Unearthed by Double Fine Founder and game developer Tim Schafer in what he describes as a fit of “cake-induced nostalgia”, what you are gazing upon is a copy of theGrim Fandangopuzzle document, which Schafer worked on along with Eric Ingerson, Bret Mogilefsky, Peter Tsacle, and Peter Chan a few years before the game’s release. Even better, you cango hereto download the PDF for yourself. Schafer should eat cake more often....
The Hanafune Times has posted three videos from thePhoenix Wright: Ace AttorneyWii-make that’s coming to the US next month. They’re taken from the Japanese release with English language settings. Now, I’ll admit to having not watched them all the way through, so there could be porn in there somewhere, but it looks like it’s the first twenty-five minutes of the game. I’m not sure if I’m going to get this when it comes out next month in the US....
For us old, curmudgeonly gamers, Hudson Soft is and shall remain a household name. But in recent years Hudson’s presence in markets outside of Japan have diminished quite a bit — that is, of course, ’tilBomberman: Act Zerocame about, at which time angry nerds with torches and pitchforks demanded the heads of whoever was responsible. Notquitethe sort of press you want, but hey, these things happen. Now, Hudson’s looking to usher themselves back into the good graces of gamers everywhere withBomberman Live,a collaborative effort between Backbone Entertainment and Hudson Entertainment, the company’s US office in Redwood Shores, CA....
Two new trailers have popped up, dedicated to the two halves of the long awaitedICO/Shadow of the Colossus Collection. The video above is forICO, the one below is forShadow of the Colossus. They’re both fairly lovely. I happily admit that I don’t see the big deal withICO, but I might get this collection just to have it. I can’t deny that I want to see those visuals on my HDTV, whether I particularly like the games or not....
A possible new Nintendo title being teased right before E3? What a surprise. According toGoNintendo, Craig Harris dropped a little tidbit about a new super secret Nintendo project onIGN’s Twitter page. Instead of going to the page and wading through all the other tweets, I’ll just save you some time and paste it here for you: Yo, @craigign here. Why was I at Nintendo today? I think you’ll be excited when I can talk about it....
It’s been some time since we’ve heard about the promising-lookingIndie Game: The Movie, but now we have a number of exciting developments to talk about. First of all, the official trailer — it’s here! The film will center aroundEdmund McMillen and Tommy Refenes (Super Meat Boy), Phil Fish (Fez), and Jonathan Blow (Braid/The Witness), as shown here. Fans ofSuperbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EPand music in general should appreciate the fact that Jim Guthrie is now on board as the movie’s composer....
To me,CSI: Crime Scene Investigationis a redundant title. I mean, doesn’t “CSI” stand for “crime scene investigation”? That’s like when someone says “ATM machine.” The “M” in “ATM” means “machine,” you dips**t. In any case, that hasn’t stoppedCSIfrom being one of the top rated shows on network television for the past seven or so years, inspiring a number of spin-offs, a board game, and a videogame. So no one should be questioning Ubisoft’s decision to bring a new entry into the series,CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Hard Evidence, to the Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, and PC this fall....
It’s hard to say at this point, and there’s been nothing in the way of confirmation, but I feel good about this one. It definitely has the right vibe for what I hopedChrono Cross‘ sequel would be.
Dammit, there are a lot of8-bitinspiredhandmade game itemsthat I can resist, but I don’t think I have the power to hold back on this one.Etsystrikes again with this handcrafted Zelda quilt, which I want to promptly roll myself into a little retro burrito in and make ecstatic squeaking sounds. If you aren’t a Zelda fan, the artist also makesSpace Invaders pillowsandResident Evil blankets. I’m convinced after this that there no end in sight to the cool crap that I need to own....
The Sunis not a newspaper in which one could expect to find a sensible opinion, especially when it comes to videogames. I must confess, however, that I was quite pleasantly surprised when I opened up a colleague’s copy at my other job to find that TV presenter andSuncolumnist Jeremy Clarkson was actually defendingGrand Theft Auto IV… kind of. In his short piece entitled “Game’s not to blame,” Clarkson shares a belief I think many of us have:...
Guerrilla has just announced, via thePlayStation Blog, thatKillzone 2‘s DLC debut will be available to download on April 30. “Steel and Titanium” adds two new maps to the game’s multiplayer mode — the treacherous Wasteland Bullet and the vertical Vekta Cruiser. The developer states that pricing for this DLC is to be announced, which means that the rumors of free DLCmaynot be true. We’ll have to wait and see on that count....
The official list of games that will be appearing at the Tokyo Game Show has been released, and with it comes the news thatKing Of Fighters ’98 – Ultimate Matchwill beheading to Xbox Live Arcade. The SNK Playmore fighting game has already been re-released on the PlayStation 2 in Japan with extra features, including character balancing and new fighters to be the king of. One would hope this is the version XBLA will see, too....
In our experience there are three things a person can do with gingerbread cookie dough: (1) dump it because of the obscene calorie content, (2) slap a cat in the face with it, or (3) moldLeft 4 Dead 2-themed shapes and then bake. The latter point isn’t as convenient as we’d like it to —whoa-waddya-knowthere’s someL4D2cookies in the header image! AReddit posterrevealed these delicious snacks around a week ago, but we thought the scene created, as well as the fancy icing work was too rad not to share with some of the moredisconnectedfolk out there in Internet Land....
