[Every week (until I get bored), Art Juice takes a recent videogame story and provides an unremittingly artistic slant, telling us a little something about ourselves in the process … whether we want to know the truth or not!] Since Biblical times, mankind has feared the snake. It’s a symbol of danger, thematically associated with mistrust and cold, merciless death. This is why my artistic eye envisages videogame auteur David Cage embracing the reptilian creature so thoroughly....

As is customary, Atlus has revved up its hype machine for theupcoming PlayStation Portable port ofPersona 2: Innocent Sinby posting a spiffy new intro movie onFamitsu‘s website.Watch it here, and check out a few screenshots in the gallery that show off some widescreen-ness and anime-ness. I have to say that this new intro skews a little less…abstract than previousPersonaintros (like thePersona 1port orPersona 3‘s OP), but still remains pretty damn awesome-looking, and best of all, features the triumphant return of Lotus Juice, the j-rapper who, alongside composer Shoji Meguro and singer Yumi Kawamura, was responsible for thePersona 3‘s glorious “Mass Destruction” battle theme....

Atlus really does love us all, and they’re showing it again with another expanded packaging. This time, we’ll be scoring the soundtrack toThe Dark Spirewhen the DS title hits retail on April 14th. The disc comes packed with twenty-four tracks, with both the modern and “retro” versions used in the two different aesthetic styles available for the first-person RPG. If you want to get a taste of the music you’ll hear in the game, Atlus has provideda few samplesfor your enjoyment....

According to theBritish Board of Film Classification’s entryfor Rockstar’sGrand Theft Auto IV, the upcoming Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 title may have close to eight hours worth of cut-scenes. To be precise: “When submitted to the BBFC the work had a running time of 463m 0s.” That’s 7 hours and 43 minutes, folks. Yesterday, Rockstar had Ron and I out to their New York City office to get some hands-on time with their highly-anticipated title....

We already told you to buyZack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros’ Treasurefor the Nintendo Wii. I know we’re a bit bossy, but we hope you listened to us. It hurts our feelings a little when you don’t listen to what we say. If you somehow missed this (or don’t trust our reviews), Nintendo has stepped up to convince the few that are still holding out. On theNintendo EuropeZack & WikiWeb page, you’ll find a Flash-based demo of the 2007 Capcom release under the Gameplay tab....

Demon’s Soulsfeatured what was arguably one of the best soundtracks of 2009, and after playing the demo build ofDark Soulsat E3 this past June I was pretty certain I was hearing the return of composer Shinsuke Kida with his powerful orchestral score. As it turns out, I was wrong, and a rather big name composer from Japan took over composition duties forDark Soulsand even managed to bring in a familiar vocalist in the process....

If you’re a Blizzard fan of any kind, you may have either attended last year’s Blizzcon or lived vicariously throughour coverageof the event. Blizzard has just announced the dates and details for Blizzcon 2008, which will likely provide an exciting two-day vacation forWorld of Warcraftplayers who otherwise never leave the house. The event will take place on October 10th and 11th and will be held in Anaheim, California, at the Anaheim Convention Center....

I’ve never been scared by aResident Evilgame. I love them all, but they’re not scary likeFatal FrameorSilent Hill. But from what a Capcom spokesperson says,Resident Evil Revelationson the 3DS will have me “too scared to continue.” “Resident Evil Revelationsis a pure horror game. The fight against terror that is approaching you is a theme this time,” a Capcom spokesperson told Rely on Horror.“Being able to experience it in 3D must be a great joy for the players....

Manly men the world over can raise a pint and rejoice, as the official website for the upcoming Nintendo DS titleChocobo Talesis now up and running. Those of youwho have been anticipatingthis game’s american release can use this colorful resource to oogle screenshots, learn more about the game’s story and download the most yellow wallpaper ever, all while rocking out on the classic Chocobo theme music. Wark.

It was but a few days ago when Peter Mooreapologizedto Xbox 360 owners around the world for the notorious ‘red ring of death’ epidemic and extended the warranty on all consoles to three years. That was a classy move indeed, but a possible cause of the error has been hypothesized and reported byGamePolitics.comthat makes the shoddy manufacture of Microsoft’s console all the more shameful. There are theories flying around that surge protectors may very well be the cause of all the trouble....

Variety is reporting that David O. Russell has walked away from the film adaptation of Sony’sUnchartedseries. Industry insiders are referenced as saying that Sony will continue to pursue the project. The split is described as amicable, with creative differences cited as the cause for Russell’s departure. Gosh, it’s hard to imagine that there might besome disagreementconsidering that what Russell described as his plans for the film sounds nothing at all likeUncharted, save for character names....

Bizarrely brilliant comedy/horrorDeadly Premonitionhas finally been given a release date for the United Kingdom, with Rising Star Games announcing that it’ll be ready just in time for Halloween. British fans of strangeness will be able to pick up Swery65’s coffee-flavored game on October 29. Deadly Premonitionhas proven to be one of the most controversial titles of the year, and even the publisher is keen to point out the contrast betweenDestructoid’s own 10/10 reviewandIGN’s brutal 2/10....

Tomonobu Itagaki likes 3D enough to have a 3D television set in his living room, so I’m sure he’s thought about making his latest game 3D compatible.Valhalla’sDevil’s Third, revealed last week at E3, is a contender for 3D support, says Itagaki. It’ll boil down to whether the PS3 has the processing power, though. “I myself have a 3D TV in my living room, so there’s no impossibility that it’s in my house,” Itagaki tells VG247....