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More info on 360 backwards compatibility

Jane at 1UP asks the questions keeping us all up at night:

One of the rumors floating around is that backwards compatibility will only work with a hard drive, which would have left Core systems out in the cold. As it turns out, that’s only partially true. In many cases, the hard drive will […]

Daaaaaaamn

GameStop bundles range from $699.91 all the way to the “seventeen cents shy of $1200″ pièce de résistance pictured above. In case you were wondering, the HD experience is only included with the $799.90 bundle and you’ll still have to shell out more bucks for the premium Xbox Live service unless you move up to […]

The Revolution controller gimmick revealed?

What gimmick lurks in the heart of the Nintendo Revolution? Computer Games Magazine knows:

It’s revolutionary in the same two senses that controller rumble is/was revolutionary: first, it’s kind of actually not a huge deal, but controllers will eventually all have it because it is pretty neat; and second, it involves revolving. Simply, the […]

Rakion provides impressive guarding and the grabbing techniques

Softnyx, the Korean dudes behind Gunbound, are starting the international beta of this game called Rakion tomorrow. You can experience the thrills of unleashing large men to kill tinier men with your companions from the United States, Canada, Singapore, Malaysia, the United Arab Emirates, and Israel. Luckily I live in one of those countries so […]

In short

Wonderland: Women In Games: Opening Keynote — Alice’s copious notes from WIG conferenceTags: conference women Metroid Cubed 0.99.1a — -or- Metroid 2.5DTags: fanworks nintendo SPECIMEN Custom Guitars - Pac Man Electric Guitar — wakka wakka rockTags: music pacman Virtual […]

In space, no one can hear you bitch about in-game ads

In the future, no MMORPG will ever die, but instead the ratio of ads to players will eventually increase so much that it collapses in on itself. (from the PlanetSide forums)

In short

David Byrne on Gaming and narrative — thoughts on immersion and connection to the player characterTags: formertalkinghead identity interactivity The HotSpot — GameSpot’s new podcastTags: news podcast Fun exchange between nutty Jack Thompson and VG Cats creator — "HOnestly, are all of you […]

In short

Brian Green of Meridian 59 writing a game business book — For when knowledge of pixel shaders does you no goodTags: books indie industry 4 color rebellion » Impressions - Nintendogs — "Nintendogs is a cultural phenomenon, and an undeniably cute one to boot. You cannot go […]

The Times discovers machinima

The New York Times has done with machinima what they’ve done with so many other topics: discover it after everybody else but still dig up more interesting info than anyone else (engaging in some of that “journalism” stuff I’ve heard such good things about). In The Xbox Auteurs, the author even helps out in filming […]

iPod Doom

Now you can play Doom on your iPod, just like you’ve always dreamed: because the clickwheel makes everything better. You won’t be maxing out the FPS like on your good gamin’ rig and you have to install Linux on your iPod, but if you’re a True Believer you’ve already installed Linux on anything with a […]