Thursday, Mar. 11, 2010
Today in Techland: OMG OMG OMG. Did you guys see the new Twilight: Eclipse trailer? Yes, it’s here. Steve offers his thoughts here. I chatted with the lovely Bridget Regan from Legend of the Seeker, while Evan and Peter brought us the news on MOVE, live from GDC.
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Wednesday, Mar. 10, 2010
Today in Techland: Lev brought us part one of his awesome Mark Millar interview, and the boys’ conversation with Bioware, the minds behind Mass Effect 2, went up for your reading pleasure. Me? I spent the day chewing on last night’s episode of LOST while Steve brought us some truly strange hybrid beasts. What …
Evan and I are coming to you live from Sony’s GDC press conference. And they’ve just revealed the official name as PlayStation Move.
Peter Dille is currently on stage going through software sales and how well Sony has done thus far. Did you know that God of War III is 35 gigs? GT5 will ship this year. “Worth the wait.” Duh.
The …
Home is where the heart is.
Or where you go when you’re really bored.
Sony will be rolling out Home v1.35 tomorrow and it promises decreased load times and a revamped World Map that’s been streamlined to help you navigate Second Life Home. I don’t think I’ve ever gone into Home.
This streamlined interface features
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Hold. The. Phone.
Someone other than Steve Wiebe and Billy Mitchell holds the world record for Donkey Kong. Say hello to 35-year-old Hank Chien of NY, NY, everyone. Chien broke the record held by Mitchell (1,050,200) on February 27, 2010, with a score of 1,061,700 points. He made it to the kill screen in 2 hours and 35 minutes on an …
Here at GDC, you kinda get thse sense that the rhythm game/band simulator genre’s headed for trouble. While last year’s Beatles Rock Band and DJ Hero were well-reviewed, they didn’t move the needle in terms of excitement or profit the way their predecessors did. These kinds of titles continue to be fun ways to play with a plethora …
A couple weeks back Lev and I interviewed Dr. Gary Zeschuk and Casey Hudson from BioWare. The interview was pegged around Mass Effect 2, but Lev took it in a different direction and the following is what resulted from such disobedience.
*Big ups to Allie for having transcribed more than you see below.
Lev Grossman: What’s the …
Tuesday, Mar. 9, 2010
Today in Techland: Where in the world is Techland? Peter and Evan are still at the Game Developers Conference in San Fran, Steve is in D.C. and Lev is too far down the hall for me to see. Still, Douglas had an awesome chat with the hilarious Patton Oswalt while I got to chat up TV exec Ken Biller.
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Monday, Mar. 8, 2010
Today in Techland: Were you one of about a bajillion folks to see Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland this weekend? Even if you weren’t, check out this week’s Freeze Frame which focuses in on Johnny Depp’s amazing Mad Hatter performance.
We also mapped out this week’s must-haves in comics, nursed our Oscar …
Friday, Mar. 5, 2010
Today in Techland: In case you’re living under a rock, actually nope, Disney probably checked there. Well as everyone knows, Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland opens today and because we love you, we put together a history of Alice in Wonderland. Yep. You’re welcome. We also talk a bit of Alice on today’s Techland …
I’m not super into straight-up repostings of other people’s repostings of links, but I am sufficiently skeeved by an article in this weekend’s New York Times Magazine that I can’t help it.
It’s a piece about a practice, apparently (the evidence is compelling but anecdotal) increasingly common in China: somebody gets caught doing …
Light a candle and make a wish: the PS2’s officially 10 years old. Though North America and the rest of the world would get it a bit later, the Playstation 2 debuted to much fanfare in Japan on March 5th in the year 2000. Everybody knows the hits of the Playstation Decade–Grand Theft Auto, Final Fantasy X, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons …
