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Jackass Q&A (Jackass)

7/08/2007

Aaron Rigby, producer on the upcoming Jackass game, has given a short Q&A that touches on what we can expect from the PS2 and PSP bone-breaker. Where did the inspiration come from for the game? Aaron Rigby: The original series was the biggest inspiration. It was just crazy and creative. The way the Jackass crew had the show set up gave us the opportunity to draw from a huge amount of stunts. Is the game based in actual sketches or are they completely new? Rigby: Nearly every stunt is ...

E3 09: GamesRadar's E3 2009 awards (Jak & Daxter: The Lost Frontier)

5/06/2009

E3 2009 was a monster. A huge, massive, face-eating beerdemon that erased the agonizing memory of 2008’s meager, emaciated E3 from our minds with a flood of great-looking games, earth-shattering announcements, and a few quizzical oddities we never want to speak of again. After this, we mean, because some things are so good, bad, or just bewildering that you just have to tell people about them. ...

The games that shaped a generation: PS2 (Jak & Daxter)

22/03/2007

25. Kingdom Hearts Squaresoft | Squaresoft | 2002 A third-person action game with light RPG elements added - and which happened to merge the Disney and Square universes in an utterly captivating way What made it so great? Kingdom Hearts is what happens when you give classic, universally loved characters to the best RPG storytellers in the business and ask them, "could you maybe fancy this up and make one of those video games with 'em?" It sounded ludicrous at first - Donald Duck as a wizard, ...

A brief history of missile rides (Jak III)

19/08/2009

Since time immemorial, mankind has gazed upon missiles and secretly thought, “Hey, that’d be fun to ride.” For whatever perverse reason, the idea of straddling or surfing on what amounts to a blazing rocket engine packed with deadly explosives is wildly fascinating to just about everyone, particularly if someone else does it. ...

Mind-blowingly underwhelming celebrity performances (James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing)

8/10/2009

They actually got paid for that crap, you know ...

The absolute WORST water levels (Jaws Unleashed)

7/10/2009

You know that friend nobody likes? The one that keeps showing up because no one’s told him to buzz off? That’s what water levels are to videogames. Upon arrival, they kill the mood and alienate anyone who was on the fence about staying or leaving. In short, they tend to ruin the entire flow of a game that’s otherwise just fine, and very few titles have been able to do liquid environments right. ...

TalkRadar 63 - Hardcore Aquatica (Jaws Unleashed)

7/08/2009

Topics this week:

The Top 7… Deadliest Shark Attacks - That fella bellow is possibly experiencing his first case of broken balls.

How to use your GameShark for good - not evil - Tyler shows you how to employ the late, great relic of forgotten cheats.

The 9 most ridiculous things in Jaws Unleashed - If Shark Week doesn’t keep moving, it dies! Thus, Mikel fired up this legendarily bad game in a selfless feat of stunt journalism.

And more! ...

The 9 most ridiculous things in Jaws Unleashed (Jaws Unleashed)

6/08/2009

Of all the games that have passed through our hands here at GamesRadar, few have left us as conflicted as Jaws Unleashed. Released in 2006 to a near-unanimous chorus of jeers and boos, Jaws Unleashed was the first and so far only game to cast players as a giant shark who could freely wander around finding contrived reasons to chew on people. ...

10 movie tie-ins that nobody wanted (Jaws Unleashed)

22/07/2009

Everyone expects certain movies to receive the video game treatment. It's pretty much law, for example, that all kid films and superhero flicks are converted for the purposes of gaming entertainment. But sometimes a movie tie-in that absolutely nobody was waiting for comes out of nowhere and surprises us all. They're the games based on the movies that really have no business ever being made into a game. Here are 10 such examples of misfiring ...

