Saturday, August 23, 2008
A Week In Comments
4:00PM 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.”
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Check Out Phil’s Going-Away Present From Sony
3:30PM Luke Plunkett | Phil Harrison didn’t just work at Sony, the dude was Sony. Cut him and he’d bleed PlayStation. So when he upped and left for Atari earlier this year, there’s no way all he was going to get was a pat on the back and a “thanks for your time”. No, he was due something nice. Nicer than a gold watch, even. Something like this snazzy PlayStation-themed plaque, which SCE commissioned for him so he could hang it on his wall at Atari and remember the good old days, when he got to talk about games people actually gave a hoot about. [via UK:R] More »
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Are You A Flash Game Developer? You Can Win Monies!
3:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Calling all flash game devs! E4.com is sponsoring the Golden Joysticks web games thingy and is looking for flash game entries from around the globe. Maybe your entry. Who knows? The game doesn’t have to be developed specifically for the competition, but it has to be developed by you. Yes, you. The winner gets £5,000 and the first Flash Game Developer Golden Joystick. We’re pretty sure that the Golden Joystick isn’t real gold, but we haven’t bitten it so we don’t know. Though, £5,000? That’s pretty good — especially with the crummy US exchange rate. Full details in the link below. Click on it. Grand Master Flash Competition [E4.com] More »
David Reeves: No PS3 Price Cuts In 2008, OK?
2:30PM Luke Plunkett | How many times do Sony need to say it? There Will Be. No. PS3 Price Cuts. At least not for the foreseeable future, anyways. They’re too busy cutting back on the cost of making the thing to worry about passing on any savings to you lot. The latest Sony man to beat that particular corporate drum is SCEE’s David Reeves, who has said there won’t be a PS3 price cut for the rest of the year. Not even for Christmas. Bah humbug! Reeves: There will be no PS3 price cut this year [VG247] More »
Wii For Dummies
2:00PM Brian Ashcraft | The Nintendo Wii is joining the For Dummies series of books. Written by Joystiq’s Kyle Orland, Wii For Dummies is all about getting the most for your Wii. The book runs through the entire Wii experience, covering things like how to hook the Wii up to the internets, game tips and advice on which games are best for parties. There’s also info about the five best Wii-browser specific websites. It’s out in late September, sounds helpful and Amazon’s got it for pre-order. Wii For Dummies [Dummies.com] More »Some Rapper Has An Xbox 360 Phone
1:40PM Luke Plunkett | This is Soulja Boy. He’s a famous rapper, apparently (I only know him from this Ice-T rant). Anyway, the kid seems to have himself an Xbox 360-branded Sidekick phone, and a copy of Resident Evil Genesis to go along with it. Having never owned a Sidekick, he could just have customised a regular one to have a 360 menu and sound effects, but then he’s carrying on as if this is both real and a big deal. And if it is real, come on Microsoft, there are better, and “hipper” ways to announce it than by forcing us to endure 2:51 worth of the ramblings of a spoiled, millionaire teenager. [thanks Saif!] More »
Artists Pulls 9/11 Invader Exhibit from Games Convention
1:32PM Brian Crecente | Artist Douglas Stanley has asked the organisers of the Leipzig Games Convention to “simply turn off” his art installation, which features a mash-up of the attack on the World Trade Centre and Space Invaders, at the show. On his website Stanley says simply that he’s given the group permission to turn off the exhibit, and then hours later writes that a statement on his website can be considered his official reason for taking down the display. Stanley also mentions on his site that he has received death threats since his exhibit first appeared on Kotaku and then in national and international press. The decision comes the day Taito said they may be seeking legal action against the artist. More »
Qore Customers Get MotorStorm 2 Demo A Month Early
1:20PM Luke Plunkett | This won’t go down well with the Qore-hating brigade. Especially if you’re also a MotorStorm fan. It’s been revealed that as part of the upcoming fourth episode of Sony’s paid-for PS3 “editorial” program, both annual subscribers and individual purchasers of the episode will be given access to the MotorStorm 2 demo a month before anyone else. If you were ever worried that Qore would be Sony’s way of easing the PSN into a premium service divide like that which separates Xbox Live, now’s the time to start worrying a little more. More »
LBP’s User-Generated Content Is Region-Locked? Huh?
12:20PM Luke Plunkett | As a PAL consumer, one of the best things about the PS3 is the fact that, as a games machine, it’s 100% region-free. Even down to the demos on the various international PlayStation Stores. So this news has me all kinds of bummed out. Seems that all user-generated content created within LittleBigPlanet will be region-locked. As in, Americans can’t access Japanese levels, and the Japanese can’t access European stuff, etc. Leaving me, as an Australian, totally fucked. This is due to each region having their own servers for the game. As a small consolation Media Molecule say that they can move levels around between them – presumably they’ll share the best ones – but if all you want is access to your intercontinental buddy’s cock-shaped spaceship level, you’re straight outta luck. LGC: LittleBigPlanet UGC is region-specific [CVG] More »
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