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  • Ouya Founder Says It Can Play Current Hits, But Won’t

    Photo courtesy uncrate.com
    Photo courtesy uncrate.com

    Ouya is going to be getting into the hands of Kickstarter backers on March 28th and consumers in June and founder Julie Uhrman is making the rounds hyping up the $99 Android-based console. At a SXSW panel she was asked if the console would be able to play current console blockbusters and she had an interesting response.

    “Yes, and why would we? Those experiences are great on those devices. You wouldn’t want to play those games anywhere else. But we are going to have exclusive games. … We’re going to have inventive, creative, exciting content that no one else has. At $99, it’s not an either-or decision.”

    Uhrman is really sticking to her guns about keeping Ouya a unique console experience. While on the one hand, it would be great to have a $99 console that you could play Mass Effect 3 on, trying to separate yourself from any competitors could be a gamble that pays off. The entire history of the Ouya has been a gamble and so far, so good.

     

  • This Dragonborn Statue Will Shout 300 Bucks Out Of Your Wallet

    All photos courtesy Gaming Heads
    All photos courtesy Gaming Heads

    Soooo what is the dragon shout for “take my money now”?

    Gaming Heads have crafted this 1/6 scale figure of Dovahkiin the Dragonborn from [amazon_link id=”B004HYK8Y8″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim[/amazon_link] to make all of your nerd friends jealous and all of your other friends wonder about why you can’t spend money wisely.

    It stands 16″ tall and comes with two different arm attachments. One with a fire spell that appears to pulsate and the other with a shorter sword. A certificate of authenticity and all the usual good stuff that accompanies a $300 dollar figure will come along with it.

    There will only be 500 pieces made and retails for $329.99.

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  • Meet Kilo Squad In The New Gears Of War: Judgment Trailer

    We are only days away from a return to Sera in Gears of War: Judgment. The prequel is set 14 years before the events in Gears of War and stars the returning Damon Baird, Augustus Cole and the rest of Kilo Squad.

    Who is the rest of Kilo Squad you might ask? Well that is just what the video released today answers for you. Kilo Squad is made up of Baird, Cole, Paduk and Sofia so go watch the new video and get a quick look at your new teammates.

    [amazon_link id=”B002I0H2AG” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Gears of War: Judgment[/amazon_link] releases on March 19th.

  • Is Miyamoto Concerned About The Wii U’s Performance?

    Photo courtesy nintendo.com
    Photo courtesy nintendo.com

    Shigeru Miyamoto told The New York Times that he knows the Wii U is not exactly lighting the sales charts on fire right now, but he is confident on the system’s future.

    “Certainly in the short term I would want to see it performing with probably a little more momentum. I think in the long term I’m not at a point where I’m concerned yet.”

    If anything, Nintendo is known for their ability to keep support for their hardware going even through rough sales and Miyamoto still feels that the Wii U can be the entertainment hub of everyone’s living room.

    “I think that the Wii U still has a long future. We really view it as being the ideal device that families are going to want to have connected to that screen in the living room that everyone is going to gather around and watch.”

    I have no doubt that the Wii U will be around for a while no matter what the sales numbers look like. Nintendo only sold 57,000 Wii U’s in January and 80,000 in February, but there is still ample time to turn this around. E3 is right around the corner and they have promised that Smash Bros. and the new 3D Mario will be shown. I think Nintendo is a big price drop and a solid holiday list of games away from being back in the equation. Just look at the 3DS for example.

     

  • The Real Reason The Bioshock Movie Died

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    Photo courtesy complex.com

    In some of the greatest stories written, a creator must kill his creation before it gets out of control. Thus is the story of the Bioshock movie. At a recent BAFTA event, Bioshock creator Ken Levine was blatantly honest about why audiences never got to take a cinematic trip into Rapture.

    He decided to kill his own creation.

    “Take Two is one of those companies that gives a lot of trust to their creative people and so they said to me, ‘if you want to kill it Ken, kill it’. And I killed it.”

    This came about after Universal trimmed the budget from $200 million to $80 million and director Gore Verbinski left the project over the budget reduction. And why did the studio suddenly get cold feet and slash the budget by so much? Would you believe [amazon_link id=”B001FB55H6″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Watchmen[/amazon_link]?

