You may have heard how some of the voice actors from GTA IV don’t feel they were compensated well enough for their work, most prominently Michael Hollick, the voice of Niko. Well, the voice of Roman, Jason Zumwalt, feels the same way; but he’s not sitting around doing nothing about it.
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Saturday, May 24, 2008
GTA IV's Roman is Looking for Work
Penny Arcade PC Demo has arrived
Download the demo version of Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness.
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Microsoft: No spring dashboard update for 360
Microsoft announced this afternoon that there would be no spring dashboard update for the Xbox 360.
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The 11 Most Scorching-Hot Female Gaming Cosplayers
These are without a doubt, some of the finest looking girls dressed up as video game characters. From Tifa to Chun-Li, the SlobsofGaming are paying tribute to the most beautiful cosplay girls in history.
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Pac-Man movie in development. No, seriously.
Producer Steven Paul announced that his production company, Crystal Sky Pictures, has managed to bring in $200 million to help fund five films. These include Castlevania, an unnamed sequel to Hard Boiled (which inspired John Woo's Stranglehold), and a celluloid version of Pac Man.
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Valve's Doug Lombardi: PC Gaming Is Not Dying
What does Valve think of the PC Gaming Alliance? Are they as tired of the PC gaming "problem" as we are? What is at the root of the issue, anyway? Read on for some answers.
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The Science of Spore
In this brand new video, Will Wright talks about all the different sciences involved in the world of Spore.
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MGS4 has '90 minute' cut-scenes
We know the Metal Gear Solid series is famous for its long cut-scenes, but this tops everything! Metal Gear Solid 4, the latest installment in Hideo Kojima's seminal stealth series, has cut-scenes (note the plural) that approach the 90 minutes mark.
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Thursday, May 22, 2008
BioShock Confirmed for PS3! (Holiday 2008 Release Date)
Cue the I-told-you-so's -- the everlasting rumor about last year's Xbox 360 hit BioShock popping up on the PS3 turns out to be true. According to the July issue of EGM, publisher 2K Games has confirmed that the underwater shooter is making the transition to Sony's shores.
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Penny Arcade promotes their game with blog comment flamebait
Instead of using positive review quotes from gaming publications they went with the most ridiculous comments that one hater has been systematically posting on Wired. Dtoid also found out that the guy has been trolling them since 2005 on various sites. Can you imagine his face when he discovers this?
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Revolutionary: Mario Kart Training Wheel
In his latest column, Mike Sylvester details his incredibly cheap DIY solution for making you a better racer with the Wii Wheel, as well as a simple way to get non-gamers in on the action without embarrassing themselves.
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3 Freakish Rubik's Cube Ads [Pics]
These Australian ads for the Rubik's Cube are clever but disturbing.
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Microsoft Explains "Gaywood" Ban
Late last night, we learned the story of Richard Gaywood, the not-so-happy Xbox Live user whose gamertag was banned. Since "RichardGaywood" was both the user's gamertag as well as his legal, honest-to-goodness given name, Kotaku contacted Microsoft to learn the reason behind the ban.
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20 Wii Games Nintendo NEEDS to Make
It's been said that Nintendo has already exhausted their franchises on the Wii and don't really have a lot up their sleeve for the next year or so since Brawl, Mario Kart Wii and other favorites have already made an appearance on the console, but we beg to differ. Join the Slobs as we dish out 20 games we want to see come to the Wii!
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Xbox Live Bans A Guy For Using His Surname In Gamertag
Xbox LIVE has banned gamer Richard Gaywood for using the gamertag "RichardGaywood." According to LIVE, "...the gamertag RichardGaywood is no longer allowed. Please change your gamertag before playing on Xbox LIVE." Here's the kicker: Richard Gaywood is apparently his legal name!
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The Snake game using the lights of an entire building
How did they pull it off?
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Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Worlds most advanced puzzles
Leading logic puzzle supplier Conceptis announces a new website today dedicated to logic puzzle enthusiasts. Promised to be the most advanced puzzle website ever created, conceptispuzzles.com aims to change everything about how we play logic puzzles on the Internet.
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Jack Thompson, GUILTY!
Jack Thompson Guilty on 27 of 31 Misconduct Charges, Says Bar Trial Judge... FL Supreme Court Must Now Rule.
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Gamespot's Hilarious Preview of 'The Incredible Hulk' Game!
I'll probably have more fun reading this hands-on impression written by Brian Ekberg than playing the actual game. Excerpt: "Hulk catch robot foot and not let him stomp Hulk. Then he throw giant robot down and punch him. Hulk do this many times. He also throw taxi cabs at robot eye. That one nice thing about New York City; it easy to get taxi."
