Friday, January 9, 2009
A Sulky, Expensive Cloud Strife Statue
10:30PM Luke Plunkett | Can’t appeal more directly to the soppy FFVII fan than this, a 13″ statue of Cloud standing, sword over shoulder, amidst “the protecting light of Aerith’s church with flowers of remembrance at his feet”. More »
Once Again, Microsoft Explains Why It Won’t Go Blu-ray
10:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Blu-ray won the format war. One HD game console (the PS3) already uses the format. The other one (the Xbox 360) doesn’t. Microsoft says it plans to keep it that way. More »
Rumours
Killzone 2 Dated For UK, Europe
9:30PM Luke Plunkett | It’s OK, geography fanboys. We know the UK is technically part of Europe. But we’re dealing with two different dates here – one for Britain, one for the continent – so cut us some slack. More »
Lara Croft Sales Aren’t Meeting Eidos Expectations
9:00PM Brian Ashcraft | UK game publisher Eidos says Tomb Raider: Underworld sales are below forecasts. Eidos blames the cratering US economy. We blame the high kicks. More »
Panya Golf Coming To PSP With 1,300 Costumes
8:00PM Brian Ashcraft | PC computer game Panya is coming to the PSP and bringing a lot of costumes with it — about 1,300 costumes, actually. Like, this bikini outfit. More »
Not So Much Raptor Safari As Raptor Choplifter
7:30PM Luke Plunkett | We’re big fans of Flashbang. Big fans of Velociraptor Safari. And big fans of the iPhone! Best way to combine all three would be an iphone Velociraptor Safari, but this is almost as good. More »
So, Which Games/Publishers Have The Best Resale Value?
6:30PM Luke Plunkett | Let us find out. Video Game Price Charts have crunched the numbers to come up with which games, publishers and platforms had the best (and worst) resale values in 2008. More »
Cave Story Wii Has A Little Extra Something
5:30PM Luke Plunkett | Cave Story Wii isn’t the same Cave Story you already know and already love. For starters, it’s getting a graphical facelift, character art and all. But that’s not all; it’s also getting downloadable content. More »
Hilton Makes A PSP Game For Employees, Employees Play It
5:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Hilton Hotels — the PSP game. The Hilton Garden Inn developed an employee training tool called ULTIMATE TEAM PLAY (their caps, not ours.) Here’s a description of the game: More »
Flash Fridays: Robokill
4:06PM David Wildgoose | I know how it feels. It’s late on a Friday afternoon, you’re sitting in the office, you’re bored, and you wanna go to the pub home. But you can’t… not just yet.
This is where Flash Fridays comes in. I’ll be recommending a neat time-killing Flash or other browser-based game that makes that painful wait for pub time home time just a little bit less painful. So, who’s up for some Robokill? More » 
