Wednesday, December 1, 2010

In Real Life

Turning A Nintendo Console Into A Skate Park

11:30PM December 1, 2010 | Luke Plunkett

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Settle in for nearly five minutes of some guy using an old Famicom (Japan’s take on the NES) and its game cartridges as a skate park for his fingerboard antics. It’s great stuff. More »


News

Wait, Dolph Lundgren Is Working With Uwe Boll?

11:00PM December 1, 2010 | Brian Ashcraft

Hot off his work in high-profile action feature The Expendables, Nordic thespian Dolph Lundgren will be working with Uwe Boll. More »


News

Let’s Play StarCraft On The iPad!

10:30PM December 1, 2010 | Luke Plunkett

StarCraft is on the PC. It’s also on the Mac. And Nintendo 64. And that’s it. So how is somebody playing the strategy hit on a touch-screen Apple iPad? More »


In Real Life

Russell, There Is No Badge For This

9:30PM December 1, 2010 | Luke Plunkett

All this time, we never knew Up! was essentially a prequel to Joust. By Chad King, as seen on Super Punch.


News

The Future Of Gran Turismo 5

9:00PM December 1, 2010 | Brian Ashcraft

While Gran Turismo 5 finally hit stores after several delays and over five years in development, the game’s studio isn’t finished with the title by any means. More »


In Real Life

Airport Security Ruins Video Games, Too

8:30PM December 1, 2010 | Luke Plunkett

The Transportation Security Administration isn’t making too many friends in American airports at the moment. It’ll make less friends if it starts holding up video games the way it holds up a departures line. More »


In Real Life

NSFW: PlayStation Move Used Incorrectly In Manga

8:00PM December 1, 2010 | Brian Ashcraft

You know what I think the PlayStation Move looks like? An ice cream cone. Know what the folks at adults-only Comic Penguin Club think it looks like? More »


New Sega Shooter Is Already Out Of Ammo

8:00PM December 1, 2010 | Brian Ashcraft

The developers behind the Yakuza crime series is working on a sci-fi title called Binary Domain. It’s a pre-rendered trailer with robots, shooting and bad dialogue. But, hey, robots. More »


News

Could Someone Actually Be Making A Decent Heist Game?

7:30PM December 1, 2010 | Luke Plunkett

Spooky. We were only lamenting the other day around the office water cooler about how there weren’t enough good heist games these days, and what do we get? A new heist game, and an interesting one to boot. More »


In Real Life

Watch Hundreds Of Japanese People Wait In Monster Lines

7:00PM December 1, 2010 | Brian Ashcraft

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Eagerly awaited PSP game Monster Hunter Portable 3rd went on sale in Japan earlier today. How was the launch? Madness. More »