger In A Strange Land 
Why Robin Makes Batman Better 
Resistance: Burning Skies: The Kotaku Review 
Harley Quinn's Revenge Is Batman: Arkham City's Bad New Ending Nice ad alert! Haven’t seen this one before. It’s a PlayStation Network ad by Terry Hall. It’s not annoying either! Which for an ad these days, says heaps. Lovely Spot [Motionographer Thanks, Jean!]
Sure, he announced it last month, but Peter Moore’s only just gotten around to launching his blog for reals. Sadly, there’s no candid tell-all on why sex scandals drove him out of Microsoft or why he’s gotten a bitchin‘ Jungle Strike tattoo across his belly. What is there is less of the promised “inside look at EA Sports” and more a loose collection of on-message PR, which is a little disappointing, if not totally unexpected. Still. Plenty of time for the self-confessed “neophyte blogger” to learn the ropes and get to posting all the juicy rumours he hears about John Riccitiello’s wife around the executive water cooler. Peter Moore’s Official Blog [EA]
According to the latest Sega research (bwah?), 41.2 percent of Japanese have at least once in their lives taken their cell phones into the bath to make phone calls, send text messages, listen to music or play cell phone games. Which was most popular? Send e-mails, followed closely by listen to music. According to Sega, teenagers are most likely to bathe and phone. Thanks you for these insights! Now, we shall spend the rest of the day wondering what exactly Sega is up to. Nearly Half [AFP via Fucked Gaijin][Pic]
Best to let Xbox LIVE player Stacy explain what the hell’s going on:
I just thought you might be interested to know that Mike and I met playing Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Lockdown. Funny thing is, we hated each other at first, but somehow ended up falling in love. I was from Georgia and he was from the Bronx. On a leap of faith we met, and we have been together ever since. If it wasn’t for Xbox LIVE, our paths would have never crossed. :) We had our daughter–who we thought to be the first Xbox LIVE baby–on September 24, 2007. Maybe she’s the first Xbox 360 baby, at least… I AM SO THANKFUL FOR XBOX AND THE ONLINE COMMUNITY! If it wasn’t for that, I wouldn’t have the man of my dreams and a beautiful new baby!
Congrats! Now Stacy, get your kid off the Xbox 360. Those things get hot. Xbox LIVE Baby [Xbox via Xbox 360 Fanboy]
Sure does. March 18. Sony just said so. On the gaming side of things, it’s a minor one, with only expanded “support for PlayStation Network titles” new to the table. On the internet radio side of things, though, it’s a bonanza. Twenty new PSP Internet Radio players will be made available, and will now be categorised by things like genre, making your experience all the easier. The three of you who actually use internet radio on your PSP must be thrilled!
Courtesy of a couple of readers, I just got done reading through the latest survey sent out to the beta testers putting Sony’s Home project through its paces. Most of it is – as you’ expect – a combination of the boring and pointless, though there is some interesting stuff regarding the game’s central “plaza”. Users were asked what, if they could pick, they’d like the game’s all-important plaza/hub to look like, and were given ten styles to choose from, ranging from the ultra-minimalist to a cozy woodland getaway. Sadly, it seems my suggestion for using the bridge from Seaquest DSV has been completely ignored.
Previously, we’ve brought word of the risky Haruhi Suzumiya adult parody flick. But how do those stack up with the animated versions and the various manga incarnations? Or even the characters’ voice actors? NOT SO GOOD. Check out these charts that show the characters’ voice actors (seiyuu), various artists interpretations including the anime and ending up with the TMA dirty movie actors and actresses. Hit the jump to look at the fugly dude porn actors.
I’ve no idea what Lionel Kiddie City is, though I have my suspicions it’s some kind of ancient toy store. I do have an idea of how awesome this commercial is, though. And that’s very, very awesome. [via Go Nintendo]
Some games are great for multi-player. Take Halo or Call of Duty. Great multi-player experiences! But what about something like, say, Mass Effect? Is developer BioWare thinking about turning its single player RPG into a multiplayer online experience? Says BioWare’s Matt Atwood: If the team wanted to do it then I think they could do it well. But Mass Effect is an experience that is very personal, because you make very personal choices. You choose whether you’re going to explore that romance or explore that planet; are you going to save someone’s life or are you going to kill them? And these are all things that are really personal. So is it possible? Sure, I think the team’s smart enough to do it. But I don’t know if they’re going to do it.
Just ’cause all the other kids are doing it, doesn’t mean BioWare has to. No need to give into peer pressure! Mass Effect Interview [Eurogamer][Pic]
