21st Century Digital Boy

Since I keep seeing horrendous misconceptions pop up about how game censorship, ratings and the like work in Germany, I felt the urge to clarify matters hopefully once and for all. This should be a fairly comprehensive explanation of how games are rated, “banned” and banned in Germany and how the entire “robots for blood [...]

So it seems that most companies were not aware that the new dashboard update for the 360 would bring a revamped Marketplace, including Genre texts for the Games section. I’d seen Amped 3 saying “Sell Text” before, but… well, see for yourself.

So I’ve (re-)discovered a clone of my favourite shmup EVAR not too long ago and figured I should share the love. This game is EXCELLENT. WELL DONE. ACE. KILLER.
Typhoon 2001, being a clone of Tempest 2000 (that being an excellent remake of the 1981 arcade game Tempest by the similarly-excellent Jeff Minter) is about Shooting [...]

Endangered Gamer (via clockwork, Kotaku): god, I’m laughing so hard at this. The invisible coin blocks are sheer and utter brilliance.
Sort of relatedly, this.

Right, I’m getting sick of shit like this:
“Germans Cut Suicide Bombers From C&C3″ ZOMG CENSORSHIP!!!1
No. No, no, NO. For fuck’s sake, NO. Games aren’t censored by “the Germans” or “the government” in Germany. There are no laws that require the removal of stuff like that. None. At all.
The replacement of humans with robots, blood with [...]

This is fairly old by now, and I’ve been throwing it around on IRC and IM for a while myself, but I keep finding myself coming back to it, watching it, and grinning like an idiot. It’s just so supremely, beautifully, deliciously evil.

1up reports (emphasis mine):
According to the Famitsu inteview with Kazunori Yamauchi, Gran Turismo HD will have two SKUs on the PS3. One of these games will ship with no cars, all of them will be purchased via microtransactions.
The other, Gran Turismo HD: Premium, will ship with two courses and 30 cars, with an additional 30 [...]

WHAT HAVE THEY DONE

WHY :-(
edited because Konami redid their website and now require registering to view screenshots ffs

So I finally finished Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay last Friday. I can only echo the sentiments that so many others have already voiced - it’s a refreshing change from the rule in that it’s a movie tie-in game that’s actually pretty fucking good. On the other hand, it doesn’t really have much to do [...]

(German original and pictures)
“That is not dead which may eternal lie…”
After my visit to the nether hells, I am glad to be still alive, but nobody believes what I have to report. The fools - they don’t see what is going on in front of their very eyes; they’re too closed minded to recognise the [...]