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By: Jon Christensen on December 2nd, 2008 am31 1:48 am
When Sonic and the Black Knight was announced a little while back, most people including myself we’re thinking; “WTF is Sega thinking?” Seeing Sonic running around with a giant ass sword was almost as weird as seeing him morph into a werewolf.
When the first trailer hit the web, my opinion somewhat changed. I actually thought the game had the potential of being the first good Sonic game in a long time. Although, overtime that could change — it is again a next-gen Sonic game.
However, Sega has released a batch of screens from the game and I once again have the confidence this could be good. Not only that, it appears to be one of the best looking Wii games to date.
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By: Jon Christensen on December 1st, 2008 am31 1:14 am
Ben Heck is one hell of a modder. This time around, he took both the Xbox 360 controller and the Dual Shock 3 and combined them to make a super controller. I personally like both controllers and the way I choose which controller I find best depends on what game I’m playing.
For instance, for a first person shooter, I find where the analogs are better placed on the Xbox 360 controller. However for a fighting game, the D-pad and feel of the 360 controller is just awful. That is when I choose the Dual Shock.
But, Ben Heck modded a 360 controller and kept the good things about it and replaced the negatives like the d-pad and used the PS3’s instead.
He didn’t specify which system it works for or if it can run both systems. However, we would love this for the Xbox 360. Let’s face it, overall the PS3 Dual Shock is better and manly because of the d-pad. The controller will work well for any game that comes out for the system.
If you don’t believe me; try playing Mega Man 9 on the 360.
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By: Jon Christensen on November 23rd, 2008 pm30 11:54 pm
I’m sure many of you have seen the weird “glitchy” commercial with a guy playing a PSP in the back of the convertible and at the end of the ad it has big letters that read: “LA plays PSP.’ Well, it looks like Sony is going around different cities trying to convince people that everyone in the town only plays their handheld.
While riding on the Bart in San Francisco — I saw an ad inside the train that read: “SF plays PSP“. However, later that night I saw two separate people playing the Nintendo DS. and zero people playing the PSP. In fact besides myself, I can’t remember the last time I saw someone play the device. I believe Sony is lying to us — don’t fall for their tricks.
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By: Jon Christensen on November 22nd, 2008 am30 4:05 am
When I was little, I was always fascinated watching my friends play video games. Sure it was a little weird, but seeing someone focus so intently was well…interesting to say the least. Think about it, when you play, I’m sure all of you have stuck out your tongue, bite your lip or maybe even move the controller; even though you’re just pressing the buttons. Somehow when we play, we must think doing these subtle motions will magically help us beat the level. Even though it’s bizarre, I like watching it.
Thankfully I’m not the only odd one who likes to observe video game concentration. Photojournalist Robbie Cooper filmed different kids playing a game — what you get is awesome facial expressions. And when I watch them, They don’t even know it — which doesn’t make me look weird.
We grabbed some screenshots to share with you from the video, but click here to watch it — It’s way better!
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By: Jon Christensen on November 20th, 2008 am30 2:51 am
I’m not a World of Worldcraft fan. I know Ellie Kam over a /gossip is pretty obsessed with it, but I’ve learned that my addiction to video games is bad enough. I certainly don’t need to preoccupy most of my time to just one of them.
That said, I am a crazy for the TV show ‘Lost‘ on ABC and found this picture related to both. So I decided I would share it with all of you. The pic is an easter egg from WoW and looks like the DHARMA Initiative shaft from the show has been found in the game — with the numbers ‘5,9,16,17,24,43‘ on top of it.
Now what does that mean for the game? Probably nothing, however if I learned anything from the show, it’s best to stay the f*ck away from it!
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By: Jon Christensen on November 20th, 2008 am30 2:10 am
Concept artist Skizo created these fake billboards for the PSP, however they could be the best marketing for the handheld to date. The idea surrounding the ads is to have a glass/plastic so you can see what is behind the advertisement, but put an object from a ‘game’ on the surface and pretend it is part of the world.
Just look at the picture up top and you’ll get the impression what the artist was trying to get across. The only reason why I think it ‘might’ not look as good in real life as it does in the pictures is because the backdrop would be in 3D, while the object plastered on it is 2D. But that would be my only concern. Either way, Sony should look into hiring this kid.
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By: Jon Christensen on November 19th, 2008 am30 2:00 am
We have more information regarding the Guitar Hero Arcade thanks to bemanistyle. The Arcade unit was shown for the first time today at the IAAPA in Orlando, FL. However, if you’re expecting a completely different experience than the home version — you’re going to be disappointed.
According to the website, the computer inside the cabinet is basically a Guitar Hero III game running on a PC. Meaning, it sounds like the songs we’ve already played at home last year will be in the game. However we can’t 100% confirm that and hopefully we’re wrong.
The best part of the game seems to be the Guitar’s themselves. Even though they look similar to the World Tour ones, they certainly don’t feel like they’re as cheap. The site seems to think they feel more like ‘Guitar Freaks‘ than GH. Meaning, they don’t feel like a light plastic toy — they have some weight to them and feels almost like it’s made out of metal. This is one of the reasons why Activision wanted to have Konami publish the game — they were the company that brought us Guitar Freaks and the better guitar controllers.
