Thursday, February 19, 2009

Culture

Nerd City Full Of Game Characters

11:00PM Luke Plunkett | For a little while now, Ryan Allen has been working on “Goon City”, a lovingly-rendered city map made up of everything that we guess Ryan likes. Seems Ryan likes his video games. More »
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Street Fighter II HD FINALLY Gets A European PS3 Release

10:30PM Luke Plunkett | Europe, your long wait is OVER. After languishing on the sidelines for what must have felt like an eternity, Capcom have finally announced that Street Fighter II HD Remix will be out on PS3 this week. More »
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Midway Delisted From New York Stock Exchange

10:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Earlier this month, Midway filed for bankruptcy earlier this month. Now, the long-struggling publisher of fighting game Mortal Kombat has been delisted from the New York Stock Exchange. More »
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Buy A Wii Controller That Looks Like A SNES Pad

9:30PM Luke Plunkett | Last year, Club Nintendo members in Japan were treated something special. They could get a Wii controller that looked like a SNES pad. Well, thanks to the wonders of global commerce, now you can too! More »
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World of Warcraft Can Save The Environment?

9:00PM AJ Glasser | Stanford Professor Byron Reeves thinks World of Warcraft can be harnessed as an energy-saving tool by attaching Smart Meter readings to gameplay goals. More »
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Lost & Damned Accidentally Censors Grand Theft Auto IV?

8:30PM Luke Plunkett | Reports are starting to come in from Europe claiming that the release of Grand Theft Auto IV’s expansion pack, The Lost & Damned, has somehow censored previously uncensored versions of the game. More »
Culture

Hey, You’ve Got LittleBigPlanet In My Japanese Pop Music Video

8:00PM Brian Ashcraft | ,p>The latest video from Japanese garage rock band Beat Crusaders takes features Little Big Planet character Sackboy as the band members. The upbeat video mixes real world and in-game LBP. More »
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Capcom Announcing New Game On Xbox LIVE Next Monday

7:30PM Brian Ashcraft | Osaka-base game company Capcom is announcing a new title for Xbox 360 next week. More »
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Drink Booze With Japanese Hostesses

7:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Dream Club from Japanese publisher D3 is set in a hostess bar. The Xbox 360 title lets players spend weekends getting wrecked with the saucy cabaret ladies that work at the club. More »
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Team Fortress 2 Is Very, Very Disappointed In You, Cheaters

6:30PM Luke Plunkett | Cheaters in online PC games are as numerous as they are despicable. We hate them, you hate them, but developers, well, developers – like Valve, for example – hate them even more. More »