#October2011
9/11 Influenced ‘Grand Theft Auto III’ Cover, Gave Birth To The Classic Look.
Grand Theft Auto III dropped back in 2001 quite close to the events of 9/11. It almost seems amazing that such a game managed to make its way into the world amid the hysteria and reaction following the events. Not much got taken out, though the game’s classic cover look is a result of that day.
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Dude Named Knucklez Fists the Previous ‘Space Invaders’ High Score By Double. Double Fists?
Tacky, tasteless headlines by yours truly. Make the medicine go down? The medicine go down? Anyways! Dude named Knucklez who owns an arcade beat the previous Space Invaders record. By a lot.
Video: Don’t Play Video Games Inverted. You’ll Kill Your Friends.
Pretty funny riff on the assholes (like me) that play their video games inverted. I can’t help it man!, it’s what makes sense to my brain stem. I’m sorry. I really am.
Hit the jump to check it out.
Kinect Parental Controls Could Automatically Decide What You Watch. By Your Body Size.
Grown ass people who are vertically challenged could be in for a bit of a snafu if a patent Microsoft filed ever comes to fruition. Parental controls determined by your body dimensions? I see. I see.
Rumor: Your Xbox Will Soon Function As Comcast or Verizon Cable Box.
Microsoft hasn’t hid their desire to get into the television business on the 360-degree Xbox. It’s 360-degrees! All inclusive. They got themselves some UFC and some ESPN and some miscellany. Soon! Soon, they may be able to offer their console as a cable box.
Sick.
GTA IV Has Shipped 22 Million Copies, Franchise Stands At 114 Million. Lots of Ducets.
Grand Theft Auto sells. It sells really fucking well. While I wasn’t blown away by the fourth installment, I enjoyed it enough to understand why it’s such a plastic disc-pusher. Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick recently announced the son of a bitch has shipped 22 million copies. 22 million.
‘Project Draco’ Hitting XBLA In 2012. Panzer Dragoon Kinect Get!
I should have bought a Kinect for Child of Eden, a clear successor to an all-time favorite Rez. I didn’t. Perhaps I will now for Project Draco, an obvious homage to Panzer Dragoon. A fucking classic.
Trailer: ‘Max Payne 3’ Gets Its Debut. It’s Fat, Bald, And F**king Awesome.
The wait for the third Max Payne has been interminable. But if the trailer is any indication, it has been worth the wait. It’s everything I loved back in the day, with new graphics, an obesity problem, and even more angst and action.
Hit the jump to check it out.
Steampunk Fight Stick Is Subculture Orgy Of Awesome.
Sam Kurd made a fight stick that is a confluence of subcultures colliding into an outrageous conglomeration of awesome. Joystick modding meet fighting games meet steampunk. Gorgeous.
Hit the jump to check it out.
Video: 14 Minutes Of Leaked ‘Borderlands 2’ Gameplay Titillates My Grindy RPG Tip.
There’s some glorious leaked Borderlands 2 footage making its way around the webs. I can’t handle it. I get a couple minutes in and I get all a-twitter with excitement. Can you handle it? God I need this game.
Hit the jump to for the video and a summary.