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Judge's report in Jack Thompson case: guilty on 27 charges
The Florida legal career of Jack Thompson may be nearing an end as the judge presiding over his trial at the Florida Bar has recommended guilty verdicts be returned on 27 of 31 charges. The State Supreme Court will now decide whether Thompson should be disbarred.
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Tuesday, April 1, 2008
'Call Of Duty 4' End-Credits Song: The Story Behind The Rap
It's a big week for "Call of Duty 4." And it's a big week for songs that play when video game credits roll. So shouldn't it be a big week for Mark Grigsby?
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Super Pii Pii Brothers - ThinkGeek
Games like WarioWare and Raving Rabbids the Wii is no stranger to crazy gameplay mechanics... but it was quite unusual to see the "strap-on" style accessory and peeing action that Pii Pii Brothers provides.
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New Xbox 360 Accessories for Spring
Microsoft is definitely lying about these new 360s and accessories.
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World of Warcraft - Bard Hero Class Announced!
Another Hero class is waiting to be launched in Wrath of the Lich King! The Bard!Heh.... too bad today is April 1st tho
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The Internet -- Life, or Just a Game?
Are Internet games and virtual worlds just an escape, or do they show us what people really want most out of life?
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Kongregate finally releases Kongai
IT'S FINALLY HERE! Thanks to all our beta testers, Kongai is public! Roll 3 opponents to unlock the Reinforced Breastplate card!
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Announcing Kaketaku
Kotaku fills their site with 22 game cake related posts and redubs themselves Kaketaku as an April Fool's joke.
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Confessions of a Grand Theft Auto Virgin
With the impending release of Grand Theft Auto IV, it's time for me to play the series that turned the world on its head. The series is notorious for becoming the media's favorite whipping boy of violent videogames.
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The Most Disgraceful Nuntendo bS
"Game" Paying homage to risqué DS game Duel Love, erotic game maker Clock Up raises the anty with Nuntendo bS "game" Disgrace Academy Principal/Slave Club ~Mind Reading Training Transcript~. The girl mind reading/slave quarters training adventure "game" has players rub and blow in a game system that's reminiscent of
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Me and Wii Fit: One Month Later
All in all, I'm quite impressed with Nintendo's exercise software, especially the Balance Board. Wii Fit is certainly not the first example, even in recent times, of a product that attempts to turn exercise into a videogame. But it's probably the most successful one, and a lot of that is thanks to the controller.
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Pachter: Wii Shortage? Blame The Lousy US Dollar
Wedbush Morgan analyst and Kotaku reader idol Michael Pachter went on record with the Dallas News with his theory on one reason it's still so damn hard to find a Wii. The United States dollar, he's paraphrased as saying, is so limp, that Nintendo is shipping excess consoles to Europe to meet demand t
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World of Warcraft coming to consoles with Molten Core
Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. announces its long-awaited return to console gaming with World of Warcraft: The Molten Core, a spinoff of the 40-person raid dungeon from its award-winning massively multiplayer online role-playing game, World of Warcraft.
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Compulse - Newest Addicting Casual Strategy Game!!
Drop blocks onto the stage to guide the ball. It will save your progress so you may continue later. Simply Amazing. - PlayFlashArcade.com
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New World of Warcraft Hero Class: Bard
After ages spent singing of the heroic exploits of others, the bards of Azeroth are finally stepping into the spotlight on their own terms, proving once and for all that while just about anyone can pick up a sword or cast a spell, only a true hero can vanquish evil with the power of ROCK!
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Atari hires new CEO, the restructuring band plays on
The new Atari keeps building steam (literally, in some cases) with the appointment of Jim Wilson as CEO. GameDaily reports Wilson has 15 years experience as an entertainment executive and a few of those were spent managing known franchises.
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Top 5 reasons to quit playing World of Warcraft
You've considered quitting many times, yet you haven't done it yet. No, this is not about your nicotine addiction (Lung Cancer hits you for 5,000 damage!). For some inexplicable reason, you are one of the millions who are still playing World of Warcraft. Here are five reasons why you should quit playing WoW.
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The much-hyped 2006 Indiana Jones game may enter development
Even though a trailer and screenshots for an upcoming Indiana Jones game were revealed by LucasArts two years ago, the publisher is admitting that the game's development cycle is only now just starting.
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101 Ways To PWN A N00B (PIC)
Do you like to pwn n00bs? WHO DOESN'T??? So maybe the 101 Ways To PWN A N00B shirt is for you. Featuring 101 unique approaches to destroying the digital underclass, we'd probably prefer the design as a poster, but hey, beggers can't be choosers.
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Legions of Suck: The Worst Superhero Videogames Ever
I've put together a group of terrible superhero games -- heroic titles that have combined their forces into one unstoppable Legion of Suck. I'll discuss each game's role on the team and how it's used its fantastic abilities to make the lives of you and your videogame systems worse.
