Category: Gaming

  • Giant Bomb » Blowing up this summer

    Welcome to Giant Bomb: The Blog. It’s sort of like Alien 3: The Gun, only with more explosions and less track. After working on this in secret for as long as we have been, it’s totally exciting to be able to finally let you in on what we’ve been doing. I actually still haven’t gotten…

  • Dungeons & Dragons Creator Gary Gygax Passes Away; Interview on Gadgets – Boing Boing

    According to a post on Troll Lord Games, the company that had published his most recent work, Gary Gygax, creator of Dungeons & Dragons, has passed away Check it out here.

  • SPACE INVADERS | Guillaume Reymond | video performance

    SPACE INVADERS is the second video performance of the GAME OVER Project, directed by the Swiss artist Guillaume REYMOND (NOTsoNOISY creative agency). 67 extras 4 hours of shooting 390 pictures Check it out here.

  • I Wanna Be the Guy — platformer game is a stew of 8-bit classics – Boing Boing

    : I Want to Be the Guy is an insanely hard platformer video-game that mashes together art, bosses, and other play elements from several 8-bit console cartridges from the golden age. Here’s a video of someone running the game Check it out here.

  • Guitar Hero: Aerosmith – The Head of Alfredo Garcia » Revolution $

    : Guitar Hero: Aerosmith has just been announced. I am currently experiencing a wide range of emotions about this, from pensive ambivalence to mild curiosity. Check it out here.

  • Game Valhalla: Retro Arcade Gaming Fan Heaven Is Worth Infinite Quarters

    : Peter Hirschberg has just finished his stunning retro-gaming heaven, a Valhalla for the best arcade video games ever. His Luna City Arcade has 57 fully-restored arcade classics, which span from Asteroids to Zaxxon, plus a whole load of pinballs. Amazingly enough, he does all this on his own dime, for the love of it.…

  • The Video Game May Be Free, but to Be a Winner Can Cost Money – New York Times

    The Video Game May Be Free, but to Be a Winner Can Cost Money – New York Times: “In a major departure from its traditional business model, E.A. plans to announce Monday that it is developing a new installment in its hit Battlefield series that will be distributed on the Internet as a free download.…

  • I-Mockery.com | The 50 Greatest Arcade Cabinets In Video Game History!

    I-Mockery.com | The 50 Greatest Arcade Cabinets In Video Game History!: “Seeing classic arcade game machines lined up next to each other is an easy way to have a wave of nostalgia smack you in the face harder than a hurled barrel compliments of Donkey Kong himself. It brings you back to a time when…

  • Guitar Hero 3 tracks announced

    From the blog of Jeff Gerstmann, GameSpot: “Paint It Black” by the Rolling Stones “Cherub Rock” by Smashing Pumpkins “Sabotage” by Beastie Boys “The Metal” by Tenacious D “My Name is Jonas” by Weezer “Knights of Cydonia” by Muse “Rock And Roll All Nite” as made famous by Kiss “School’s Out” as made famous by…

  • The Legend of Leeroy Jenkins

    The Legend of Leeroy Jenkins

    Westword, via DIGG: “A Rough Go” opens with a band of characters milling around inside an ominous dungeon. Over the computer voice-chat system, the players plan in nasally über-geek detail how to tackle the baby dragons nearby: “Um, I will use Intimidating Shout to kinda scatter them,” “We’re gonna need Divine Intervention on our mages,”…

  • Paperboy gets tossed this week

    Gamespot: The game, originally released in 1984, featured a bicycle-handlebar-shaped controller that was used to control a neighborhood newspaper-delivery boy. As gamers tried to keep customers happy with well-placed newspapers, they could also earn points by preventing thieves from breaking into homes, knocking over tombstones, or breaking the windows of nonsubscribing houses. The Xbox 360…

  • CES 07: Guitar Hero II Hands-On

    Gamespot: In addition to all the tracks from the PlayStation 2 version of Guitar Hero II, GHII for the Xbox 360 will include 10 new songs not seen in the PS2 game. While we don’t know the full list yet, Red Octane has announced five of the new songs that will be in the game:…

  • Arcade Ambience Project

    Arcade Ambience Project

    Arcade Ambience Project: As a child of the 80s, I will never forget the feeling of walking into a crowded arcade — the sounds, smells, excitement, etc. This page is dedicated to recreating the audio portion of that experience in the form of a long, non-looping ambient audio track. “If I close my eyes while…

  • Age of Conan dawning on 360

    GameSpot, by Crom: The world of Conan the Cimmerian, the fantasy barbarian of legend created by Robert E. Howard, portrayed in films by Arnold Schwarzenegger and re-created in several games, is returning to consoles. Funcom today announced that the massively multiplayer online role-playing game Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures has been approved for the Xbox…

  • Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam

    PunkNews: The latest Tony Hawk game, Downhill Jam is set to include a number of classic and current punk and hardcore bands including Descendents,Anti-Flag,The Bouncing Souls,Bad Brains,Lagwagon,Thursday and more. The game was launch title for the Nintendo Wii, and is also available exclusively for the Nintendo DS and Game Boy Advance. Full track list Here.

  • Mr. Do! a Go-Go

    Mr. Do! a Go-Go

    RetroBlast! Retrogaming News: Having recognized the success of Namco Networks in the mobile content arena, Aruze, the license holder for Mr. Do!, Mr. Do’s Castle and other titles originally published by Universal, selected Namco Networks to localize mobile game titles for the North American market. “Partnering with Aruze further expands our popular catalog of arcade…

  • Ten-Button Guitar Hero Controller

    Ten-Button Guitar Hero Controller

    Wired: Baker forwarded me this pic, and I’m all, “what?” Why on earth would there be a need for a Guitar Hero controller with ten buttons? Even if it’s in the coveted Flying-V shape that the kids keep asking for? Well, as it turns out, the extra buttons are there for showoffs who want to…

  • GAME MASTER

    The New Yorker: At a certain point in the performance, the crazy ambition of Spore became clear: Wright was proposing to simulate the limitless possibility of life itself. The simulation falls between Darwinism and intelligent design, into new conceptual territory. Wright had worked out the algorithm for life, as described by the philosopher Daniel C.…

  • X-Arcade Tankstick™

    X-Arcade Tankstick™

    X-Arcade: The newest addition to Xgaming’s award-winning lineup remains faithful to it’s arcadian ancestry and injects the most complete and authentic home arcade gaming experience into your home. Here.

  • Game Crazy Training Video

    The most hilarious training video out there, from Gamecrazy. Especially whenever Zelda Scott is onscreen. Joystiq: Who is Zelda Scott? The on-the-floor correspondent helping Croft and Payne talk to the GameCrazy employees presented. She must think she has some grasp on pop culture. Let’s take a look at some of our favorite phrases: “They can’t…