If you haven’t read Penny Arcade shame on you, check out our links on the side. If you have well you now the funny they can bring, looks like they have so many fans that some one even made a song about them. This young lady decided to make a full song and dedicate it to the PA guys. Check it out.
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It has to be one of the worst kept secrets in game releases. We’ve seen the European ratings board give their blessing, and now the ESRB has rated Ratchet and Clank Future: Quest for Booty as E-10 in the US.
No word yet from Sony or Insomniac about what we can expect for the new PS3 title. Will it be a complete new release? Will it be a download from the PlayStation Store? Will it be an expansion pack for Tools of Destruction?
We tried to contact Sony and Insomniac about it and haven’t heard back. I’d expect some announcements at E3 next week.
Fable II is going the route of Spore, giving you a way to get started before the game’s actual release. Microsoft and Lionhead will be releasing the Fable II Pub Games in August which will allow you to build up gold to spend in-game.
The final names of the Xbox LIVE Arcade “Fable II” Pub Games (which will be available as one download) are: “Keystone,” which is a combination of Craps and Roulette, “Spinnerbox,” which is an updated take on slot machines, and “Fortune’s Tower,” which is a press your luck style of game. The download will also include a Shell, which is a tutorial of all three games.
You can get these free to preordering either the standard or collector’s edition of the game. If not, you can drop 800 MS Points to get the Pub Games. Pretty cool preorder bonus.
This is damn cool. Check out this fan made animated short paying tribute to the Metal Gear Solid series. The events take place around the time of MGS3, so when you got to play as Big Boss. Check it out, it’s good stuff.
That’s right, folks. Fanboys are official, according to Merriam-Webster. It’s already in the Oxford English Dictionary too.
Glad to know that the people who makes words official realize that fanboyism has become such a problem that the word needs to be officially recognized.
Fanboys FTL.
The classic Chrono Trigger is making a grand return for a DS only game. This is one of the best RPG’s form the past and should make quite a splash on the DS, Nintendo continues to make the DS a strong handheld with a huge number of titles. I wonder what kind of money hat Nintendo had to give Square Enix to keep this as an exclusive? Sorry to all the PSP owners out there, but you will have to fork over some cash and grab a DS now to play this.
As we inch closer to E3, the shots keep a comin’ and MS has drawn what I guess we can call first blood. In short, they think the Wii is for little kids and as a gamer above the age of Miley Cyrus, you need to ditch it and get a real console. OK. Here is their not so discrete way of saying the Wii is a child’s plaything:
I think that there’s a difference in the type of customer that is buying the Wii. When you think about it, there’s a difference between trying to be the number one console with nine year old gamers, and being the console that offers the most experiences from 13 to 33.
You see they’re not buying games on it, right? They’re buying it, it’s like something they break out when people come over, and it’s maybe a fun thing, but it’s almost like the same people that buy a karaoke machine, you know? They’re not really buying it for games, they’re just buying it as a novelty.
The Wii continues to outsell every console out there and Xbox 360’s keep dying on us. True or not, this is a business that Nintendo somehow is winning by a shit ton.
I just got a copy of Guitar Hero: On tour for my Nintendo DS and I got a bit of time to try some of the songs and the peripherals. The game comes with a hand strap/grip, guitar pick (stylus), stickers and the game. The hand grip has four buttons on it, which correspond to different notes similar to the console versions of Guitar Hero with one button missing. One major difference in gameplay is the usage of Star Power is easier on the DS version, all you have to do is scream into the microphone to activate, if your in public you can also hit the D-pad.
After playing around with the DS version of Guitar Hero a few things jump out at you very quickly: you will need good pair of head phones to hear the music in order to enjoy this properly, you will need to get used to the timing on a small screen as the notes scroll down and you will need to take breaks every so often to stretch your hand. The grip of the game and getting to the buttons is awkward at best, I have bigger hands so getting to all four buttons is not optimal. Also the more you play the more your hands will inevitably cramp up since they will be stuck in the same position for a few minutes at a time, the game actually begins with a warning and tells you to try different positions to help with this.
So far the concept of Guitar Hero DS is great but the implementation although solid just does not translate well. I think the biggest problem for the game will not be the gameplay itself but the awkward grip and people being displeased with how it feels over time. Look for a full review of this bad boy quite soon.
Sony fixed the issue with 2.40 and has released v2.41 this morning so everyone can get their in-game XMB on. Fire up your PS3 and hit the download. I’m sure the servers are going to get hammered.
Doesn’t look like anything major changed since 2.40. The only thing I noticed is the Platinum Trophy icon in the profile screen is different. Otherwise, everything looks the same. One thing to note is that you now accept all the conditions before downloading. I’m not sure if this is because I already have 2.40 installed, but it’s good that once you start the download, you can walk away and the firmware will install itself.
I really don’t know what to say here. Might want to wear some sandals. Might want to walk you ass into oncoming traffic. Might want to do a lot of things that don’t involve this game.