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PLAYSTATION Store redesign revealed!
First images of the new PS Store for PS3, coming in April. Details about its upcoming release.
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The Wii's 'Pitiful' Online Service
The online magazine Slate wonders why the online service for the Nintendo Wii is so poor.
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Midna Cosplay Takes The Cosplay Cake (PIC)
The 2007 Anime Expo at Long Beach was held last year. Why, then, has it taken until now for this amazing Midna cosplay photo to end up on my desk? You know what, forget it, I don't want to hear your pathetic excuses. Do not fail me again, internet.
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This Might Be the Worse Web Game You'll Ever Play
This game just sucks so bad. "Welcome to Snowball!, The Plain Dealer's online game where you're the grounds crew and snow threatens the Cleveland Indians' home opener. Use the arrow keys on your keyboard or the buttons on the game to move the tarp out as low clouds bring snow, and back in again as the snow goes away."
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Still Alive - the Portal Song - FREE this week on Rock Band!
Jonathan Coulton's "Still Alive," from Portal, is this week's Rock Band DLC. Also, it's free, so you can have your, er, cake, and eat it too!
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Monday, March 17, 2008
Rainbow Six Vegas 2 Review
Early review from XboxFocus.com on Ubisoft Montreal's highly anticipated shooter. Full review after the jump.
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Get the Most out of Super Smash Bros Brawl Quickly
Unlock cds, stickers, trophies, and most importantly, characters. Learn a new technique called "Wavebouncing" that could give you an advantage. Grab the best looking Smash Bros. Brawl wallpaper... ever.
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Epic Gets Steamed
Alright, who isn't on Steam at this point? We can add Epic Games to the list, as the developer announced (with the help of Valve) that its catalog has come to Steam. Everything Unreal and Unreal Tournament is now available via legal digital distribution starting today.
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10 Songs Crying Out To Be In Guitar Hero 4
Now, who doesn't want to play along to Steely Dan? Ok, don't answer that!
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GTA IV Intro Leaked?
Could this be the artsy intro to Grand Theft Auto IV as shown on a Playstation 3 in the darkened room of some yappy reviewer?
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Vectoroids Retro Arena Shootem Up
A homage to old school arcade classic Asteroids, mixed in with Geometry wars with wicked physics, lots of baddies and some big ass guns. A fast paced arena shoot em up.
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Massachusetts Legislators Consider Games-as-Porn Bill
Legislators in Massachusetts will hold a hearing Tuesday on a bill that would treat violent games like smut. That is, it would be a crime to sell them to a minor. Jack Thompson originally advised the state on the bill in 2007. It is similar to Thompson's Louisiana bill that was declared unconstitutional in 2006. So why is Mass wasting time with it?
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Awesome New Red Alert 3 Screens Revealed
We're still months away from the release of Command And Conquer: Red Alert 3, but that's not stopping EA from trying to work fans into a lather with these new, gorgeous screenshots of the series' trademark Soviet war machine in action.
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Rumor: New Final Fantasy XIII & Versus XIII at PS Premier
This year’s PS Premiere event is said to have new footage of Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy Versus XIII.
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Next best selling video game: Videogame Tycoon?!?
Videogame designers take inspiration from a game-industry acquisition binge. Maybe EA could be, like... Pac Man or something?
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GT5: Prolouge cars vs. their real counterparts [PICS]
is it just me, or is it scary when videogames get TOO real?
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Wii Video Games Blamed For Rise In Effeminate Violence
Concerned parents are again blasting the Nintendo Wii for an incident of effeminate violence following a 13-year-old boy's limp-wristed attack on three of his classmates at a Cleveland-area middle school Tuesday.
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Smash Bros. Brawl sells 1.4 million in first week!
Record-breaking, at a rate of 120 units per minute
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Saturday, March 1, 2008
From Gears of War 2 to Spore: Highlights from GDC 2008
Looking to catch up on everything from the Game Developers Conference? Portal, Gears of War 2, Spore, balloons, angry developers ... We've got all the highlights and everything covered.
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Nintendo Wii outsells PS3 4-to-1 in Japan
Nintendo sold 331,627 units of the Wii in the four weeks to February 24, compared with 89,131 units of the PS3, Enterbrain said on Thursday.
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Metal Gear Solid 4 confirmed for June 12, 2008!
Konami confirmed news from Destination PlayStation event days earlier. Metal Gear. June 12. Shut up, hotness!
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Wii Menu updates to 3.2
Your Wii is glowing blue. It wants you to update. Perhaps this kills the "Twilight Hack" that all of the kids are into now?
