After much anticipation, Tecmo Bowl Throwback is finally available on Xbox Live.
Archive for May, 2010
Well, thanks to HDGuru, now you can find out. The process by which a display earns this prestigious marking is very in-depth.
I’ve always been a big fan of quirky, strange ideas for movies. I think that if you have an idea and enough content, making a movie out of a weird idea almost always bears fruit. From 12 Monkeys to Eraserhead, seemingly nonsensical ideas have the potential to become classics.
Enter the movie “Rubber”. It’s about a killer tire with psychic powers. I’ll let that sink in for a moment… it’s about a killer tire. With psychic powers. Check it out.
No, unfortunately not our own…but it looks like, overall, the Kotaku culture is enjoying it. Check out this story and read the comments section to see what your fellow gamers are saying about the beta.
Just like in movies, music plays a huge role in setting the atmosphere and influencing the general experience of a game. Here are my ten favorite game soundtracks.
After the insanely exciting news that Mechwarrior 4 would be available for free (legally!), the mech-loving appendage of gaming culture was devastated with how long it was taking. News surfaced that Microsoft was gumming up the works, but after an agonizing wait, Mechwarrior 4 is now available for free! Legally! The server is currently having some strain issues, so it may take a couple of days before you can grab it…but you should. Now all we need is the new Mechwarrior, which looks amazing.
We have something fun planned for tomorrow, but for now, check this out: Ars Technica has a story up linking to a Dutch study that shows no correlation between users of file-sharing networks and a decline in sales. In fact, based on the report, people that use file-sharing networks are the industry’s “largest customers”; they are more likely to have bought media in the past 12 months, buy more movies and games, and file sharers go to more concerts and spend more on merchandise.
Image obtained from space.com
This news is slightly outdated by Internet standards, but apparently there is a huge storm raging on Saturn. Keep up the great work, amateur astronomers. Your contributions are a valuable asset to keeping an eye on the universe around us.
Apparently, the DVD and Blu-Ray versions of Avatar are having some widespread DRM issues. I’ve been telling friends and my family to wait for the inevitable double-dip edition anyway, since this one is just a barebones disc with no making-of featurettes or anything special, but it looks like we now have one more reason to do so.
If you missed it, you can read our review of Avatar here (the review was written based on the 3D theater version).
