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May
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The Most Powerful Person In The World
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Got an interesting note from Australian machinima/short movie maker Thuyen Nguyen: “Thought you might be interested in a short film I just completed. About a month ago, I read what seemed to be daily reports of the “games are bad” variety. As a gamer, I disagree, of course. But why is that?”
He continues: “Thus, […]
May
19
PSP title Dead Head Fred begs the question: do people still watch Scrubs?
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Here's the scenario: an undead private detective, ressurected in a bizarre scientific experiment, uses the severed heads of his enemies to take out paddle wielding tiki-monsters. Hey, it doesn't take much to grab my interest, I guess.
Vicious Cycle Software's PSP title, Dead Head Fred (with its 1940s inspired universe) brings to mind Wideload Games' often […]
May
19
Movietoid continues: King of Fighters movie in pre-production
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More video game related movie news out of Cannes, as word from Variety is that a film based on the SNK Playmore title, King of Fighters, is readying to film in Hong Kong early next year. Flashes of the Street Fighter film, but there's definitely some hope for this one.
The Engligh-language film will […]
May
19
Remember the Silent Hill movie? Remember how the first three quarters of it were actually somewhat decent? Well, Christophe Gans, the director of one of the only video game movies not to be complete garbage, is all set to try his hand at a distinctly different beast when he directs a movie based on […]
May
19
COLUMN: ‘Game Mag Weaseling’: Mag Roundup 5/19/07
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[’Game Mag Weaseling’ is a weekly column by Kevin Gifford which covers video game magazines from the late ’70s all the way up to right now.]
Before kicking off, I thought it’d be a good idea to discuss the rumors that Nintendo Power is closing, first reported by IGN.
The rumor seemed to come as a pretty […]
May
19
Looks like there is good news for Gears of War fans who think they have what it takes to go up against the best players out there; and for those who have ambitions of one day becoming professional gamers themselves. Major League Gaming has announced what everyone (and Cliffy B.) have been waiting […]
May
19
The Xbox 360, not being the most Japanese of consoles (and suffering from bad marketing on the part of Microsoft), is not known for doing so well in the land of the rising ninja. That said, it does have a few titles that the Japanese get excited for. With some distinctly more Eastern flavored games […]
May
19
Kudos Gets Its Own Rock Legend
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Over at the indie game love-in that is Gibbage, they’ve revealed a bunch of info about Kudos: Rock Legend, the PC ‘life sim’ strategy game follow up that continues the GSW-mentioned title by means of LOUD ROCK MUSIC and star-making shenanigans. Neat!
Explaining the game, creator Cliff Harris sez: “Kudos: Rock Legend casts the player […]
May
19
In case you've been in a coma for the last 14 hours or so and missed last night's megaton announcement, count yourself lucky, because you weren't among the teeming throngs of Craft-hungry fans looking for some solid media in the wee hours of the morning. What fortune, we've done the work for you!
Our initial SC2 […]
May
19
StarCraft 2 “Officially” Announced; We All Cream Ourselves [Update]
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Good morning faithful 1P Starters! It seems while all of you were sleeping in your cozy little beds, Blizzard let out the mega-ton bomb in Korea. Wait, not literally. Blizzard isn’t at war with Korea or anything. OK, this paragraph kinda went downhill really fast.
*ahem* Good morning faithful 1P Starters! […]