I’ve often thought to myself: “Damn, I’d really just love to kick back and do some online virtual fishing with a load of other people from all over the world. It’d be even better if I could do virtual fishing in an online world that perpetuates gender stereotyping in videogamesâ€. Luckily, a friend alerted me to Hanbitsoft’s: Grand Mer. The …
Neither has the UK tax payer, but they’ve still forked out over £2.8 million for it since it launched in November 2009. Wait, what? Tax payers funding an MMO? Yep, that’s because it was the brain-child of the UK Department of Transport. The MMO was designed to get kids into thinking about road safety. Sadly, the MMO is practically dead. …
In an alternate universe, AJ McLean was never part of the Backstreet Boys. Instead, he joined the UNSC and became a Spartan; a Spartan capable of hooking up and forming “meaningful relationships” with women; a Spartan who likes to sharpen his knife while hanging out with stars from TV shows such as Madmen; a Spartan capable of doing everything while wearing …
The Wii’s motion-controlled gaming (and to a lesser extent since the release of Playstation Move, the PS3) has afforded profiteering purveyors of perplexingly pointless plastic periphery the prospect of peddlling their preposterous products. If you thought Microsoft’s Kinect – which is free from controllers of any sort – would be spared all manner of unnecessary accessory – you’d be wrong. …
GOG.com has finally revealed what was going on after speculation and downright confusion. They are relaunching, leaving beta status and bringing in a slew of changes. Check after the jump for one of the most bizarre conferences ever, and my thoughts on the matter. Last Updated: September 23, 2010
Square-Enix have announced a new Dissidia Final Fantasy sequel for the PSP, which is confusingly entitled Duodecim. For you non-Latin readers, thats ‘twelve’. The title was revealed in last week’s Weekly Shonen Jump in Japan. It is set for release in 2011, will come out on PSP, and we can expect new maps, BGM, battle elements and an improved communication …
Japanese beatboxer Hikakin has recreated a classic Ken vs Dhalsim Street Fighter II matchup…using nothing but his mouth – complete with hadoukens, shoryukens and yoga fires.. Hit the jump for a video that’s honestly pretty creepy, as the sounds of at least 5 people are expelled through the mouth of of just one little Japanese guy. Incredible. As a bonus, …
In my absence, Gavin posted about a pet peeve of mine; mindless Wii peripherals that don’t add anything to gameplay but do remove money from your wallet – if you’re the sort of person who keeps his wallet in his back pocket, right behind his brain. With each new silly peripheral, you’ll find me calling it the dumbest thing to …
Cloud gaming removed hardware barriers, but it replaced them with something less visible and …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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