Monday, June 8, 2009 - Page 2

The Changing Faces Of The Beatles Rock Band

The Beatles: Rock Band takes players on a journey throughout the band’s career, from Liverpool to Ed Sullivan to Eggmen & Walruses. These screens show how the band’s image changes as the game goes on.


News

Gran Turismo Makers Try Forza 3

Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto wasn’t the only game developer checking out the competition, the folks behind Gran Turismo did as well — getting up close and personal with Forza 3.


Xbox Japan Ad Features Economic Recession Song

This is the latest Japanese Xbox 360 commercial — it’s for the Platinum Collection budget line of games and low priced 360 consoles. It features a yet-unreleased track from Japanese rapper Seamo. About what?


Monday Musings: How’d My E3 Predictions Go?

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Last Monday I gave you my predictions for E3 2009. Now that the show is done and dusted, let’s see how I did.


The Week In Games

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Just three major new release this week. And they couldn’t be in greater contrast.


Breakfast Wrap: Best of the Weekend

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The delicious breakfast wrap post is back, fresh from E3 and patiently awaiting your generous tip.

The Problem With Video Game Studies Research paper slams all previous violent game studies.

Scribble Off The Keyboard Cat Devs add meme to their list of awesome.

God Of War III Hands-On: Half-Goat, Half-Lion, Half-Snake Impressions from our E3 play time.

Just Cause 2 Impressions: In Which Everything Explodes, Awesomely Luke reckons this was the best thing he saw all E3 week.

Everything You Need To Know About Project Natal All our Natal posts in one handy wrap-up.


In Real Life

Mod Lets You Store Wii Games On HD — With Current Menu

Let’s be real here – storing your console games on a hard drive has shit to do with “backing them up.” More like “keep playing after you trade them in to GameStop.”


In Real Life

The Problem With Video Game Studies

Video game studies are inherently flawed, according to a writer for a Canadian quarterly, because in most cases researchers are making subjective appraisals of games they don’t even understand.


News

An IPhone Version Of Fallout Exists

After hearing about Mass Effect for the iPhone, my first thought was, “Could they put Fallout on there, too?” Apparently Bethesda had the same idea at some point.


In Real Life

Another Take On Tetris’ 25th

Time magazine weighs in on Tetris’ birthday, implying that it is by far the most lasting success of the Soviet Union.