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Ubisoft Signs Michael Jackson!
Monday, June 14th, 2010In a five minute dance presentation Ubisoft announces Michael Jacksons This is it. We’re not positive of the nature of this announcement, but common sense seems to dictate that this turn out to be a dancing game licensed on Michael Jackson, probably Kinect enabled.
1 CommentShamoozal Presents Micro-Shorts “Read-Only Memory”
Friday, April 23rd, 2010Phil Summers is a hell of a guy. He’s a hell of an Elder-Geek, too. This week he announced a new animated series called “Read-Only Memory” through his site Shamoozal.com and GoNintendo.com.
1 CommentDuke Nukem Forever Demo Released
Thursday, April 1st, 2010The sex gods at File Planet have surprised the world by using their necromancy stats on 3D Realms and coming away with the demonstration build of the long awaited Duke Nukem Forever. The latest in the line of TPS-FPS-RTS-TSA-FUBAR-Knitting Simulators has been anticipated for well over a millennium since the previous Duke Nukem game (Duke [...]
1 CommentWorld of Warcraft Grows An EPEEN
Thursday, April 1st, 2010A long-time informal measure of accomplishment, Blizzard has finally brought the EPEEN into official light. The “Equipment Potency EquivalencE Number” allows for gamer’s gear l33tness to be prominently and obviously expressed with a vertical blue bar that grows with added badassery. Players with the thickest and most manly EPEEN meters will allow players the glory [...]
3 CommentsCiv 5 to Feature “Extreme Diplomacy”
Thursday, April 1st, 20102K Games announced today that the upcoming Sid Meier’s Civilization V will feature something called “Extreme Diplomacy.” When all else fails and a conflict is at a stand-still, world leaders will be able to battle it out 1-on-1 in a fight to the death. Each world leader has special skills and attacks, including: • George [...]
No CommentsTim Gunn of Project Runway Critiques Super Mario’s Sense of Style
Friday, January 22nd, 2010Like most people out there, chances are you come to Elder-Geek for the latest news in video game character fashion…well perhaps thats a bit of a stretch, but in this video in preparation for Project Runway the Game, Tim Gunn host and star of the show has come forward to lend his expertise to our [...]
5 CommentsActivision CEO Says “Our Spider-Man Games Have Sucked”
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010Bobby Kotick, along side his comments on DJ Hero, also discussed the past of the Spider-Man franchise in a very direct and straightforward manner. He said:
1 CommentMan Spends $300,000 on Virtual Item!
Thursday, December 31st, 2009Buzz Erik Lightyear, (and yes reports do say this is his name) recently spent 300,000 REAL dollars on a “Crystal Palace Space Station” in the game Entropia Online. This now sets the record for the most money ever spent on a virtual item. This game is not well known in America, but is very popular [...]
5 CommentsVideo Game Releases Week of Sunday 11.08.09
Monday, November 9th, 2009We’re finally here, this week Modern Warfare 2, the sequel to the mega hit Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare hits the street. In addition to this the first Modern Warfare is released for Wii and DS in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Reflex and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Mobilized. For a full list [...]
1 CommentZero Punctuation’s Yahtzee Croshaw Pens Novel
Monday, October 26th, 2009Known best for static yellow backgrounds and crazy-ass chibi photoshop humor, Escapist Magazine’s Ben “Yahtzee” Croshaw has single-handedly made a career out of lighting-fast review hatred. In addition to designing freeware adventure games, Yahtzee can now add “published writer” to his resume. Published by Dark Horse, “Mogworld” follows a bit NPC character whose 60-year long [...]
3 CommentsDavid Jaffe Disappears!
Saturday, September 5th, 2009Well not into thin air, but he has disappeared from the eyes of the internet masses. For those of you who don’t know, David Jaffe is a former employee of SCEA and was the primary creative voice behind such games as God of War, Twisted Metal 1 and 2, and Calling all Cars. Now Jaffe [...]
No CommentsVideo: Mario has Christian Bale Freakout on set of Mario Kart: The Movie
Monday, August 31st, 2009Ever wonder what Mario is like in real life? Well this video gives us a glimpse at how much of a “Diva” Mario really is when he doesn’t know the cameras on.
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