In preparing for the Winnebago that is Comic-Con this weekend, we are donning our respective Geek Armor and getting pumped up while talking about the other upcoming conventions Blizzcon and Penny Arcade Expo. More info has come out recently about TerraDrive - a LARP/Paper Roleplaying game that will be debuting at PAX and we discuss our first impressions, a little bit of the WoW talk sneaks in under the guise of pre-Blizzcon speculation, and much reminiscing is done about Comic Con past and future (future reminiscing? - yes) and what it means to gamers in a post-E3 world. We wrap it up with some discussion of masters of marketing like Pokemon, constantly showing us how it’s done, and some frank statistics on in-game advertisements now that the science is coming of age. Also we say “Chocolate Rain” a lot.
Endgameradio Prime: Episode 165 Comiccc Raiiin
Published on July 25, 2007 by Aaron Matthew | 0 commentsCategories: Audio, Endgameradio Prime, MMOs, In-game Advertising, Cosplay, World of Warcraft, Conventions, Pokemons, Pokemon, Cyberpunk, Warhammer Online, Atlus, PAX
TerraDrive
Published on by Tom Mannino | one commentCategories: MMOs, RPGs, Metamedia, Real Roleplaying, Social Networking, Card Games, PvP, User Generated Content, Cyberpunk
These guys are running a Live-Action Massively Multiplayer Game. Kind of a cool concept. More like a hack and slash then an actual RPG, since there’s little to no RP involved. Just kill people and collect their life coins!
Their site is kinda cool; it’s run off a Wiki so the players can help develop the world.
Ch-Ch-Ch-Chocolate Rain
Published on by Aaron Matthew | 0 commentsCategories: Random, Internets, 4chan
Just because google doesn’t seem to have enough mirrors of this file and more people need it, I’m hosting the Chocolate Rain Remix by PoleJR.
Move away from the mic to download it.
Chip Seizures in Art
Published on July 23, 2007 by Aaron Matthew | 0 commentsCategories: News, Chiptune, Pokemons, Glitches, Tourette's, Art
A friend of mine found this great article on MSN about Chiptune and “Overstimulated Sense” artwork (Pokemon Seizure Funtime). The video has a good beat and you can dance to it. The second picture in the article looks a bit like Atma Weapon from FFVI don’t you think? Also, page 6: “The GIF Show” - best idea for a gallery ever.
Exclamation Warriors
Published on July 11, 2007 by Tom Mannino | 0 commentsCategories: News, Nintendo DS, Asian, Tourette's
Told you about Exclamation Warriors the other day. Words alone, however, can’t really get across the point that this game is about you and some friends getting together and shouting repeatedly at a small piece of consumer electronics. In Japanese.
I want to play this with Narb!
Rock Band Gameplay Movie 1
Published on July 5, 2007 by Tom Mannino | 0 commentsCategories: News, Music, Rumors, Asian, Arcades, Rhythm, Karaoke
This looks awesome; it’s also a way way prototype, so it might not even look like this, and this song might not even show up in the final game. But if it’s anything like this, it’s awesome. Granted, stuff like this has been done before with Guitarfreaks/Drummania/Keyboardmania, but it’s all Japaneazy stuff, not stuff I know or recognize.
EndgameRadio Prime: Episode 161
Published on June 27, 2007 by Tom Mannino | 0 commentsCategories: News, Reviews, Endgameradio Prime, Asian, Cosplay, Conventions, Pokemons, Fandom, Anime, Game Music, Pokemon, J-rock, Local Events
THE ANIME EXPO EDITION! We are prepared for the Anime Expo adventures. We discuss some of the stranger things happening this con, like how there’s a Rocky Horror movie showing, as well as an advanced screening of the Transformers movie. We quickly talk about Elite Beat Agents, how fun it is, and how we’re going to be them. Oizys gets some Pokemon Coliseum, Pokemons, let me show you them. If you’re going to AX, let us know!
EndgameRadio Prime: Episode 158
Published on June 6, 2007 by Tom Mannino | 0 commentsCategories: Audio, Endgameradio Prime, Rumors, Asian, Cosplay, Conventions, Steampunk, Fandom, Jack Thompson, Anime, Cyberpunk, J-rock, Local Events
Anime Expo is coming soon, and they are deploying transvestite robots! Not really, but they are showing the Rocky Horror Picture Show and a advanced screening of the Transformers movie? That’s not very animoo or Japanese? Or is it? Oizys talks at length about Odin Sphere, and a revelation he came up with; it’s River City Ransom on crack. In addition to all the similarities, it also has some pretty engrossing. Plundr, a new DS game uses some awesome wifi hax to make a game based off the trade and pillaging of pirate life. Moving around in reality simulates movement in the game, where your physical location determines where you are in relationship to islands and other pirates. From the makers of Heroclix comes Haloclix. The world is not ready. We visit Supreme Commander again, because of the new patch. We talk about big real-world-influenced maps and how they change the game.
Alo, Salut, sunt eu, un haiduc
Published on May 15, 2007 by Aaron Matthew | 0 commentsCategories: News, PS3, YouTube, User Generated Content, Karaoke
This just peaked my internetometer. I would say my firefox just got a hardon but … well, that would be just wrong.
Was reading through a great article on Gamasutra entitled: SingStar’s Bozek On ‘Unbundling’ Games. On one side it’s great because it covers user-generated-content, microtransactions, and karaoke: three things I’m very interested in. But the real reason is this paragraph:
Using the feature, SingStar players will be able to capture and upload pictures and videos of themselves singing — something, Bozek said, the team was inspired to do after witnessing the sudden stardom of Gary Brolsma when his ‘Numa Numa’ performance was spread through Newgrounds and YouTube.
Nothing ‘new’ (we talked a lot about SingShot a while back) - but the fact game developers were inspired towards a more inclusive design by Gary Brolsma and the internet… makes me feel really warm and fuzzy.
Go Internetto! Fight Internetto! We’re ‘improving’ videogames!
Okami Cosplay
Published on May 9, 2007 by Aaron Matthew | 0 commentsCategories: News, YouTube, Cosplay