A Jay And Silent Bob game? Thats the spectacular wish of Clerks II/Dogma creator Kevin Smith – though he wont be taking direct control. “Im not really good enough to pull it off,” he claims. “Games is one field in which I like to be entertained, rather than try to be entertaining.” Smith admits hed be happy to write the back story, but would leave the level design to the experts. “When it comes to levels and bosses and stuff like that, Im not so good.”
SCi (and Eidos) have acquired the rights to 11 Warner Brothers franchises, including Looney Tunes, Hanna Barbera and (prepare to be excited or horrified) the recently canceled Fox TV show The OC in a deal worth upwards of $80 million. Looney Tunes characters include Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Road Runner and Speedy Gonzales. The OC on the other hand features Mischa Barton and the other fit one. All games are scheduled for PSP. Hanna Barberas Tom and Jerry, the Flintstones and Yogi Bear are also
Remember when politicians were oblivious to the depths of gaming culture? Those days are long gone.
Last October, Congress began investigating virtual worlds to determine how the in-game earnings of those who play might be taxable. Although not always officially sanctioned by the developers, players have been converting in-game currencies and goods to real life wealth since the early days of Ultima Online, with Second Life real estate mogul Anshe Chung claiming last year to have earned more
New legislation has been proposed in Germany that would make it a crime to commit “cruel violence on humans or human-looking characters” in games.
The move comes in response to a school shooting in November: 18-year-old Sebastian Bosse wounded 37 people before taking his own life. The shooting has drawn comparisons to another in 2002 where a German student shot and killed 16 people. In both cases the perpetrator was a Counter-Strike
Let the haters and the old ladies complain about how those newfangled video computer games teach us to be killers; we've always taken the view that violent games are a pressure valve for blowing off steam in a harmless way. Don't believe it? Play something fierce and bloody the next time you're in a really bad mood, and then try telling us you didn't feel better afterward.
But why stop there? If games can keep you from climbing a clock tower and expressing your inner pain in the form of
The editors of Official Xbox Magazine want to show you their privates... well, one of them does. Actually you might have already seen the hallowed groin of Senior Editor Dan Amrich if you recently played Uno on Xbox Live. He shoved it all up in the Vision Camera for you. Although he says this was an experiment for an article he was writing titled "How to Get Kicked Off Xbox Live," we have our doubts. He also performed unsavory acts with a microphone and turned Mortal Kombat opponents into
A video posted on YouTube titled Moral Kombat is set to become a controversial forum topic - a trailer for the first full-length film documentary to tackle the videogame violence debate head-on, featuring none other than game-obsessed lawyer Jack Thompson, among others.
According to the film's maker, Spencer Halpin (quoted on the Apple Pro/Video website), his aim is to show that "consumers need access to information about the content of games so they can make their own decisions about what to
Every game site, magazine, blog, and TV show in the universe does some sort of end-of-year wrap-up. It's a chance to look back and remember the triumphs, and sometimes tragedies, of the last twelve months, tie it all up with a neat, little bow, and give it one more little smooch before shoving it under the bed and screaming for something new, which you can then say isn't nearly as good as the old, classic stuff.
Anyhow, these lists are typically top tens, maybe twenties. But our companion site
It's the end of another great year for gamers. Two new systems launched. Two handhelds waged bloody battle. And next gen gaming got a big kick in the pants - thanks to a year of lonely rule by the Xbox 360. PC gaming fought fire with nukes, waging its battle against the console-based onslaught. In short, it ruled.
How do we handle this? We're handing out our gleaming Platinum Chalice to those games and systems which gave us the business. No boring list of 37 different strategy games, divided
Before you get all pissy about having to read another top ten list and ranting about how they're always subjective on our forums, we ask that you take a peek at this one. Our good friends over at Next Generation have compiled the top ten “Gaffes and Blunders of 2006.” Having to read why one editor may love Zelda over Okami may get your eyes rolling, but reading a list of screw-ups, no matter what the industry, makes us laugh. Relive Jack Thompson acting all crazy, remember the
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