Saturday, August 29, 2009
In Real Life

Star Wars: The Lucasarts Adventure Game

You know, 15 years ago, me and my friends had a a dream. That Lucasarts would get the original movie cast to provide the voices for a Star Wars adventure game. It never happened, but this comes pretty damn close.


News

Guitar Hero 5, Ten Playboy Playmates And Hugh Hefner

Another Guitar Hero ad, another Risky Business parody.


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PAL PlayStation Store Update: Go Do Something Else

Those of you who depend on the late-week PlayStation Store update to provide you with something fresh, new and exciting to enjoy may this week wish to seek alternate means of entertainment.


Half-Formed Half-Minute Hero Impressions: Why Am I Naked?!

Another game Stephen Totilo got to first that I was curious about was Half-Minute Hero, the game where you really only have 30 seconds to beat a level.


The Wizard Of Oz: Beyond The Yellow Brick Road – A Second Look

Not too long ago, Stephen Totilo got his hands on D3 Publisher/Media.Vision’s The Wizard of Oz: Beyond the Yellow Brick Road for the DS.


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The Men Behind Sony’s Motion Controller

Here’s an interesting video posted on Sony’s blog earlier today, with R&D team members Richard Marks and Anton Mikhailov taking us behind the scenes with Sony’s new motion controller.


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Xbox Live Succumbs To Beatlemania

Microsoft’s Xbox team of executives must be shrieking like teenage girls in the 60s at the moment, what with the amount of Beatles-related cash-ins on the horizon for Xbox Live.


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Guess Who’s Publishing Modern Warfare 2 In Japan?

Square Enix, that’s who. Known best for Final Fantasy, the Japanese game company is once again attempting to expand its portfolio by bringing eagerly awaited first-person-shooter Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 to Japan.


In Real Life

Bank Deficit Freezes EVE Accounts

From the MMO-as-IRL file, EVE Online’s biggest bank has frozen accounts for anyone who invested any kredits with it, after it was discovered that the bank is 380bn kredits in the hole, without the funds to cover player withdrawals.


250GB Xbox 360 Looking More Likely

One listing for a 250GB Xbox 360 could be an accident. A typo. But two in two days, on opposite ends of the planet, well, that’s something else.