    “There was a deal in place and it was actually in production at Universal, and Gore Verbinski was directing it. And what happened was – this is my theory – it’s a very big movie and Gore was very excited about it and he wanted to make a very dark, what he would call a ‘hard-rated’ horror film – an R rated film with a lot of blood. Then The Watchmen came out – and I really liked The Watchmen – but it didn’t do well for whatever reason and the studio got cold feet about making an R rated $200 million film.”

    I don’t blame Levine for wanting to keep the movie from beginning if he didn’t feel wholly comfortable with the direction it was heading. As far as Universal getting cold feet, I don’t blame the failure of Watchmen, I blame the comic fans who clamored for a big screen version of the greatest graphic novel ever written and didn’t go and give it the support it needed.

     

     

  • Madden NFL 25’s Cover Vote Doesn’t Let Us Pray For A Madden Curse On Tom Brady

    Photo courtesy mymaddenpad.com
    Photo courtesy mymaddenpad.com

    It’s March Madness time again and we all know what that means!! It’s Madden cover vote bracket time!!

    Yeah, I know college basketball fans are wondering why football has to try and take attention away from the greatest playoff system going in sports and I am sure Roger Goodell would simply say, “It’s football, f*** you.”

    ESPN.com has the 64 player bracket up and it is a fine list of legends and players from today for you to vote on and see who will grace the 25th anniversary cover of Madden NFL. Although I am not sure why Jake Delhomme is on the list. I was pretty sure I saw him working at a Zaxby’s last week.

    When you go and cast your vote, just remember that even though there is a long list of quality players to choose from they left out the one quarterback that should be on the cover every year.

    Ryan Leaf.

  • Big Ubisoft Sale On PSN This Week

    Photo courtesy giantbomb.com
    Photo courtesy giantbomb.com

    It seems like I do this every seven days so here we go again.

    Another week, another sale on the Playstation Network. This week Ubisoft is offering over 30 games, each discounted up to 50% for PS Plus users. Regular member will get a 30% discount. There are some pretty good games on this list as well as some dogs so I will leave it up to your discerning eye to pick out which is which.

    Hint: Michael Jackson: The Experience is not among the good.

    Go and check out the full list of games and the other deals available to PS Plus member on the Official Playstation Blog.

  • Controller Inspired Cufflinks. For The Nerd With Important Places To Go.

    All photos courtesy etsy.com/BazingaJewelry
    All photos courtesy etsy.com/BazingaJewelry

    Do you have an important function to go to? A nice dinner or maybe a wedding of a person that you don’t really consider a friend, but know well enough to put on a suit? Are you actually a very lonely gamer and sometimes you dress up while you play Dead or Alive and pretend that you are on a date with one of the chicks in the game?

    Well Bazinga Jewelry is looking to cater to you. They are offering these video game controller inspired cufflinks for the man about town…and games. Each set will run you back $19.99 and they have choices that include the NES, SNES, Genesis, Xbox 360 and Playstation.

    At the very least you could buy a set for that one magical day when you have to wear a nice suit and people will notice your mad cufflinks. So go buy them and call your grannie to see how she is feeling.

    And now we play the waiting game.

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  • Killzone: Mercenary Hates Male Genitalia

    One of the reasons to love your Vita right now, besides the fact that Sony is giving you a long list of free or cheap games on PS Plus, is Killzone: Mercenary. The guys at Guerrilla are really trying to make sure that this is the best looking Vita game and that it will be the first quality shooter on the console.

    This new developer video shows how the team is using the power of the handheld to bring a true console experience. The game looks decidedly Killzone which is to say dark and dystopian, but it also is stunning considering it is on a handheld.

    The reason for the title?

    Watching the video you see how simple touch screen swipes will handle the melee kills in the game and one of these being you straight up stabbing guys….in the dick. Yeah, I may hate my enemy, but come on, do you really need to stab them in the dick?

    Oh, we do?

    OK, well let’s get to some dick stabbing!

    [amazon_link id=”B0050SWYTC” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Killzone: Mercenary[/amazon_link] releases on September 17th.

     

  • Tomb Raider Has 1 Million Playing Already

    Photo courtesy stuff.co.nz
    Photo courtesy stuff.co.nz

    It appears that [amazon_link id=”B004FS8LYK” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Tomb Raider[/amazon_link] is officially a hit.

    Crystal Dynamics has announced that one million people were playing Lara Croft’s newest adventure only two days after launch. I am sure this gives a sigh of relief to the development team that worked so hard on this game for over three years.

    I am going through Tomb Raider now and can say, without a doubt, that it was well worth the wait. Our review will be coming soon.