The game is also going to be online and as of now, Konami/Activision plans on letting players play the game over the net — however, this has yet to be confirmed as well.
As of now, we think the idea is kinda crap. We would have loved to see something different, then a game that came out in 2007. The only reason for this game to come out in the arcades is for to milk the franchise even more — or so it seems. And sadly, if they put the Arcade in theaters around the country, it’ll most likely do well…
Let’s just hope the unit will have exclusive songs with it, that will make it worth while for us hardcore gamers to give it a shot.
After the jump check out more pictures — one even features a hot blonde. 
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By: Jon Christensen on November 19th, 2008 am30 1:31 am
A few months ago we reported about a contest that Media Molecule was holding. The point of challenge was to see who create the best concept of a new SackBoy in LittleBigPlanet. All the contestants needed to do was download a sheet with a sketch of SackBoy on it, and design what you’d like see him wear.
Media Molecule went through every submission and announced the verdict today. “nedbu1ou5” of Pennsylvania was declared the winner and had our favorite Sony mascot wearing a TV on his head (pictured above). Pretty creative stuff. However, Media Molecule butchered it and the final concept (below) is actually worse than the original idea.
“nedbu1ou5” version had color to it, we loved how the texture of SackBoy looked like snow from a non-broadcast television station. Media Molecules is just a boring old SackBoy with a tube on his head — cute but the other one is defiantly better. Hopefully they’ll add on the original ’static’ texture later on.
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By: Jon Christensen on November 17th, 2008 am30 4:48 am
Madworld is certainly shaping up to be a must purchase for Nintendo Wii owners. The ultra violent game has received nothing but negative press outside the gaming world — which to us, makes it an awesome sign.
Today we have some more screens for your eyes to feast upon. And looking at them, we can still confirm the game is going to still be a bloody mess. Hopefully it can live up to the hype because Sega Needs something like this.
Considering the game is produced by Atsushi Inaba who is one of the pioneers for both Viewful Joe and Okami, we have quite a bit of faith in both him and Madworld. (more…)
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By: Jon Christensen on November 17th, 2008 am30 3:52 am
The first screenshots for the Watchmen have appeared online. Judging by the photos above, it looks like Deadline Games (Total Overdose) are trying to re-create the Warriors game a few years ago. Which for us, we hope so, because that game was highly underrated.
The game will follow Rorschach and Night Owl in the year 1972 — before the story for the comic book. It will also be a downloadable episodic series starting in March, 2009 for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.
Considering the game will not be sold in stores — graphically, the game looks sick. After the jump check out more screens. (more…)
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By: Jon Christensen on November 17th, 2008 am30 12:47 am
Bella is a 32 year-old woman and is a self-described “Pika-Holic.” Judging by the pictures above, it’s pretty hard argue with her. According the Guinness Book of World Records and herself, she owns the largest personal Pikachu collection with over 8,000 collectables.
Get this, she even has a Volkswagen Beetle –and you guessed it — it’s designed like the ‘yellow rat.’ Alright the car is kinda cool, but everything else…kinda creepy.
Source: Kotaku
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By: Jon Christensen on November 14th, 2008 pm30 2:23 pm
Man, is it me or is Burnout: Paradise getting weirder and weirder? A few days ago we posted an article about a Back to the Future inspired DeLorean that even hovered when you pressed the R3 button, would be available as downloadable content for the game.
Today on the PlayStation Blog, designer at Criterion Games Simon Phipps announced that Burnout will feature a Toy Cars Pack. Yup, the vehicles are inspired by our favorite car collection from a set like ‘Hot Wheels.’
As strange as it is — I can’t wait to see them in the game.
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By: Jon Christensen on November 12th, 2008 pm30 11:43 pm
How cool is this, not only does President-elect Barack Obama use a MacBook but also puts stickers on the back of his computer. He’s a total geek! The best part — it’s a freaking Pac-Man image eating the Apple’s logo.
Putting his politics aside — I think everyone could agree this picture is awesome.
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By: Jon Christensen on November 7th, 2008 pm30 2:41 pm
“Where we’re going, we don’t need roads.” This is pretty cool, Burnout Paradise is about to go Back to the Future with this Delorean look-alike. Not only does it look like the famous car from the classic movie, my pressing down the L3 button on the controller, it freaking hovers. Which should make for some terrific crashes.
This will be the first of 4 cars that will be available through downloadable content. However at this point, we’re not sure when that will be or how much they’ll cost.
“Great Scott!”
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By: Jon Christensen on October 31st, 2008 am31 2:45 am
These have to be some of the coolest carved pumpkins we’ve ever seen. David Adams decided to take ‘Sugar Pie pumpkins’ and carve them into Pac Man and two of the ghost that hunt the yellow inspired pizza. By far, the best part about the project are the ghosts and the level of detail he put into them. Notice on the bottom of them, he even had the pixels carved out. Incredible stuff, I find it even more amazing because I can barley cut out a face on my pumpkins.
After the jump, read how he did it and look at more pictures.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
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