Thursday, March 19, 2009
News

Final Fantasy Creator Waxes Lyrical Over The Economic Crisis

You may have heard. There’s an economic crisis going on. Many people are panicking about this, but Mistwalker’s Hironobu Sakaguchi isn’t. He’s getting poetic.


Ever See One Hundred Sheep Play Pong Before?

This ad for Samsung is trying to sell us on the benefits of an LED TV. Instead, it’s selling us on the benefits of buying a camera and lots and lots of sheep.


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Punch-Out!! Dated For Europe

Nintendo just let us know that Punch-Out!!, the Wii remake/re-imagining of the classic NES title, will be out in Europe on May 22.


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Ghostbusters Is ‘Gears of War Lite’

After getting dropped by one publisher, the release of Ghostbusters: The Video Game was pushed back. The Atari game is now slated for June 16. With that extra time, what has developer Terminal Reality done?


In Real Life

Now The Mushroom Kingdom Is In Russian Doll Form

The Matryoshka doll is the cake/custom action figure of 2009. Not the most obvious of pioneering creative avenues to pursue, true, but we can’t direct these artistic waves, only react to their flow.


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2D Fighter BlazBlue Gets Release Date

Guilty Gear developers Arc System Works released BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger in Japanese arcades last November. A multi-platform console port was announced earlier this month. Today, the game gets a Japanese release date.


News

The Mouse Sent Back In Time To Kill Sarah Connor

Ask PC gaming snobs why they prefer playing games on a rig to a console and they’ll tell you, it’s the controls. Pads just can’t match the speed and accuracy of a mouse and keyboard.


In Real Life

Hideo Kojima’s iPhone Is Covered In Hideo Kojima

With Metal Gear Touch, Metal Gear Solid has arrived on Apple’s iPhone. It’s not a huge surprise as Apple products are littered throughout Metal Gear Solid 4.


News

Online Game Gets Real-World Banking Licence

While some online games have problems with real-money transactions, Swedish MMO Entropia Universe has no such issues. Indeed, it’s so responsible that publishers MindArk have been granted a proper banking license.


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Sony Computer Entertainment Patents Robot Peripheral

Last June, Sony Computer Entertainment filed a patent application for a real robot that interacts with video games. Think of it as Sony’s take on R.O.B.