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Left 4 Dead SDK Beta released

May 17, 2009May 18, 2009 Doug Groves L4D6 Comments

In episode 15 we talked a little bit about Valve’s update to the best zombie game ever made, Left 4 Dead. In that episode, which you can see on blip.tv here, we also mention one of the most anticipated user created maps Dead Before Dawn, which is largely based on the Dawn Of The Dead remake. Unfortunately, that campaign and many others have been waiting for Valve to release it’s authoring tools. Well, that wait is almost over, as the Software Developer Kit has been gone beta, which means that…

Bioshock 2 Walkthrough

May 15, 2009May 15, 2009 Doug Groves bioshock0 comment

Jordan Thomas, creative director of Bioshock 2, gives you a 9 minute walkthrough of the upcoming sequel in this video presented by IGN. In it, you’ll get a glimpse of one of the new baddies, the Big Sister. In the new game, you get to play the role of the original Big Daddy, which lets you play around with the Plasmid tool. For those uninitiated to the world of Bioshock, all you need to know is that you have a giant drill for a right hand.

Plants vs Zombies, a game

May 6, 2009 drsquid cute, games, Zombies8 Comments

If the name alone doesn’t convince you that this is possibly the greatest game of all time, then know this – Plants vs Zombies is from those fine purveyors of digital crack – PopCap games – the creators of Peggle ! If you still need more convincing you can read a review here. You can download the FREE trial for the PC (only, so far) here. If that wasn’t enough PopCap has created an AWESOME theme song for the game…

Beatles Go Digital

March 5, 2009April 17, 2009 Doug Groves Beatles, harmonix, rock band2 Comments

One of the great rock and roll hold outs in the digital age has been The Beatles. Rumours of the Fab Four hitting the mp3 stores surface every year like clockwork. Surprisingly, all the speculation has been wrong. Finally, Harmonix looks to be on track to be the first to get the Fab Four online, as long as you want to play along, that is. September 9th, 2009 is the scheduled release date of an unknown number of Beatles tracks (albums?) for the popular music game Rock Band. Along with…

Wanna Be THE Hitman? It’ll Cost You.

February 11, 2009April 17, 2009 Doug Groves console, Xbox 360, Xbox Live5 Comments

Leaked Dead Rising 2 vid appears to be the real deal

February 10, 2009February 23, 2009 Danny X console, dead rising, leak, Xbox 3602 Comments

Shaky McCameraPhone is at it again. Recently this video appeared on YouTube claiming to be the leaked trailer for the upcoming Dead Rising 2. If you’re a horror-survivalist and a fan of anything Undead, then it’s pretty much a lock that Dead Rising was, for you, some of the most fun you’ve had playing video games in a very long time…provided you’re a 360 owner. Now, after much speculation, Capcom has indeed announced that DR2 is in fact in development, and headed out of the mall and into the streets…

Xbox-exclusive GTA IV expansion gives Silver members a little taste of the Gold life

February 10, 2009February 23, 2009 Danny X DLC, GTA IV, Xbox 3604 Comments

Beginning Feb 17/09, Rockstar Games will be making available for download the new GTA IV expansion pack called “Lost and Damned”. The pack follows the story of Johnny Klebitz, a member of the Liberty City bike gang “The Lost” who’s fresh outta rehab and looking to cause a ruckus. Check out the trailer here. Lost & Damned is the first of 2 new stories announced for the franchise, the second being Chinatown Wars for the DS. What makes this interesting is not just that this is an XBOX-exclusive release, but…

YouTube for Television released for PS3 and Wii, sort of

January 30, 2009March 12, 2009 Danny X PS3, streaming, Wii, YouTube9 Comments

If you’re like me, the only exercise you often get on a Saturday afternoon is when you take a break from playing video games to walk into the next room where your computer lives and check out some videos on the Interwebz. Now, if you have either a PS3 or a Wii, YouTube has effectively robbed you of that 15 seconds of pure raw cardio by quietly offering up Youtube for Television, currently in Beta and advertised as only available for the aforementioned systems. Technically, the phrase “only available for…

Climatology of a Cultural Ice Age, core sample #1

January 10, 2009January 10, 2009 Paul L 8 Comments

An eBook ‘digital rights management’ provider suddenly decides to ‘manage’ all the books it has ever sold through a popular eBook site into deep freeze, consigning all that distributed literature to the digital dustbin in a single blow. A developer attempts (and fails) a 100-day protest just to get permission to release a game he has been designing for years, on the Nintendo Wii. A physical crafts artist begins firing up a lynch mob to take down and destroy the widely sourced collage art of digital remixers. Apple escalates its…

This Is NOT A Top Five Games List

January 5, 2009April 17, 2009 Doug Groves 20 Comments

Consider this a “I have some gift cards left over and want to get some games” post. Since GTA4 stormed the charts earlier in the year, I left that of the list, though it’s worth mentioning off the top. This is mainly for the games I’ve been playing lately, and think everyone should try, regardless of what system they’re playing on. It should be noted that I don’t mention any PS3 exclusives, because it’s the only console I haven’t played anything on this past year. I don’t HATE-hate the PS3,…

An rgbFilter Review: Playstation 3’s Wireless Keypad

December 30, 2008July 9, 2009 Danny X PS3, review2 Comments

It’s no secret that communicating via text chat during online play is an integral part of gaming, and that the hunt & peck method of text inputting is a massive pain in the ass. You COULD use a USB keyboard, but playing online with a full-sized QWERTY on your lap the whole time is impractical, at best. Microsoft recognized the need for a text input device back in May ’07 and gave us the 360 Chatpad, effectively solving all our online chatting needs. Never one to admit its been outdone,…