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Aug
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Isn’t it funny how Pyramid Head has become such a videogaming icon? He’s a walking rape machine and chicks just dig him.
Sony wants Sackboy as their mascot, Minesweeper is coming to XBLA, Bionic Commando’s release in question, Capcom shows off three of the Mega Man 9 bosses, and plenty more happened on Wednesday.
Wednesday Regulars:Podtoid 65 […]
Aug
13
[We’re going to be posting some of the highlights of the latest issue of Game Developer, and here’s some neat postmortem bits from Gabe and Tycho’s magnum opus.]
The latest issue of sister publication Game Developer magazine includes a creator-written postmortem on the making of Hothead’s Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness — […]
Aug
13
Jonathan’s sales don’t Blow: Braid still doing well
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Braid’s been out for a week, but the Internet is still talking about it. Having become a critical darling for his evocative puzzler, creator Jonathan Blow also has good news in the sales department, and confirmed that it looks like he can afford to make a new game thanks to sales of Braid continuing steadily […]
Aug
13
Capcom gives us a better look at three of the Mega Man 9 bosses
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We got a sneak peek at the bosses of Mega Man 9 yesterday, but knowing full well that black and white images weren’t going to be enough, Capcom has decided to divulge more information and artwork pertaining to the bosses and their obtainable weapons.
This first update is all about Concrete Man, Tornado Man, and Magma […]
Aug
13
You know us at the Castle of Pod — we’re not exactly known for sticking to the topic at hand. However, even we were shocked by the way we were able to go on ridiculous tangents this time around. I can’t even remember how we were able to go from The Magic Roundabout to Star […]
Aug
13
Possible Blue Castle/Dead Rising 2 connection? Ask the metal band
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Remember those rumors that Capcom was outsourcing Dead Rising 2’s development to Western studio Blue Castle? Well, our sniffer dogs have uncovered what could be some evidence that lends credence to such gossip. It was found in quite an unusual place as well — the biography of a metal band.
According to the band’s profile, Vancouver […]
Aug
13
In case you missed it, 2K Sports released their first trailer for NHL 2K9 a couple of days ago, and now we’ve got a bevy of screens to go with it. There are 15 images of the PS3/360 version of the game, and 17 from the waggle-enhanced Wii version.
Again, I’m happy to note that 2K’s […]
Aug
13
BioWare’s Dragon Age: Origins sweeping in, burning up PAX, Leipzig, and Gen Con
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Shown behindclosed doors at E3 2008, BioWare’s upcoming role-playing title Dragon Age: Origins is coming out of the closet for some upcoming public gaming conventions.
The first will be this Gen Con Indy, which our own Brad Nicholson terrorizing reporting from later this week. The Penny Arcade Expo will also have the BioWare team showing off […]
Aug
13
Dyack: Too Human is so big one person can’t possibly get all the in-game loot
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Kizuko recently interviewed the king of tasteful game promotion, Dennis Dyack, and managed to find out a range of interesting information about Too Human, including that it can take between "15 and 80 hours to complete" and that all the loot in the game is "probably not possible to get - not for a single […]
Aug
13
COLUMN: Quiz Me Qwik: ‘Beer and Loathing With Matt Hestill’
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It’s been interesting reading Michael Walbridge’s series of interviews with prominent games journalists, and Simon Parkin’s recent column on the same subject. It’s really given me pause to think about some of the people I admire in the field; Michael is actually interviewing a number of them.
There’s plenty of other people who I think exemplify […]