Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Culture
Gears Of War’s Imulsion Canned, Available On Earth
11:00PM Luke Plunkett | Imulsion, the glowy resource at the heart of all things Gears of War, has been canned, laced with sugar and preservatives, and put on sale in the United States for $US2.99 a pop. More »
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Meet Your New Galaga World Record-Holder
10:30PM Luke Plunkett | Galaga may be nearly two decades old, but its previous world record score could only last two years, with Andrew Laidlaw’s 2007 mark broken over the weekend by Phil Day. More »
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Wii Internet Channel Is Free, Free, Free
10:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Nintendo has announced that starting today the Opera-powered Wii Internet Channel is available free of charge. More »
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A Good Look At Monkey Island Creator’s New Game
9:30PM Luke Plunkett | Ron Gilbert’s latest game, Deathspank, isn’t new. We’ve known about it for ages. But all this info and screenshots, well, they’re very new. More »
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Microsoft Announces Xbox 360 Price Cut For Japan Tomorrow
9:00PM Brian Ashcraft | While the Xbox 360 has already gotten a price reduction in the States, it hasn’t yet in Japan. That will changed tomorrow when the company shaves the console’s price tag for the region. More »
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Wii Games Are Getting Better
8:30PM Luke Plunkett | Like last generation’s dominant console, the PS2, the Wii has come in for a bit of criticism over the amount of shovelware available for the system. But are things really as bad as they seem? More »
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How Hard Will It Be To Get A PS3 Slim In Japan At Launch?
8:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Who knows! That didn’t stop me from calling five Japanese retailers to find out. More »
Media
Sakura Note’s First Trailer
7:30PM Luke Plunkett | Marvelous’ Sakura Note is going about this the right way. It’s nice to see a trailer that sets a tone through music and feeling (followed by tons of gameplay footage), rather than pompous cinematic sequences.
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Blizzard’s Next MMO Will Be “Significantly Different”
7:00PM Luke Plunkett | Blizzard can’t work on World of Warcraft forever. Eventually, they’ll release a new MMO. And when they do, apparently it’ll be “significantly different” to their current world-destroying cash machine. More »
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