#clips
You're a halfback, not a soldier, but it doesn't feel right to call these "turns," "tries," "chances," or "men." No, these are "lives" at stake in Backbreaker's Tackle Alley, where 99.22 percent of its players have ended up "dead." More »
Check out all the pics here
- new bird Pokemon called Wooguru, Valor pokemon, 1.5m tall, 41kg, Normal/Flying, Keen Eye and Encourage abilities, Free-Fall attack uses two turns where you grab your opponent and lift it into the air, and then drop it
- Munna’s evolution is Musharna, has a [...]
Things have been pretty good on the game magazine front as of lately. We haven’t seen too many publications dying off. It was almost like the bleeding had stopped. Unfortunately, that run has come to an end for our friends in Japan.
Retro gaming magazine GameSide has just wrapped up its 14-year run [...]
#photoshop
So the big blowup this week concerned Blizzard's unilateral, and unilaterally rescinded, attempt to de-anonymize its forums in Battle.net. That led me to wonder, what if we were the ones playing under real names, but video game characters were anonymous? More »
Though both parties haven't likely realized it yet, Kmart is currently embroiled in a full-on assault against your wallet. The store's offering a slew of discounts on games like Alan Wake, Peace Walker, Singularity and the Call of Duty: War Collection, as well as a few other miscellaneous SKUs.
#openthread
It was a year ago this week that I arrived in Oregon as a self-described economic refugee from California. I just didn't say those last two words too loud. More »
This week, we have a bunch of new game experiences to talk about! From LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 to Art Style: Protozoa, you get to hear about all the gaming goodness you can stand. Plus, we top it all off with a rather successful music quiz. No complaints from me on this show!
Download the [...]
I always loved how game magazine and comics took the story of video games to a completely different level. While the Ninja Gaiden series had some pretty deep story elements (for an NES game), I don’t think it took it to the levels of the strategy guide. Pretty heavy stuff for a generation [...]
You definitely have to put Metal Man on a list like this. Metal Man’s weapon is the best one you can get in Mega Man 2. It’s ridiculously overpowered, but in an oh-so good way!
All we've ever wanted from this humble weekly feature is for one reader -- just one! -- to react as passionately to our favorite comics as the now-infamous Hungrybear did to those full-on double rainbows. We're not sure how to go about accomplishing this feat. We could try contacting each webcomic to ask if they'd turn up their color intensity, but that may be too much to ask. We'll just have to hope that you guys are already in a really good mood, and are prone to spontaneous emotional breakdowns.
Check out our seven favorite gaming-centric comics from the past week below, then vote for your favorite in the poll posted after the jump!
Peace for Cybertron (Virtual Shackles) The Grim Curriculum (Penny Arcade) Voltorb (Brawl in the Family) DLC Decisions (Extra Life) Make the Kinection (Dueling Analogs) See You in Ten to Twenty (No Cash Value) ID, Please (Nerf Now)
If you're having some trouble whittling your Brain Age down to that elusive 20-year-old benchmark, a clever player named Ryuto has developed a sure-fire method of lowering that all important number: Cheat. Or, better yet, cheat while drawing fun doodles of Nintendo trademarks.
No word on who this Pokemon is yet, but it will definitely pop up in Pokemon Black/White. This image comes from Pokemon Sunday, so we should be hearing follow-up details via the next issue of Coro Coro.
Online Pictochat
I was just looking at my DS menu the other day, and I started to think back to all the fun I had with Pictochat when the DS first came out. I haven’t used the feature in forever, but I know I would get back into it if it were online. I [...]
- tour starts on August Aug 7th
- tour runs to Sept. 12th
- tour stops include: Hokkaido, Miyagi, Tokyo, Aichi, Osaka, Hiroshima, Fukuoka
- content for Pokémon Heart Gold and Soul Silver to be offered
Thanks to Frank for the heads up!
China's Ministry of Culture is once again cracking down on the online game industry in an attempt to limit the amount of "unwholesome" content the sector produces. According to a report from China Daily, the nation's officials are prohibiting the use of sex, violence or gambling to market Chinese developers' online games. Like the other regulations under this initiative, these restrictions will be effective as of August 1.
According to the government's report on sexually-charged advertising, hiring adult film stars to serve as spokespeople for online games is a surprisingly common practice in China. Over here, we get Mr. T and Ozzy Osbourne. That's a pretty fair trade-off, right?
#photoshop
Last week, we celebrated the birth of democracy on Earth and were reminded that you can't put a measure on freedom, though it is at most 1200 pixels wide. More »
