Saturday, March 7, 2009
Culture
Throw Balls At Streakers
3:30PM Brian Ashcraft | Taiwanese arcade game Star Ball has players lob balls at a screen. It’s like a light gun game, but with balls. More »
News
Square Enix Still Workin’ On That New MMO
2:30PM Luke Plunkett | Square Enix have a big MMO. It’s called Final Fantasy XI. But FFXI is getting a little long in the tooth, so it’s no surprise to hear Square Enix are still working on a successor. More »
News
Mad Max Director Thinks Games Are Surpassing Films In Storytelling
1:30PM Brian Ashcraft | Yesterday, it was Star Ocean 4 designer Yoshinori Yamagishi going on about how video game storytelling could exceed books or film. Today, it’s Mad Max director George Miller. Tomorrow? Who knows. More »
Culture
Rabbi Overcomes Fear Of Nazis, Courtesy Of Call Of Duty
12:30PM Luke Plunkett | Somewhat understandably, given the fact he’s Jewish, Rabbi Micah Kelber has always had a few issues with Nazis. Until, that is, he played Call of Duty: World at War. More »
Regulars
12:00PM David Wildgoose | Today is Mardi Gras day in Sydney. It’s all happening just up the road from my house. You can feel the party atmosphere in the air. I figure I’d celebrate the occasion by… playing videogames.
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What Are You Playing This Weekend?
12:00PM David Wildgoose | Today is Mardi Gras day in Sydney. It’s all happening just up the road from my house. You can feel the party atmosphere in the air. I figure I’d celebrate the occasion by… playing videogames.
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News
Castle Crashers: The Lucha Libre Connection
11:30AM AJ Glasser | Jerry Frissen’s Lucha Libre comic series is already a line of collector’s toys by Muttpop; but toymaker Bob Silva says it was almost a multiplayer game made by The Behemoth. More »
Rumours
Report: Guitar Hero: Van Halen One Of Five ‘Hero’ Games Due In ‘09
11:00AM Michael McWhertor | After the release of Guitar Hero: Metallica, Guitar Hero: Greatest Hits and Guitar Hero: Modern Hits, Activision has plans to release an additional five games in the series, including one based on Van Halen. More »
News
Inafune & Suda 51 Go To Sweden
10:30AM AJ Glasser | Capcom’s Keiji Inafune and Grasshopper Manufacture’s Goichi Suda (aka Suda 51) will speak at the sixth annual Nordic Game 2009 conference this May, should you happen to find yourself there. More »
News
Get The Whole World Of Goo In Your Hands For $5 This Weekend
10:00AM Michael McWhertor | Stumped for something to play this weekend? Play World of Goo! The 2D Boy developed puzzler is the current Steam Weekend Deal, marked down a ludicrous 75%. That means a paltry US$5 to you. More »
Rumours