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What The MGS4 PS3 Bundle Box Art Should Have Looked Like
This would have been the better choice for the box art -- who cares if soccer moms wouldn't have gotten it.
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Metal Gear Solid 4 PS3 Bundle Announced
It's happened. The bundle we've all been waiting for will indeed be coming to store shelves.
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Battlefield Heroes Official Trailer Released!
Check out the BF Heroes Trailer -- including gameplay footage, character customization info and people totally rocking out!
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Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Top 10 PC Games We'd Like to See Remastered
Playing through Tomb Raider Anniversary got me to wonder, what other games would I like to see get this treatment? I sifted through the crevices of my fondest gaming memories and came up with this list of personal favorites that I think would be great candidates for remakes.
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Metal Gear Solid 4 Finally Has A Release Date
Word from Destination PlayStation, a retailers-only conference is that MGS4 finally has a summer date and a nifty hardware bundle.
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Saturday, February 23, 2008
Portal 2 Confirmed by Valve
Valve's acclaimed puzzle-action hybrid Portal will be given a sequel, according to the game's lead designer Kimberly Swift.
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Thursday, February 21, 2008
PlayStation Eye Tank War Demo Is "Next Gen" Tech
We've seen videos of Sony's Tank War Demo for the PS Eye before, and they looked really intriguing. But after having a hands-on today, I'm really excited over the simple tech demo.
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Microsoft announces user-created Xbox Live games
"Community arcade" allows users to share games with Xbox 360 owners worldwide.
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Zero Punctuation: Yahtzee Goes to GDC
This week on Zero Punctuation, Yahtzee goes to GDC: a special presentation of Yahtzee's Game Developer's Choice Awards Videos from GDC 2008.
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What would Super Mario Bros. look like on Atari?
Ah, Atari 2600 -- where would we be without ye? But, now that you're older, we've moved on to newer, prettier models. We're sure you understand.What's that? You don't understand? You think that games like Super Mario Bros. would look just fine on you?Well, let's take a look. The video above will show us the truth.
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The Real In Game XMB from GDC08!
Tried submitting from psn@home.com but digg wouldn't accept the link so heres the original article. http://www.psnathome.com/news.php?item.704.2
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Mexico's Nintendo Wii: The Mexitendo MEXii
Finally a quality gaming system! The Mexitendo MEXii is a response to the Chintendo Vii which was created as a knockoff of the Nintendo Wii. Go to http://www.funnynintendowiivideos.com/introducing-the-mexii/ for more information on this hilarious product. If you like "Ball-in-Cup" or "The Mexican Hat Dance," then this system is for you!
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Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Review: God of War-Chains Of Olympus: The Best PSP Game Ever
There's no doubt that the PSP has a lot of momentum going right now and it's only going to increase with the release of God of War: Chains of Olympus. Here's a great in-depth review:
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British bank Halifax blocks WOW subscriptions
While not some attack or slur upon Blizzard Entertainment the Halifax bank, with the Bank of Scotland as a subsidiary, are blocking automatic monthly payments to the MMO. They cite that World of Warcraft is experiencing high incidences of credit card fraud....
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Nintendo DS Air
Did any of you draw this exact comparison between the two when you first saw this commercial unveiling Apple's "ultra portable?"
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Spore Includes Youtube Integration
Among the flurry of details released today about Spore, coming September 7th for the PC, one interesting tidbit might have been missed along the way. When you create your custom alien race, spaceship, or vehicles in Spore, you can upload videos of them to your Youtube account with just one click from inside Spore.
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A Gamer's Dream: Brain Controlled Headset
Gamers will soon be able to interact with the virtual world using their thoughts and emotions alone.
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PC Gamers Pissed at Microsoft: DUH!
The arrival of DirectX 10 was much anticipated. Unfortunately, it's also been heavily criticised. DirectX 10 was released as an exclusive for Microsoft's latest desktop OS, Windows Vista, leaving Windows XP (and 2000) users comfortable with their current setup chagrined.
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Blizzard Has Canceled More Games Than You Know About
"The team also revealed a list of the Blizzard games that have been canceled over the course of their 17 years, a list longer than you may think."
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The PS3 Processor Has Been Successfully Shrunk
IBM has successfully miniaturized the Cell processor that you know from Sony's PlayStation 3. Formerly built upon the 65nm scale, the new version will be based on the 45nm high-k process. What's this mean? Money, power and heat savings for Sony. And maybe a smaller or cheaper PS3 for you.
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Xbox 360 Breaks 5 Times, But Microsoft Refuses To Replace It
Guy's XBox 360 has been out of commission for three months in the last year, but Microsoft still won't replace it.
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XBOX 360 Failure rate at 16%!!
The 360 seems to be failing at an alarming rate! What's up with that, Microsoft?
