Today we saw the release, though quite short, of the first trailer for the Wii exclusive NBA Jam. The game, from what I can see looks fun and I assume it will be since it is supposed to play just like the older games. Unfortunately we don’t get too much game footage, but that should be coming sooner than later.
Then we have the gorgeous Gran Turismo 5. In this new trailer, we get the confirmation of night driving which seems to take place in an open city instead of your normal race track. Now GT5 has been almost 5 years in development and Sony knows what they are doing so we’re pretty much guaranteed to get a great game out of them, I just wish I wasn’t so shitty at the game so I could actually enjoy it.
Everyone has found themselves beatboxing under their breath from time to time. The only problem is, only a handful of us out there are actually good at it. Thankfully, INCREDIBOX has taken the fun of beatbox and removed any of the skill necessary to make it happen.
I was taken back to such videogames as Mario Paint and MTV MusicGenerator. Enjoy wasting your time!
At last years E3, we got the first announcement of Sonys version of motion control gaming. Not much was shown outside of some tech demos and an odd looking wand with a glowing ball on top of it. Well at this weeks game developers conference, Sony debuted the full working version of what they are calling Playstation Move.
Now at first glance, most will say “Hey that looks like a black Wiimote and nunchuck” and to that I’d say you are pretty close. Sony didn’t really step too far away from their original design, perhaps hoping it would be recognizable to the Wii crowd of casual gamers. The Playstation Move controllers operate on the standard rechargeable battery that other PS3 controllers have, with one controller being your wand while the other will have a joystick and d-pad for controlling movement of a character on the screen. Instead of a sensor bar like the Wii uses, Sony will require you to have the PS3 eye camera that will track your movements on the screen. The Playstation Move will be sold by itself, bundled with the PS3 eye and even bundled with the eye and PS3 system….so there will be many options for you to purchase this new device.
Maybe it’s me, but this has really no interest to me. I like the concept and enjoy seeing technology moving along, but I play video games so I don’t have to be active. After trying Punch-Out with the wiimote and nunchuck to simulate real boxing I was bored/tired of it within a few rounds, so I don’t know how long I’d want to play a full game with this thing. All the major companies are supporting this device, so we’ll either get some high quality new games for the PS3 or we will get tons of shit games like how we see with the Wii. Tiger Woods would be the only interesting game to play on the PS3 with this new device, but that’s just me. You can read a whole lot more about this device over at Kotaku as they are actually at GDC (where were you on that one Max, why didn’t I get to go).
For me, the Steregon sculpt from Nerd One is one of the coolest Kaiju sculpts to come out in recent times. He’s based upon a cool concept (speakers for eyes!), is in a great pose, and has pretty decent articulation for a vinyl Kaiju piece. This particular colorway is for Mark Nagata’s Kaiju Comrades 2 show (which happens to take place at The Design Fiesta Gallery in Harajuku, Tokyo this weekend!). It’s a far more colorful version than the last one and now includes a sweet club as an accessory.
Want more info on the Kaiju Comrades 2 show? Check out this video:
Capcom has officially announced the long rumored, and pretty damn near confirmed, inclusion of Hakan in Super Street Fighter IV. Hakan is a brand new character created for this game and based off of the below videos, he seems to be a cross between Zangief and Abel. I’m not too sure why they are relying on his gimmick of being oily and what not, but it clearly is a big part of his offense. Super Street Fighter IV will be released on April 27th for PS3 and Xbox 360. For those interested in the iPhoneversion of SFIV, it is now available for download for $10.
Capcom will be releasing a mini version of Street Fighter IV for the iPhone and iPod Touch later this month. As you can see in the video below, the game looks really nice but my only concern is that your fingers will take up most of the real estate on the screen. By having the full joystick and buttons cover the bottom left and right corners of the screen, I can see this taking away from the game considering you loose a good amount of screen space while playing. No exact release date or price is set yet, but maybe if this does well Capcom will start to release more games for the iPhone and what not. Mega Man would probably play and sell quite well on the system.
Chicago’s own Ok Go really started getting some attention after the release of their 2007 video for “Here It Goes Again”. You remember, the one with the synchronized dancing on the treadmills? I recall people being blown away and praising the band for doing something fresh and new. And while that video was very cool, very entertaining, and I’m sure took a long time to choreograph, it has NOTHING on their new video, which will fucking blow your mind and make you as giddy as a schoolgirl. It’s a 4 minute Rube Goldberg machine filmed in a one-shot, one-take method. Not only that, but it even syncs with the song at certain points! And just wait til the end! I can’t imagine how many takes this took, but it was worth the payoff. Kudos to whoever filmed it without interfering, as well.
