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 It won’t come as any surprise that EA is planning Wii and Nintendo DS “spin off” versions of its skateboarding franchise skate—IGN spilled the beans accidentally in April—but you might be surprised at how good it looks. It might not be on par visually with the Xbox 360 and PS3 entries, but Skate It, at least based on the trio of screen shots IGN secured, looks pretty good.
So I ran into a bit of a snag with my PlayStation 3 last week when I went to pick up Iron Man only to discover my system would not play Blu-ray games or movies any longer. PlayStation 2 games and DVDs run just fine, but Blu-ray just poops out without even trying to read the disc. I had put off calling support in the same way I generally put off calling the doctor, hoping that whatever is wrong will just fix itself (Mike, your arm’s fallen off – It’ll get better!), but after wistfully browsing the Blu-ray movie aisle at a local retail establishment it was time to make the call.
After navigating the PlayStation support line’s various menus and advertisements, I got on the line with a support specialist I will call Denise, mainly because I completely forgot to write down her real name. Denise had never encountered this particular issue before, so she put me on hold to research a bit in between restoring the system’s default setting and performing a hard reset. The verdict? My poor little PS3 is dead.
The Year of the Video Game Shoe continues, this time courtesy of Puma who have inflicted two additional Tetris themed kicks on the footwear buying public. While these two are certainly not as horrendous as the Disc Blaze re-issues already released—if only for the fact that that particular shoe is an eyesore by design—the RS100 and First Round EX entries in the Tetris pack are going to more than likely attract the wrong kind of attention.
I’ll stick my Nike SB 720s thank you very much, Mr. Puma! In fact, I’m off to Brooklyn Projects to acquire! Have a good weekend.
Puma S/S ’08 Tetris Pack [High Snobiety]
Head’s up kids! Today is your last day to get those free Eye of Judgment Set 2 promotional cards from Sony’s Official PlayStation Blog. The three card set went damn fast the first time they offered them, so you might want to hope over there for your last chance at adding three new cards to your arsenal, at least until they announce the really really last chance sometime next week. Submissions start at 5PM Pacific, which is…now. Run, you fools.
How cute! We love it when furniture has delusions of gaming hardware. Well, the joke’s on us, because this particular coffee table does triple duty, storage gobs of video game paraphernalia and functioning as a working NES controller in addition to its coffee tabling duties. Creator Kyle tipped us off today to let us know the whole thing is finished, with helpful how-to posts and video of the thing in action embedded within the celebratory completion post. He even got a girl to go near it and she doesn’t look scared. Nice goin, Kyle!
NES coffee table FINAL POST!! RAH!!!! [Ultra-Awesome]
newVideoPlayer("gta_conan_two.flv", 475, 376,""); Late Night with Conan O’Brien is certainly getting some mileage out of its “Gentler Side of Grand Theft Auto IV” shtick. This one’s more of a B-sides than a Best Of—his earlier effort was much much better—but that doesn’t mean it’s not worth watching. (Glad someone else noticed that Niko is partial to checking out his arse in jeans.) We’re just thrilled Conan and crew are educating the public about the nice things one can do while in Liberty City.
Reminder: Get Your Gears Of War 2 Fix Tonight. Both GameTrailers TV and 1UP have promised a first look at Epic Games highly anticipated Xbox 360 sequel tonight so set your alarm clock and/or DVR accordingly. 1UP promises its Gears of War 2 GameVideos.com footage is exclusive, but GT TV used three exclamation points in its media blast, so we’re equally excited about both.
Last night we had a bit of a gaming bender at Kotaku Towers West, a night filled with Wii Fit, We Ski, and Rock Band. The highlight, of course, was a two hour Cruis’n session—the Wii shitware title that was finally freed from its shrinkwrap confines last night to much amusement. It’s absolutely the most unintentionally hilarious game I’ve ever played, with some of the sloppiest game design ever… even for a Cruis’n title. Rarely has a game brought me to tears with laughter, so Cruis’n should at least be lauded for that. Highly recommended for your next game night, especially if booze is available.
This weekend I’ll be ditching the Cruis’n as I get back to R-Type Command and continue my Rock Band duties, now with added Boston. How about you? Weekend plans?
SEC filings have revealed that Electronic Arts borrowed $US 1 billion from Morgan Stanley and other lenders to help finance a possible acquisition of Take-Two.
“There’s no news here,” said EA VP of communications Jeff Brown. “This is just a process point on something we announced in February.”
With $US 2.3 billion on hand in cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments, EA already has the funds available to do the deal as it currently stands. With the deal not contingent on financing, why borrow more money?
“It helps us maintain maximum flexibility for any opportunities,” said Brown.
Take-Two had no comment as of press time.
