Archive for the ‘Videos’ Category
By: Nick Collins on December 3rd, 2008 am31 11:34 am
Atari has released a trailer for The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena. Vin Diesel reprises his roll as the voice of Riddick in the 2nd game in this popular sci-fi series.
This trailer is choc-full-o’ clips from cut scenes as well as FPS gameplay. And, if you look closely, the possibility of some 3rd person gameplay. (check it out at the 52 second mark of the video, not sure if this is part of a cut scene, or gameplay… you be the judge!)
After watching this trailer, I can’t wait to get my hands on this. I was a huge fan of Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay on the original Xbox, and enjoy the movie series as well. I hope this game adds to the story and entertainment value of the Riddick saga!
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By: Jon Christensen on December 3rd, 2008 am31 3:57 am
When Ready 2 Rumble debuted for the Dreamcast almost 10 years ago, people praised the game for its unbelievable graphics. While the game was certainly fun for its time, it was a tad basic and by no means deep. But many people excused the flaws because of how it looked.
At the time Midway released the title, it was obviously heavily influenced by Nintendo’s ‘Punch-Out!!’ series. Rumble had the same type of goofy cartoony boxers that ‘Punch-Out!!’ started years before. However, that is not the only reason why gamers consider Nintendo’s boxing game legendary. Sure it was cute, but it also had depth. It was up to the player to understand and learn the opponent’s consistent patterns. It took a lot of failing in order to beat the game. But at the time, that is what made it outstanding.
Ready 2 Rumble did the complete opposite. The game was 100% trying to appeal to gamers by its good graphics and cartoony characters. When we look back at it, the gameplay was not as important. The fighting system was more of a button masher with limited moves. Again, it wasn’t bad — it just doesn’t nearly hold up to the test of time like Punch-Out!!.
Apparently Atari own the rights to Ready 2 Rumble and has the talented team over at AKI (WWF Now Mercy) developing the boxing title for the Wii. If somehow AKI can mix the fun characters with good quality gameplay and utilize the Wiimote — this game could be fun. However, if Atari wants a quick buck than we should all just skip it.
In the end, I do trust AKI and if anyone knows how to make a deep fighting system; it would be them. After the Jump check out the second video.
Ready 2 Rumble: Revolution should be available in March 2009. (more…)
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By: Jon Christensen on December 3rd, 2008 am31 12:22 am
This could be the best review in the history of video games. Okay, I’m not serious at all, but for some reason I couldn’t stop watching. Gettinggoodatthis on youtube decided to review Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. Although, I didn’t like it because of its in depth review — in fact it’s the complete opposite.
I just wonder if this was supposed to be a real review or a fake…
via: gonintendo
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By: Jon Christensen on December 2nd, 2008 am31 2:42 am
Capcom has just released a new video featuring their zombie game Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop for the Nintendo Wii. The game has been criticized for the lack of zombies on the screen at once and we think it has been a fair argument.
However, the latest clip shown above defiantly has more enemies on the screen at once during some scenes. Although sadly, you can’t even compare it to the Xbox 360 version. Also another thing we noticed was when an enemy dies; he/she almost instantly disappears. Which doesn’t help the issue the game is obviously having.
Hopefully the new mechanics introduced to the game will make up for the glaring problems. But don’t count on it.
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By: Nick Collins on December 1st, 2008 pm31 6:35 pm
It appears that the almighty hosts of The Video Game Awards would like to tease the announcement of Uncharted 2. Check out the teaser trailer / commercial for the 2008 Video Game Awards to air on Spike December 14th.
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By: Jon Christensen on December 1st, 2008 pm31 2:45 pm
Just recently I was watching someone play the original Half-Life for the PC. While the gameplay is still top-notch, the graphics just couldn’t hold up to the test of time. Remember, when the game was first introduced for the PC, the year was 1998 – 10 years ago! Most games, especially 3D games generally look their age over time. And sadly Half-Life was no exception.
Thankfully, the mod team Black Mesa has just released a trailer featuring their Half-Life remake using the source engine. And boy, it blows away our expectations. Check it out up top.
Of course in another 10 years — the game will look ‘old.’
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By: Jon Christensen on November 30th, 2008 pm30 9:48 pm
Strapya World has created a cool piggy bank concept. Instead of having the generic pig with a coin size hole in it, they modeled it after a mini-arcade unit. But get this, if you drop any coin into the bank, you can actually play a game.
The two games that can be purchased are ‘Breakout‘ or ‘Tetris‘ and the unit will set you back $39.99. Even though it’s a bit pricey and I’m pretty sure it’ll never pay off itself — I like the idea as a collectable.