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Mole: 80GB PS3 dead, 120-160GB with Dual Shock 3 incoming
Our inside source of all things video gaming has been right almost every time it comes out of the shadows to give us information, so I'm going to dispense with the back story. Wherever his or her information is coming from, it's usually solid. After I spoke to Sony about the possible discontinuation of the 80GB PS3 model, I lit the mole-signal.
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SSBB Sells A Million, Becomes the Fastest Selling Wii Game !
When it went on sale, the game sold out at loads of Tokyo game shops, and in the last two weeks, the title has shifted a million copies. It took Wii Fit seven weeks to hit a million copies sold, and it took Wii Sports eleven weeks to hit that milestone. That makes Super Smash Bros. Brawl the fastest selling Wii game.
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World of Warcraft and the Virginia Tech Suicide
Last month, a Virginia Tech student was found dead in the Target parking lot of the Christiansburg, Virginia store with a self-inflicted gunshot to the head. His name was Daniel Kim, a 21-year old senior at the university.
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The Xbox Finally Turns A Profit
In the last six years, there's been one constant when discussing Microsoft's foray into the strange and seductive world of video game console manufacturing: they had yet to turn a profit on any of it. No more, with today's announcement of Microsoft's second quarter earnings which showed a relatively impressive six-month income of $524 million.
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SPORE: Hands--on, five page exclusive preview!
Bit-tech.net has just had a chance to check out the latest full build of Will Wright's Spore and they've written up a huge five page preview on all stages of the game that explains the technology behind the game, how pollinated content works and how one of the most ambitious games ever made is turning out better than expected!
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Preview: Grand Theft Auto IV: New Details, Screens!
After six months of silence, GTA IV is still king. "GTA IV is definitely not getting delayed again," a Rockstar representative boldly states before an hour long demo of Grand Theft Auto IV, the first footage shown to the gaming press in approximately six months. The first thing Rockstar wanted to show us was...
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Jack Thompson Blames NIU Shooting On Video Games
Florida attorney Jack Thompson has appeared on Fox News this morning as a "School Shooting Expert", blaming 27-year-old sociology grad Steven Kazmierczak's rampage yesterday at Northern Illinois University on - you guessed it - video games like Counter-Strike.
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Mindblowing:Gamer to release 100's of SEGA prototypes!!!
DRX, a member of the Sonic Retro Forums, has done something unprecedented in the gaming community. After years of research and detective work, he has gotten his hands on a treasure trove of materials from the golden age of SEGA, including hundreds of prototypes, documentation, and possibly other things as well....
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Microsoft Has No Answer For Their Broken XBOX Live DRM
Normally purchased made via XBOX live work on your XBOX whether or not you are signed into XBOX live or the profile your purchased the content with. If your XBOX 360 gets the RROD (and chances are it will), any content you've purchased via XBOX live won't work unless you are logged into XBOX live and only for the profile that purchased it.
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PSP mockup is far sexier than the real thing will ever be
Good gawd y'all, we don't normally bother with fan renders and mockups, but excepting the awkward placement of the L and R triggers there's almost nothing about this PSP re-visioning that leaves us wanting. Gank that UMD, add some flash memory, and this is our be-all end-all fantasy portable gaming device -- that will likely never ever be made.
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Why it's Too Soon for the Next Xbox
Rumors are already starting to go around the Internet that Microsoft is planning for the successor to the Xbox 360. However, releasing a new Xbox system a year or even two years from now is not a good idea for Microsoft or the industry. Here's why.
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The Rarest and Most Valuable Super Nintendo Games
Interesting look at rare SNES titles. Super Mario RPG needs to come to the virtual console!
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Call of Duty 4 overtakes Halo 3 as the top game on Xbox Live
The top games for the week of January 14th have been released, and it looks like Halo 3 is now second to Call of Duty 4 as the top game on Xbox Live. It's about time.
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World of Warcraft Hits 10 Million Subscribers
Blizzard Entertainment, owners of World of Warcraft, announced this morning that the game now has more than 10 million paying subscribers around the world. Blizzard said today that those 10 million paying subscribers include 5.5 million players in Asia, 2.5 million in the US and 2 million in Europe.
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18 Undiscovered Websites Every Gamer Should Know
The gaming niche is characterized by its haves and have-nots. You’ve seen Kotaku, IGN, GameSpot, Joystiq, 1UP and the others, but what about the great, lesser-known gaming sites? Here are 18 great gaming sites you might not have seen before.
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Rockstar: GTA IV a Bigger Leap Forward than 2D to 3D.
Rockstar talks about reinventing their most popular franchise.
