Sunday, March 22, 2009

In Real Life

The Most Deranged and/or Offensive NES ROM Hacks, Ever

9:00AM March 22, 2009 | Owen Good

Warning, a few on this list make Beat ‘Em and Eat ‘Em look like Metal Gear Solid 4. But there are some genuinely hilarious winners among a mostly despicable list of deranged NES ROM hacks.

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News

Alyssa Milano Starring in Ghostbusters Game

8:00AM March 22, 2009 | Owen Good

Alyssa Milano is your female lead in the upcoming Ghostbusters title by Atari. Her character, a museum curator, takes the place of Sigourney Weaver as the damsel in distress.


Sunday Supplement: “The world seems to have collective amnesia”

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8:00AM March 22, 2009 | David Wildgoose

News

New Nintendo Patent Looks Like Picture Pages 2.0

7:00AM March 22, 2009 | Owen Good

A new patent application Nintendo has filed in the U.S. tips its hand to a potential new focus for the game-maker, and no, it is not core gamers.

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Need a Job? 2K Boston’s Recruiting Hard at GDC

6:00AM March 22, 2009 | Owen Good

2K Boston, the house behind Bioshock, hits SF and the GDC this week looking for talent to help them with “their biggest and most ambitious project yet.” Dozens of openings are promised.

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Wolfenstein Trailer: Short Attention Span Theatre

5:00AM March 22, 2009 | Owen Good

Here’s your “Occult” trailer for the upcoming Wolfenstein next-gen re-do/sequel. Too bad it doesn’t linger on any shot for longer than 15 frames, I’d really like to process the visuals and maybe understand its gameplay.

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News

NCAA Football 10 Gets a Release Date — but Not for Wii

4:30AM March 22, 2009 | Owen Good

The latest edition of NCAA Football will release July 14 on four consoles, but none of them are named Wii. The “All-Play” version has been sacked as EA Sports focuses on improving the full-featured title.

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In Real Life

Terror Suspect Chooses Prison after Wii Confiscated

3:30AM March 22, 2009 | Owen Good

Crecente rocked the Bird Shirt in his new passport photo, which just screams “body cavity search.” He might reconsider dressing like a terror suspect, after Canada confiscated a Wii belonging to one.

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In Real Life

Vin Diesel Salutes British Host’s Level 80 Wife

3:00AM March 22, 2009 | Owen Good

Vin Diesel’s been on a full-court publicity press of late, but say this about the man – he’s not a phony when it comes to games.

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News

EA’s Still a Little Pissy that ‘Guided Experience’ Hasn’t Caught On

2:00AM March 22, 2009 | Owen Good

Eurogamer asks a lot of impertinent questions of Dead Space: Extraction’s executive producer. Like “Is this still gonna be cool for a rail shooter?” And “are you gonna babyfy anything because it’s on the Wii?”

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