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Culture
Holy Satire! Mass: We Pray Promises Church Gaming From Home
12:00PM Michael McWhertor | Supposedly Boston-based Prayer Works Interactive announced its Mass: We Pray church mini-game compilation today, a smart send-up of religious-themed gaming, complete with motion-sensing Cross Controller and wireless Kneeler accessory. I mean, this is a joke, right? More »
Regulars
LunchTimeWaster: Turn-Based Battle
12:00PM Owen Good | This flash-game parody of JRPGs perfectly nails every device, trope, conceit and theme of the genre. Hang in there – even if the odds seem ridiculous, someone shows up to give you 200 gold to buy the JRPG sword. More »
Media
The Sims 3 Boldly Goes Where Many Have Gone Before
1:40AM Mike Fahey | What better way to market the latest version of EA’s life simulation series than to tap into one of the biggest movies of the year? More »
Uwe Boll’s Contra: Even Better Than The Real Thing
9:20AM Michael McWhertor | Prepare to be Contra’d, because this trailer for Uwe Boll’s Contra packs so much Contra into one minute and fifty-three seconds that you’ll think you’re at a Contra convention. Don’t worry, it’s a joke! More »
‘CliffyB’ on How to Save Game Journalism
2:30AM Maggie Greene | The blog Hardcasual is back with a bang after a lengthy hiatus, channeling the voice of Cliff Bleszinski of Epic Games (which, if you can’t parse that statement, means Bleszinski didn’t actually write this) to discuss some of the current problem with game journalism and reviews. More »
Maxim Proposes Rejected Guitar Heroes
11:30AM Michael McWhertor | It’s hard to top Guitar Hero: Menudo — if only for the laughs that teenage boys in satin pants provide — but Maxim gives it the old college try with their half-dozen “Rejected Guitar Heroes” bit. It’s full of great visual gags, like the Rock Band: Polyphonic Spree deluxe band box with over two-dozen microphones, but it stops being funny when you realise that Activision probably would greenlight that Insance Clown Posse box set. More »
Horror Schlock Flick ‘Tokyo Gore Police’ Does Gruesome Wii Send Up
10:20AM Michael McWhertor | According to my sources that are Wikipedia and Matt Hawkins, Tokyo Gore Police is a futuristic Japanese sci-fi gorefest in which the police are forced to deal with a new breed of superhuman who can, I don’t know, use their innards as deadly weapons or something. It’s all mad science and seemingly an excuse to show fountains of blood squirting in all directions. The film, which was screened at the New York Asian Film Festival this summer is being promoted with a series of parody ads. This particular ad is a send up of Nintendo’s Wii, featuring a game known as Remote Contorol Exterminate [sic] in which players essentially slice up hapless victims for fun. Check out that sweet butcher knife controller accessory! Ick! It’s obviously not safe for work or for the squeamish and is therefore after the break. More »
The Resident Evil Activity Book For Kids
5:30AM Maggie Greene | Kotakuite Brian pointed us to this little gem, which needs little commentary — it’s a straight forward (and reasonably funny) parody on Highlights for Children. The -Minus World has done a couple of these for various games, but I think I like the current Resident Evil incarnation the best. The Resident Evil Activity Book For Kids [The -Minus World] More »
