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The art of The Journalism Show: Episode 03

Here are some pictures you can look at if you want. This month's episode of The Journalism Show was based on Half-Life 2: Episode 2, and is the first one presented in the show's intended format....

The Journalism Show: Episode 03

Here is a thing you can watch if you want. The timing is a little weird at the very beginning because it converted that way this time for some reason. Sorry. (If our player's sound isn't working...

READY TO FRIDAY: Baby monkeys

What's better than a video of monkeys in an onsen? If you said a steak dinner and a BJ, you are correct. But another thing that is also better is a video of BABY monkeys in an onsen. The lovely ...

READY TO FRIDAY: Monkeys

Recently, Adam Dork got a fancypants new HD camcorder. Even more recently, Adam took a trip to Japan. Fate has brought these two facts together to coalesce into the kind of thing that only cosmic...

And your US DeathSmiles publisher is ...

California-based company Aksys Games is the bringer-outer of fine titles like BlazBlue and Record of Agarest War. The publisher announced today on its Web site that it will be handling the North ...

The making of The Journalism Show: Episode 02

Since a lot of you seemed to like this month's episode of The Journalism Show, I thought I'd steal Ashley's idea and share a closer look at some of the artwork from it with you. I want to thank e...

DeathSmiles gets a surprise US release?

According to Siliconera, yes. And if you just clicked that link and found it dead, you can either take that as confirmation that someone let the cat out of the bag, or that this is some kind of m...

The Journalism Show: Episode 02

Here's a thing you can watch if you want. This month's episode was made for the Podtoid fans out there, and features appearences by our very own Anthony Burch and Brad Nicholson. And, in a somew...

Podtoid 133: I use lettuce

Sorry this is kinda late. You can blame Anthony, since it's largely his fault and he won't care if you do anyway. Podtoid 133 is a thing we did, which Brad Nicholson hosted, Adam Dork edited, and...

What you missed at MAGfest 8

Or alternately, Why MAGfest is Blatantly Better Than PAX. The 8th annual Music and Gaming Festival wrapped up this week, and while some of us have still not fully recovered, I thought I'd give yo...

READY TO FRIDAY, ready to 2010, ready to MAGfest

We now have direct confirmation of a disruptor in our midst; one who has acquired an almost messianic reputation in the minds of certain citizens. His figure is synonymous with the darkest urges ...

MAGfest 8 kicks off Thursday with epic New Year's bash

As you may (should) know by now, MAGfest 8 is this weekend. The 8th annual Music and Gaming festival starts rocking Alexandria, Virginia on January 1st, with 4 days of non-stop gaming and live mu...

The Journalism Show: Episode 01

Here it is. After two weeks of demystifying a program I've never used before, followed by a two-day fistfight trying to convert the video, I am proud, thrilled, horrified, ashamed and (insert a ...

READY TO FRIDAY: The Beedog cometh

Is it FRIDAY already? That's madness. The past week has gone by pretty fast for me. As you may or may not know, I started work on a silly little cartoon featuring Senor Beedog, and that's pretty ...

READY TO FRIDAY

Something weird is going on. As you may or may not be aware, the Large Hadron Collider is now fully operational. That's great news for us science nerds, but ever since that bastard went online, a...

Konami bringing new original rhythm game to DS

Granddaddies of the genre itself, Konami is set to bring a new and original rhythm game to the DS, titled Utacchi. The name is a mashup of the Japanese word for song, "uta," and the distinctly le...

Radirgy sequel Noir headed for Wii

Online retailer Gamestar has published a Wii pre-order list, and making a surprise appearence on that list is Radirgy: Noir -- the sequel to Milestone's terribly underrated cel-shaded shmup, Radi...

The Daily Hotness: Top fiddy kickoff

HELLO EBRYNYAN. Today, Chad lit the fires on our big ol' fat list of the top 50 videogames of the decade. It was like a nice picnic where everyone held hands and ate macaroni salad together and a...

The Weekend Hotness: Tryptophan

Straight outta Compton. This weekend, some silly goose put out a trailer that had a couple of doofuses hitting each other with trash bags and called it the King of Fighters movie by mistake. I'm ...

READY TO FRIDAY

So much food ... YES. Anyway. Wouldn't you know it, the day I start talking a lot of smack about the Large Hadron Collider, they've got that f*cker up and running by the end of the night. And it ...

SSFIV update: New character profiles and info

This week's Friday update to the official Super Street Fighter IV website features a new trailer, (which we've already shown you), and gives the recently revealed new characters their own profile...

Maximo creator's concept art vindicates your childhood

If you're anything like me or Chad, you probably remember drawing your own videogame levels when you should have been paying attention in math class. We all did it, and dreamed of someday becomin...

