That’s a fantastic replica of a Super Nintendo cartridge. It’s also made completely out of soap, something I’m surprised I haven’t seen someone do before. This bar is made by Geeksoaps, who are making a range of soaps aimed at retro gamers who remember their cartridges. So far, only Nintendo consoles are represented with soaps for Super Nintendo, Nintendo 64 and NES carts and a guest bathroom hand soap in the form of a classic GameBoy game....
Londoners will be able to go to bed early on September 25th, as it seems their belovedHalo 3will not launch at midnight as one might expect. A midnight launch is something only the most outstandingly hyped of items get, and it was academic to assume that Master Chief’s third outing would receive the same treatment. While 1,000 stores in the UK will open their doors at the magic hour, those in Londonhave been barredfrom doing the same, as Westminster council fears the amount of eagerHalo 3fans a midnight launch will draw could lead to panic on the streets of London when chaos and riots take hold....
A few days ago,GOONL!NEfound an interesting hiccup on Electronic Arts’ press Web site. The publisher listed free-to-play PC shooterBattlefield Heroesas an Xbox 360 and PlayStation release. Rumors flew, but now their wings have been thoroughly obliterated by the game’s executive producer, Ben Cousins. “Contrary to rumours spreading around the Internet in the weekend we have no plans to release Battlefield Heroes on either PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360,” Cousins recently toldVideoGamer....
For the record, I’m a huge fan of the Nintendo DS; on any given business trip I take, I reach for Nintendo’s handheld for in-flight entertainment before anything else. But for every original, innovative title that takes advantage of what the system has to offer, there are forty-three shovelware titles that probably started development on the Game Boy Advance or cell phone. Lexis Numérique’sMr. Slimeis not one of them. The premise ofMr....
Last night I brought you allthe chilling newsthat Paul W.S. Anderson would be directing the film adaptation ofSpy Hunter, the finest video game based on a Peter Gunn theme song in the history of man. As suicide rates skyrocketed amongSpy Hunter’slegion of fans (for theytrulyare legion), Christophe Gans took it upon his vaguely effeminate French shoulders to embiggen the spirits of game-to-movie-adaptation fans all over the world withthe newsthat his film, the upcoming theatrical version of Capcom’sOnimushaseries, would feature Takeshi Kaneshiro as the eponymous samurai....
Industry analyst Michael “The Pink Jackal” Pachter has been obsessed with multiplayer charges for the past year, demanding that we gamers need to accept them as a reality, and constantly telling Activision to slap a subscription fee onCall of Duty. It doesn’t matter that Activision has already said it wouldn’t, Pachter has yet again insisted that they should. “We firmly believe that until the publishers address monetization of multiplayer, game sales will continue to be challenged by the publishers’ altruistic decision to provide significantly more entertainment value per hour than ever in history,” he states....
Are you sitting down? Because you should be before you read this next sentence:Battlefield 3is only six weeks away from release. Before that game drops, though, DICE hasn’t forgotten about its current entry in the franchise, with news of a patch coming for the PC version ofBattlefield: Bad Company 2. The patch— set to go live on Wednesday, September 21 — will address various bugs including performance issues and hit registering....
In the United Kingdom, the Pan-European Game Information, or PEGI, is going to be the only game in town. A bill passed Parliament yesterday that would make PEGI the one and only games classification system for games in the UK. The BBFC and their adult ratings are out the door with this passed bill, which is a victory for the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association, who was pushing for PEGI to take over....
This is just too adorable. Peter Molyneux got his son Lucas to make a little video for the team at Valve. Lucas, like everyone else in this industry, really really really want aHalf-Life 3. See what you’re doing, Valve? You’re making kids sad with your lack of news. Also, you got to just love how Peter Molyneux keeps pluggingFable III.
When I woke up this morning, I didn’t even know what Picross was! How does a man go through life without knowing about Picross, you ask? No clue. I’m thinking it’s time to upgrade my house from under a boulder to something along the lines of an actual home. Nick Chester, our man on the streets of San Francisco, tells usPicross 3Dhas been announced for DS. It’s got 350 different puzzles, and should be out on store shelves when May 3 rolls around....
When I sat down to discussTetriswithAlexey Pajitnov and Henk Rogers, the creator and CEOs of The Tetris Company this past E3, one of the more interesting topics wasTetris‘ status as asport. Both of these men are working hard to create a dynamic and exciting form of the game that is more exciting for all involved. Now, we are still a little ways off from watchingTetrison PayPerView. However, the gameplay and multiplayer components ofTetrisis constantly being edited and tweaked....
We — being myself,Aaron Linde, Jim Sterling, and Tiff Chow— are back after a two-week hiatus (and one day early, no less), and this week we’re talking about videogame endings. What works, where an ending is concerned? What doesn’t? Should long games have longer endings? Which games got it right, or wrong? These questions are skirted, if not totally answered. Caressed, if not fully violated. As always, hitthe official Podtoid pageor check us out on iTunes — and don’t forget to tune in (probably) next week, for our special 50th episode....
Well, I totally forgot to do a question post earlier for this week’s Podtoid. We’re getting ready to record in one hour, so if you are desperate to ask something, you best do it sharpish! No idea what we’ll be talking about this week. I will probably mentionRAGEand say something excitedly about InfinityBlade II. Jonathan Holmes doubtless has something insane to say about Nintendo, Max will do a funny voice and Tara will disapprove of some mean things....
