Spyborgs: You Know, For Kids!
It was almost a year ago when Nintendo and Capcom fanboys all across the internet cried out in protest against the announcement of Spyborgs, a Wii exclusive multiplayer action brawler with an emphasis on cartoon humor. I acknowledged the unfairness of the fans’ complaints while making them myself. Generally, people were not vibing with the artistic direction and narrative voice in the announcement trailer, and it was clear that Capcom were reacting to those concerns as the game disappeared for the better part of a year.
Earlier this week I sat down with Daryl Allison, a senior producer at Capcom, to play a bit of the most recent build and talk about the various changes it’s been through. Continue reading »
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Tags: avatar, beat 'em up, bionic games, capcom, captain commando, dead rising, derrick sanskrit, devil may cry, final fight, madworld, onechanbara, platform exclusives, ratchet and clank, spyborgs, wii, zack and wiki
Bionic Commando is Love: T-Minus One Week
This morning, I got to work and an envelope was sitting on my desk. I opened it. Then I saw this inside of it:
Then I was all:
And, well, after that… after that was private.
We’ve waited twenty-one years for each other. The bond of true love transcends decades and distance and now, once again, Bionic Commando and I will swing across the roof-tops declaring our undying devotion to the world. The game’s official release date is May 18th, which means that you’ll be able to walk into a store and buy yourself a copy twenty-four hours after that. Last summer, I wrote one post a day the week leading up to Bionic Commando: Rearmed’s release on Xbox Live Arcade and PSN. I’ll be doing the same for Radd Spencer’s rebirth for the next seven days.
To kick things off, I’d like to discuss the recent multiplayer demo released on XBLA.
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Tags: bionic commando, capcom, grin, john constantine, nes, playstation 3, psn, Radd spencer, XBLA, xbox 360
Rumorang: First Footage of Beyond Good and Evil 2
There are two possibilities. One, this footage is an elaborate fake lovingly crafted by an animator of immense talent. And two, it’s real. If it’s real, it means that Michael Ancel has returned to us with a powerful fury, delivering a sun drenched modernization of his beloved science fiction adventure in grand style. Six years ago, Jade ran across the rooftops of a Hillysian metropolis and it looked like this.
In 2009, Jade’s brand of investigative journalism looks like this.
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Tags: beyond good & evil, beyond good & evil 2, e3, hillys, jade, john constantine, michael ancel, mirror’s edge, ubisoft
Wario Ware: Myself!: Mario Paint for Games?
When the Wario Ware series first appeared on the scene back in 2003, it was both a breath of fresh air and a zany, rapid fire examination of fundamental video game mechanics. Six long years ago, I never would have believed that a franchise cherished for its newness and iconoclasm could possibly grow so stale, but the most recent Wario Ware games, Touch and Smooth Moves, have been missing a certain something–or it could be that we’re just used to Wario’s wacky ways by now.
Whatever the case, Wario’s newest game, Wario Ware: Myself! might just be the innovation the series has so desperately needed since the supremely-underrated Wario Ware: Twisted!
The only problem? For now, it’s only out in Japan.
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Tags: bob mackey, ds, mario paint, nintendo, wario, wario ware
John Constantine, our superhero, was raised by birds and then attended Penn State University. He is currently working on a novel about a fictional city that exists only in his mind. John has an astonishingly extensive knowledge of Scientology. Ultimately he would like to learn how to effectively use his brain. He continues to keep Wu-Tang's secret to himself. 
Derrick Sanskrit is a self-professed geek in a variety of fields including typography, graphic design, comic books, music and cartoons. As a professional hipster graphic designer, his recent clients have included Nerve, Pitchfork and MoCCA, among others.
Amber Ahlborn - artist, writer, gamer and DigiPen survivor, she maintains a day job as a graphic artist. By night Amber moonlights as a professional Metroid Fanatic and keeps a metal suit in the closet just in case. Has lived in the state of Washington and insists that it really doesn't rain as much as everyone says it does.
Nadia Oxford is a housekeeping robot who was refurbished into a warrior when the world's need for justice was great. Now that the galaxy is at peace (give or take a conflict here or there), she works as a freelance writer for various sites and magazines.
Based in Toronto, Nadia prizes the certificate from the Ministry of Health declaring her tick and rabies-free.
Bob Mackey is a grad student, writer, and cyborg, who uses the powerful girl-repelling nanomachines mad science grafted onto his body to allocate time towards interests of the nerd persuasion. He believes that complaining about things on the Internet is akin to the fine art of wine tasting, but with more spitting into buckets.
Joe Keiser has a programming degree from Johns Hopkins University, a tiny apartment in Brooklyn, and a fake toy guitar built in the hollowed-out shell of a real guitar. He writes about games and technology for a variety of outlets. One day he will stop doing this. The day after that, police will find his body under a collapsed pile of (formerly neatly alphabetized) collector's edition tchotchkes.
