Doug Lombardi of Valve confirmed that there will be no Steam console, at least in the near future. Whether it is hardware made by another manufacturer or hardware made directly by Valve it is not a project they are currently working on, or at least talking about… yet. Valve has had a Big Picture mode since the early days of Half-Life 1 to test their games on all types of displays. The current “prototype” is part of this initiative, and not a new thing.
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BreakmanX
BreakmanX (AKA Matthew Nyquist) founded BreakmanX.com in 2001 after having small video game websites since around 1996. Things really took off in September of 2002 when he started The Game Show with Richie. BreakmanX.com quickly developed a tight knit community of gamers as the crew covered major industry events and interviewed top industry talent. Break later went to the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts to get his MFA in Film and TV Production. He worked in Hollywood for seven years with people like Fred Roos (The Godfather Trilogy, Star Wars) and Dane Davis (The Matrix). He's now gone full circle and returned to Kansas to write and direct a feature film (EyesOpenMovie.com), relaunch The Game Show (BreakmanX.com), and spend his day time hours as an tenured Associate Professor.
As many of you know, I am not the biggest fan of games where you play as a floating gun or hands holding a gun. I know this is supposed to immerse you in the game, or some bullshit, but I always feel taken out by the fact that the developers are usually going for ultimate realism, and that always falls short since it is not possible at the current time. You see how much I mean it by the run on sentence. Save for sports games, I like games that take place in worlds that I could never go.…
As some of you know, I am currently making a movie called The Gamer. The movie is based on my belief that unique people are what really drives the world, and the main character is based on our beloved Q. The Q in the movie is a fictionalized version of Q, but many of his traits revolve around “The Real Q.” I would say this is similar to how in Seinfeld, Kramer is built around an actual friend they had in real life named Kramer. No other name or personality would do, and I think when you see the movie…
If you have a 3DS or DSi turn it on and download this for FREE while you still can. Go on, I did it. Also, tonight is the 9th anniversary, to the day, of the first game show ever. Tune in 🙂 7 Pacific, 8 Mountain, 9 Central, 10 Eastern.
Wow, this game is pretty good. If you loved Mega Man 9 and other retro games, you really have to give it a try. Besides the graphics, this game could easily hail from the 16 bit era and before. Difficulty is up there, but nothing you haven’t experienced before if you’ve been gaming since before the PSX. I like. You should play.
Hello, it is I, BreakmanX. Due to last night’s show and to honor Mecha, I will be going by the name “Port Authority” on this post. So now, it is I, The Port Authority and today I will be talking about Ocarina of Time 3DS and the 3DS in general. If you’ve been following the site for a while, you know that I have had a rocky relationship with the 3DS since its inception (cue boomy Inception music.) I’ve never been a fan of 3D, not even Avatar could make rise to some sort of three Dimensional boner. Mine exists…
This is a teaser or proof of concept of my upcoming project, “The Gamer.” This was a way to get my feet wet and practice for the big show.
I had the chance to talk to Jen Zee at the Microsoft booth. Bastion is just as amazing as I thought it would be!
So, there we have it- WiiU. Sounds like someone with a speech impediment trying to say Ryu. That said, this was very interesting. I’ll be talking about the conference live around noon on our stream with more discussion to come tonight. UPDATED: The from the floor show will be cancelled in favor of a special edition of The Game Show tonight! Check back around 6PM PST!
I can still remember that bright Spring afternoon, coming home from school and discovering that all my friends had gathered at my neighbors house. What mystery was contained that would stir up such a ruckus? A working lightsaber? A Neo Geo? I walked down the stairs into his basement to find the only light coming from the TV, projecting an eerie glow on all my open mouthed friends. Getting closer I could see that they were playing some new fighting game. It looked interesting, but I had Street Fighter II at home and had been completely obsessed with it, what…
Everyone and their Padinga are reporting that Nintendo will unveil a new console at E3 this June. Details are scant, but here is what everyone seems to agree on: The goal of this new console is to retake the hardcore market It will be more powerful than the 360 and Ps3 It will be fully backward compatible with the Wii Capable of full 1080p Will have a brand new controller with some sort of touch sensitive screen All I can say is, “FUCK YES!” Software is where most of the money is made on video games, and hardcore gamers buy…
You know I love retro remakes, so it should come as no surprise that I am salivating over the Streets of Rage remake. Try it out for yourself and let me know what you think in the comments. It is very faithful in its retroness, and the fact that it took 8 years to make should at least give you some inspiration to download.
