PAX 08: Red vs. Blue goes animated
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Filed under: News, Halo 3 Earlier yesterday, the Rooster Teeth crew held a rather interesting reveal, unveiling their latest Red vs. Blue project and it has gone animated. Yup, RvB has moved on from its machinima roots and jumped into the world of Japanese anime complete with vivid imagery and pretty colors. It’s still the [...]
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PAX 2008: Halo 3 Mythic? What’s Halo 3 Mythic? [update]
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Filed under: News, Halo 3 Update: According to Joystiq, Bungie’s Brian Jarrard explained that the Mythic picture was taken prior to the PAX kickoff and wasn’t meant for public consumption. Jarrad then made it clear that the Mythic screen is “really not that exciting” and has “gotten kind of blown out of proportion.” We attempted [...]
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LittleBigPlanet bundle at French retailer, Sackboy trailer, Chinese version
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Filed under: News According to French electronics retailer fnac, the above is the 80GB LittleBigPlanet bundle. If they are to be believed, the bundle will include the new 80GB PS3, one Dual Shock 3 controller and a copy of LittleBigPlanet. All of this can be yours for 399.99 €. The box art looks awesome — [...]
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Resistance 2 Collector’s Edition details appear on Amazon
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Filed under: News So you’ve probably already voted for your favorite Resistance 2 Collector’s Edition boxart (if not, you’ve probably missed the boat), but until now we’ve had no idea what the CE will actually contain. Enter, Amazon.com, stage left. If these details are to be believed (and they’re a little too specific to be [...]
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SOCOM public beta slightly delayed
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Filed under: PlayStation Network While many (including ourselves) were excited for the launch of the public beta come September 1st, news on the official SOCOM site tells us that the public beta has been delayed (again). Thankfully, the wait isn’t too long: the public beta will now be available on September 5th, with Qore purchasers [...]
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Ask PS3 Fanboy: Backlog edition [Volume 7]
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Filed under: Community Yeah, backlog. We didn’t think we’d amass such an amount of mail in such little time. It’s great really; we love it. Keep sending in more, but also consider that it will be awhile before you get your questions answered. We’ve still got sacks full of mail to go through (some even [...]
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Rock Band PAX Pack DLC brings charity
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Filed under: News This week’s Rock Band DLC is a philanthropic one — all the money from the tracks will be going to the Child’s Play charity. The PAX Pack will contain the following songs: “Skullcrusher Mountain” — Jonathan Coulton “Livin’ on the Corner of Dude and Catastrophe” — MC Frontalot “Shhh….” — Darkest of [...]
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Official list of Gears of War 2 achievements
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Filed under: News, Gears of War 2 We were teased with a leaked list of Gears of War 2 achievements the other day, but were quick to learn that said leaked list wasn’t complete or 100% accurate. Now, thanks to IGN, we’ve been graced with the official list of all 45 achievements as well a [...]
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Philosony: Yea, though I walk through the uncanny valley…
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Filed under: Rants I wrote a few weeks back about the uncanny valley and Hideo Kojima’s possibly telling observation that war machines of the future may exploit the creepiness of robotic simulations to instill fear in their prey. I want to turn my attention now to a discussion of the valley as it applies more [...]
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PAX 2008: Halo 3 Mythic? What’s Halo 3 Mythic?
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Filed under: News, Halo 3 As we jet off to our next PAX appointment we thought we’d inform you about the latest and most interesting Halo 3 news bit to come from the PAX show floor that’s fourteen times more exciting than Assembly. It’s something called Halo 3 Mythic with a multiplayer only menu, version [...]
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