Hell yes! Anamanaguchi, the wonderful music wizards that they are, have released a new track from the upcoming Scott Pilgrim game. Holy shit does this reek of fantastic. Their chiptune meets rock and roll styling are clearly inspired by games of old so clearly they were a perfect choice for the side scrolling beat ‘em up due out on PSN August 10th (TBA for XBLA). The 6th and final book drops one week from today and the movie is out on the 13th of August. If you aren’t in the know with Scott Pilgrim or Anamanaguchi, then get in it or you are missing out.
Nintendo is apparently beefing up anti-piracy measures with their upcoming hand held behemoth: the 3DS. The VP of THQ’s Global Publishing said: “The problem with the DS market in the last few years, particularly with the DS Lite, is that it’s just been attacked by piracy. It’s made it almost impossible to shift any significant volume. The DSi combated it a little bit, but the 3DS has taken that a step further.What excites me even more (than 3DS games) is that there’s technology built in that device to really combat piracy.”
It would figure I post my musings on gaming’s future and RealID’s impact on it when Blizzard officially retracts the whole big mess. It’s still worth mentioning that it’s scary that this could still potentially be a reality but at least they finally got the picture. They carefully chose their words with saying
“at this time that real names will not be required for posting on official Blizzard forums.”
Knowing marketing and PR that means “for now”. We’ll see, Acti- ahem, Blizzard, we’ll see…
Blizzard’s RealID controversy, TF2 finally updates the Engie, Crackdown 2 and much more.
Things have been hectic in GNSU HQ (especially with the holiday cutting the week short) but despite being insanely busy a lot has been going on game wise so let’s take a look at this past week in gaming.
Capcom released the box art for Dead Rising 2 today, and I think it captures the spirit of the game rather well. While our hero looks rather dapper with his motorcycle jacket and chainsaw-oar-deathmachine, I kind of like the look our pal in the tuxedo is sporting with the Servbot helmet. More news after the jump:
Flickr user mad5l5in5 went on a little trip around Toronto to snap photos of locations in the Scott Pilgrim series. It’s pretty evident that at GNSU we love us some Scott Pilgrim so this is a really awesome idea. I already bugged Brian and Arien about taking trips to some of these places when I head up North later this summer to visit so this has me extra excited. Click the image above to take the Scott Pilgrimage photo tour. Some thoughts and more photos after the jump.
Yes, we do love other people. Contrary to popular belief the GNSU crew is not a hateful bunch of geeks – we really do care about others! (Plus it’s an excuse to post this bitchin’ Scott Pilgrim image)
So we finally started linking to some people we thought you should check out, some fun time blogs that we feel compliment us by touching on some things we don’t talk about on our site. Check them out below:
Podcast 8 is here - we give our initial thoughts on Crackdown 2, discuss the Blizzard “Real ID” controversy, and more as we try to deal with the intense heatwaves from THE SUN.
Sometimes good games go bad. No, not in a Will Smith \"bad means good\" kind of way. We mean they suck. In this week\'s podcast the GNSU Crew has a round table discussion about some pretty awful entries in popular franchises. Three words: Mario\'s Time Machine. Need we say more? We also give our thoughts on the new TF2 update and Crackdow […]
Arien, James, and Brian attempt to chill even when it is hot as balls outside but things take a turn for the not quite chill - will they go insane or keep cool? […]
Co-op games are like a virtual high five. Whats better than helping your buddy out or screwing them over for a laugh? GNSU discusses co-op gaming, whats new in gaming, and what theyre playing […]
Achievements - a love and hate story. Do they enhance or detract from games? Brian goes missing and gets temporarily replaced by Mike. Hilarity ensues. […]
Arien and James discuss their first real contest as well as their favorite underappreciated games along with the exquisite Brian Frobel and the lovely Angel Rivera. http://www.goodnewsshutup.com […]