Hot new SSFIV trailer shows Guy, Cody and Adon in action

As you've no doubt heard by now, Cody, Guy and Adon are the latest official additions to the Super Street Fighter IV roster. We got a peek at Famitsu's reveal yesterday, and now IGN has gotten t...

Podtoid 126: Oscar Mike

Ladies and gentlemen, Podtoid 126 has occurred. Anthony was absent again, but the rest of the regular crew was present, and Brad Nicholson filled the void with his muscles. This week, we talked a...

Roman Dirge hard at work on Vampire Puff Puff for iPhone

If you've never heard of Roman Dirge, you're about to. He's the creator of the brilliant comic book series, Lenore. Roman has been delighting the masses with his brand of spooky cuteness for year...

Podtoid 126 records tonight: Butts, butts, butts

TONIGHT. There will be Podtoid. This week, we'll likely be discussing our top ten favorite games of all time, as inspired by Nick's post over here. This was suggested by Brad Nicholson, who will ...

SSFIV: Famitsu reveals Adon, Cody, Guy (and Ibuki)

As Nakky promised over on the official Super Street Fighter IV dev blog last week, the new issue of Famitsu carries within it some hot new character reveals for SSFIV. Officially joining the rost...

Timeless chick-magnet Guitar Hero tattoo

Seeing tattoos like this makes me wonder if there's some user-friendly shortcut filter in Photoshop I'm not aware of, whereby people can make vector images look like actual tattoos with minimal e...

SSFIV update: New character to be revealed next week?

This week's update comes courtesy of Nakky's blog over at the official Super Street Fighter IV website, and teases some big news on the way. Nakky has a screencap of Chun-Li being treated unkindl...

READY TO FRIDAY

You might not have heard, but they had to shut down operations at the Large Hadron Collider again. I didn't mention this when it happened a couple weeks ago because it was Nick's birthday and tha...

The Daily Hotness: It's not unusual

Carlton, ladies and gentlemen. That's what I'm talkin' about. Hamza's still off looking at moose, so you're stuck with me again. But that's okay, because I talked to Jim earlier, who's finally go...

DSi LL got a big ol' butt, spotted in the wild

With the DSi LL set to be released in Japan this Saturday, display units have started popping up here and there to help Nintendo promote it. Anoop over at Andriasang got to peep some at the Bic C...

X-play gives us a peek at SSFIV's new India stage

G4's Adam Sessler recently sat down for a chat with Seth Killian of Capcom about Super Street Fighter IV. During their interview, they've given us a look at one of the game's new stages, India. Y...

Brad Pitt x Capcom to unleash Dark Void film franchise

Capcom has just announced that it's come to terms with Plan B Entertainment on the rights to a film based on its upcoming game, Dark Void. Plan B Entertainment apparently being Brad Pitt's own pr...

North America gets some sweet new Mega Man merch

Capcom has been working with FAB Starpoint on some new Mega Man merchandise so those of us in North America don't have to be so jealous of all the cool stuff they always get in Japan. Kramez over...

The Daily Hotness: Hamza's in Canada

Hi. It's me. I'll be bringing you tonight's recap because Hamza went to Canada for some reason. Maybe to see a moose. It was probably to see some game, but I'm going to pretend it was a moose bec...

Svensson: SSFIV's character roster has long been decided

The good folks over at EventHubs have a post up discussing SSFIV's character roster, and according to Capcom's Christian Svensson, the lineup was already decided upon some time ago. When asked on...

Podtoid 125: Let my people go

Senor Perrito del Burrito says: Podtoid 125 has happened. It's informative. It's offensive. It's got lots of talking. This week, Aaron Linde hosted as Jim, Samit and I also said things. It was pr...

Namco Bandai trademarks Ridge Racer Accelerated in Japan

Ever vigilant in that department, Siliconera has unearthed another Japanese trademark, this time from Namco Bandai. It seems the company has registered something called Ridge Racer Accelerated, a...

Monster Hunter pillow: buy 1, get 1000 nightmares free

Uh ... yeah, I don't know about that. Look, I like Monster Hunter and everything, and I'm all for merchandising the hell out of it. Some of that stuff is pretty dope. This pillow based on the gam...

Forza 3 gets new DLC packs: Free and not so free

Developer Turn 10 has just announced two new content packs for Forza Motorsport 3, the first being a free Hyundai Genesis Coupe car pack. This one is available on XBL now to Gold members, free of...

Podtoid 125 records tonight: Butts, butts, butts

Senor Perrito del Burrito says: Anthony and Jim are not here this week. As such, tonight's episode of Podtoid will be hosted by one Aaron Linde, Esq. instead. Joining him will be Dr. Samit Sarkar...

Super Street Fighter IV's new Replay Mode detailed

Imagine SFIV producer Yoshinori Ono in a bathrobe, drink in hand, watching SSFIV replays. That somewhat ridiculous image is apparently the inspiration behind Super Street Fighter IV's new Replay ...

