Sunday, January 4, 2009

Make a Laser Out of Sort-of-Essential 360 Parts

10:00AM Owen Good | Want to build a super cool James Bond laser that burns shit, but don’t have a blue diode? Well, they cost about $50 here – nah, screw it, let’s trash this $200 Xbox 360 instead. More »

Some Things You Can’t Unsee (or Unhear)

8:00AM Owen Good | The other day I was playing Left 4 Dead and I said to myself, “Self, I really wish this game had more obese zombie asscrack.” Lo and behold, FPSBanana heard my silent plea. More »

Illinois Legislates Out of Existence Something That Doesn’t Exist

6:00AM Owen Good | Alcopops are a huge concern for fear-addled parents, because they’re sweet, alcoholic, and a gateway drug to total douche behaviour. So Illinois is taking a courageous stand by banning alcopop ads from video games. More »
News

A Look at the Cancelled, Never-Announced ‘Stormbirds’

4:00AM Owen Good | Before THQ shuttered Juice Games, the studio was working on a H.A.W.X.-esque game called Stormbirds. A Juice artist put out and then pulled back some pics and a video, but cat’s outta the bag now. More »
Culture

Steve Wiebe Explains His Stampede Score

2:00AM Owen Good | If you saw this week’s King of Stampede, you might have wondered “Why the hell was Steve Wiebe getting a certified score on that game?” In this outtake, I asked, and he answered. More »