The graphics on the unit is pretty basic, but I still find the idea cool and might have it pick this up and put it on my desk.
After the jump, watch a video of it in action.
Cool Stuff is a feature of /gamer. Know of any geekarific creations or cool products which should be featured on Cool Stuff? E-Mail us at slashgamer@gmail.com (more…)
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By: Jon Christensen on November 30th, 2008 pm30 9:25 pm
If anyone ever worked in retail during Christmas, they would know the day after Thanksgiving is hands down the worst day of the year. Not only do they have to work slave hours, they also have to deal with the bitchiest customers ever. The video up top proves why anyone who constantly shops on that day just to save a buck or two is dumb.
The clip was recording customers in a giant ball attacking each other to buy an Xbox 360 bundle at Wal-Mart. I hope every single one of them get a ‘Red Ring of Death.’ Actually come to think of it, I’m pretty sure I don’t even have to “hope.” 
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By: Jon Christensen on November 30th, 2008 pm30 8:34 pm
Okay Activision, the first time we watched the Guitar Hero commercial directed by Brett Ratner (Rush Hour) which was obviously inspired by the movie ‘Risky Business‘ featuring Kobe and company — we chuckled. Then the company also filmed an ad starring Heidi Klum playing the same game, but in her bra and panties. We were okay with that because we kinda saw boobies and video games at the same time.
However, the Risky Business advertisements should have stopped there! Because now get to watch Corbin Bleu (High School Musical) playing the On Tour DS game. This time it’s not original enough to make us laugh nor does it show boobs — we only get to see some teen heartthrob — yuck!
This one is so bad, Penny Arcade made fun of it — there reaction was the same as mine.
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By: Jon Christensen on November 26th, 2008 am30 3:09 am
Guess what console gamers, the hardcore PC gamers get a better version of the game that will probably win ‘game of the year,’ from most sites. Grand Theft Auto IV for the PC is getting a ‘movie editor’ included in the sandbox, and it looks deep. In the video above, Rockstar shows off the feature in a clip montage.
Sure the PS3 version looks ’slightly’ better than Xbox 360 and the 360 has exclusive DLC. I personally would rather would the video editor and would spend additional countless hours toying with it. Oh well, — looks like I might have to re-buy GTA IV.
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By: Jon Christensen on November 26th, 2008 am30 2:59 am
A lot of people might now know this, but the it was important to the Killzone 2 team to make sure the weapons looked as real as possible. Their reason was simple; when we play the a first person shooter the one thing we see the most is the gun. When you get the opportunely to play the game — it’s certainly hard to argue that was a bad idea. The guns look simply stunning, and defiantly helps the game seem even more gorgeous.
The video up to shows off how awesome the weapons are — it even shows off the destruction we’ll be dealing with when the game is released in a few months.
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By: Jon Christensen on November 26th, 2008 am30 2:30 am
Didn’t get into the Home beta, but wanted to see what the hoopla was all about? Thanks to G4, we now bring you over 15 minutes of someone playing the new program which is soon to be available for the PS3.
While we’re somewhat excited to play with some of the free mini games included with the download, we’re just not sure how long we can possibly enjoy it. Sure, it’s going to be fun to explore and interact with people. On top of that we are all about an open-world, but could we get bored fairly quickly? On top of that, was it worth the time and investment for Sony to build the virtual world when honestly — it’s probably not going to sell more systems.
Although, we think it’s the right step in a direction for a ‘community’ interface. But are people ready for it?
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By: Jon Christensen on November 22nd, 2008 am30 4:38 am
Today must be ‘endless trailer day,’ because we have another one for you. Zen Studios has released the first video featuring the new Punisher game. We think the company is hoping to bank from the movie release. And hey, it looks about as good as the new film — which isn’t a good thing.
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By: Jon Christensen on November 22nd, 2008 am30 4:30 am
One of the more underrated movies of this year I felt was Wanted. When I was watching the comic book-turned movie, all I was thinking about was how much it felt like an awesome video game. Soon after the movie was released, we got word GRIN (Bionic Commando) was already in development and they planned on releasing the game in 2009.
The game will follow the movie and be a 3rd-person-shooter. Wanted: Weapons of Fate will still tell the story of the original character of the film Wesley Gibson and will be a direct sequel.
As you can tell from the trailer, the game will feature “curving bullets” which by our count, is a first in video games.
FYI - The trailer has the potential of being a NSFW video. Wesley drops the F-Bomb at the end of the clip.
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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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