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July 3, 2010

Pata Pata Demo-Pon

Filed under: News Feed — Tags: , , , — Jamie Love @ 9:45 am

Patapon 3 Demo
Yesterday the PlayStation Blog added a quick Patapon chant-out before the start of the long weekend, letting everyone know that a multiplayer demo for Patapon 3 would be available this coming Tuesday, July 6 – thankfully free from PlayStation Plus exclusivity.

Aside from checking out the Superhero Patapon in this latest entry to the series, the multiplayer side will offer a glimpse at online play via the Internet – so if you aren’t too worn-out from your July 4th festivities there’s chant filled battles aplenty to be had next week.

If you’re the impatient sort, you could always try your luck with the Japanese version today.

July 2, 2010

Listening to Grasshoppers

Filed under: News Feed — Tags: , , , — Jamie Love @ 6:30 pm

Grasshopper Manufacture
Did you know that Grasshopper Manufacture stepped into the world of podcasting today? I sure didn’t, but I’m on the boat now and listening to their first episode while writing today – I thought I could take enough of a break to mention that it’s available via their Facebook page however.

Massimo Guarini is the big guest on their first outing, and while he can’t discuss the amazingly cool game he’s working on, it doesn’t take him long to drop praise for God Hand before breaking into the irresistible realm of games as arts, so you know you want to listen.

They are also looking for a name for the podcast, so swing by and help them out – and maybe try to work sugar into your suggestion.

Your Morning Dose Of Ridicolous

Filed under: News Feed — Tags: , , — Jamie Love @ 9:37 am

Sony 3D
Wednesday’s IGN posting with words from Sony’s Shuhei Yoshida offered the net brave new levels of comment fodder on the subject of Sony’s 3D aspirations in comparison to Nintendo’s E3 3D upheaval.

I usually tune Industry nonsense out, but choice bits here included –

“I have hope that they have a broader perspective with 3D,” Yoshida said. “When you listen to what they are saying about the effect of 3D perspective to the games, they are saying the same message we are, but they don’t have to bash some small part of what the other company is doing.”

and;

“I think as an industry we should preach this new perspective, from a very large cinema screen to a small portable, because that helps advancing the games and the game industry,” he said. “We’d like to work together to promote 3D.”

That Nintendo has “bashed” on 3D glasses technology seems questionable, since so many people seem to agree that the glasses are a major drawback. That the comment is blown out of proportion in typical Interwebz style is also a given. Admittedly it is hard to avoid when one company seems to suggest that another is breaking the prime directive and derailing the future.

The quotes have also drawn renewed attention to the uphill battle Sony may be in for in marketing 3D as a major feature of the PlayStation 3, especially if surveys suggesting that nearly 70% of Japanese respondents have no interest in making the upgrade anytime soon.

We can bat the ball back and forth on that for months to come, but what’s really stuck in my back the most is that anyone from Sony could speak such words with a straight face at the exact same time that the company can ascend a stage and market motion controls as if they just invented the one and only “real deal” – or the premise that they are more accurate and responsive than the competition.

Seems typically hypocritical to me and probably not worth the mentioning – after all, if we stopped to point out every silly thing a company representative said, we’d have to build some sort of daily post infrastructure using glib write ups that leave the actual games discussions behind – can you imagine?

July 1, 2010

Your 2010 Elite Status Club Nintendo Reward

Filed under: News Feed — Tags: , , , , — Jamie Love @ 10:28 am

Club Nintendo
From my inbox to your ears comes this year’s reward to those gamers who sacrificed food and clothing to get their fix and feed the Big N, myself included – I hadn’t been paying attention and was surprised at the email.

Anyway, lesson learned – it pays to fill out surveys in the middle of the night because Nintendo’s reward for Platinum Status (600 Coins) this year is a 3.9 by 4.6 inch tribute to Super Mario that I feel will look very awesome in my living room. The choice between this or a calender took exactly 0.01 seconds to make.

Let me know how many of you are expecting one of these in the mail now – now being sometime between today and December that is.

Morning Cuteness: I Need this Okamiden Plush

Filed under: News Feed — Tags: , , , , , — Sam Scott Given @ 9:03 am

Okamiden
You know, there are just some days where you need something to hold to make you feel better, so who’s better then the flaming white wolf God Chibiterasu to keep you company?

Look, I know I may not be the first person you’d expect to go out and buy a plush game character, but I would totally make an exception for this. At close to one and a half feet, there’s a lot of love here, and for cheap too; It will be released in japan later this year for just under $60 USD.

Catch some pictures after the break, or discover more ways to make your wallet thinner over at E-Capcom.

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