Jaws' best worst moments (Jaws Unleashed)

9/06/2006

Here's a little secret for you: we, the editors of GamesRadar, love Jaws Unleashed. Not because it's a particularly well-designed game, which it isn't. No, we love it because of its rich potential for gruesome aquatic stupidity. We love it because it's so over-the-top that what would otherwise be cruel becomes hilarious. We love it because a shark fires missiles. And we've decided to share some of our favorite moments with you in two spankin' new videos. The first video, titled "Jumping the ...

All the Write Moves (Judge Dredd: Dredd Vs Death)

20/07/2007

In 1983 you, like us, would have played a Commodore 64. It was also the year you could have picked up a copy of 2000AD in the UK, to read it for Skizz written by a young Alan Moore. Twenty-five years later, the worlds of comics and games have definitively separated in terms of experience - so why do we see so many of our favorite comic creator names appearing in the credits of certain games? Rebellion bought 2000AD and Judge Dredd Magazine, Top Cow is half-owned by Eidos and Rockstars marketers ...

Sex sells! (Juiced)

18/10/2007

Oct 18, 2007 According to the Entertainment Software Association's 2006 report, 38 percent of gamers are females. These numbers are down from 2005, when the fairer sex reportedly accounted for 43 percent of the pie. It seems that gaming continues to be a mostly male affair, so what's the best way to penetrate this demographic? Judging by the sex-filled ads we've seen over the years, it looks like the best way to a young man's wallet has - and always will be - through his pants. Read on and ...

The Top 7... Games you don't want for Christmas (Jumper: Griffin's Story)

15/12/2008

On December 26th, the healing process can finally begin. Many will make their yearly pilgrimage to crowded malls in order to return all the unwanted presents they politely pretended to like the day before. Garbage cans will overflow with ravaged wrapping paper. Thoughts will turn towards the inevitable packing away of oversized Santa Clauses, gaudy strings of lights, and wilting Douglas firs. ...

Games that looked good on paper (Just Cause)

27/02/2009

In all honesty, some games would be better off left on the whiteboard at the design meeting. Whether they're too ambitious, too expensive or simply too good to be true, we're frequently led to imagine great things only to have our expectations dashed when the game finally arrives. How could these games be so good on paper yet underwhelm so spectacularly? Let's take a look... ...

Battle of the GTA clones (Just Cause)

27/03/2007

The funny thing about inventing a genre of videogames is that, until it becomes completely played out, every game that emulates your formula is going to be attached to your name. Games that feature a wide-open, freely explorable world, for example, will have a hard time avoiding the label of "Grand Theft Auto clone," especially if their worlds are littered with vehicles to steal and drive. In the six years since Grand Theft Auto III, a slew of games have tried to become "the next GTA," but so ...

Marvel vs. DC: the games (Justice League Heroes)

28/10/2006

Are you a comic-book fanboy and a hardcore videogamer? Did you mark out when Zatanna chanted, "Namtab Pots!" before she wiped Batman's memory? Do you wish Zatanna erased the woeful Spider-Man clone saga from your memory? Have you ever screamed, "Hulk Smash!!!" while breaking down some cardboard boxes? If you've answered yes to any - or all - of these questions, then this is a great time to be you, because there are two superhero action RPGs vying for your time and dollars. In one corner ...

Justice League Heroes - Super Moves - Part One (Justice League Heroes)

12/10/2006

Regardless of your upbringing, financial situation or age, there's at least one pop culture war that you've chosen an unflinching side on. Coke or Pepsi? GI Joe or Transformers? Marvel or DC? The latter rivalry has almost lasted 80 years, gaining more steam as the decades go by. Now we've got the two comic companies fighting it out in movie theaters, toy aisles and even across every gaming console on the planet. X-Men Legends is the superhero RPG by which all others are judged, so when ...

Justice League Heroes - Super Moves - Part Two (Justice League Heroes)

12/10/2006

Yesterday we peered into the extraordinary powers of Superman, Batman and the Flash - today we're shacking up with a backwards-talking magician and three other marquee members of the Justice League. Their combined abilities should be more than a match for any villains action RPG Justice League Heroes throws your way when it's released next ...