Thursday, November 5, 2009

Media

Time Flies In Liberty City

11:30PM Luke Plunkett | Say what you will about the merits of Grand Theft Auto IV as a game, there’s no disputing how magnificent a technical achievement it is. After all, few games could make a clip like this so interesting. More »
Culture

What Game Made You Cry The Most?

11:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Japan’s Oricon Life polled 500 men between the ages of teen and 40-something about which games have made them cry the most and complied a list of the top five. Weepy drumroll please… More »
News

REO Speedwagon: The Game: No This Is Not A Joke

10:30PM Luke Plunkett | An REO Speedwagon game. Mull that sentence over for a while, and your mind darts between reactions. Namely, from amused, to confused, to bewildered, then back to amused, via a short stop-over utter disbelief. More »
Culture

Valve: British People Are Quiet

10:00PM Brian Ashcraft | British people, speak up! According to Valve’s Chet Faliszek, those gamers in the U.K. are quiet. More »
News

Katamari Creator “Not Suited” To Games Industry

9:30PM Luke Plunkett | Keita Takahashi is a creative guy. Pads around bare-foot, comes up with stuff like Katamari Damacy. We love him for it, but at the same time, get the impression his heart’s just not in it anymore. More »
News

Let’s Compare Tekken 6 Load Times

9:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Late last month, Tekken 6 was released on the PS3 and the Xbox 360. The editors at Japan’s Gemaga decided to see how the load times stack up. More »
Culture

November Is LEGO Vic Viper Month

8:30PM Luke Plunkett | November now has a theme we can all get behind, with a Flickr group kicking off Novvember, a month-long event aimed at building as many LEGO Vic Vipers from Gradius as is humanly possible. More »
Media

Sliding Like Tom Cruise Is “Not Easy”

8:00PM Brian Ashcraft | No, you haven’t stumbled onto Gawker.com. Fall Out Boy emo rocker Pete Wentz described the Risky Business-esque floor sliding for Band Hero as “not easy”. More »
Media

Shiny, Shiny Gran Turismo 5 Screens

7:30PM Luke Plunkett | Sony released some new Gran Turismo 5 screens today. Being GT5 screens, you should know what to expect by now: cars that look very, very, very pretty. More »
Culture

Nintendo Hands Out Zelda Feather Touch Pen (Again)

7:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Back when Nintendo released The Legend of Zelda: The Phantom Hourglass in 2007, it sent My Nintendo members a feather stylus. Bet you can’t guess what Nintendo is giving away for the upcoming Zelda game, Spirit Tracks? More »