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Rubber Band minigun, fun for the whole family!

Alex Wilcox — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:28:08 +0000

This may not necessarily be gaming-related, but it’s pretty much the only non-lethal chaingun you’ll ever get your hands on. I basically relived my Quake and Unreal Tournament fantasies through this video.

This thing kicks so much ass, with 24 barrels a 288 band capacity and the ability to shoot at 40 bands per second cats and kids alike will quiver at the sight of this magnificent creation.

Bow down to the disentegrator:

Today is the Day of the Ninja

Erik David Even — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 19:08:43 +0000

A ninja. At night. In a coal mine.

Today is the international Day of the Ninja. Ninja fans everywhere will celebrate by skipping work — then the next day when their boss calls them out, they’ll say “I was a ninja. You just didn’t see me.”

To celebrate Ninja Day, here are some cool online Ninja games you can play right now:

N: Way of the Ninja: master the game physics to get your ninja through each level (link goes to our review)

Ninja Rampage: very cool Flash game. Kill the guards and remain undetected. (Be sure to exit the screen to the right after each level.)

NinjaMan: cute game, very violent (does making the blood green somehow make it less gory?), the controls suck though.

SinJid: Shadow Ninja: a Final Fantasy-style RPG. Use the spacebar to perform actions.

Ninja Rinseout: just like Ninja Rampage, but not as fun.

3 Foot Ninja II: Fighting game with nice animation.

Seppuku: It’s nothing like Hangman. Honest.

Ninja Burger’s Ninja Delivery Game: Silly.

Seen a good Ninja game?

Wednesday Rumor Roundup

Erik David Even — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 17:44:30 +0000

From the “Pulling Facts Out of Your Ass” Department: the rumors circulating today in the gaming community…

EA to buy NCsoft? The idea is that EA must get into the MMO game to compete against the new Activision Blizzard. Two words: Auto Assault.

PSP Store coming to the PSP? Finally — both PSP users will be able to download both PSP games directly to their handheld.

Gamespot to see mass resignations over Reviewgate scandal? Sure. Because it’s sooooo easy to get a games journalism job.

Bioshock 2 team splits off so they never have to see lead designer Ken Levine ever again? Burn.

Heard any rumors? Let us know.

56 Geeks

Erik David Even — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 21:56:42 +0000

A poster featuring 56 varieties of geek.

Via Flickr.

Win a year of World of Warcraft

Erik David Even — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 19:01:20 +0000

The folks who make SwitchBlade, the program that lets you use a 360 controller on your PC, are giving away a free year of World of Warcraft.

Blue Orb, Inc., the company behind SwitchBlade(TM), the software that lets gamers play World of Warcraft(R) with an Xbox 360(R) controller, is giving away a year-long subscription to World of Warcraft for 12 lucky users. Between Dec. 4 and Dec. 31, gamers can visit www.switchbladegaming.com to download and register SwitchBlade for a chance to win a 12-month subscription to World of Warcraft. Existing registered SwitchBlade users will automatically be entered into the drawing.

SwitchBlade brings the console experience to PC games, starting with World of Warcraft and supporting many other titles in the near future.

Here’s my review of SwitchBlade.

75% of European parents “worried” about video games

Erik David Even — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:42:33 +0000

Three quarters of parents surveyed in the UK are “worried” about videogame content, with 71% concerned across the UK, France, Germany, and Italy.

Of the 4,000 parents surveyed by Microsoft, 44% said children should only play video games for up to an hour a day.

Sixty percent said they understood the parental controls on consoles; less than half felt they had any control over how long their children spend playing.

Here are some more questions from the survey:* (more…)