Saturday, August 29, 2009
Culture
Star Wars: The Lucasarts Adventure Game
6:00PM Luke Plunkett | 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. More »
News
Guitar Hero 5, Ten Playboy Playmates And Hugh Hefner
5:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Another Guitar Hero ad, another Risky Business parody. More »
News
PAL PlayStation Store Update: Go Do Something Else
4:20PM Luke Plunkett | 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. More »
Hands On
Half-Formed Half-Minute Hero Impressions: Why Am I Naked?!
3:40PM AJ Glasser | 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. More »
Hands On
The Wizard Of Oz: Beyond The Yellow Brick Road – A Second Look
2:40PM AJ Glasser | 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. More »
News
The Men Behind Sony’s Motion Controller
2:20PM Luke Plunkett | 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. More »
News
Xbox Live Succumbs To Beatlemania
1:40PM Luke Plunkett | 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. More »
News
Guess Who’s Publishing Modern Warfare 2 In Japan?
1:20PM Brian Ashcraft | 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. More »
Culture
Bank Deficit Freezes EVE Accounts
12:40PM Owen Good | 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. More »
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