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Dr. Kawashima declines $22 million in Brain Age royalties
With 17 million copies of Brain Age sold since its release, Dr. Kawashima is due to earn $22 million in royalties. The shocker? He doesn't want a single penny, and instead puts his royalties towards funding other research projects. “Everyone in my family is mad at me but I tell them that if they want money, go out and earn it," he said.
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The Xbox 360 Elite laptop
That's right folks -- it's the Xbox 360 Elite laptop.
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EA Demands Fox News Channel Correction
In a letter to a producer at Fox News, Electronic Arts calls their Mass Effect story insulting and error riddled.
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Spore release date announced!
Spore, the sim-everything simulator, finally got its amino acids together today and plopped out a release date of September 7, 2008.
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Gears of War 2 Coming in November
Announcement from GDC about the release of Gears of War 2 in November.
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How to make a successful Flash game
This article examines why some games like Line Rider are so popular.
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Who wants to be a millionaire! LOTR edition
Put your LOTR knowledge to the test in the fun game.
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Impressive online Kaleidoscope Design creator
Myoats is a place where you can create simple or complex designs, shapes and patterns. The designs that you create can be: * Downloaded as an image. * Downloaded as a transparent png. * Saved to your personal account, which allows for editing and re-saving. * Made into a wallpaper
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Thursday, February 14, 2008
Spin the Black Circle
Gravity does the work in this game, all you have to do is rotate the circle, allowing the ball to fall through the maze. It seems simple, but it’s not easy!
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WoW may be coming to a mobiles device near you
Players said it would never happen, but Blizzard co-founder Frank Pearce laid out a plan for what Blizzard is considering if they port of World of Warcraft to mobile devices.
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WoW Forums: Free character transfers until February 20
Having trouble trying to make your way around in your overpopulated realm? Blizzard blue-texter Bornakk visited the World of Warcraft Forums earlier to announce that devs will be implementing another round of free character transfers for today, starting at 12:00 p.m.
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Hello Kitty MMORPG!!!!!!
"engaging social aspect centered on the magical and cute online world of Hello Kitty," it will also include standard genre features such as customizable avatars, guilds, skill systems, and player economy. Although it will have a "sophisticated combat system,"
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Ten World of Warcraft Gold Leveling Secrets
World of Warcraft is perhaps one of the biggest games on the market, with over eight-million subscribers, it certainly is already the numberone MMORPG the only problem, it seems, is the amount of time it takes to get to the end of the game via leveling. So without further ado......
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World of Warcraft Class Guide
After reading this article, I finally discovered what the World of Warcraft or WOW was about. I didn't realized you could earn money playing a game online. Apparently, WOW is one of the more popular player games and their contests pay the highest to winners. I guess playing video games can payoff for some people.
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c0nflict.com Stable Release Candidate, Open Sources Code
c0nflict.com has recently open sourced, needs developers to take the game to the next level. The game has been very popular with the digg crowd before, and has a lot of potential. Some ideas the current developers have:1) CTF games 2) Added piece classes, different movement/atttack types3) AI Interface API for user created bots
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Wednesday, February 6, 2008
100 Free and Legal Games - Full Version
Here are 100 of these great full games that are free to download online. They range from independent games, to games that were once commercial but are now free. Enjoy!
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Dad n' Me
Be the bully and beat up the kids. Very funny, yet violent game. Give it a go.........
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New Flash Game Tower Defense: Battle TD
A fantasy style tower defense game with very nice graphics, many different creeps and upgradable towers in three tech levels.Fun anyone?
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How cash can change online games
Online games may be set in fantastical or far future worlds but they share one feature with the real world - the relative scarcity of money.
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Flash game: LineDodger
Oh shits! Lines! Lights! Squares! THEY BRING DOOM! You must dodge them!
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Shift - agh this hurts my brain :S
Sometimes the only thing left to try is shift...
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Protector - Tower Defense meets RPG
This game takes the classic tower defense mechanic and layers RPG elements on top (leveling, specialization). Sounds like a gimmick, but the strategy is pretty deep. The art has a nice Ultima Online look going.
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Saturday, February 2, 2008
Got a Website You Love to Hate?! DESTROY IT!
This is just friggin brilliant. There are some spam, scam and other sucky websites I've been itching to destroy.
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Saturday, January 26, 2008
Zelda: 3 Paths, 1 Destination Demo
Here's a small demo of a fan-made Zelda game that takes place after Twilight Princess. One dungeon is completely playable!
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Winterfest Begins, New POTM Cloud Machine
Winterfest begins in Webkinz World and a new POTM Cloud Machine is announced.
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Mine Link - Cool Chain Reaction Game!
In this cool chain reaction game you start off the explosion by detonating 1 mine of your choice. Whatever other mines hit the explosion become essentially loose cannons that will move around the screen and turn every other mine they hit into loose cannons as well in the process.Can you beat all 20 levels?
