Sunday, November 8, 2009

Interview With Yakuza 4’s Porn Lady

9:00PM Brian Ashcraft | You remember Rio, right? She’s the star of films like Rio is a Squirting Young Wife and Let’s Have Sex at School. She’s also in Yakuza 4 (Ryu Ga Gotoku 4). More »

Unraveled Anagram Points To FFXIII Announcement Friday

12:30PM Owen Good | A message posted to Square-Enix’s official Final Fantasy XIII site on Friday indicates, after not too much work, that some news is forthcoming on Friday. More »

This Is Not Lego G. Gordon Liddy; It’s ‘Enemy Mechanic’

12:00PM Owen Good | Here are the 15 characters you can play once Lego Indiana Jones 2 releases on Nov. 17. Many are “Hey-it’s-that-guy” recognisable, if not by their names, then at least as minifig Watergate conspirators. More »

BioWare Releases Dragon Age Campaign, Cutscene Toolset

11:30AM Owen Good | Not even a week after its release does Dragon Age: Origins put out its official Toolset for download, allowing PC users to assemble battles, campaigns, and lip-synched cut scenes to share with the game’s community. More »

Bleszinski: Borderlands Is Diablo For A New Generation

11:00AM Owen Good | Continuing today’s theme of “Devs Commenting on Other Devs,” here, for a change, is Epic’s Cliff Bleszinski weighing in with something polite about Borderlands. More »

Gearbox Boss: Valve Is Behaving Like Fanboys

10:00AM Owen Good | While not directly addressing Chet Faliszek’s slap at PlayStation 3, the Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford – no stranger to stirring s—t with Valve – has taken a poke at the Left 4 Dead developer’s posture toward Sony. More »

Sunday Supplement: “a game about nothing, signifying nothing”

9:00AM David Wildgoose | Welcome to your Sunday reservoir of interesting writing about video games. Grab your reading jacket, a cup of coffee and get ready to exercise the brain. EDGE: Brütal Legend: A Love Story Chris Dahlen examines Double Fine’s deft characterisation of Ophelia as the emotional fulcrum of Brütal Legend. Fidgit: Tim Schafer on the finer points of nudity, heavy metal, and Brütal Legend Tom Chick chats in-depth with Tim Schafer. ‘Nuff said. Flash of Steel: Decade Feature: 2000 – Sacrifice Troy Goodfellow revisits the strange and uncomfortable strategy of Shiny’s excellent Sacrifice. GameCritics: Sans ethics and damn fun? Sega’s Madworld and House of the Dead Overkill Matthew Kaplan debates whether the “stupefying satisfaction” of a dumb action game can be as valuable as one that is worthy and enlightens. Vorpal Bunny Ranch: Raydians: Persons of Color Denis Farr reveals a parable of race relations at the heart of bright and breezy de Blob.

Sega Giving Out Early Access To Bayonetta 360 Demo

9:00AM Owen Good | No, it’s not some preorder bonus. But quantities are limited. Sega’s offering 40,000 codes to play the Bayonetta demo early on Xbox 360, but you have to be a registered Sega Pass member to be eligible. More »