Brave New World Around the Corner

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/08/24/microsoft-working-on-real-time-windows-phone-7-to-console-gaming/

I'm really looking forward to a world with realtime Mobile Multiplayer. I'd like it PSP style please, with tactile buttons instead of touchscreen.

Kane and Lynch:

http://www.thealistdaily.com/news/kane--lynch-2-making-ugly-marketing-look-good/

This is a fascinating interview. I'm LOVING Kane and Lynch 2, my my my.

I Confess!

I had to cop to my h/c gamer buddy last week that I've been playing nothing but nonstop FARMVILLE! Ever since they gave me a bakery I can't get enough of that damn game. I need so much money to afford an ice cream shoppe and only 5 more days until its gone! I will never enter in my CC number but damn, if I didn't have such principles. My farm has gotten TOO adorable!

 

Subtle Games Marketing

Cooking Mama

http://kotaku.com/5138566/nuka-cola-recipe-omits-rads



This is all fine and good, but once you have a taste of my Nuka Cola Pie, there will be no substitutes.

Why are Dead Men okay but Dead Women upsetting?

Is it the rules of warfare at play? Or a kind of weird sexism? I'm glad guys in general don't actively want to kill me. But does that mean women 'don't count' in warfare? I assure you honey, if it's a matter of war, you will fear me.

Also it pisses me off that violence in video games is ok for men, but not women and children. Again, the ancient rules of warfare. Human life counts no matter who is getting a facefull of lead. Artists and designers and concept makers: if you don't have the balls to depict dead women and dead children, it doesn't make sense to be okay with depicting dead men. It's all dead people.


Gamazon: Dead Girls Have More Fun

I don’t think the idea of making a “dead girl” prop would ever have occurred to them.

Is that because they don’t like women? Or have some agenda to deny the existence of women? No. It’s actually because they have not even the tiniest shred of a subconscious urge to hurt a woman. Nor does it give them even the slightest pleasure to imagine a woman suffering or dying, or to envision what a dead and partially devoured woman might look like. This is not about talent, about dev time, or about sexism: it’s about a man’s own emotional limits as an artist. There are some things that just don’t necessarily make a person happy with himself after a day’s work. Fiddling with the mutilated corpses of women is high on the list.

Arkham City

http://gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2010/08/05/september-cover-revealed-batman-arkham-city.aspx

Can the Sci Fi epic "Arkham Planet" be far behind? Let's hope not! If I have to draw it myself...

This Video is Serious Business

The Insane Console History Video 2.0