Thursday, May 7, 2009
Culture
ASCII Fighter II Super Hyper Text-Based Championship Edition
11:00PM Luke Plunkett | Earlier this year, five students from the University of Central Florida had to design a networked, text-based multiplayer game for their programming class. This, amazingly, is what they came up with. More »
News
10:30PM Brian Crecente | Sure we we’re pretty much positive that DJ Hero, Guitar Hero 5 and Band Hero were coming, but now Activision has made it official, official, and they’re coming this fall. More »
DJ Hero, Guitar Hero 5, Band Hero Hit This Fall
10:30PM Brian Crecente | Sure we we’re pretty much positive that DJ Hero, Guitar Hero 5 and Band Hero were coming, but now Activision has made it official, official, and they’re coming this fall. More »
Culture
You Cannot Play The George W. Bush Famicom Game
10:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Hipster retro shop Meteor is once again holding its “My Famicase” exhibit. Like last year, the show features Nintendo Famicom cartridges for games that never were created by artists and designers. More »
Rumours
DJ Hero Peripherals Revealed
9:00PM Luke Plunkett | A Twitter account by the name of djhero has tonight posted these pictures, claiming they are the first shots of the upcoming game’s turntable controller. More »
News
Three RPG Makers Make New PS3… RPG
8:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Japanese game makers Idea Factory, Gust and Nippon Ichi Software have teamed up for a new PS3 role-playing-game called Trinity Universe. Trinity, geddit? More »
Culture
Maybe One Day Everyone’s Spore Creatures Will Look This Good
7:30PM Luke Plunkett | Maxis senior art director Ocean Quigley has shown us the future. A future where Spore creations are not bulbous, simple game characters, but realistic-looking creatures. More »
Culture
Gonzo Adult Flick, Japanese Game Center
7:00PM Brian Ashcraft | After tackling such Japanese adult video mainstays as classrooms and offices, gonzo pornography maker “Hunter” has taken its naughty, low-budget guerrilla filmmaking to arcades. More »
News
SEGA Already Developing New Ryu Ga Gotoku (Yakuza)
6:30PM Brian Ashcraft | Going on sale last February, Ryu Ga Gotoku 3 (Yakuza 3) has shipped over half a million copies in Japan. It’s a hit, and SEGA is hard at work on another entry in the franchise. More »
News