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Greatest Motorcycle Physics Controlling Game
The most polished tilt and leaning game to date. Race through 10 levels as you tilt and lean multiple types of vehicles and as you compete against your own ghost. Sweet!
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Show your World of Warcraft allegiance with one of these two
For WoW addicts: show the world how much you love the Horde or Alliance with these rings. Or how much you hate the other...
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Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Mass Attack [Today's Time Waster]
Mass Attack has a simple concept: you are presented with a scale that has weights on one side. You then create up to three new weights that you can drop on either side, with the goal of getting both sides to balance.
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EA revamps Battlefield with free, ad-supported online title
EA branches out its Battlefield series to include free, ad-based games. In a gaming industry where PC games have taken a beating at retail, this may become an increasingly popular move.
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Play hang man with Digg.com ~ [ Digg man ] ~
I made a hang man game that uses digg's headlines as the thing you need to guess to win. It's still in Alfa and needs some testing for usability and difficulty. Please try it out and tell me what you think of the game in it's current state.
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How World of Warcraft Works
Imagine it's the night before patch day. You've parked your level-70 character, decked out in epic gear, outside what will soon be the forest ruins of Zul'Aman. Right now, it's just rocky pavilion with huge, wooden gates you can't open. But tomorrow, it will become the entrance to a dungeon full of trolls.
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Boom Shakalaka, an extremely fun, and addictive game.
Give this game a try, it starts out simple, and gets extremely complex and hard rather quickly. It's addictive as well.
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Adrenaline - Real Physics Motorcross Game
Ride a motorbike in a maze with real physics. Very addictive!
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Webkinz: Waddles Rants and Rares - Ecosystem vs Economy
Find out why Ganz is hurting the environment to pad their wallets.
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Friday, January 18, 2008
Blast-O-Matic ~> 10 gauges determine the power of your shot
Click to stop the gauge.
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Metro.Siberia.
A Flash game where you travel through tunnels with thrust and angles.
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Greatest Base Defence Game in a Long Time
StormWinds 1.5 allows you to choose your turrets and keep enemies at bay and continue to upgrade your base of turrets. Make sure you think before you place and upgrade your turrets, it's going to matter.
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The Most Evilest Game Ever Created (flash)
Possibly even more evil than a Ron Paul word game. That's right, I SAID IT.
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Smallworld: The coolest Flex application I've ever seen
My night is blown. I just got an invite to SmallWorlds, a massive multiplayer game (really world) that was built entirely in Flex/Flash by the team at Outsmart. It’s an immersive cartoon world filled with Web 2.0 goodness everywhere you look. You start as with any other world by setting...
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White Collar Productivity Drops - Thanks To World Golf Tour
The world golf tour is something special. With countless golf games on the internet you'd think its the same old same old but you'd be wrong. After about 4 hours of wasted work, you'll rub your 5' clock shadow and play again.
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FANCY PANTS ADVENTURE WORLD 2 FINALLY OUT!!!
Fancy Pants adventure World 2... what everyones been waiting for.
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Free Online Text Based RPG - 18+
If you are familiar with Battle Of The Valley, then you will love this game! It takes place in Vegas, where you can start a Mob, start a drug lab and deal drugs, and all kinds of other cool stuff I haven't seen in a game like this before. It is definitely worth checking out! Another thing thats cool is wallet warriors can't get ahead!
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Line Golfer: A cross between Line Rider and a mini golf game
This is one of those games that seems simple, but you just can't stop playing it. It uses similar tools to the classic Line Rider game, but adds the ability to play, post and share your creations.
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Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Second Life Banking Run: Second Life Great Depression?
Linden Labs is changing the rules on Banking in Second Life. Many financial institutions have closed and a wide spread banking run and lawsuits threaten to cause.......
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Boombox - Free Online Game
Hope you guys enjoy this explosive puzzle game in which you have to connect three or more of the same blocks to blow them up.
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Winterfest Returns to Webkinz World Jan 26th - Feb 1st!
Winterfest returns to Webkinz World Jan 26th - Feb 1st!
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Flash game: Filler
Grow balls to fill up the screen, but don't let renegade bouncing balls interrupt the process. [Insert balls joke here.]
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Friday, January 11, 2008
Snowball 2008 Game
How big can you roll your snowball? The bigger your ball, the harder it is to control! Compete to grab the World Championships or the number one spot in the online highscores.
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Cool Interactive Puzzle
An Interactive Puzzle in Which You Need To Put Together Different Parts of a Moving Picture.
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Pedestrian Killer
easy game, I got 55 kills first time, take out your road rage here, not out there
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World of Warcraft or World of Perverts?