Youtube user onebyonetv has created a fantastic interactive Youtube video detailing each currently announced fighters ultra combos. All you have to do is click on the fighter of your choice and a video will launch showing off their new ultra combos. Pretty cool and easy way to see all the new updates.
Check out this promotional video for The Swedish Invasion Tour from our friends at Top ShelfComics. And, don’t forget that stop on the Swedish Invasion Tour that is Nerd City’s very own C2E2 After Party at the Double Door on Saturday night, April 17th!
Attention Hollywood Nerds! Saturday, March 6th @ 7 p.m. The Gnomon School of Visual Effects, in sunny Hollywood, California, is hosting a new art show featuring works by video game developers Naughty Dog (creators of the “Uncharted” series).
I am an enormous fan of the Uncharted games, which are basically moving pieces of art, so it is super cool to see a focus on the team’s individual conceptual works. I mean, look at these sweet pics!
Thanks to Gametrailers.com we now have our first look at actual gameplay of the upcoming Transformers: War For Cybertron game. When the first CG trailer was announced I was quite apprehensive about this game as there really hasn’t been a good Transformers game produced. After seeing this gameplay footage, I have a little bit more faith that this could turn out to be a good game. For those nerds who will complain that the Autobots and Decepticons don’t have the “correct” vehicle look, keep in mind this game takes place before they all came to Earth so they will not look like Earths vehicles. Transformers looks to be released later this year for the Wii, PS3, Xbox 360 and PC.
Earlier today I brought you the news of Mario Galaxy 2 and Metroid: Other M would be relased “mid year”. Well, with the update of Mario Galaxy 2 coming out on May 23 a fantastic new trailer has been provided showing off some new gameplay. I really can’t say enough about how great this game looks. Nintendo has also officially announced the release date for Metroid: Other M, which will be June 27th. Both games of course will be Wii exclusive.
I don’t know if you’ve used a Windows Mobile powered phone recently, or ever (lucky you!), but Microsoft looks like they might have finally gotten the memo that their mobile OS was a little behind the times. Unfortunately they’re a little late to the party, and not the fashionably late that makes you cool and attractive. Microsoft has been on a bit of a role here lately after the disaster that was Vista. They have a hit with Windows 7 (despite the god-awful commercials); the ZuneHD, while not an iPod killer, is a nifty little PMP; the Surface projects have shown that Redmond has an eye on the future; and of course the Xbox 360 is still holding strong gaming wise. But their mobile line has been horrible for almost a decade. RIM took over their business marketshare with Crackberries and Apple destroyed them on the entertainment front. Yesterday Microsoft finally hung the mobile 6.x series out to dry. Then shot it. And then used C4 to put that horrible OS to death, MythBusters style. We’ll have to wait for Xmas ‘10 for the Windows Phone 7 (and you thought the iPad was a bad name) to officially arrive, but this preview and demo unit should be a wake-up call to Apple, Google, and RIM that the dragon is stirring after a long slumber. A lot can change in 9 months, like a name for example, but I’m predicting a hit out of this. The design and UI is so radically different from what Microsoft has been pushing down our throats for the last 20 years that it’s actually hard to believe that it’s really from Redmond. And unlike Apple, Microsoft already knows how to take on gaming. The integrated Xbox 360 functionality could be HUGE depending on how it’s pulled off. If you’re looking to buy a phone in the next year, hold off. If you HAVE to buy one, for the love of God don’t buy anything Windows Mobile. Here’s the demonstration video they showed off at the Mobile World Congress in Spain yesterday:
Apple has gained quite a lead from nowhere in the past 3 years, the Android guys from Google are showing a lot of promise, and Blackberry’s rule the workforce…but I’d like to think that Microsoft has been the guy just standing there in the video below.
Microsoft has taken quite a shot in the mobile department lately, but from what Windows Phone 7 looks like they’re just wiping the sweat from their brow. Hopefully this will get Apple back into the innovative designing that brought us the iPod and iPhone and not just yearly updates to existing products. Google’s not a direct threat in Apple’s eyes…but Microsoft?
Max and Ben welcome comic book/ video game/ entertainment journalist Brian Warmoth. They discuss his career in the industry and pontificate on the future of media. If you check out Episode 78 of Nerd City, you won’t only be cooler, you also might learn something. (Gasp!)
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