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Gamescom 2010 was huge – so huge that our staff, despite their best efforts, wasn't able to see every game at the show. I'm sure they were super busy. That's the only reason I can think of why they neglected to call my attention to this Adrenalin Misfits (known as Crossboard 7 in the Europe) trailer.
I hadn't heard of the game until I saw this trailer, but from now on it will be seared into my memory as the exact moment I gave up on Kinect. However, something this ludicrous shouldn't just be written off – I feel that it's complete lameness demands further study. To that end, I will be giving you a second-to-second analysis of what surely must be the dumbest thing I've ever seen.
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0:04 – "Oh, 'sup y'all, I'm just your average tween with a orange hoodie and *** mullet. Right now, I'm feelin' to chill and play a little Xbox, you know….no big thing."
0:06 – "You like my A/V stand? I stole it from a space ship an early 1970s sci-fi movie."
0:07 – "W-w-WHAT?!! My controller disappeared! My stars! Where did it go? Behind me??"
0:08 – *disembodied robot voice* "BZZZT…THRRP…THE SENSOR WILL READ YOUR MOVES. YOU ARE THE CONTROLLER"
0:13 – "Are you talking to ME? I am the controller? Whatever do you mean, Kinect sensor bar?"
0:16 – "Despite my confusion, I feel now is the perfect time to pretend to stand on an invisible skateboard!"
0:17 – We look on in horror as reject cartoon characters snowboard.
0:23 – OH MY GOD THE KID IS ACTUALLY CONTROLLING THE CHARACTER ONSCREEN BY PRETENDING TO SNOWBOARD! THIS IS UNPRECEDENTED!!!
0:25 – We have a possible sighting of a frog with dreadlocks. Repeat: We have a possible sighting of a frog with dreadlocks. Please remain calm.
0:29 – WHEN GAME SAYS "TURN!" THE KID PRETENDS TO TURN AND THE WEIRD FOX THING ONSCREEN TURNS ON HIS SNOWBOARD!!!! *passes out*
0:30 – *regains consciousness*
0:35 – The kid's Hot Mom shows us that you can jump!
0:38 – The other family members jump! Even the Cool Dad, who is wearing a hip track jacket and looks like he's 28, and the kid looks like he's about 10 so we now now this child was conceived while his parents were in high school
0:42 – Cool Dad appears to be "heading" a soccer ball that does not actually exist
0:46 – You can do tricks like spinning….by spinning! This is something we have never seen in any snowboarding game ever.
0:53 – Hot Mom shows us how to glide, which is done by standing in your living room and holding out your arms and saying "i'm a plane! I'm a plane! Look at me, I'm a plane!"
0:56 – Lil' Sis stomps on the floor and the announcer dude says "BUMPIN'!" and a crazy lizard tiger snowboard shoots what looks to be like a laser out of his snowboard…I guess?
1:02 – The announcer says "Cheer and speed up!" and the family acts like they are the stands at an imaginary football game. From this I gather that you must cheer loudly to speed up, which does not sound like an annoying control mechanic at all.
1:04 – Observation: Cool Dad looks a little bit like a younger version of EA CEO John Riccitiello
1:08 – Weird Fox Thing reaches the finish line, and *** Mullet Kid "skids out" to stop the board
1:10 – *** Mullet Kid points his fingers in the sky like two pistols and says "Yeah!" Weird Fox Thing mimics this motion onscreen, forcing us to see this annoying gesture twice.
1:12 – We see a montage of the whole family (and some new random children) pumping their fists and saying "YES!"
1:15 – A bunch of people jump up in the air in slow motion
1:19 – The screen reads "Free your experience." Okay….I will do that. Thank you.
1:22 – Game logo….copyright Konami Digital Entertainment…The End.
1:23 – I reflect on what I've learned in this last minute and a half, suspecting I will never be the same again.
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Click Here to Watch the Need for Speed: SHIFT Accolades Trailer: www.youtube.com Need for Speed SHIFT Ferrari Racing DLC Trailer [HD] Developer: EA Release: 2/16/2010 Genre: Racing Platform: PS3/PSP/X360/PC Publisher: Slightly Mad Studios Website: www.shift.needforspeed.com SHIFT looks to deliver on authentic and immersive driving experience, and trying to capture the true feeling of racing. SHIFT also adds a realistic first-person cockpit view and an all new crash mechanic. Follow Machinima on Twitter! Machinima twitter.com Inside Gaming twitter.com Machinima Respawn twitter.com Machinima Entertainment, Technology, Culture twitter.com FOR MORE MACHINIMA, GO TO: www.youtube.com FOR MORE GAMEPLAY, GO TO: www.youtube.com Need for Speed: SHIFT Ferrari Racing Pack DLC Trailer [HD] machinima video game xbox360 playstation3 ps3 windows gamescom germany ea street racing undercover pro underground fast and furious drifting midnight club honda civic import juice nos yt:quality=high
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Cosplayer Kamui impresses with her interpretation of an Asmodian character, infused with Aion’s distinctive look. A half a year of work and over a thousand dollars went into the project, and we can tell.