Recently, I stumbled on a forum with photos of Warcraft avatars making out, drinking beer, sleeping together, and even performing pornographic acts. The text written was pretty hilarious too. I guess this is what going on with the guys and gals who fail in real relationships and are not...
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Wednesday, January 9, 2008
All Webkinz Series 2 Trading Card Prizes Unlocked 49 packs!
WI Member Unlocks All Series 2 TC Prizes and a Purse Prize Update. Cynalot completed her binder with only 49 packs! It seems that we got a sneak preview on another article about the purses, which was yielding prizes from the upcoming "Webkinz eStore"!!!
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A good game for RPG lovers out there!
RPG GAMERS! this is the online game for you! if you like turnbase style of combat then you will surely love this game! I've been leveling my character like crazy at first I tought my hero was too strong but it turns out that this game really packs a challenge! the skills and AI abilities are great too! Lots of skills and items and stuffs! Dig me!
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Webkinz: Daily Activity Schedule Released
Check out KinzFans to see what's upcoming.
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Hump Day Blues: Finger Footy
Do you remember once upon a time, sitting in class at school, and making those little triangle American footballs from a sheet of paper, and then trying to score field goals by flicking it over your friend's “finger posts”? Well, Finger Footy isn't that game, but it's pretty darn close.
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Presidential Pong 2008
Play as your favorite presidential candidate (2008), and send back the vicious volleys of your opponents.
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Beach Assault
Replay dday! You're the defending side this time, easy and addictive turret defence game!
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Exodus to the Virtual World
Falling Fruit's Lion Albaugh explores Virtual Worlds like Second Life and World of Warcraft. He looks into the possible effects that Virtual Worlds like these have on society, and children who grow up playing these kind of games.
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Correct Webkinz Figurine Prizes, Scavenger Hunt Clues, Info!
Webkinz Insider posts images of all of the correct Webkinz Figurine Prizes, and creates an official thread for tracking the clues for the Webkinz Scavenger hunt!
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Aggregation Of Runescape Wisdom
Article about competition and hostility between Runescape fan sites and ways to deal with it.
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Symantec releases online cyber-security quiz
Internet security company, Symantec, releases an online quiz testing players' knowledge of all things Internet. So far only 12 questions, but come January 10th, there will be 120 questions regarding online living and Internet safety. www.cybersmackdown.com
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Webkinz Insider Report March Pet of the Month - Lil Kinz Pig
WebkinzInsider.Com follows up with its early confirmed report of March's Pet of the Month, the Lil Kinz Pig!
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New 3D Flash Realtime Multiplayer First Person Shooter
I've not submitted anything for a while (since the days of camperstrike and quickwars.com) mainly because we've been working on a 3D flash game for the past few months. We're trying to gather some willing participants for the beta testing phase. Go take a look at the video on the homepage.
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Keybr - Be Productive, Type Faster!
Improve your typing skills with this flash based training system.
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[GAME] Cursor*10 - Play a flash game with yourself.
As you play the game, your cursor dies and you have to start over. How boring. However, on your next life, your previous cursor repeats everything you have did during that life, assisting your current life. Confused? It's easy!
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Warcraft Player Trying To Level Without Killing Anyone
A college student is attempting to level two "pacifist" characters up to the top of World of Warcraft's character progression, characters he's playing without attacking anything. It's partly to try out the philosophy of pacifism in the violent virtual world, and partly to see if he can do it
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Are you as smart as a chimp?
In a feat of animal awesomeness, chimpanzees did better in a memory test than college students. This game allows you to test YOUR memory against the chimps'. It's hard!
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Kung-Fu Election (Hilarious)
Pit your favorite (or least favorite) candidates against one another ... TO THE DEATH!
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Thursday, January 3, 2008
How to get Rich programming
1) Take an existing idea & waste as much of people's time as possible with it 3) ??? 4) Profit
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Bomb Chain - Blow up bombs by creating a chain reaction
Over 40 levels of unique puzzle gameplay. Try to blow up all the bombs on the board by creating the perfect chain reaction. The game keeps hiscores and best times, and saves your progress automatically. Use the mouse to drag and drop the bombs, you can also drop bombs onto each other to 'combine' them in bigger type bombs.
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Exmortis 2
Another creative and bloody puzzle. The graphics look terrific. The music and sounds get you in the right mood for this game...
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New Webkinz! Black and White Cheeky Dog, Kangaroo and More!
WebkinzInsider.Com confirms 5 new Webkinz shipping for February. They are the Webkinz Black & White Cheeky Dog, Webkinz Kangaroo, Webkinz Pink & White Cat, Webkinz Himalayan and Webkinz Schnauzer! Pics included!
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Manifold
Cutting-edge logic platform game! Use WAD to jump and run and mouse to throw gravity fields. Just rollover with the mouse and hit space to deactivate.
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