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Rent Video Games
Jun
27
Every now and again, I like to sit back and focus on a neglected site that’s doing a sterling job in some way, and this time round, it’s the PlayStation Museum that I’d like to highlight, a resource that’s doing a great job of somewhat obsessively finding and documenting unreleased PlayStation games.
Of course, the […]
Jun
27
Autographed dragon sword up for sale, infamy up for grabs
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Siliconera spotted a shiny bauble courtesy of Gamesniped upon the grimy virtual docks of eBay: a replica of Ryu Hayabusa's Dragon Sword signed by ass-connoisseur Tomonobu Itagaki. The sword — one of three awarded as prizes for the Ninja Gaiden Master Tournament — was forged via a combination of dark magic, unrivalled skill, […]
Jun
27
Unfortunately, if you've read the headline of this story then you've already got through most of the information we have on this one at the moment. Today, Kotaku got confirmation through from Activision that a third Soldier Of Fortune game, subtitled Pay Back, is in development. Activision's statement didn't give much away, stating only […]
Jun
27
GameSetLinks: June 27th Edition
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Uhoh, this whole ’saving up links for big posts’ is going well, but possibly a bit too well. There’s an absolute mess of ephemera saved up here, and so I’m going to spew them out at you - like I’m Mr. Creosote after a solo trip to Bucca Di Beppo. You don’t mind, right?
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Jun
27
River King: Wonderland trailer is retarded cute
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I swear to God Japan has it made when it comes to the DS library. I was just running in circles and babbling about Ecoris yesterday, and then this video fell in my lap thanks to a redheaded tip goddess. It is gameplay from River King:Wonderland, a fishing sim title due out in December of […]
Jun
27
Echelon’s Black Powder Red Earth is so Web 2.0 it hurts
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The above trailer sets the scene for Echelon Software's first-ever IP, tongue-twistingly titled Black Powder Red Earth. BPRE (not to be confused with a burpee, which were created by the souls of the damned) is a multi-player only FPS "co-designed by former US Special Operations Forces members and private security contractors." If that doesn't tickle […]
Jun
27
An interview with Cicada: Game music concepts from right out of left field
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Judson 'Cicada' Cowan is an odd duck in the world of music. He's a gifted composer, there's no denying that (unless you like being wrong), but he's always shared his music freely with the online community and asks only that you listen. He's also a man of heady concepts, having just completed his latest album, […]
Jun
27
Final Fantasy re-release still draws the crowds, and tattoos
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As you may, or may have not of heard, June 26th was the day that Square Enix released the 20th anniversary edition of Final Fantasy I for the PSP. To commemorate the occasion, the fine folks at the PlayStation store, located in sunny San Francisco, hosted an event for the fans of the long running […]
Jun
27
The end, my friend part 2: videogame endings that don’t suck
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A few weeks ago I tackled the issue of why videogame endings are so hard to execute effectively. So as not to be a Negative Nancy incapable of pointing out excellence in videogaming narratives, the following is a list, however brief, of videogame endings that don’t suck.
While not complete by any means, this list was […]
Jun
27
[’@ Play’ is a bi-weekly column by John Harris which discusses the history, present and future of the Roguelike dungeon exploring genre.]
I’ve mostly been covering the traditional roguelikes of late, which are primarily terminal games with roots back to the very origins of computer gaming, to the neglect of the extensive Japanese console branch […]