Sunday, January 25, 2009

News

Braid Creator Now Working on 2D RPG?

9:00AM Owen Good | That’s one nugget in a four-page interview Jonathan Blow gave to Gamasutra. But he’s not sure if he’ll end up finishing it: More »
Culture

Snake Makes a Solid Tat

8:00AM Owen Good | There seems to be no shortage of the impressive art gamers are both willing to pay for and have etched into their skin. More »
News

Bethesda Still Balking at Post-Ending Play for Fallout 3 on PS3

7:00AM Owen Good | Upcoming DLC will enable 360 owners to continue exploring the wasteland after they complete Fallout 3’s main quest. But Bethesda again says no such capability will be extended to the PS3 version. More »
Media

Meet Billy and Malc of Lost & Damned

6:00AM Owen Good | Two 30-trailers have hit introducing us to Billy Grey, badass-in-chief of the Lost motorcycle gang, and Malc, a crotchrocket-riding bike thief, in Grand Theft Auto: The Lost and Damned, out Feb. 17. More »
Media

F.E.A.R. 2 Trailer Employs Beaten-to-Death Joke, Bewbs

5:00AM Owen Good | Monolith put up an Armacham site promising to chase all your fears away, and flacked it with that infomercial above. Ha ha. OK. Yeah. I get it. Shrug — wait, boobie?! More »
Culture

Mario Gets a Ransom Note

4:30AM Owen Good | The -Minus World hallucinated a ransom demand from Bowser to Mario Re: Princess Peach (aka “ho” according to this) — but look closely. All the letters were cut from game-related logos. More »
Culture

L4D Mod Puts More Survival Into Horror

4:00AM Owen Good | Someone’s put together a Left 4 Dead mod that aims for more realistic gameplay but definitely ratchets up the difficulty. It does pack a nifty laser sight however. More »
Culture

Nuka Cola Recipe Omits Rads

3:30AM Owen Good | Unless you’ve got some Polonium-210 in your spice rack, this homebrew brew of Fallout 3’s soda-pop lacks the oomph of the real thing. Judging by the ingredients, It also lacks any kind of appealing flavour. More »
News

Korean Dev Goes all Nazi to Promo MMO

3:00AM Owen Good | A bunch of half-nekkid Korean dudes got their sieg heil on in chilly downtown Seoul to promote Karma II, an MMOFPS (we’re doing that abbreviation now? OK). Cue shocked and outraged onlookers? Eh, not really. More »
News

Spore Honcho: We Toats Pwn LBP for User Content

2:00AM Owen Good | It was recently suggested to Maxis producer Morgan Roarty that LittleBigPlanet has horned in, maybe even stolen the user-created content crown away from Spore. Pish-tosh, said Roarty. More »