Crysisstarts easy. Raptor team HALO jumps onto an island in the Korean-occupied Lingshan Island chain. Their objective is to evacuate US civilians, mostly researchers who have stumbled upon something unknown and exciting. The Koreans attempt to resist the US Special Forces unit, but it’s fruitless action. Each member of Raptor team is wearing a Nano Muscle Suit, the most advanced armor ever created. Fit to the human frame, the suit allows for greater agility....
This morning after I was finished making my coffee, I turned on my computer to find out that the Internet exploded in a flurry of Nintendo speculation. The image above was being circulated as Nintendo’s solution to all of our Wii storage woes, or in other words, a hard drive. Unfortunately,CVGhas recently confirmed with Nintendo that the device is indeed as silly as it looks: “We have not announced or revealed any hard drive....
Wow. What a good lookin’ Wii. Plain white Wii look boring and dull alongside this colorful World 1-1 scene fromSuper Mario Bros. Mario cheerfully busts out the side of this hand-painted console, courtesy of some modeling clay and a sh*tton of skill. The tutorial from BeerBellyJoe oninstructablessays that “some Balls to take apart your Wii” are also required. It’s not all just looks, though. The grassy knoll Wii base hides an extra USB port, a much needed addition to this console....
This morning, tipster Detry sent us a link to what may be the most singularly weird Flash “game” ever put on the Internet. It’s calledgame, game, game and again gameand it’s either a genius piece of self-reflective work on the validity of design as art superimposed on top of none-too-subtle messages concerning the materialism of the 21st century, or it’s what happens when a Flash programmer has one too many beers....
Details about CCP’sWorld of Darknesshave come out of a panel atThe Grand Masquerade. The MMO is still in pre-production, which would explain why newshas been so silent. Community sites who were in attendance got the juicy info, though it’s been warned that some of this stuff is subject to change. While I don’t see myself playing this, much likeEVE Online, I’m sureWorld of Darknesswill be a joy for outside observers. You’ve got to appreciate CCP’s hardcore take on online gaming....
You may know developer NinjaBee as the folks behind Xbox LIVE Arcade titles likeBand of Bugs,Outpost Kaloki X,Cloning Clyde, and the upcomingA Kingdom for Keflings. What you might not know is just what in the hell as Kefling is. Quite frankly, we were as lost as you … until now. A Kingdom for Keflingsis a light-hearted city-building sim that puts players in control of a giant who must design and construct cities for locals called Keflings....
Fans ofDarksidersrejoice! Microsoft’s innovative and unique Avatar characters now have clothing and items based on Vigil’s excellent action-adventure game. If you want to spend your hard-earned money on a fake horse head for fake people who doabsolutely nothingof value, then this is a real treat for you. Your Avatars can now dress up like War himself or wear a mask of his faithful horse, Ruin. Demon and angel helmets and a number of logo-adorned T-shirts are also available, for the lovely price of “More than free,” which is too expensive....
This week isMetal Gearweek in Destructoid land. It started off withRetroForceGO!focusing on the old schoolMetal GearGames. Then Rev Anthony reminded us about theMetal Geargamefor the Game Boy Colorthat time forgot. Later on today, you should expect thelatest Podtoidfocusing on theMetal Gear Solidfranchise. For now, it’s time for YTMND Thursday. As you guessed it, every YTMND today is all aboutMetal Gear. Big thanks to Blindside Dork andQalamarifor suppling these YTMNDs this week....
Well over a year ago, a six year long project called the Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time re-orchestrated projectwas finally completed. The long wait was well worth it as the entire album was just beautiful. The musical talents behind ZREO are back again with Twilight Symphony and as you can probably guess, this original and complete orchestral arrangement are based on the unreleased soundtrack to The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess....
Extremely long blog incoming! This is pretty much a full comprehensive blog about my all-expenses-paid trip to Boston for PAX East, so be prepared for a lot of reading and picture viewing! Dag yo! So, keeping with my one year old tradition of waiting roughly a month after PAX is over to finally gather my thoughts about the event and all, I guess some of you may be interested in what I thought about thetrip to PAX Eastthat I won....
The history of Britain is a rich tapestry woven out of the hairs of unicorns, the blood of dragons, and the beards of the Irish. This charming Olde World culture has contributed a great many valuable concepts to the whole of humanity’s evolution, but an idea posited by Mark Eyles, a researcher at the University of Portsmouth, at this year’s Women in Games conference, completely negates the value of anything the English have ever contributed....
Invites went out from From Software to Japanese gamers today for the beta for upcoming titleArmored Core V. According toThe Daily DL, this beta will give a taste of the final product, offering team play, story missions, customization of mechs and a look at the new Mercenary System. There’s actually two betas forAC5running through the month of July. The first is for PS3 folks (July 1-14), and the next is for the Xbox 360 kids (July 18 through August 1)....
On this week’s edition of Art Juice, I have taken yet another topical subject and provided an artistically subversive retort on the matter. With our paint and our clay, shall we rock the establishment! This one is called, “Marcus Fenix’s Kirby Nightmare.” Last week, bothGears of War 3andKirby Mass Attackwere reviewed, which caused some gamers to directly compare the two. I imagine, though, what would it be like if Marcus Fenix and Kirby ever actuallydid meet?...
