Archive for September, 2009
Exploiters Explained
“Exploiters” is linguistically impossible: despite having three syllables it sounds exactly like “scum.” A plague on every game server, exploiters exist only to apply every unfair
Top 5 Stupidest Things on My Desk
More of the weird swag and useless junk cluttering the 1UP offices.
You know that thing people do when they’re trying to think
Guitar Hero DLC Discounted This Week
Following up last week’s discount on Pinball FX, Microsoft has dropped the price on select Guitar Hero World Tour DLC as part of their ongoing “Deal of the Week” promotion. Tracks
Watchmen Costumes Coming to Little Big Planet
Though it’s not quite on time for a movie media blitz, the world of Little Big Planet will be getting a little darker this week. Media Molecule announced that this Thursday, a new pack based
Possible Super Street Fighter 4 Screens, Info Surface
After this weekend’s suspicious leak regarding an new “Super” version of Street Fighter 4, new screenshots have surfaced that certainly seem to lend it even more credence. French
Bust-A-Move Live Headlines This Week’s XBLA Releases
Three new games all priced at 800 Microsoft Points ($10) each are headed to the Xbox Live Arcade this Wednesday, with the most prominent being the first Bust-A-Move/Puzzle Bobble game to make it
Phantasy Star Zero TGS 2009 Hands-On Impressions
What’s the game about? Phantasy Star Zero has a great deal in common with Monster Hunter, so RPG fans should have a good idea of what to expect by now. The four-player dungeon crawling is there,
Blizzard COO Purchases Part of Pittsburgh Steelers
Just how much cash does Blizzard have to throw around? Enough for COO Paul Sams to buy a chunk of an NFL team. And not just any NFL team (let’s face it, you or I could probably take a lump out
Capcom’s Inafune Says Japan’s Games Industry is ‘Finished’
This is probably not the message you would want coming out at the end of the giant industry trade show that’s supposed to be glorifying your native talents, but at the Tokyo Game Show earlier
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