When I was a kid, I loved watching Gundam Wing and the original Mobile Suit Gundam on Cartoon Network. The mecha genre has always been a personal favorite of mine so I tried to capture the same feeling while playing a video game as I had watching Gundam anime and pretending that I was Heero Yuy or Amuro Ray.
With interest in Gundam on the rise in the US after the Cartoon Network runs, some of the games were finally localized for North America. I thought I’d finally be able to play through the stories I loved so much, picking up Mobile Suit Gundam: Journey to Jaburo as soon as it came out and the disappointment I had in that game resonates with me today. It sure didn’t feel like I was in command of the mobile suit that won the One Year War. I felt like I was in control of a robot-shaped RC car.
Luckily, I was finally able to find the game that would finally reproduce the warm and fuzzy feelings that viewing Gundam for the first time did so long ago, and who would have thought it would have come in the form of a Dynasty Warriors game?
Attack on Titan eyes make everything a lot creepier. Beth Emery, an artist on DeviantART, drew a few mash-ups, and even the cutest Pokémon like Jigglypuff or Bulbasaur would look, well, unsettling with Titan features.
Available today online and in-stores Friday, Build-A-Bear Workshop's take on Nickelodeon's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is going to cost me at least $140. Considering the alternatives, I think it's worth it.
Two German retail sites, Alcom and World of Games, appear to have put up listings for an expanded version of Beyond: Two Souls , known tentatively as Beyond: Two Souls Director's Cut. The listings have since been pulled, but it is known that developer Quantic Dream has been involved with the PlayStation 4 since early in development, so this could mean
Although the listings are far from confirmation, they further reinforce reports from earlier in the year when NeoGAF users found a PS4 version of the game embedded within a programmer's portfolio.
Beyond: Two Souls was released on PlayStation 3 in October of last year and went on to sell over a million copies, despite criticism for a muddled narrative and a dearth of any real meaningful choice. for one hope to see more of Jodie and Aiden's adventures and think that there's plenty of ground left to cover.
Beyond: Two Souls Director's Cut Rumored for PS4 [IGN]
It's an established tradition that whenever a new World of Warcraft expansion comes out, some classic dungeons get a redesign. After Scholomance and The Scarlet Monastery it's time for a new Upper Blackrock Spire (UBRS), an awesome old dungeon that—among other thins—became famous for Leeeeeeeroy Jenkins.
Ellen Ripley and crew will join the upcoming sci-fi horror game Alien: Isolation when it comes out this fall... if you pre-order.
Washington D.C. resident Helene Meldahl has figured out a way to improve selfies: Add your kick-ass doodles.
Don your best duds to go see a Pokémon symphony! Pokémon: Symphonic Evolutions will premiere at the Warner Theater in Washington D.C. on Friday August 15, 2014. Coinciding with the symphony event will be the 2014 Pokémon World Championships being held August 16 and 17 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.
The performance in D.C. will be followed by a show at Philadelphia's Mann Center for the Performing Arts on Friday, September 19th with more dates, location, and ticket info for the concert series to be announced soon. Check out the official site here for more updates.
Pokémon: Symphonic Evolutions is being produced by key creative producers from The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses tour and will include arrangements from classic and recent video games including:
- Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow
- Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal
- Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald
- Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum
- Pokémon Black and White
- Pokémon X and Y
"Pokémon: Symphonic Evolutions is going to be a spectacular showcase of the memorable music that has been a hallmark of the Pokémon franchise for nearly 20 years," said J.C. Smith, director of Consumer Marketing at The Pokémon Company International. "The concert series serves as a thank-you to fans and an invitation to share our passion for Pokémon by reliving some of our fondest memories. We're looking forward to seeing fans of all ages meeting up and enjoying this very special Pokémon orchestral even together."
I've got only one thing to say. Please come to Louisville!
Krang's home, Dimension X from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, is apparently Kirby's Dream Land, or at least that's how artist Tohad imagines it. He's been busy lately with badass mashups of video game characters and different regions of pop culture.
Do you trust your local television media? In Japan, some folks are suspicious of the country's television media. Here's why.
