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Mar
21
New Mario Kart Wii footage. Still no voice, text, or carrier pigeon support
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Mario Kart Wii is set to come out April 27, until then though, we got a ton of new videos of the game to check out. GameTrailers has several new videos, but I’ve only snatched a couple of my favorites, which are all after the jump.
Before that though, here’s the Japanese intro for the game. […]
Mar
21
[Microsoft’s XNA Creator’s Club (pictured) is just one new Western-originated platform with the potential to democratize game development. But whither Japan for an indie console renaissance? Japanese-based game developer JC Barnett argues Japan’s corporate culture may not be positioned to allow such sweeping changes.]
If we allow ourselves to be swept up in the hype […]
Mar
21
This week’s AAF artist is an incredible digital painter from Thailand who calls himself hoyhoykung. Although his deviantArt gallery may not be as expansive as some of our previously featured artists, in this instance lack of quantity is certainly met tenfold by superb quality. A first glance at any one of hoyhoykung’s digital paintings is […]
Mar
21
N+ developers Raigan Burns and Mare Sheppard have strongly criticized Microsoft’s Xbox Live Arcade platform, branding the vast majority of its games "shit" and essentially accusing the company of betraying its own ideals. In an interview with Gamasutra, the ballsy game creators talked about how those with the power and the money have negatively influenced […]
Mar
21
The Smash DOJO!! spoilers recap: Warlock Punch!
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Pretty much all you need or want to know about Brawl is all over the Internet, but until Sakurai stops, I’ll keep on bringing this recap. Monday brought us Boss Strategies. Sakurai gives tips on how to fight against most of the bosses in the game. Basically, just do what you usually would do against […]
Mar
21
Things are going strong for Friday Night Fights as usual. We’ll be playing all your current favorites that somehow never get old, no matter how many hours you pump into them.
Under normal circumstances, there would be a caption for the picture above, however, today is anything but normal. You see, trying to create a caption […]
Mar
21
Valve and Nunchuck Games Inc. have announced that a special version of Ninja Reflex — a title that hit the Wii and Nintendo DS earlier this year — is now available on Steam. Called Ninja Reflex: Steamworks Edition, the game is designed to challenge gamers’ refelxes, sharpen hand-eye coordination, and measure reactions times to the […]
Mar
21
What Portal did for portals, what Braid will do for time manipulation, Polarity does for magnetism. A free, downloadable, totally awesome puzzle-platformer, Polarity is all about using different types of magnetism to make it through the game.
The player is equipped with a dual-magnetism suit: at the press of a button, the player can turn blue […]
Mar
21
The Week in Rock (Band DLC): ‘Smokin’ Boston six song pack
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It looks like Harmonix wants to put the new Rock Band Music Store to the test next week, as they’ve announced the addition of six songs by the legendary rock group Boston. For those willing to pay, joining the Boston song that already appears on the retail disc ("Foreplay/Long Time") will be: "Hitch a Ride," […]
Mar
21
Playing your 360 retro-style: the Xbox joystick mod
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Oh man. All I can say is, this comes at a perfect time after Topher’s recent feature about the D-Pad for the 360 controller (and its infinite fail.) What better solution is there than to play arcade classics the way they were meant to be played — with a fully functional joystick? Creative modder Shaolin […]