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  Kinect Looks Like This In A Japanese Living Room

  There has been concern that the Microsoft’s motion controller Kinect could require a significant amount of space — more space than the average Japanese living room has. Microsoft, however, has refuted these claims. “We know that living rooms come in all shapes and sizes,” Microsoft told Kotaku back in March, “and have conducted numerous play…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 6, 2010
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  Team Fortress 2’s Engineer Now Dispensing Frontier Justice

  The Engineer update in Team Fortress 2 continues. As promised, with the first 25 golden wrenches unlocked by players, a new weapon for the support class player has been unveiled by developers Valve. It’s a new shotgun called “Frontier Justice”, which trades magazine size and random critical hits for ties to the Engineer’s turrets; as…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 6, 2010
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  Cross-Dressing Shmup Kick Boxer Gets New Threads

  When kick boxer Yuichiro “Jienotsu” Nagashima dresses up, he likes to dress up as girls from bullet hell shooter Touhou Project. In his most recent bout, he wore something very different. Before we get to that, here is Nagashima a couple days before the bout. He was photographed with all the other fighters. Can you…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 6, 2010
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  The Worst Experience Of Shaun White’s Life? A Video Game

  Shaun White and his ginger locks may be world famous millionaires, but life isn’t all smooth sailing for the snow/skateboarder. He was once in a video game. And it was the worst experience of his life. “That was terrible. It was the worst experience of my life, cause I was so excited, I’m like 13,…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 6, 2010
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  Microsoft Gets A Slight Name Change In Japan

  It’s not a drastic change, so don’t freak out. In The Land of the Rising Sun, the current and official name of Microsoft is “Microsoft Co., Ltd.” That doesn’t sound very Japanese. On February 1, 2011, the company will change its name to “Microsoft Japan Co., Ltd.” According to Yasuyuki Higuchi, president of Microsoft Co.,…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 6, 2010
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  Korean Gamers Are Faster Than A Speeding Bullet

  Do you think you could beat a pro-gamer from Korea at Starcraft or Warcraft? You can’t. You won’t. You don’t have a chance in hell This clip is from the excellent documentary The Hax Life, which takes a look at some pro gamers competing in the Korean capital, Seoul. It’s at times touching, at times…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 6, 2010
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  What Move Games Will Japan Get Later This Year?

  On October 21, the PlayStation Move will hit Japanese retail. That’s not all as there will be Move games as well. Sony Computer Entertainment has released a list of those games. The following titles will be available starting October 21: EyePet (¥3,980 or US$45), Sports Champion (¥3,980 or 3,980 or $45), Beat Sketch! (¥2,980 or…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 6, 2010
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  The Best Games Of 2010 So Far (According To Review Scores)

  These aren’t the games we think are the best of 2010. They’re the games that a system designed to track scored review averages thinks are the best of 2010. Metacritic, a site that aggregates review scores from major media outlets, has posted 2010’s half-yearly report card, revealing the highest-ranked titles across each platform. It’s been…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 6, 2010
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  A Week In Comments

  Why Shooting Down Cat-Callers Isn’t as Satisfying As You’d Think Comment by: PunkyChipsAhoy Nominated by: Gord-a-tron There was once a bus of a high school team of something full of girls [I’m guessing Volleyball] and I remember the thing perfectly because a gigantic school bus parked right next to me as I was filling my…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 6, 2010
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  PS3 Slim Goes White, HDD Increases To 320GB

  There are new versions of the PlayStation 3 coming, with new hard drive sizes and new colours. And as is custom, they’re hitting Japan first. First things first: in Japan, the PS3 will cease to be made available in 120GB and 250GB sizes, and instead come in 160GB and 320GB versions. These new models will…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 6, 2010
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  Get A 3DS Preview With Old Nintendo Games In 3D

  If you have a pair of 3D glasses in the house, go get ’em, then settle in and see what it’ll look like when Nintendo starts to raid its back catalogue and re-release old classics on the 3DS. This is Mario 64 and Starfox in 3D. Well, it will be when you click on the…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 6, 2010
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  Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth Cravings Before Twisted Metal’s Return

  Irrationally excited for the return of Twisted Metal to the PlayStation? The PS3 sequel won’t be out until some time in 2011, but United Front Games’ ModNation Racers is going to make the wait slightly easier. Mr. Tooth will be joining the list of paid and fully authorized racers in the “Play. Create. Share.” PS3…

  By Michael McWhertor Published July 5, 2010
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  The Great Hogtie Massacre Of 1911

  There’s an achievement in Red Dead Redemption for tying a woman to the traintracks, ala old silent films. There isn’t one for tying 19 people to the tracks. That didn’t stop this enterprising player from performing the feat, though, finding a spot where train tracks pass close to a busy road then getting busy with…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 5, 2010
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  Where Do You Go After Rock Band 3?

  Somewhere else, that’s where. Rock Band 3 lead designer Dan Teasdale is leaving Rock Band developer Harmonix. In his blog, he states why. “Working on something like Rock Band basically allows you to auto-complete most of the achievements on your life list,” he blogged late last week. “‘Make a game with unique controllers’, ‘Make a…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 5, 2010
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  Now You Really Can Drink Like A Murloc

  Drink mead, World of Warcraft fans? If you don’t, you may want to start, then start drinking from one of these. It’s a new entry in Taverncraft’s line of steins and tankards (they’ve done Warhammer Online ones previously), and rather than go the dignified route and emblazon it with heraldry and heroic deeds, they’ve slapped…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 5, 2010
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  Wow! World of Warcraft Fireworks

  The “behemoth”, eh? As seen by reader Ray

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 5, 2010
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  Team Fortress 2 Engineer Update Day One: Let Those Golden Wrenches Fly

  It’s Engineer Update Day One, and twenty-five lucky Team Fortress 2 Engineers have already found themselves on the receiving end of the fabled Golden Wrench, forever enshrined in the Official Wrench Log. Only seventy-five remain. Do you have the golden touch? Now I have to be honest here: I’ve not been following the lead-up to…

  By Mike Fahey Published July 5, 2010
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  We’re Huge in the UK

  As seen in the UK’s Sunday Times. [Thanks Paul]

  By Brian Crecente Published July 5, 2010
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  You Can Get The New 360 In Colors Other Than Black

  If you’re willing to pay a little extra, that is. Sensing correctly that there are some prospective purchasers of the Xbox 360 S not happy with its glossy black colour scheme, custom electronics firm Colorware are reminding the world that you can get a new 360 in its “classic” shade of white. Or blue. Or…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 5, 2010
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  All the FarmVille You Can Eat

  Uber popular real-time farming sim FarmVille has players grow their own fruits and vegetables. That’s a game. In real life, people buy crap from convenience stores. As previously mentioned, FarmVille has a cross-promotion at convenience store chain 7-Eleven with FarmVille branded snacks. The cross-promotion also features in-game FarmVille items that include a sandwich cart, a…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 5, 2010