Slow News Day, Here’s Some New SSBB Videos
Not much happening today, but since every other games blog beats you over the head with Super Smash Bros Brawl spoilers a few dozen times per day (cough cough Kotaku cough cough), I’ll do my part to make sure your saliva glands don’t atrophy.
Anyway, the newest iteration of the game looks poised to blow [...]
The Atari Portfolio
At first glance you might not recognise this palmtop computer which was launched by Atari in 1989. Take a closer look and you’ll notice it was the same device used by the young John Connor to steal money from an ATM and get a code in the lab scene near the end of Terminator 2.
Just [...]
Dr. Kawashima: A Gentleman and a Scholar
Dr. Kawashima, Japan’s most famous disembodied polygonal head has told the press that he won’t be collecting 2.4 billion yen (about 11-ish million pounds) in royalties from the UK megahit Brain Training franchise, but will instead donate the money to the university for which he works in order to fund further research.
“Everyone in [...]
A Look at the Week 5’s PAL Releases
A huge array of games coming to the UK this week. Big names include Conflict: Denied Ops, Devil May Cry 4, The Club, and Turok. This week should be evidence that the traditional gamer still have a voice in the games market, as casual games are far outnumbered by muscley shooters and combat sims.
I’m personally [...]
Rock Band Coming to UK
The first quarter of EA’s fiscal year (read: April - June) will see the release of Rock Band to European retailers. EA has sold 1.5 million copies (a considerable amount given how much the different instruments cost) in North America already and hopes to replicate the game’s success overseas. Rock Band has won scads of [...]