Posted by Christopher Cossey on April 10, 2008
Telltale Games, the folks behind the hit episodic series Sam and Max sent out a press release this morning revealing that their top secret WiiWare project is gonna star none other than Homestarrunner.com fan favorite, Strong Bad! The miniature misanthropic macho man in the luchador mask is getting his own “3D point-and-click-em-up adventure” on WiiWare and PC. Telltale has teamed up with Matt and Mike Chapman, creators of Homestarrunner.com to create Strong Bad’s Cool Game For Attractive People which will start it’s initial five episode run in June. You can check out the game’s official website later on today at telltalegames.com/strongbad.
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Posted by Christopher Cossey on April 8, 2008
Sad news today in the world of PC gaming. One of the more prolific PC gaming enthusiast publications announced that it is shutting down publication for “business reasons”. I’m afraid it’s true, the magazine once known as Computer Gaming World (and more recently as Games For Windows: The Offical Magazine) has gone the way of the Dodo, not unlike a number of other print publications in this new age of the internet. In fact, that’s just exactly what’s going to take GFW’s place.
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Posted in Podcast, The Internet, Video Games | Tagged: 1up, cgw, games for windows, gfw, kaput, pc games, print media, ziff davis | No Comments »
Posted by Christopher Cossey on April 5, 2008
Big news for Wii owners today!
Telltale Games, the wonderful people behind the new Sam and Max episodic games, have announced that they have teamed up with JoWooD Production Software AG and DreamCatcher Inc. (The parent company of The Adventure Company, who was co-publisher on the PC release of Sam and Max) to bring the critically-acclaimed entire first season of Sam and Max to the Nintendo Wii console this fall! Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in General Awesomeness, Indie Games, Video Games | Tagged: wii, nintendo, sam and max, emily morganti, adventure games, telltale games, dave grossman, dreamcatcher, jowood, point and click, the adventure company, season 1, one | 1 Comment »
Posted by Christopher Cossey on March 31, 2008
So I was looking over my emails and I noticed in the upper right hand corner that Gmail had a new feature: the ability to sent emails to the past!
While perusing the info page I soon realized that it was obviously too ridiculous to be true, and remembered that the Goog has pulled this kind of thing in the past. Allowing users to predate emails would lead to insane amounts of abuse of this feature, from this amateur journalist especially!
Good show Google, Good show.
Posted in General Awesomeness, The Internet | Tagged: google, gmail, april fools, custom time, time travel, email | No Comments »
Posted by Christopher Cossey on March 31, 2008
via Game|Life
Owners of the hit multiplayer rhythm/karaoke hybrid Rock Band will get a special April Fool’s treat tomorrow. Well those that have it on Xbox 360 that is.
The infamous end song from last fall’s break out hit Portal will be available for download from the newly renovated Rock Band music store, absolutely free of charge. Only Xbox users will be able to download the track tomorrow however. Sony’s Playstation Network is going through a redesign and will go on a two week hiatus as far as updates go.
Playstation 3 owners will be able to rock out with GladOS come April 17th.
Posted in Downloadable Content, General Awesomeness, Music, Video Games | Tagged: ps3, sony, xbox, microsoft, rock band, harmonix, mtv, valve, jonathan coulton, still alive, portal, dlc, glados, 36o | 2 Comments »
Posted by Christopher Cossey on March 16, 2008
via Kotaku
Those of you wanting to know the next big game Nintendo has up it’s sleeve for this years holiday season, you’re gonna have to wait until July to find out says NOA President Reggie Fils-Aime. In an interview with Geoff Keighley on Game Trailers TV this week, the fanboy favorite Reggie hinted at a big announcement to be made at E3 this July in Los Angeles. According to Reggie, the second half of ‘08 will see Nintendo “maximizing all of [their] key franchises”. Apparently both the gamers and the expanded audience will be excited with what will be announced in July.
A few other outlets are already putting their money on a new Kid Icarus title. Me personally? I haven’t a clue what they got up their sleeves, but all I know is that I want the Mother series back in North America, pronto!
Seriously Nintendo of America, why you gotta hate on EarthBound?
Posted in General Awesomeness, Video Games | Tagged: wii, nintendo, ds, geoff keighley, e3, reggie fils-aime, game trailers tv | No Comments »
Posted by Christopher Cossey on March 16, 2008
1up.com community manager Jenn Frank has written a rather entertaining feature just in time for St. Patties Day on the top five games where ones skill rises with their blood alcohol level. Check it out!
Top 5 Games You’re Better At Drunk
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Posted by Christopher Cossey on March 16, 2008
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Posted by Christopher Cossey on March 16, 2008
via ShackNews
After many months of lengthy appeals with the Video Appeals Committee, Manhunt 2 is going to finally get a UK release. The British Board of Film Classification has confirmed this by issuing the game an “18+” rating, meaning only those 18 years and up can purchase and should play this game.
Last year’s Rockstar Games’ survival horror sequel has seen it’s share of controversy. The game received a game killing “Adults Only” rating from the ESRB when it first went for review in North America and was outright banned in the UK. Rockstar then went back and made some aesthetic changes to the game and were able to secure an “M for Mature” rating.
Hopefully now that it’s battle with the BBFC is over we can all stop talking about it, because in all honesty, the game it’s self isn’t very good. In my own honest opinion at least.
Posted in Politics, Video Games | Tagged: bbfc, controvercy, manhunt 2, ps2, rockstar games, wii | No Comments »
