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Apr
11
Oh hi, haikuninja. You just happen to be this week’s Art Attack Friday artist extraordinaire. Only the best are selected so bask in the glory of your brief exposure to Internet fame. Do not worry that your fame will fade away as your Gardenia art piece introducing today’s AAF will be burned into many a […]
Apr
11
[’Quiz Me Quik’ is a new weekly GameSetWatch column by journalist Alistair Wallis, in which he picks offbeat subjects in the game business and interviews them about their business, their perspective, and their unique view of life. This time, we check out the, uhm, premiere unofficial Dutch NES game translation master.]
The most striking thing you’ll […]
Apr
11
Why Is Rock Band Double The Price In Europe?
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As a gamer living in the UK I’m used to being treated as a second class citizen by games companies.
We in Europe tend to be the last to get consoles released, with the possible exception of Australia, and some games don’t even ever make it here. If they do, they tend to be priced extortionately […]
Apr
11
Behold the face of idiocy: Swedish gamers already camping for GTA IV [Updated]
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I guess a few Swedish gamers didn’t get the memo that you can actually pre-order games in this dazzling 21st century. The above image is one of several insane Swedes who are actually camping outside a store for Grand Theft Auto IV — damn near two and a half weeks before it even arrives. In […]
Apr
11
Behold the face of idiocy: Swedish gamers already camping for GTA IV
Category: Wii Xbox 360 Playstation 3 | Leave a Comment
I guess a few Swedish gamers didn’t get the memo that you can actually pre-order games in this dazzling 21st century. The above image is one of several insane Swedes who are actually camping outside a store for Grand Theft Auto IV — damn near two and a half weeks before it even arrives. In […]
Apr
11
UK newspaper actually defends videogames: Did we wake up in topsy turvy land?
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Well this puts a smile on my face. After suffering endless crap from the likes of The Times and The Daily Mail in their war on videogames, one UK newspaper has actually made good and stood up for our favorite hobby on the mainstream media stage. Naomi Alderman — a self-professed gamer who grew up […]
Apr
11
The Week in Rock (Band DLC): Sorry, but Blondie doesn’t qualify as classic rock
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Next week, it’ll be back to the older stuff, as Harmonix will be bringing us the “Classic Rock Pack 01”. I guess their definition of “classic rock” includes any music that uses guitars and was made before in or before 1980. But frankly, I wouldn’t really consider The Police or Blondie as part of that […]
Apr
11
Massive update is massive: GTA IV Web site inundated with new content
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In case Nick Chester’s fantastically detailed “GTA IV Week” posts haven’t titillated you enough, Rockstar ratcheted up the anticipation for GTA IV today with a flood of information. The update comprises a broad variety of new features on the game’s official Web site:
New multiplayer modes and details Two new videos Two new radio stations/DJs A […]
Apr
11
As you all (hopefully) know, Ikaruga launched on Live Arcade this week. As such, we will be rockin’ it co-op style for Friday Night Fights, so make sure you pair up with a buddy. Can you handle the heat? If not, no worries.
I apologize for a lack of front page FNF posts these last couple […]
Apr
11
Guinness World Records for Tapper and Ms. Pac-Man set at Barcade event
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Barcade in Brooklyn hosted a little shindig yesterday in which it invited hopeful gamers to drink a few rounds and beat a world record or two, although not necessarily in that order. Official judges from Guinness were there to do what they do best, and believe it or not, 2 records were actually smashed.
The games? […]