Team Hyperstick

How gamers destroyed a marketing agency in 12 hours

In case you’ve been living under a rock today (or are busy playing your xmas videogame haul) there has been a lot of drama unfolding today. It all started here:

http://penny-arcade.com/resources/just-wow1.html

The gaming community then decided this ahole needed to be taught a lesson. So far there has been a review score nose-dive on Amazon, a permanent banning at PAX East, reports/blasts by IGN and Kotaku, a deleted twitter handle (then renamed with incorrect spelling once more) and a closed facebook page.

You can read more at NeoGAF, as users there have been heavily involved in the fun. What a way to end the year!

OMFG X-Men Arcade goes mobile!

First it came to the XBox 360, and now it went mobile. Yes the classic 1992 X-Men arcade hit found its way to the iPad, iPhone and Android devices! So get your $2.99 ready (in the App Store) and pick your favorite uncanny superhero to take on Magneto and his band of super villains and get to doin’ good bub. Nuff said!

Actually, a few other cool points is the 4-way multiplayer over Wifi and leaderboard features. Hmmm… i wonder if this has anything to do with X-Men: First Class premiering??? I guess its just coincidence. Either way i’m locked and loaded and ready to go!

This Date in Video Game History - 4/28

Get ready folks, because this is a big one… too many for pictures.

1997 — 3DO quits the hardware business by selling off its division to Samsung for $20 million dollars.

1999 — Connectix ceases shipments on its Virtual Game Station software for the Mac, in compliance with a federal court order initiated by Sony. The Virtual Game Station allowed PlayStation games to be played on Apple computers.

2002 — EA Sports releases 2002 FIFA World Cup for the PS2 and Xbox in the US.

2002 — Nintendo announces that the launch price for the GameCube in the UK will be £129.

2003 — LucasArts releases Star Wars: The Clone Wars for the Xbox. 

2004 — Nintendo releases Mario Golf: Advance Tour for the Game Boy Advance in Japan.

2005 — Eidos Interactive and LucasArts releases Lego Star Wars: The Video Game for Windows, the Game Boy Advance, PlayStation 2, and Xbox in Europe.

2007 — Nintendo releases the Pokémon Diamond Version and Pearl Version for the Nintendo DS in North America.

— unknown

Indie games > Retail games (sometimes)

Over at the fine establishment of NeoGAF, a user by the name toythatkills posts a monthly thread highlighting some of the hidden gems that lurk in the Xbox Live Indie Marketplace.

His past threads were the reasons I own awesome games like Tempura of the Dead, Hypership Out of Control, Crossfire, Revolver 360, and several unpronounceable Japanese games. And these games usually run you a $1.00.

Check out his picks and you might be saving yourself $60.00 on Bulletstorm.

The best Xbox LIVE Indie Games of February 2011

Old but new to you:

The best Xbox LIVE Indie Games of January 2011 | Bonded Realities
The best Xbox LIVE Indie Games of December 2010 | Score Rush
The best Xbox LIVE Indie Games of November 2010 | The TEMPURA of the DEAD
The best Xbox LIVE Indie Games of October 2010 | radiangames Fluid
The best Xbox LIVE Indie Games of September 2010 | Hypership Out of Control
The best Xbox LIVE Indie Games of August 2010 | Gravitron 360
The best Xbox LIVE Indie Games of July 2010 | PLATFORMANCE: Castle Pain
The best Xbox LIVE Indie Games of June 2010 | Old School Racer