The folks at Shoryuken asked their readership who their main character inStreet Fighter IVwould be last week, and now they’ve posted the results. I won’t steal their thunder —go here and look— but I’ll tell you now that it’s not Dan. Sixty-one dickheads chose Seth. I was surprised to see Juri so far down the list: only 157 of the total 5,510 votes went to a character that I’m always seeing people play....
Hello, sensible pricing! Nvidia has finally revealed a DirectX11 graphics card that you won’t need a second mortgage for. The GeForce GTX 460 costs $199, allowing you to keep up to speed on the computer game front for a price that almost approaches reasonable. The GTX 460 promises “monster tessellation performance” and has received some pretty positive criticism. It’ll ship in two versions: 768MB for $199, or a 1GB for $229....
A long time ago, in anInternet postback, back in the day, a man made an awesome GameCube mod. Now, the creator of this mod needs some cash and has put his AT-AT GameCubeup for sale on eBay. The mod comes with four Wavebird controllers, two memory cards and it even comes with the AT-AT pilot too! The reason the modder is selling this masterpiece is because he needs the cash to help him move his videogame business to a new location....
Analyst Michael Pachter has put Sony in the corner and given ita firm spankingfollowing the announcement of thePSPgoat E3. Criticizing the company’s decision to charge so much money for its new handheld, Pachter has deemed the PSPgo a “rip off,” stating that Sony is asking too much money. “$249 is too much. Period,”claimsthe analyst. “The [current] $169 PSP-3000 is a profitable device — the disc assembly, for a UMD, costs more than 16 gigs of flash does....
Like Nex, I ventured to ourmeeting with Destineerwith a bit of trepidation. A game about stock car racing? That’s more or less the human equivalent of running in a hamster wheel, isn’t it? As someone who thinks thatForza Motorsport‘s most important contribution isantiquated racism, I’m not exactly a good candidate to give Destineer’sIndy 500 Legendsit’s fair shake. Also, like Nex, I was happily surprised by what might be the sleeper hit of the Wii racing scene....
It should come as a shock to no one that Burger King’s recent foray into console gaming was a huge success. The three titles (Sneak King,Pocketbike RacerandBig Bumpin’) combined for 3.2 million in sales, and according toan articleat the Hollywood Reporter, this may be the only type of video-game-based advertising that actually works. We’vespoken out against in-game ads before, and we stand firm in our resolute hatred of fliers for Subway restaurants showing up inHalo, but if a company wants to offer people competent, fun games for $4 a piece, that just happen to tie into their product somehow, we will accept them with open arms....
As announced on the PlayStation Blog by Dylan Cuthbert of Q-Games,PixelJunk Racers 2nd Lapis getting a spring release on PlayStation Network. To be frank, it’s not really my style of game, but I am glad to see it getting made. I’m happy for you guys who are happy aboutRacers, if that makes any sense. As for the second part of the headline, Cuthbert also brought word of an impending UMD release forPixelJunk Monsters Deluxe; admittedly, it would have been cooler if “monsters” (Ghoulies, Mothra, It, etc) got together to come out with a UMD....
Okay, that’s it, this bollocks has gone on long enough. WithGrand Theft Auto IV, as well as games in general, being blamed for murder, the corruption of our youth and the breakdown of American values, you’d think that anti-game sentiment had reached its ludicrous peak — not so. Now, following a string of wanton plant destruction in a Swedish park, Rockstarcan add anotherindirect crime to its list of supposed evildoings....
Fellow game music remixer and overall hilarious guy Nick Hagman’s fingers are perfectly fine. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with them. His desire to play NES classicCastlevaniawith his feet will never be fully understood by me, but I’m glad he did it. I’m glad that he was okay with jumping around like a crazy man on camera. Castlevania‘s a bitch even with your fingers, but Nick goes at it with a Mario DDR dance mat and does a pretty fine job of going through level 1 of the game....
I meant to do this yesterday, but holidays always make me forget stuff. Anyway, the usual team of Jonathan, Tara, Max and myself will be conspiring to bring you another two hours of unfettered nonsense today, and we will endeavor to answer questions along the way. Got something you wanna ask? Have any links to more weird pornography? Just want to tell us we’re neat? Post away, friend!
As you may know, Uwe Boll, director of infamous masterpieces asHouse of the Dead,Alone in the DarkandBlood Rayneis filming his latest projectPostal. This time it seems like he really tried to give it a little extra of that trash factor, but then again no one can tell the difference in his other movies. Anyway, to fulfill hardcore gamers’ deepest desires, he decided to put Osama Bin Laden in the teaser …and he has an important message for you....
We continueour series of interviewswith the biggest and best game music cover bands slated to rock this year’sPenny Arcade Expo concertwithThe NESkimos, a metal Nintendo cover band. Guitarist Dr. Wily took the time to tell us about the band’s beginnings, what they’ve been up to lately, and what we can expect to hear from them at PAX. The NESkimos were even nice enough to provide an exclusive preview of some of their PAX set....
The image pretty much says it all; Prinny from theDisgaeaandPrinnygames is wearing the “Curly Brace” hat fromCave Story, and that gun and that scarf look quiteCave Story-styled as well. Other that, we have no idea what’s going on here, and you know what means — time for baseless speculation! With the 3DS and the NGP coming soon, it’s possible that this image is a tease for a newCave Storyand/orPrinnyproject for one of those consoles....
