Friday, June 6, 2008
A Masked Sicko!
11:40PM Brian Ashcraft | To: Crecente From: Ashcraft RE: Bioshock 3! Delayed GTA DLC?? First Glimpse of DNF WTF!? Ice Cream Sandwiches!!!!!???? BioShock 3? Yay! More underwater corridors!! Today is Friday. This you probably know. If not, yes, today is Friday. Took the wife to the doctor’s in the afternoon for an ultrasound. Baby seems very healthy, very active. Probably won’t know if it’s a boy or girl until next month or the following. Asked Mini-Bash which he wanted. His reply? “If I say a girl, it will turn into a boy”. Bought a mask, too today! Probably remember seeing people wearing them here — maybe not! People usually wear them when they’re sick (and don’t want to get others sick) or when people have bad allergies (and don’t want to get sick). Most folks here wear masks out in public here of course. But! I’m modelling this fetching mask around the house so Mrs. Bashcraft doesn’t get sick. Nothing quite like breathing in your own sick breath! YUMMY. What you missed last night New RE5 screens Afrika trailer answers questions Ex-Lucas Staffer Talks Massive LucasArts layoffs Darth’s apprentice in SC4 Saints Row 2 GTAIV parody Deadly Creatures impressions! [Pic] More »
Street Fighter IV Screens: Seth, The Baddie
10:40PM Luke Plunkett |Japanese Arcade Stick For Xbox 360
10:20PM Brian Ashcraft | Japanese peripheral maker Hori is releasing another nice looking arcade stick for the Xbox 360. Called the Real Arcade Pro EX, it has a two column button layout with the shoulder/bumper buttons to the right of the multi-coloured buttons. It’s on sale for ¥12,000 ($AU 118.88) and out next week. Hori Stick [Game Watch Impress via Siliconera] More »Hey! Look! New Resident Evil 5 Scenes From PSN
10:00PM Brian Ashcraft |Another Exclusive Okami Cover
9:30PM Luke Plunkett | This time for the Brits. If you pre-order the game at HMV, you’ll get an “exclusive” cover, which is either a savvy piece of awareness on the part of the marketing team or the result of someone at HMV realising the IGN watermark was all up in their copies of the game. Either way, it’s quite lovely. Okami: Hmv Exclusive: Special Packaging [HMV, thanks Doug!] More »
News
Why First and Third Person Shooters Are Not Popular In Japan
9:00PM Brian Ashcraft | An eight page Famitsu article called “Shall we shoot a little?” and featuring a bikini lady holding a gun tackles first-person and third-person shooters. The magazine polled readers to see what experience they have with FPS or TPS games. 74.8 percent have played these types of games, while 51 percent of those said they’d like to play FPS or TPS games again. Reasons for disinterest didn’t include the stereotypical FPS-games-make-Japanese-nauseous, but did include these responses from Famitsu readers: “I’m not interested”. “The games seem difficult”. “I don’t know what the point of these games is”. “I’m worried about playing them because I’m a beginner”. And so RPGs march valiantly on and on and on and on… This Week in Japan [Next-Gen] More »
