Sunday, October 11, 2009
NSFW: Topless Weirdo Shows Off His Neo-Geo Collection
12:00PM Owen Good | My only coherent reaction is, “I didn’t know the Pet Shop Boys covered ‘Where the Streets Have No Name.’” Warning: man-ass at 1:24; nipple play at 2:21. Definitely NSFW. Same for the pics the Neo-Geo forum found, too. More »
Dust 514: The MMO’s Type-A Brother-in-Law
11:00AM Owen Good | Get a fresh look at running around, blowing s—t up in Dust 514, the console FPS that CCP is developing to coincide with its EVE Online MMO. More »
It’s Bad When The New Yorker Trolls You Over A Game
10:30AM Owen Good | This actually ran a month ago, but, forgive me, my subscription lapsed, for a lack of houseguests to impress with my reading material. (I also canceled my subscription to “Large Penis-Havers’ Quarterly” since I haven’t gone on a date lately.) More »
China Cracks Down On Online Gaming
10:00AM Owen Good | You could go through the Oxford English Dictionary, pick a noun, and China’s likely cracked down on it. (Except counterfeit goods). Online games that are “unhealthy” (says the state) are the latest target, and 45 have been shut down. More »
Facebook, Twitter Launch Nov. 17 On UK Xbox Live
9:30AM Owen Good | This splash page on Xbox Live’s U.K. portal says its Twitter and Facebook service will launch on Nov. 17. We assume that includes the Last.FM update as well. More »
Sunday Supplement: “a dark, bloodcurdling core to it”
9:00AM David Wildgoose | Welcome to your Sunday reservoir of interesting writing about video games. Grab your reading jacket, a cup of coffee and get ready to exercise the brain.
Battle Klaxon: The People Power Of Valkyria Chronicles
Quintin Smith celebrates the humanity at the heart of SEGA’s wonderful game of tactical combat.
Big Apple, 3AM: Introducing a Little Anarchy
Michel McBride-Charpentier raises a great point about the stealth in Batman in terms of improvisation and intentionality.
Discount Thoughts: Touch the void
Michael Clarkson scales the heights of Cursed Mountain in this terrific critical reading of the Wii-exclusive survival horror.
EDGE: Death Of The Author
Clint Hocking, Chet Faliszek and Ragnar Tørnquist get together to chat about the future of narrative and story-telling in games.
Eurogamer: Off the Map
Quintin Smith (again!) tours some of gaming’s finest anti-levels, each designed to be as confusing, confronting and confounding as possible.
Fils-Aime On PSPgo: “What’s The Benefit?”
9:00AM Owen Good | In an interview for Sunday’s edition of The Washington Post (posted today), the Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime says the PSPgo might have “a fundamental concept problem in terms of ‘Who’s it for?’ and ‘What’s the benefit?’” More »
Runic’s Next Big Fantasy: Getting Torchlight On XBLA
8:00AM Owen Good | The dungeon-crawler Torchlight is due for an exclusive PC release on Oct. 27, but developer Runic wouldn’t mind seeing the game offered on Xbox Live Arcade someday. More »Coruscant, Where Nothing Grows — Except Power
