Wednesday, January 28, 2009

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SEGA Arcade Game Trades Joysticks For Blocks

11:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Forget joysticks! SEGA’s making a block controlled arcade game called Block Pipo. More »
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Play Mirror’s Edge In Third-Person

10:30PM Luke Plunkett | I adore Mirror’s Edge. Others, though, are less kind to the game. Think it’s too short, think it’s controls are a mess. Well, if you think the latter, would some third-person controls help?
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Some Euro Developer Is Down On PSP

10:00PM Brian Ashcraft | The PSP does big business in Japan. Outside of Japan? Not as big. Hence, why some folks get down on the portable. Here’s the latest gloomy PSP chatter. More »
Culture

The Glory Of Sam & Max Vinyl Statues

9:30PM Luke Plunkett | Sure, you’ve seen game toys before. Gears, Halo, King of Fighters, Street Fighter. But have you seen anything as beautiful as this Sam & Max statue? You say yes, you’re a liar. More »
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Is SFIIHD Really Delayed In Europe Thanks To ‘Faults & Problems’?

9:00PM Luke Plunkett | You may have read a few reports this morning concerning the fate of Street Fighter II HD Remix on PSN in Europe, and how it has been delayed due to “faults and other problems”. But… has it really? More »
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Former Sony Boss Says Nice Things About Nintendo

8:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Nobuyuki Idei helmed Sony from 1999 to 2005. He was named one of the “Worst Managers of 2005″ by Business Week. (Congrats!) But today, he’s not talking about that, but Nintendo. More »
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Thousands Of Jobs Lost, Very Quietly, At IBM

7:30PM Luke Plunkett | An estimated 4000 IBM employees have been laid off in the last week, as the company adjusts to the current way of the world. Why do we care? Because IBM make a lot of stuff. More »
Culture

Tomb Raider Films Getting Reboot

7:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Warner Brothers producer Dan Lin (Sherlock Holmes) wants to do a “reboot” of the Tomb Raider film franchise, even though the last big screen Lara Croft outing was only about six years ago. More »
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What Is Tetsuya Mizuguchi Doing These Days?

6:30PM Brian Ashcraft | Well, not much with N3: Ninety-Nine Nights II, apparently! According to the upcoming issue of Famitsu, Tetsuya Mizuguchi (
Culture

Asashi Shimbun Report Sexual Predators Now Using ‘Game Sites’

6:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Tokyo police say that sex crimes against underage females via gaming and social networking websites more than doubled in 2008. More »