Jesus Christ. No words necessary, just watch.
Eric and I had fun at the 3DS event in West Hollywood tonight. We talked to a lot of cool gamers that were braving the rain to get their hands on a shiny new 3DS. Video will be up soon now!
By watching this trailer you are confirming that you are 18 years or older as it is rated M for mature. I’m excited for Mortal Kombat again!
Monday Night Combat is free to play RIGHT NOW on Steam. I’ve heard a lot of positive things about this from quite a few people whose taste I hold in high esteem, so go ahead and give it a shot. What else are you going to do this weekend? That’s what I thought, NERD! While you’re at it, add me on Steam and we can play together.
Josh Hsieh sits down with the developer behind Rooms for the iPad. Our Rooms Interview – Click for video Interview by Josh Hsieh Edited by Erika Edgerley
As the title says.. Exact time will come soon.
My history with StarCraft goes back to the original, but my friends played it a much different way from the people that play “online” or “well.” We simply enjoyed playing badly and sending our various guys out to kill each other with very little strategy. As you might guess, StarCraft was a game that I enjoyed but was not very high on my list. I mean I knew there were players out there, in Korea, that were amazing at this game, but I never really thought much about it. RTS games were pretty low on my list at the time.
Hey guys, sorry for the late notice. I have a meeting I have to make tomorrow/today, so it looks like the show will take place Wednesday evening.
Congrats to Erika for shooting this rather picture and getting it on Kotaku! Hope you guys are having fun with LBP!
Our vision for this site was basically to simplify everything. The other site used technology that we’d been using since 2003/4. It was time for a change. I hope it’s faster and easier to do what you want to do here. I know it is for us! The black and blue colors we’ve had since the site’s beginning in 2000 are still here and will probably never change. I’ve seen all sorts of color combos and I absolutely love this particular black and blue combination. This site overhaul was done by Mecha and myself. He really did an amazing amount…
I know its been a while since our last update, but rest assured, the Padinga crew is still alive and breathing. I’ve been completely swamped with school and haven’t been at home, let alone able to do a show, barely at all in the last month or so. The Game Show shall return next week, and then E3 preparations shortly after that. See you soon! In our absence, you can listen to the rerun stream above.
So, I stumbled upon Strider 2 for the PSX recently and I wanted to share it with you all as it is pretty rockin. I never played the original Strider which might paint me as a heretic, but its mainly because I didn’t have a Genesis until the very end of its lifecycle so it simply wasn’t possible for me to play it. The best way I can describe Strider 2 is an easier Ninja Gaiden. I mean the NES version and not the recent reboot. If you haven’t had the chance to play it I suggest you try it.…
Thought I’d let you all know that my single is available on it’s first store: click hereNow available on iTunes.
Thought I’s post a few images together of the computer I threw together for myself. It has an i7 CPU and Radeon 5970 GPU. {becssg}newcomputer{/becssg}
First shipment of parts cane today. The rest come Thursday. Woot!
Wow, so H1N1 completely sucks. Such a declarative statement, and so obvious, but I had to sneeze it out for public consumption. Actually, you should probably wash your hands a few times after reading this, this shit be contagious. You should all check out the Steam sale that Eric has reported below. It is almost like stealing PC games, so there’s something for consumers and thieves alike, and the games are actually good. Go forth my son, and be blessed with sales. I’ve been playing these games on my Mac Pro in boot camp, and while the experience has…
To start off with, you should know that I grew up with Sonic the way that some people grew up with Mickey Mouse or Superman. I think a big part of my admiration for Sonic was because I got a Genesis so late in life because they were the forbidden fruit of the evil console for such a long time so when I actually got to play it it struck me with amazement.