Actor/screenwriter —and voice of Solid Snake—David Hayter has his acting chops put to the test by host Cecily Jenkins on an episode of Youtube series “Nerd News”. Skip to about 5:00 to experience Hayter dressed as Solid Snake, headband and all, performing what begins as an aptly dramatic delivery of
It’s not every day you discover yourself explicitly recreated in a war game, but that’s exactly what happened to Lt Col Andy Harrison: The decorated officer’s “avatar” stands in full British Army uniform, with body armour and an SA80 rifle in the game, which is set in the fictional war-torn countr
Dig into some more mainstream videogame news! -Check out the new trailer for Paradox’s Pirates of the Black Cove. -Two million people heard the call to beta test Call of Duty Elite. -Sony and Namco unite to form Cellius. -Take a look at this gameplay preview of Steel Chronicle from Konami. -Sony
Back in January, BBC journalist Paul Mason documented his attempt to re-fight WWII in real-time strategy game Hearts of Iron III. Playing as France, Mason was putting a historical theory to the test: if the Allies had declared war in 1938 to defend Czechoslovakia against the Germans, the war might h
How far do you think robotics have come? Before you can finish saying “ASIMO”, get to know the Einstein-resembling robot which, thanks to scientists at the University of California, has learned various facial expressions by looking in a mirror and mimicking (so to speak): It randomly moved its 30 f
Now let’s zoom through some more mainstream videogame news! – Get the latest details on Team Meat’s The Binding of Isaac. –Watch Tim Schafer pitch Once Upon a Monster to Cookie Monster. –Capcom plans to introduce a new game at ComicCon. –Take a look at these screens for A Game of Thrones: Genesis.
Novak Djokovic might have won Wimbledon this year. But the real competition was up in the players’ hotel rooms. Perennial champ Rafael Nadal and Scotsman Andy Murray face off regularly, both on the court and on the digital pitch of their PS3, The Herald Scotland reported. The trash talking ahead of
Next time you find yourself at a Dave & Buster’s (or something like it), keep your eyes open for a mammoth-sized version of Fruit Ninja. The arcade setup contains all of the same touch-screen fruit-killing you might expect from Fruit Ninja, but it doesn’t come without its limitations: The touch scr