Wow, we just talked about Bible Adventures on the podcast. Our very own JTS owns this game from way back in the day! I think he’d like to forget that fact, but we can never let him live it down!
#restinpeace
Generations of movie-goers will remember Dennis Hopper as the rebel biker Billy from 1969's Easy Rider, but we'll always remember the late actor as King Koopa. More »
#stickjockey
Madden isn't the only way to play video game football. It is the only way to play NFL football. Other games must invent teams, and their names and logos have often reinforced an outsider, expansion or even knockoff look. More »
#boxscores
Sixty seconds, 70 yards and a miracle away from a Super Bowl victory, EA Sports' Ian Cummings rallied Jacksonville to win the greatest clash in the history of Madden NFL 11 - which won't be out for another two months. More »
Coming from the Twitter account of Shigesato Itoi…
Here’s something for the MOTHER folks out there. The “Smiles and Tears” track on the “Keiichi Suzuki:Music for Films and Games/Original Soundtracks” album is sung using lyrics written by me.
The album isn’t going to see release in the states, but I’m sure Earthbound fans will have the song [...]
CTA Digital has unveiled one of its largest Wii accessories yet: a $40 inflatable kart with an attached steering wheel controller, into which you can insert the Wiimote to play Mario Kart Wii and other racing games.
Our first impulse is to make fun of this unnecessary accessory (an "unnecessory," if you will), but two things give us pause:
CTA is using the item's marketing to publicize Kids are Heroes, an organization that encourages community involvement among kids -- even going so far as to use Ricky Springer, who races real karts to raise money and awareness for Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disorder, as a spokesman.
Unlike other plastic Wii accessories, there is no doubt in our minds that if our six-year-old selves had seen an inflatable car you could use as a game controller, we would have freaked out.
The following is a translation of a Daisuki Club email…
What are the differences between Pocket Monsters Black and Pocket Monsters White?
Other than how to meet the legendary Pokemon Reshiram and Zekrom, things like encountered Pokemon and Pokemon encounter rates differ between the two versions! You can enjoy trading Pokemon that only appear in one version [...]
#dealtaku
This is not North Carolina, not South Carolina, nor Kentucky! This is the sovereign state of Mississippi's proceedings - wipe that smirk off your face! Weekend Coupons will be part of this record, whether the hell you like it or not! More »
Dark Void may have met with a cool reaction critically, but it's been temporarily granted a new feature that might improve people's impressions: costing ten dollars.
Through June 1, the PC version of Airtight Games' jetpack-packed action game is available for just $9.99 on Games for Windows Live. A price like that skirts the boundaries between "rental" and "purchase" -- it's cheap enough that you can basically get it just to screw around with the jetpack and not feel bad. It's almost cheap enough that you can get it solely for the purpose of "completing your Dark Void collection" should you already have Dark Void Zero.
#openthread
Two of the top men responsible for Microsoft's Xbox 360 strategy left the company this week, depicted as departing on good terms, but nonetheless announced as "retiring" from the company. More »
#openthread
Two of the top men responsible for Microsoft's Xbox 360 strategy left the company this week, depicted as departing on good terms, but nonetheless announced as "retiring" from the company. More »
#waiting
The next Pokemon games will be released in the U.S. six month after it comes in Japan. Nintendo's still not doing simultaneous worldwide Pokemon releases. Let's see how trans-Pacific delays affect other games. More »
i think i want the black one i wonder what types they'll be
On first blush, the workplace behind the scenes of the "increasingly frustrating action" game Duck Hunt doesn't seem so bad -- the boss is smart and organized, the space is very modern and clear of cubicle clutter, and all the worker ducks get free drugs and junk food! We have to pay for our meatball subs and cocaine here at Joystiq.
But then you start to realize, thanks to this hard-hitting expose from the folks at College Humor, that the pressure can get to you after a while, especially when the players you're meant to be entertaining start bending the rules. Watch the full short (which is NSFW thanks to language) after the break.
#ps3
PlayStation 2 title God of War and God of War II were released on a single Blu-ray disc for the PS3 and feature smoother graphics and a faster frame rate. Is Sony planning to do the same for more titles? More »
#pc
There are so many — too many? — games inspired by the original Super Mario Bros. Not FiNCK. It was inspired by the sequel. The one with the vegetables. More »
#art
In 1987, Lucasarts (well, Lucasfilm) released Maniac Mansion, a game that would revolutionise PC adventure titles with its innovative "SCUMM" menu system. This is what the world would look like if that game had been based on TV series Lost. More »
