Peace Walker Has The Stuff Of A "Masterpiece" [Hideo Kojima]
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Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima cannot be clear enough. Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker isn’t just some PSP game. Oh no. More »
Archive for the ‘PSP’ Category
PlayStation Move Gets Its First Wii Port [Gdc10]
Thursday, March 11th, 2010 |
With the PlayStation Move looking, well, similar to Nintendo’s Wii Remote, you may have wondered how long it would take until it was announced a Wii game was being ported to the PS3. The answer? How about, oh, a few hours. More »
China’s Cutest Comic Book Artist [PSP]
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 |
Xià Dá is a 28 year-old Chinese manhua (comic book) artist. Japan has just fallen in love with her. More »
Dwindling Tokyo Game Show Hopes To Be World’s Biggest Game Gathering [Japan]
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 |
From a Japanese game developer saying that the Japanese industry was “finished” to lower attendance, last year’s Tokyo Game Show was disastrous. This year can only go up. More »
Rumor: Goodbye Ugly PSP Color! [Japan]
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 |
There are many PSP colors. Loads. And apparently, there will be one less. More »
World Cup 2010: No Man United, Plenty Of Brazilian Ladies [Clips]
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 |
The 2010 World Cup draws near, and that means one thing: football. OK, two things: football, and an EA Sports football game cashing in on the World Cup. More »
Company Goes With Idea That Customers Masturbate To Its Games [Sex]
Monday, March 8th, 2010 |The people at Tecmo Games, makers of Ninja Gaiden, the next Metroid, Dead or Alive and the forthcoming Dead or Alive Paradise are in on the joke — or the fact? — about their customers’ use of their products.
Not all of Tecmo’s games feature women who are practically falling out of their bikinis, jumping up and down so that their breasts bounce as much as unrealistically possible. (Surely, Metroid: Other M will not!) But to promote one that has such features, Tecmo is going with the Okay-our-customers-masturbate-to-this-game angle.
The video above is part of that promotional effort.
At least they’re not being coy. Honesty in advertising?
The people at Tecmo Games, makers of Ninja Gaiden, the next Metroid, Dead or Alive and the forthcoming Dead or Alive Paradise are in on the joke — or the fact? — about their customers' use of their products.
Not all of Tecmo's games feature women who are practically falling out of their bikinis, jumping up and down so that their breasts bounce as much as unrealistically possible. (Surely, Metroid: Other M will not!) But to promote one that has such features, Tecmo is going with the Okay-our-customers-masturbate-to-this-game angle.
The video above is part of that promotional effort.
At least they're not being coy. Honesty in advertising?
Report: Sony To Launch New PlayStation Smart Phone In 2010 [Sony]
Thursday, March 4th, 2010 |
The Wall Street Journal reports that Sony will release a new smart phone “capable of downloading and playing PlayStation games” later this year, as well as a competitor to Apple’s iPad that may also play PSone titles.
The Journal notes that the original PlayStation game-playing smart phone is being developed by Sony and mobile handset manufacturer Sony Ericsson. That’s a story that we’ve heard plenty of times before in various incarnations, but with declining PSP sales, a cool reception to the digital download-only PSPgo, and increasing competition from iPhone and iPod gaming, the timing sounds logical.
Sony’s other device that “blurs distinctions among a netbook, an e-reader and a PlayStation Portable,” according to the Wall Street Journal, is targeted for a 2010 launch.
Sony Readies Gadgets to Rival Apple [WSJ]
The Wall Street Journal reports that Sony will release a new smart phone "capable of downloading and playing PlayStation games" later this year, as well as a competitor to Apple's iPad that may also play PSone titles.
The Journal notes that the original PlayStation game-playing smart phone is being developed by Sony and mobile handset manufacturer Sony Ericsson. That's a story that we've heard plenty of times before in various incarnations, but with declining PSP sales, a cool reception to the digital download-only PSPgo, and increasing competition from iPhone and iPod gaming, the timing sounds logical.
Sony's other device that "blurs distinctions among a netbook, an e-reader and a PlayStation Portable," according to the Wall Street Journal, is targeted for a 2010 launch.
