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Jul
21
Rhythm Heaven commercials are delightfully queer
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Ever wonder why Wario Ware: Smooth Moves wasn’t a crazy awesome as the other games in the series? It might be because Nintendo R&D1, creators of all the other Wario Ware games, took a break from that game to instead create Rhythm Tengoku (available on GBA and in Japanese arcades). Nintendo R&D1 is also the […]
Jul
21
Ever get tired of the “normal” stuff with your partner? Or perhaps, get exceptionally lonely? The guys at the IT University of Copenhagen may have just designed the game of the future. It’s a sex game that utilizes the Wii remote via Bluetooth. The aptly named Dark Room Sex Game isn’t as terrible as you […]
Jul
21
E3 08: The Who performs at the Rock Band Party
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Jul
21
Don’t like in-game ads? Mercenaries 2 lets you blow that sh*t up
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I don’t really have a problem with advertisements and product placements showing up in something like a free, browser-based game. I only tend to play them a few times anyway, so the ads don’t normally have a chance to get on my nerves. Ads in full retail games, on the other hand, are a totally […]
Jul
21
[Finishing up the Games, Learning and Society coverage masterminded for GSW by The Brainy Gamer’s Michael Abbott, this last one is an intriguing one from Mary Flanagan of the Values At Play project - thanks again to him for covering this intriguing social/educational gaming conf.]
Speaking at a Games, Learning, and Society Conference workshop entitled “Values […]
Jul
21
Sometime next year, Sony will release a GPS device to go along with the PSP. While funny voices and accurate directions has yet to be confirmed, the one thing that MTVMultiplayer found out was that Sony is looking for a few good developers to incorporate the device into games. Sony’s Marketing Manager, John Koller, recently […]
Jul
21
Get paid for creating LittleBigPlanet content
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Typically, the only rewards that a player reaps when creating unique game content is the enjoyment that others have with it. According to comments given to PS3Fanboy by SCEE president David Reeves, this is about to change with the coming of LittleBigPlanet. Reeves envisions that users will be able to charge for their content created […]
Jul
21
For those that love strategy role-playing games, Sega’s upcoming title Valkyria Chronicles is a no-brainer. But, in the pictures and footage we’ve seen over the last year, it seems that there’s some appeal here for the non-SRPG fan as well. I couldn’t tell from my TGS Japanese-language hands-on last year, but my first English-language hands-on […]
Jul
21
The last time we talked Spain and Germany sales charts, we found that Super Smash Brothers Brawl had toppled Metal Gear Solid 4 for the top spot. The week ending on July 13 shows Nintendo’s conquering of Europe has reached a nearly impossible level. The charts, according to gamesindustry.biz, reveal that not only has Snake […]
Jul
21
Jade Empire is out now on the Xbox Marketplace
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Jade Empire is now available as an Xbox Original for the low, low price of 1200 Microsoft Points ($15).
As with most Xbox games to be made purchasable through Xbox LIVE, it’s actually cheaper to buy a hard copy rather than going the digital distribution route.
Back in 2005 when Jade Empire had just been released, my […]