Jul 01 2008
Many people may not be aware but the world famous Angry Video Game Nerd has been having a long running feud with some loser by the name of the Nostalgia Critic. Basically he reviews films in the same style as the Angry Nerd. They both bumped into each other at a recent event. Check out the consequences below!
Jun 20 2008
The highlight of this weeks unusually dreary episode of Games|Night on Xleague.tv came in part three of the show. The University professor guy that occasionally makes an appearence guest hosted in place of the absent “TV’s own” Paul Vale. During the show a competition was being held for viewers where one of the tasks was to spot the “visual cliche” that occurred in part three. The cliche was of course a mickey take out of Dave Jenkins (TeleText GameCentral) dress sense of always wearing short black trousers combined with high white socks. EuroGamer.net’s Ellie Gibson wins the prize for the best impersonation with a particularly good attempt. With the previous episodes embarrassing Rock Band performance, could a trend of injecting in-jokes into each episode be starting? Keep all eyes peeled on the next bi-weekly episode to try and spot more subtle hilarity.
For your viewing pleasure last weeks rockband performance can be found below featuring Steve Boxer (Guardian), Adam Doree (KIKIZO), Ellie Gibson (Eurogamer) and Sophie Blakemore. Ellie is the one at the back looking thrilled to be taking part.
Jun 10 2008
Mega64 have released their latest games skit. This time it’s the turn of assassin’s creed. Take a look below:
Jun 06 2008
Only 17 tickets remain for the retro video games gathering Fusion 08. Being held on the 19th and 20th of July at Leamington Rugby club, the event is set to feature a collection of classic games from years gone bye both on home consoles and arcade, mixed with the consumption of alcohol. One half of the Oliver twins, Philip Oliver of previous Codemasters dizzy fame will be lending out his rare original PACMAN cabinet to the event for the duration of the weekend. Also set to feature are MAME cabinets, a pinball machine, a number of 8 bit retro computers, classic consoles and more.
For the non retro gaming fix there will be 10 networked Xbox 360’s to play Call of Duty 4 and various other games on local LAN play. Various competitions will be held over the two days along with a raffle for 2 JAMMA arcade machines. The event kicks off at 11 am on the Saturday and runs until midnight. The Sunday runs from 11am - 5pm. Some classic games developers wil also be in attendance at the event such as Archer Maclean of IK+ fame, and Jon Hare, one of the two founding members of Sensible Software. If your still making up your mind on wether to attend then decide fast before all tickets are gone. For full details and to buy tickets head on over to the official website. Tickets are prices at £12 including postage with Ticket sales and bar venue costs, being donated to the Everyman charity.
Jun 02 2008
Infinite Puchi Puchi is a new game being released on the Japanese WiiWare download service. It’s highly original and based on popping bubble wrap, although somehow I don’t think it will be quite as satisfying bursting it virtually as it is in real life. Thankfully you can still do the old screwing it up trick to burst loads of them at once.
Jun 02 2008
Another month, another Shenmue rumour. Following on from the rumours picked up on about Shenmue 1 and 2 coming to the Wii, the Shenmue rumour mill has not died down. A few days ago SEGA announced they had obtained the rights to use Unreal Engine III for an unannounced game. Speculation is rife that the engine is to be used to make a next gen version of Shenmue 3. Internet rumour experts (i.e forum posters) speculate further that the game will be unveiled at this years E3.
VideoGaming 247 asked SEGA for comment on the whole issue and received a response of “No comment”. Interestingly a post on the EuroGamer forums back in February speculated that something had changed at SEGA as rather than giving a no comment reply to a Shenmue Facebook group, SEGA suddenly started sending out a different response, all of which had the same general tone. One of these reads:
“Hello,
Thanks for writing — it seems like Shenmue’s fans are always the most passionate and committed of everyone who writes in! We are well aware of the following these games have. I realize it is frustrating but for now all I can say is: be patient! And keep checking in to www.sega.com for news ….
-Edward
SEGA Support”
The authenticity of the information is obviously not confirmed but was this a hint back in February by SEGA that something Shenmue related is on the way? Probably not, but what could happen is that SEGA see all the speculation around this most likely non existent game and actually decide to make it. Alternatively we will all still be here in a years time jumping on any scrap of news with the slightest suggestion that a new Shenmue game may be in the works.
May 29 2008
Once upon a time Sony got together with Nintendo to produce a CDROM add on for the SNES. In the end Nintendo sided with Philips for the project and Sony went off to create it’s own console called the PlayStation. The rest as they say is history. But what became of the Nintendo/Philips deal?
With the SNES CD drive never getting a release, Philips did the same as Sony and created their own console, the Philips CD-I. However, Philips still had a deal with Nintendo to be able to produce CD games featuring Nintendo’s most cherished characters, and so Hotel Mario was born. Released on the CD-i in 1993 and since deemed the worst Mario game of all time by ScrewAttack, relive this classic moment in gaming history below:
May 24 2008
Couldn’t miss out on posting this one. SlobsOfGaming.com has posted an article called “The 11 Most Scorching-Hot Female Cosplayers Ever”. I agree with the first one but not too sure about the rest. Sadly this amount of flesh was not on show at Play.com Live back in March, when Frosty had to complete his Boothbabe challenge. Many of them were still very pleasing on the eye though,
May 13 2008
Video Games Live, the world famous video game concert, will be brought to Scotland for the first time on Thursday, June 26th by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
The celebration of the video game industry features music from the biggest video games of all time including favourites such as Mario, Zelda, Halo, Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, Warcraft and Sonic performed by the RSNO and accompanied by exclusive video footage, synchronised lighting and interactive segments. Those attending the concert are invited to don their favourite costumes. Past performances have welcomed everyone from Sonic and Mario through to Lara Croft and Donkey Kong and organisers are predicting some spectacular and peculiar sights outside the Royal Concert Hall on the night of the performance. The concert will showcase music from some of the most recognisable video games of all time including nostalgic retro arcade classics from the 1970s and 80s.
May 10 2008
Someone by the name of sturko has created a trance track out of a modded Super Mario level. Looks like it would have taken quite a long time to put together:
