Okay, so a couple of weeks ago, political ads for Obama began popping up in the game Burnout Paradise in the form of in-game billboards.  In terms of political advertising, it's original, and unusual, though it's questionable as to what kind of effect it's having.

So of course, the next logical step is to make both Barack Obama and Sarah Palin ( Read more... )

Urs, I'm not a legal expert or anything, but don't be like this guy.

Here's a brief rundown on some of the games I've played a bit over the past couple of months.

• Metal Gear Solid 4 -  I bought the MGS4 PS3 bundle, and it was worth it.  This game is pretty much pure awesome from start to finish, and it does an excellent job of tying up every last loose end that the series had dangling up to this point.  The way that ( Read more... )

You're Capcom, and it's been years since you've put out a successful crossover fighting game.  Marvel took their licenses elsewhere, teaming up with SNK has already been done, so what next?

Teaming up with the animation studio Tatsunoko.  That's what.

The only sad thing I can think about this right now is the low chance this game has of making it to ( Read more... )

Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe:


WHY?

Okay, let's forget how bad the SNES Justice League fighting game was.  Let us also forget how bad Mortal Kombat has been for the past ten years.  Let's even forget about how Capcom already made several successful crossovers with the Marvel universe.  Even with the news of a game pitting 50 Cent against the Middle ( Read more... )

I forgot how absolutely cracked those old console Star Wars games were.  I mean, what?

BEHOLD!  Darth SCORPION!

Extra win for mentioning the Han versus Carbonite Chamber fight in Super Empire Strikes Back. XD

There are bad ideas for video game storylines.  There are terrible ideas.

And then there's this.

Oh my god.  I'm torn between laughing until my lungs hurt and palming my face in shame for humanity.  I just can't decide.

Behold, the first Easter Egg.

A guy I know from an online forum recently got back his PS3 that he had sent in for disc drive repairs last month, only instead of fixing the console, they sent him a brand new one.  How does he know this?  It has a new hard drive, meaning that he's lost all of his saved games on it, including the 100+ hours worth of save data he had poured into ( Read more... )

What would honestly make me consider dropping the shitload of money that would be required for me to both buy Rock Band and get my 360 online?

This.

Guitar Her-what now?