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May
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[This Brandon Sheffield-conducted interview, also just posted on big sister site Gamasutra, is a fun trawl through the current opus of the Stubbs creators, who are some of the most interesting low-footprint independent console developers out there, actually.]
Wideload Games founder and Bungie veteran Alex Seropian created his Chicago-based developer in 2003, firstly working […]
May
14
PS3 owners, go download system software v2.35
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Yes, I’m reusing the pic. Gimme a break. No one got the joke last time, anyway.
In a quick post on the PlayStation.Blog that went up at around 7:30 PM EDT yesterday evening, Eric Lempel, the Director of PlayStation Network Operations, let us know that system software v2.35 for the PS3 would be going live “shortly”. […]
May
14
Jokes, people: Roman voice actor really paid, Rockstar ‘more than generous’
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Jason Zumwalt, the voice actor behind the excited-by-American-teetees Roman Bellic in Grand Theft Auto IV, is a funny guy. There was evidence of this in the form a sketch Zumwalt put together, where he pleaded for cash because he hadn’t made any money off of his work for the blockbuster game. But these are only […]
May
14
Strong Bad’s Cool Game for Attractive People info is cool and attractive
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It seems to be that Telltale has been firing on all cylinders lately: Sam & Max Season 2 ended on a high note, and their latest endeavor, Strong Bad’s Cool Game for Attractive People, has been receiving quite a bit of (warranted) attention. It’s no surprise that Telltale wants to ride that episodic wave of […]
May
14
Fun for the whole family: Cornholing comes to the Wii
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A popular college pastime will soon come to video game consoles.
Thus begins The Lantern’s article on Incredible Technologies’ game version of Ohio’s noble pastime of "cornholing". Armed with only a vague knowledge of the strange rituals conducted by the denizens of middle(ish) America and a widely accepted definition for cornholing, I expected a […]
May
14
New screens from Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia
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Ok, I hate to admit it, but I laughed at the title of this game — it sounds like it came straight out of the Castlevania Name Generator. Samba of Rabies? Epitaph of Cramps? Order of Ecclesia? Tell me you couldn’t see that last one among all the others, and I’ll reward you with a […]
May
14
The United States Social Security Administration has revealed the top baby names for 2007, and much of the list is not unsurprisingly banal. The top three boy names are Jacob, Michael, and Ethan; the top three girl names are Emily, Isabella, and Emma. Nothing to see here, move along.
But most surprising — and something that […]
May
14
What Street Fighter IV figures do you want? Go vote for em!
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Regardless of whether you like the look of the new Street Fighter IV characters or you feel there’s just more crotch there than you bargained for, having some well-made toys of your favorites is nothing to complain about. If you head over to Capcom’s Unity blog, you can actually participate in voting for which figures […]
May
14
10 million Xbox 360s sold in the U.S., Microsoft declares victory
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Microsoft has announced today that sales of the Xbox 360 have exceeded the 10 million unit mark in the U.S., with over 19 million sold globally. Microsoft are also very excited about the Xbox 360 being the first current-generation console in the U.S. to break the 10 million unit mark.
"History has shown us that the […]
May
14
Podtoid 53 records tonight, with special guests Chad and Topher!
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As Aaron Linde and Tiff Chow will be spending tonight going to game events and doing actual work, they’ve been temporarily and guiltlessly replaced by two members of everyone’s favorite podcast that isn’t Podtoid or Podcastle, RetroForceGO!.
That’s right: tonight at 8 pm PST, Chad Concelmo and Topher Cantler join myself and Jim Sterling as we […]