Vert shmup Symphony generates enemies from your music

Now this is awesome. Empty Clip Studios is hard at work on a new vertically scrolling shooter called Symphony, which creates enemy patterns based on waveforms generated by whatever music you hav...

Final Fantasy XIII release date set (Update)

Here it is, folks. Ready? Final Fantasy XIII will be released in North America AND Europe on March 9th, 2010. This comes a short three months after the Japanese release date, which is somewhat s...

READY TO FRIDAY: Forza 3 is consuming me

So I've been playing Forza 3 this week. I keep trying to NOT play Forza 3, but I can't. It won't let me. I keep turning off the Xbox and walking away to do something else, and ten minutes later I...

Trailer for SSFIV's new modes, now in English

If you missed it yesterday, the addition of bonus stages and new online modes have been announced for Super Street Fighter IV. We got a peek at a new trailer that showcases some of this hotness ...

READY TO FRIDAY

What up. Did you guys know it's Nick Chester's birthday today? He's 31, which is a whole year older than me, and I do my best to make sure he never forgets that. Which would work a lot better if ...

SSFIV update: Bonus stages and new online modes detailed

Capcom's official Super Street Fighter IV website has just been updated today, and it was a relatively big one. First off, the character page now details Chun-Li, Crimson Viper and Cammy, with ch...

Toro gets evicted, new app to replace Mainichi Issho

[As originally seen on Japanator] This is the worst news I have ever had to report. For three years, SCEJ's Mainichi Issho has been a free app for the PS3, and as far as I'm concerned, one of the...

KOF XII for 360 finally gets its patch, online fixes

Well it's about time. The Xbox 360 version of King of Fighters XII has finally been patched to fix its various online troubles and stability issues. Its PS3 counterpart was issued some time ago, ...

Forza 3 player isn't banned for breast cancer sticker

We received a few tips this afternoon, pointing to a Forzamotorsport.net forum post, in which user Slim135 says he was banned for a Breast Cancer Awareness bumper sticker as part of his custom li...

MvC2 patch goes live today, Cable stops his nonsense

Capcom is releasing a patch today for both the XBLA and PSN versions of Marvel Vs Capcom 2. It includes several console-specific fixes to improve stability, as well as a few universal changes. Pe...

READY TO FRIDAY: Yay Halloween!

You should've seen that before I cropped it. Better yet, you should've seen the one Nick wouldn't let me use. Anyway, HALLOWEEN. My favorite holiday is finally here. So many awesome things rolled...

SSFIV dev blog tells us all about Juri

Since she was announced, many of us have been wondering how Juri will play in the upcoming Super Street Fighter IV. Those of you who made it out to Capcom's Fight Club event in NYC may have seen ...

Kojima issues followup post on Zone of the Enders 3

In response to all the resounding hoorays and hurrahs after his promise of a Zone of the Enders sequel last week, Hideo Kojima has issued a followup post over at his blog. He says:"The react...

Here, have a buttload of Darius Burst PSP screens

Good morning! What's the best thing to wake up to on a day like today? If you said "bacon and coffee," you are WRONG. The answer is actually these screenshots for Darius Burst on PSP. Alright, so...

Importing FTW: Bayonetta PS3 is region-free, in English

If you're anything like Jim, you can't wait for Bayonetta to come out. Well, guess what? You don't have to. Siliconera has confirmed that the Japanese PS3 version, at least, is not only region-fr...

Check out the official box art for Tatsunoko Vs Capcom

There it is, folks, in the gallery below. The final, official box art for Tatsunoko Vs Capcom. Is it everything you'd hoped it would be? Works for me, I'd say. It's got Frank West on it, after al...

Sony: 3D Dot Game Heroes 'DEFINITELY' coming to NA

Fresh from the official PlayStation Twitter, it appears 3D Dot Game Heroes is definitely coming to North America. How do we know this? Well, because the tweet says:"No need to import - 3D Do...

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Analyzing No More Heroes 2, part 2: The bosses, part 2

Destructoid interview: The music of BioShock 2

Indie games don't have to act like indie games

The art of The Journalism Show: Episode 03

Analyzing No More Heroes 2, part 1: The bosses

Ten things I didn't love about Final Fantasy XIII

Wah wah wah Sonic the Hedgehog 4!

Ten things I loved about Final Fantasy XIII

Rev Rant: Paragon/Renegade

Counterpoint: Mass Effect 2

The ugly truth: I may not be good at videogames

Is Heavy Rain doing videogames a disservice?

iPad: Likely to change gaming, just not yours

Rev Rant: the Wrex Paradox

The best indie games of '09 (that I forgot to mention)

Beyond Dead Space: Sledgehammer Games

How Darksiders is blatantly better than Zelda

The making of The Journalism Show: Episode 02

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