Archive for December, 2008
How much do you know about Biblical Feet? How about wine in the Bible? Take a little break from all that Wii Remote flailing and video game violence and check out this Wii brew. It’s by wplaat, so we know it’s good. And he’s been updating with a vengeance lately, good on you dude! Same procedures, same content. All that’s different here’s that he added Google analytic http request. Download it here and enjoy. Download: BibleQuiz v0.61 Older versions: Popularity: 1% [?]
Dec
04
2008
 
Let dogfights liven up your dog days with Heroes Over EuropePosted by: admin in UncategorizedMore than two years after QJ first caught a whiff of a sequel to Heroes of the Pacific, Heroes Over Europe finally has a trailer - and a great one at that. We don’t get many flight simulators around any more, and this crisp HD title from Red Mile Entertainment and Atari is a very welcome addition. Fly over the skies of Berlin and London as you play to secure the win for the Allied Forces of World War II. This is one game where you’ll really need to come at your enemies guns blazing. If you don’t, they’ll. It’s sky-high, kill-or-be-killed action in this game, so keep checking back here for the latest news on Heroes Over Europe.
Dec
01
2008
Video: PS3, Xbox 360, Wii get bricked - literally - for durability testPosted by: admin in UncategorizedThis is probably not the best way to test how strong this gen’s consoles are, and it’s also most probably not the ideal method to confront your anger management issues. But what the hey, the Human Wrecking Balls, the Pumphrey brothers, bricked the Wii, PS3 and Xbox 360 - literally - to check out which one will remain standing. As you will see in the vid below, the test, conducted with Blair Herter, required cement bricks. Lots of them. Underneath the bricks are the hapless consoles, after which, a series of karate chops commence to see if it will be sturdy enough to still run despite the brutal beatings. What do you know, the Wii ran perfectly well, and the PS3, too. As for the Xbox 360, it was knocked out on the very first round. As to who reigned supreme between the PS3 and the Wii, well, you’ll just have to catch it again on the Human Wrecking Balls show on G4TV. Hopefully they’ll show a rerun of it due to insistent popular demand. The episode was aired just about a couple of hours ago, Eastern Time. But that’s okay if you missed it, you can check out the vid below anyway to get in on the action, or you can conduct your own durability test for all three. It’s one huge cringe-moment, though.
Dec
01
2008
Nintendo slapped with another lawsuit, this time over WiimotePosted by: admin in Uncategorized
This new lawsuit from Motiva claims that the Wiimote is violating their patent for a video game controller. A very vague patent at that. It involves: […] technology used to create a ‘Human Movement Measurement System’ comprising a hand-held tracking device in communication with a base station that can be used to create an interactive gaming experience, among other abilities. That’s vague enough to describe the SIXAXIS. The patent was filed back in 2004, two years before the release of the Wiimote. Patenting an idea is one thing, but making it into reality is another. They sound like they just patented some random thought and waited for an opportunity to sue someone who actually made it happen. The Lanier Law Firm will be representing Motiva. Speaking about the lawsuit, Mr. Lanier says: Using someone else’s technology without permission is theft. Nintendo makes video games where you get to play a thief, but that doesn’t give them the right to be one. A cheesier line never said. It strikes me odd that they select to bring up this lawsuit only now, 2 years after the release of the Wii. Maybe Ninty’s previous loss in court that lost them US 21 million gave these jokers the balls to try and milk the cow as well. Popularity: 1% [?]
For example, the new Rayman Raving Rabbids Television Celebration game is backed with a 1 million worth of TV ads, slated to run in ITV1’s popular family shows The X Factor and Harry Hill’s Television Burp. Aside from that, they’re also launching a TV campaign on November 14th for the range of Envision games for tween girls. The ads will be featuring Holly Willoughby and Fearned cotton, and will be promoting in particular the Imagine Dream Weddings game. Backing up this barrage of TV ads from Ubisoft is the National Schools Partnership. Meanwhile The Planet Rescue range for the DS and the Wii is being promoted on Television as well, and carries and educational ‘I Love My Planet’ educational pack for teachers and students alike. The game franchise instructs children to learn about the environment and endangered animals. See, Ubisoft isn’t just about making money. They’re inserting some kind of corporate responsibility in their marketing strategies as well. Rosenblatt notes, “It is more about more than just getting our brand on TV.” Popularity: 1% [?]
Dec
01
2008
Oddworld movie and game project Citizen Siege still in developmentPosted by: admin in Uncategorized
Part of the reason is probably its split from its original partner, Vanguard. The studio is currently busy finalizing its Oddworld 2.0 business plan. Don’t worry though, the project is still in development. States OWI’s Sherry McKenna: Citizen Siege is a project near and dear to our hearts so while we’re no longer developing it with Vanguard due to the famous ‘creative differences’, it is still in development.
We still care about creating games even though perhaps not in the way we did in the past. We are just in the process of finalizing our new Oddworld 2.0 plan. Unsurprisingly though, we are not given any more more details on the project other than that. At least we know it hasn’t evaporated, so that’s something. For those who missed it, OWI president Lorne Lanning is now, uh, not president of OWI. It was announced yesterday that Larry Shapiro has taken his stead. Under Oddworld 2.0, Lanning will now concentrate on the creative side of production, while Shapiro will “get to deal with all the ’stuff’ presidents of companies have to deal with,” says McKenna. Oddworld Inhabitants is also making a new Oddworld game: Popularity: 1% [?]
Dec
01
2008
Media watchdog group wants MadWorld ban, gamers say shut upPosted by: admin in Uncategorized
The self-appointed media watchdog group told UK tabloid the Daily Mail that it wanted the BBFC to a rating for the game, making it effectively banned from the region. Said John Beyer, the organization’s director: This game sounds very unsavoury. I hope the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) will view this with concern and decide it should not be allowed a classification. Without that it cannot be marketed in Britain. We need to ensure that modern and civilized values take priority rather than killing and maiming people. It seems a shame that the game’s manufacturer has decided to release this game exclusively on the Wii. I believe it will spoil the ‘fun for all the family’ image of the Wii. This feels a bit confusing for me. Is the issue about violence in video games, or that the game ruins Beyer’s idea of the Wii being a “family” console? At any rate, it wasn’t long before their inbox was flooded with “hostile emails” telling them to “shut the f- up,” and others to that extent. Mediawatch reacted: Within hours of these remarks being published a rain of hostile emails from gamers poured into our office telling us to “shut the f up”, […] demanding, as though we were on trial for an heinous crime, to know what right we had to impose our “narrow minded bigotry” on them and stopping them playing an “adult” game of their choice. Others, of a more sober character, asked reasonably why we should be so concerned about games when there was so much violence in films and on television! We were also accused us of being “cowards” for not responding properly to belligerent strictures and one emailer’ observed glibly that “violent acts are not a symptom of video games and films, but rather the human condition”. Another said: “If you don’t like violent content, don’t view or use it”. Others thanked us cynically for drawing attention to the game saying they would rush out and purchase it as soon as it was available. Yet others told us to focus on retailers and stated that parents should safeguard their children from “adult” games. It goes on like that. Their main conclusion stands this way: “It is evident from this that the battle for standards has rather shifted away from TV towards games and the internet.” Right. As much as video games have become large over the past few years, I doubt it’s influence is more massive than television. Good publicity for MadWorld though. Thanks, Mediawatch! Popularity: 1% [?] |
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This is just getting ridiculous. Yet 
