Posts by Brian Ashcraft

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Tales Of Vesperia Is Wii Bound?!

3:20PM Brian Ashcraft | Popular Japanese voice actor Rikiya Koyama appears to have leaked the news that Namco Bandai role-playing game Tales of Vesperia is Wii-bound. Ooops! More »
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What It’s Like To Live Where Games Are Criminalised

3:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Twenty-six-year-old gamer Guido Núñez-Mujica lives in Venezula, where the government has passed a new law that in effect criminalises video games. More »
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Could Band Hero/Guitar Hero 5 Brouhaha Cause Future Problems?

6:00AM Brian Ashcraft | In the span of two months, Activision has ticked off Courtney Love and No Doubt by letting unlockable avatars sing songs from other genres. More »
Culture

Even God Is On The Music Game Bandwagon

12:00AM Brian Ashcraft | As seen by reader Jon at a Christian goods shop.
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DualShock, The Concept Table

11:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Designer Stephane Perruchon has always liked the DualShock controller’s design, its “excellent ergonomics”. More »
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Life-Sized NES Made From LEGO

10:00PM Brian Ashcraft | More than that actually — the NES has two LEGO controllers, a LEGO Tetris game cartridge and a LEGO TV. More »
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NSFW: Surely This Should Have Been Rated Adults Only?

7:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Too cute cat-eared game Tayutama -Kiss On My Diety- was released today in Japan. The Xbox 360 visual novel was given Japan’s 17-years-old-and-up CERO D rating. Should it have been rated higher? More »
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Konami Might Buy Music Label

6:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Game maker Konami is currently in talks with JVC Kenwood over the sale of music subsidiary Victor Entertainment Inc., reports Japanese newspaper The Daily Yomiuri. More »
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Milla Jovovich Twittering Her Brains Out About New Movie

5:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Milla Jovovich might be new to Twitter, but that doesn’t mean she’s not a twittering fiend, dropping bits and bops about the upcoming Resident Evil: Afterlife. Spoilers, ahoy! More »
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Nintendo President: Majority Of Video Games Digital In 20 Years

4:00PM Brian Ashcraft | The clock is ticking on bricks and mortar game retailers. But according to Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata, the clock will be ticking for another 20 years before digital distribution takes over and rules the school. More »