Tuesday, May 26, 2009
News
British Sales Charts: Nintendo Gets Caught In The Octagon
11:00PM Luke Plunkett | Get a load of this. New games on the British sales charts. New games everywhere. Pokemon, UFC, EA Sports Active… it’s like a breath of fresh air. More »
Culture
John Carmack: Criminal Mastermind (And Apple Fanboy)
10:30PM Luke Plunkett | They say you learn something new every day. For today? You learn that when he was only 14, id’s John Carmack broke into a school to steal some Apple II computers. Apple IIs! More »
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Evangelion Game Coming To PS3 (Does It Involve The Father Of PS?!)
10:00PM Brian Ashcraft | A Blu-ray disc version of mecha anime Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone includes a fold-in which what appears to be a new game announcement: an Evangelion title for the PS3. More »
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Now Square Enix Will Milk Eidos Properties To Death, Too!
9:30PM Luke Plunkett | Square Enix are notorious for bleeding their intellectual properties dry. You like Final Fantasy? Here’s 119 Final Fantasy games, etc etc. And now that Square owns Eidos, things are only going to get worse. More »
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David Jaffe: “We’re Not Showing Anything At E3″
9:00PM Brian Ashcraft | David Jaffe of developer Eat Sleep Play talks about the chances of him showing something at E3. And they are? More »
Culture
Someone Turned Those Classy Game Covers Into Classy Book Covers
8:30PM Luke Plunkett | To recap: few months back, members over at Something Awful came up with a glorious collection of game covers done in the style of classic novels. Now, someone has actually made them. More »
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PS3 “Soul Breeding” Game Gets Suggestive Pillow Case
8:00PM Brian Ashcraft | In two days, the sequel to “soul breeding” game Record of Agarest War ZERO is released in Japan. Let the merchandising begin! More »
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Activision Bosses Dump $60 Million In Activision Stock
7:30PM Luke Plunkett | Activision CEO Robert “What, Me Worry?” Kotick, and Activision co-chairman of the board Brian Kelly, last week sold off around $US60 million in Activision stocks. More »
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SNK’s April Fools Joke Is Real (Sorta)
7:00PM Brian Ashcraft | This past April 1 was, like the year before it and the year before that, April Fool’s Day. Osaka-based game company SNK joined in the fun and launched a website for faux retro shooter Star Radish. More »
Culture