But that’s just as well, because if you are old enough to remember the original X-Com fondly, you probably aren’t happy to learn the just announced new entry in the series, “XCOM”, is not the turn-based strategy remake by Ken Levine and Irrational Games long hoped for, but instead a first person shooter from Bioshock’s other developer,…
Bullet Point BS: 4/12/2009
Trying something new today, with news and commentary all snipped up the way you twitter-kiddies like it. The Gears of War 3 announcement really got away from Epic and Microsoft last week when CliffyB got bumped from Jimmy Fallon on Thursday night and the shambling infrastructure of Xbox Live marketing failed to react to the new reality. But…
Hacker Geohot: God or Supergod?
World renowned celebrity hacker geohot, who first rose to fame in 1992 when portrayed by actor Dan Aykroyd in the classic hacking movie Sneakers, today held a press conference in YouTube’s New York studios to announce the fruits of his current project to once and for all unleash the secret capabilities of the Sony PlayStation 3. In…
CNN: Late to the RapeLay orgy of outrage!
If this were 2006, the existence of a crappy, obscene game from Japan called “RapeLay” might be news. But that was 4 years ago and most of the world, after some hand-wringing, has simply moved on. Except for CNN, apparently, who are now reporting the game has gone “viral“. Unfortunately it doesn’t seem that CNN even…
Quantic Dream to follow up Heavy Rain with “Virtual Dentistry”
David Cage, the auteur behind PS3 exclusive Heavy Rain today took the stage at Sony’s GDC conference to announce his next project. Building off the revolutionary tooth-brushing gameplay featured in Heavy Rain, this as yet untitled dentist simulator will utilize the PlayStation Move motion controller to place the player inside the mouths of a cavalcade…
Blind Review: God of War 3 -An Exclusive!
Welcome to the latest in our long running, fan favorite and potentially future award winning series of exclusive blind reviews. Today we’ll be looking at God of War III, a PS3 exclusive developed by Sony’s Santa Monica studio scheduled for release on March 16th, 2010. Without further ado, or the benefit of having played even…