Sony Readies Gadgets to Rival Apple [WSJ]
Bill Murray Talks Ghostbusters, Wears Sequins [Clips]
Thursday, March 4th, 2010 |Bill Murray was on Letterman the other night and got talking Ghostbusters. Then he got talking the recent Ghostbusters game. I had to watch it four times to catch it all, so dazzled was I by that shirt.
Watch the clip and you’ll hear how much he loved the experience of getting back into the character of Dr Peter Venkman while recording for the game. I’m glad he did, because Venkman’s lifeless voice work was probably the most disappointing aspect of the entire game for me, especially when placed next to the amazing job Dan Aykroyd did with Ray Stanz.
Still, it’s always nice listening to Bill Murray, seeing as his public appearances are so few and far between. Then again, judging by his attire, there might be a reason for that.
[via Go Nintendo]
Bill Murray was on Letterman the other night and got talking Ghostbusters. Then he got talking the recent Ghostbusters game. I had to watch it four times to catch it all, so dazzled was I by that shirt.
Watch the clip and you'll hear how much he loved the experience of getting back into the character of Dr Peter Venkman while recording for the game. I'm glad he did, because Venkman's lifeless voice work was probably the most disappointing aspect of the entire game for me, especially when placed next to the amazing job Dan Aykroyd did with Ray Stanz.
Still, it's always nice listening to Bill Murray, seeing as his public appearances are so few and far between. Then again, judging by his attire, there might be a reason for that.
[via Go Nintendo]
Ghost In the Shell Live-Action Script Draft Incoming! [Hollywood]
Thursday, March 4th, 2010 |
Steven Spielberg, filmmaker and part-time game designer, plans to make a live action version of Masamune Shirow’s Ghost in the Shell futuristic cop manga. Scribe Laeta Kalogridis is hard at work on the screenplay.
At a recent Q&A for Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island (she wrote the script), Kalogridis revealed that she’ll “turn in a draft in a few weeks”. According to website ANN, the screenwriter was cautiously optimistic about the Hollywood adaptation, adding, “Cross your fingers, guys — [it has a] female lead.”
“I can say that Ghost in the Shell was a seminal visual experience,” she told UGO.com last month. “It has spawned so much amazing — not just direct stuff, like the television series — but The Matrix and the evolution of cyberpunk. For me, it is an meaningful as [William Gibson's] Neuromancer.”
DreamWorks has the film rights to Ghost in the Shell and plans on making the film in 3D. Kalogridis, who executive produced Avatar, replaced writer Jamie Moss, who had joined the project in 2008.
Ghost in the Shell was first published in 1989 and then turned into an anime in 1995, a animated feature sequel and two television anime. Since then it has also been made into games for the PlayStation, PS2 and PSP.
Live-Action Ghost in the Shell Script Draft in Few Weeks [Anime News Network] [Pic]
Steven Spielberg, filmmaker and part-time game designer, plans to make a live action version of Masamune Shirow's Ghost in the Shell futuristic cop manga. Scribe Laeta Kalogridis is hard at work on the screenplay.
At a recent Q&A for Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island (she wrote the script), Kalogridis revealed that she'll "turn in a draft in a few weeks". According to website ANN, the screenwriter was cautiously optimistic about the Hollywood adaptation, adding, "Cross your fingers, guys — [it has a] female lead."
"I can say that Ghost in the Shell was a seminal visual experience," she told UGO.com last month. "It has spawned so much amazing — not just direct stuff, like the television series — but The Matrix and the evolution of cyberpunk. For me, it is an meaningful as [William Gibson's] Neuromancer."
DreamWorks has the film rights to Ghost in the Shell and plans on making the film in 3D. Kalogridis, who executive produced Avatar, replaced writer Jamie Moss, who had joined the project in 2008.
Ghost in the Shell was first published in 1989 and then turned into an anime in 1995, a animated feature sequel and two television anime. Since then it has also been made into games for the PlayStation, PS2 and PSP.
Live-Action Ghost in the Shell Script Draft in Few Weeks [Anime News Network] [Pic]
