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Last week, I went to E3 and the differences between the three major console manufacturers could not have been more clear.
Recently, a timeline detailing selected Activision/Blizzard business activities has made its way around the internet, infuriating gamers everywhere. Why?
When I was a kid, saying “damn it” would get my mouth washed out with soap. I wasn’t allowed to watch The Simpsons because Bart said “hell.”
Cheat codes have a way of getting around; the good ones rarely stay hidden for very long. Nearly all old-school gamers know how to play Metroid with a clothing-optional Samus Aran, and the Konami code is more widely known than the Hammurabi code. Still, some cheat codes are not as well known as others.
Surprising news from Bethesda today. Still glowing from their not altogether surprising success with Fallout 3, Bethesda Softworks inadvertently let slip early this morning that a certain, potentially biblical game was in the works. Executive Producer and Game Director Todd Howard declared at 1:00am EST, via twitter, that, "We're up to something big, and let me just say you might need a day of rest when you're done with it."
Bobby Kotick is an evil, evil man. Every night when he gets home from a busy day of making the world a worse place, he sits down in front of his TV and watches Glenn Beck while sipping wine squeezed from kitten souls.
Revolution is a pretty bad-ass name for a gaming console. Revolution says, “Nintendo is innovation.” Revolution says “Nintendo is back.” Revolution says “Play me, gamer, for I am your nostalgia and your future both,” in a warm and welcoming lisp that would make Gwyneth Paltrow seethe with jealousy. Revolution says, “Take me seriously.”
In 2001, you watched the Baltimore Ravens stomp the New York Giants in Super Bowl XXXV. You listened to Crazy Town’s Butterfly while trying – in vain, I might add – to get some play from Missy Thompson in the backseat of your used Saturn S-Series.
Since before it even launched, the Nintendo Wii has been the object of skepticism and – from some corners of the industry – even downright vitriol. This time, the Nintendo-bashing comes from the Director General of Capcom France, Antoine Seux.
In a convulsion-inducing metascapade of blue boobies and G.I. Georgeous, Everyone has completely lost it over avatar. And I mean lost it in the picket-fence-frontal -lobotomy sense, the rule-34 sense (oh yes it's out there, no I will not link it), and the every-meme-has-already-done-it sense. Last week it progressed to the point that the only person left who didn't like the movie was the Pope. Or, more accurately, the Pope's press office, which thought the film lacked substance and was a boiled down plot-substrate that just didn't have backbone, much less depth of character or a Meryl Streep cameo. Everybody agreed, but nobody cared.
Speaking in a recent interview with Japanese gaming magazine Edge, Square Enix CEO Yoichi Wada has revealed that the 15th official installment in the stalwart Final Fantasy RPG franchise would be text-based
The 2010 Indie Games Festival is here! The finalists for the best indie games are in. Take a look! You might also check out Boing Boing's coverage of the Festival. Some of the entries look absolutely stunning.