Enjoy!
Who: The Character
Female Asmodian Plate Set from Aion – Tower of Eternity
Why: The Decision
Every year I try to improve my skills a bit and search for costumes that give me a new challenge. My goal is to learn about new techniques and materials with every costume and I always dreamt to build armor. One day I saw a commercial of Aion and was just stunned by the armor and character design of this game. I tried it, searched for references and picked up the hardest plate set I could find. I also love the history and the character of the Asmodian and knew that I had to cosplay one of them!
What: The Progress
It took half a year to finish this costume, despite the fact that my boyfriend painted a lot of the armor. After some planning I decided to use a combination of Wonderflex and craft foam for the armor. I was also very afraid of the wig, because I never styled one before. But the problem was not that I never built armor before, or that the materials were quite new to me. It was just an amazing amount of work steps for this costume. When I finished one part, two further parts were waiting for me.
This costume didn't want to get finished and I was very often disappointed about my failures. I built my breast armor three times for example and the paint was just crazy. But the hardest thing I had to solve was the fixing. I tried a lot of methods, until I choose to use a huge amount of Velcro tape in combination with buckles. Yes, this costume was really hard to realize. Despite of this I had a lot of fun, learned a lot from it and it was just awesome to finish such a huge project.
I guess, final cost is around 1300 USD, but I gave up with counting.
Where and When: The Debut
I debuted my costume on Animuc 2009, Germany. A photoshoot followed one month later, which was taken by my boyfriend, Benjamin Schwarz.
The Gallery
Links: The Cosplayer
You can follow all of my progress on my blog and my cosplay.com account.
Miss the past few CosBlogs? Check out the CosBlog Hub for a full archive and information on how to submit a costume of your own.
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Playstation 3 WarBeast Guitar
- Compatible with Playstation 2 and Playstation 3
- 2.4GHz wireless technology
- Responsive whammy bar
- Extended strum bar for enhanced comfort
- Removable neck and headstock for portability
The WarBeast from dreamGEAR is the first and only full size guitar on the market. The size of the guitar adds a realism to Rock Band and Guitar Hero that no other guitar has been able to deliver. The WarBeast features a removable neck allowing for a more compact packaging design as well as providing a travel friendly guitar. The WarBeast from dreamGEAR is as close to the real thing as you can get without the strings. Our WarBeast for PS3 and PS2 Rock Band and Guitar Hero games provide a true to
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The highlight of PAX so far, to me, was the inFamous panel. I liked it mostly for some stuff I’ll bring you later this week, but but I also liked it for what I’m about to show you: one of the Insomniac bros playing inFamous 2 on a giant projector screen. Because it looks totally great and about a million times more awesome than inFamous. Also, it takes place in and around Fake New Orleans, which is way cool.
So I could continue to talk and blah blah blah all over the place, but instead I’ll just let you watch this thing. Note that they had some issues with the projector at first, but they fix it. Watch it, please.
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Multiplayer gaming is hard enough when you can talk to your colleagues, but trying to achieve some kind of cohesion with zero communication? It’s madness. More »
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Ignition Entertainment and DeathSpank developer Hothead Games have unleashed the first gameplay trailer of their upcoming action platformer Swarm (due out next year).
In Swarm you'll guide a group of Swarmites through "gauntlets of death and destruction" in search of DNA. In this Swarm gameplay trailer, you can see the ways in which Swarmites can be sacrificed. Check it out below.
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This week marked the first anniversary of Adam Saltsman’s one-button Flash game, Canabalt, whose stylish visuals and ‘outrun the carnage’ concept made it one of the signature indie titles of recent times. Produced in just five days as part of the monthly themed Experimental Gameplay Project, Canabalt gained an evangelical following on release, its fanbase growing yet further following its later arrival on the App Store for iPhone and iPad. Gamasutra caught up with Saltsman …
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Nottingham’s GameCity started four years ago with the intention of bringing videogame culture to a wider audience, expanding the medium’s social reach while focusing on creativity, learning and above all, fun.
Here, original founder and director of GameCity, Iain Simons talks to GamesIndustry.biz about this year’s event, what it has achieved over the past four years, and what the industry needs to do to make the leap to mainstream cultural acceptance.
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