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Mar
28
GameSetWatch recently visited with Pleo, a robotic dinosaur that its developers, Ugobe, call a “life form.” We found it quite complex – sensors under the rubbery skin respond to touch, and Pleo is sensitive to light, sound, obstacles and a variety of interaction.
Out of the box, it “knows” a variety of different behaviors, and […]
Mar
28
Destructoid returns to Gametrailers TV tonight: This post has links edition
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Tonight at 1 AM in your timezone (wherever you may be) Destructoid will have more of its crew on Spike TV’s Gametrailers TV via MTV, and I think SpriteTV. Before you get all excited waiting to see Chad, I am sorry. The world is not perfect, and the TV can’t be 24 hours of "Chadovision."
But […]
Mar
28
Behold the work of chilin and his take on our beloved iconic characters from the videogame world. chilin’s style is very distinct and what’s impressive is all of the different types of style chilin uses to make his works of art. Some of the Street Fighter heads shot are done with his mighty Wacom while […]
Mar
28
[Wanted to mention this HP/Intel-sponsored webcast Q&A sister site Gamasutra is running next week - with our own Brandon Sheffield quizzing Introversion’s Chris Delay on procedural content - should be interesting, we hope, and there will be an archive after the fact if you can’t make it to ask questions in real-time, boo.]
Gamasutra is reminding […]
Mar
28
WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2009 announced, is still a wrestling game
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No surprises here, but I must relay the information that THQ have revealed the first information on WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2009. This is the part where those of you who have nasty things to say about wrestling games go take a nap, because we get it — you don’t like them. Well, guess what? […]
Mar
28
Capcom announces CAPTIVATE 08 Media Summit, may want to invite you
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Chris Kramer, Capcom’s Sr. Director of All Things Awesome, has publicly announced that the publisher has decided to scrap their yearly "Gamer’s Day" in favor of the more intimate CAPTIVATE 08 Media Summit. This three day event will take place in Las Vegas at the end of May, and well, Destructoid (read: me) will […]
Mar
28
Rondo comes home: Dracula X Rondo of Blood to hit the Japanese Virtual Console
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When the Wii’s Virtual Console was first announced, the collective "meh" uttered by fans of illegal video game emulation was so massive, it could be heard around the world. Pirates had been playing NES, SNES, Turbo-Graphx 16, and Genesis games free of charge for years, so naturally the idea of being forced to pay actual […]
Mar
28
Listen closely, everybody: I’ve got a story for you.
I checked my email at work this afternoon to find that my inbox had been graced with the presence of a forwarded message from Nick Chester, our omniscient and omnipotent Editor-in-Chief. It contained a link to a zip file, and the email mentioned that screenshots from EA […]
Mar
28
Calling all Warhawks: Operation: Broken Mirror is dated and priced
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Fresh on the heels of Sony’s surprise announcement that Warhawk would be offered with a limited-time discount ($29 until 4/15), comes the official release date for the game’s latest expansion pack, Operation: Broken Mirror.
According to Sony’s blog, the pack will be available for purchase on the PlayStation Store on April 17th, and will set you […]
Mar
28
@Play: The Delights Of Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer DS
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[’@ Play’ is a kinda-sorta bi-weekly column by John Harris which discusses the history, present and future of the Roguelike dungeon exploring genre.]
(Note: screenshots from the Super Famicom fan-translated version.)
In recognition of the U.S. release, after more than ten years since its Super Famicom origin, of the DS version Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer, […]