Tuesday, December 9, 2008

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PaRappa’s Courtroom Fracas

11:20PM December 9, 2008 | Luke Plunkett

Poor PaRappa. The 90′s were soooo long ago. What’s he been up to since? Bad stuff, it looks like, as he’s forced to call upon an old friend to help him through some legal troubles.

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Guitar Hero Arcade Coming In February

11:00PM December 9, 2008 | Luke Plunkett

Activision, Konami and the guys who make Buck Hunter? Strange combination. But that’s the team behind the arcade version of Guitar Hero, and in an interview with MTV, they’ve spoken at length on the game.

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Yum Yum, It’s A Katamari Damacy Bento Box

10:00PM December 9, 2008 | Luke Plunkett

Ah, bento boxes. Combining food and art for Japanese schoolkids since…well, since forever. Mini-Bash has been on the receiving end of some sweet, sweet bento box action previously, but oh, what is this?

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British Sales Charts

9:00PM December 9, 2008 | Luke Plunkett

Anything new for this (well, last) week’s British sales charts, Britons? Um….nope! Christmas time is Nintendo time, so it shouldn’t surprise you to see Nintendo titles clogging up the top half of the charts. Hell, even Nintendogs and Wii Music are up there (telling note: Nintendogs is outselling Animal Crossing Wii).

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Rock Band Country: Here Are Your Hotly-Anticipated Details

8:00PM December 9, 2008 | Luke Plunkett

Is Harmonix’s decision to try and court the C&W market in a game called Rock Band a stupid one? Probably! Nevertheless, they’re taking a swing at it with the “Going Country” track pack.

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News

Atari Buys City Of Heroes Devs

7:30PM December 9, 2008 | Luke Plunkett

You keep on with that resurging, Atari! It’s just been announced that the once-beleaguered publisher have bought MMO developer Cryptic Studios. Who you may know from their little game City of Heroes.

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Sony Slash 8,000 Jobs

7:00PM December 9, 2008 | Luke Plunkett

What economic crisis? This economic crisis. Sony just announced that 8,000 employees are to be given the arse, courtesy of a round of cost-cutting aimed at stemming the worst losses of the economic crisis.

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Resident Evil 5 Marketing Kicks It Up A Notch

6:00PM December 9, 2008 | Luke Plunkett

Capcom took the wraps off a new Resident Evil 5 website today. Most of it is kooky, hype-building nonsense, but they also released a shiny new live-action trailer.

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Korg DS-10 Meets 70′s Rock With Homebrew Talkbox Mod

4:00PM December 9, 2008 | Luke Plunkett

Just in case you weren’t already sold on the neat stuff the Korg DS-10 synthesiser could do, along comes Jetdaisuke and his bendy plastic straw.

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Mirror’s Edge PC Requirements

3:30PM December 9, 2008 | Luke Plunkett

Mirror’s Edge on PC looks amazing. Will probably play as frustrating a game as the console versions, but hey, it looks amazing.