#January2012
Nintendo Posts First Annual Lost In 30 Years; IS THE COLOSSAL.
The Nintendo Destructo-Machine is beginning to grind to a halt. After years of bludgeoning their enemies, they’re about to post a serious loss. Even crazier, the first loss in 30 years.
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Rumor: Next Xbox Will Play Blu-Ray, Have Kinect 2, Be SUPAR Powerful.
The rumors regarding the Next Box are percolating these days. More and more deets be droppin’ and are they truth? I believe a good amount of them. Especially the latest batch right here.
Microsoft To Discontinue Virtual Currency? Thank F**king God.
Microsoft’s currency system sucks right now. The space bucks, as our own The Dude calls them seldom make sense and guarantee Microsoft fucks you for extra cash. Thank the Maker, the company is doing away with the virtual rupees.
‘BioShock Infinite’ To Include 1999 Mode; Sworn To Beat Your Ass.
If you let it, BioShock Infinite will solemnly swear to whup your ass. Ken Levine has revealed that the forthcoming title is going to include a more difficult “1999 Mode”, taking the gamer back to a time when us gaming folks had to walk up hills both ways to get to a fucking INK RIBBON SAVE POINT and dungeon bosses openly bare-assed farted on our tits just because they could. The good old days.
Gaming Industry Spent $190,000 Pushing For Senate Version of SOPA Last Summer. Bastiches.
The US Senate has its own version of the infernal SOPA bill, called PIPA. Last summer the gaming industry spent a considerable amount of money pushing to get the goddamn thing passed.
Creator Of The ‘Konami Code’ Talks About Its Origin.
Either you know the Konami Code, or you’re adrift in geek lore mediocrity. Ever wonder why it was the specific code it was? Neither did I. Get educated anyways.
Rumor: Patents Show Next ‘Xbox’ Will Also Be A DVR.
Microsoft is continuing to push their Console-As-Set-Top-Box. They have FiOS access currently, they’re adding Xfinity soon, and if these patents are being interpreted correctly, their next console will double as a DVR.
Press Start!: The Year Spectacle Gaming Died For Me
It’s the end of the year. News is slow. Leisure has temporarily supplanted effort for a majority of people within the comfy confines of the Western world. By the time the gift certificates have been burned and the clothes returned and the sales capitalized upon, we realized it’s no longer Christmas but it is almost assuredly New Year’s Eve. So since everything is but a trickle out of the Echo Chamber’s anus for the past week, I figured it’d be worth mentioning the most notable thing that happened upon my writhing gaming ass in 2011. This was the year spectacle gaming died for me.
Video: Meet ‘gAtari’, The Guitar Synth That Sses Atari 2600 Sounds.
Why make a guitar synth using authentic Atari 2600 sounds? Why the fuck not make it? Eh?
See the beauty in motion.
Dude Spends $16,000 On Virtual Sword *Before* Game Is Released.
Some dude in China up and spent $16,000. For a virtual sword. It gets even more bananas frappe! It’s on virtual sword for a game that isn’t even released yet.
