When I wrote oup my impressions of Star Wars the Force Unleashed I told you all about the joys of killing Wookies, well here is a quick clip to give you an idea of what it looks like. Unfortunately this player only used the force push because if you use the force grab and fling them around it is even better. There is also an achievement on the Xbox 360 for killing the Wookies during the Prologue of the story. On a side note has anyone else noted that the Star Wars the Force Unleashed acronym is STFU? (I know its childish and you have to consider Star Wars as one word)
The latest game from LucasArts, Fracture, is getting a demo today on both the Xbox 360 and PS3. The Xbox version is up on live now and the PS3 version will be going up with todays Thursday update, which is typical for the Sony folks. This is a definite download for me since I am interested in the game’s premise where you can alter the elevations of the ground around you to create cover or reach certain areas but I do have my doubts on how the game will play as a result.
Fracture will hit store shelves officially on October 7, but until then go grab the demo and start ripping the ground up.
This story is one of a guy who snapped and decided to kill his parents. Not only did he shoot his mom in the back, he then waited at home for his dad to come home and kill him as well.
After Russell Bramlage shot his mother twice while she was sewing, he cried with the family dog and watched television until his father came home. Then, after helping his father look for his mother, he shot and killed his dad.
Three days later, he bought an Xbox with a check he had stolen from his parents before the murders
Russell claims that he snapped because his parents were bothering him to get a job and he was worried they would find out that he stole two checks from them. I call bullshit on his statements since he waited for his father and cried with the dog some time went by and then he cashed one of the checks to buy a video game console?
Bramlage, 23, pleaded guilty to two counts of murder Wednesday in Grant Circuit Court. His siblings endorsed a plea agreement that recommends their younger brother serve life in prison with the possibility of parole in 20 years.
Something tells me this guy needs to be locked up for a long time and the possibility of parole should be none existent. I mean the guy has to be nuts to get an original Xbox right?
From Redmond, Washington a software development engineer in Microsoft’s Xbox division was murdered by her estranged husband who then committed suicide. Melissa Batten, 36, was shot to death by her husband Joseph Batten, also 36. Unfortunately Melissa had already gotten an order of protection against him, but things escalated past that.
In her request for a protection order, Melissa Batten described how her husband had called her more than 30 times on July 19 and 20 and warned her never to hang up on him. She also described a chain of circumstances that led to the phone calls, including how her husband broke into her workplace at Microsoft on July 16 and was caught by security guards.
Joseph Batten confronted her in a parking lot, shot her several times with a 9-mm handgun and then shot himself in the head, police reported.
Our thoughts and prayers here at Loot Ninja go out to Melissa’s friends and family.
Here is a video of Melissa at E3 giving an overview of Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts:
I can only ask why? EA has decided it’s worth their while to ship Madden 09 for the original Xbox. Seriously, why?
There hasn’t been a title shipped for the original Xbox is a damn long time. Microsoft gave up on the console pretty much when the 360 shipped. Apparently there’s still enough people who haven’t upgraded that EA sees fit to release their flagship title on the super old platform.
I bet this sells about 100 copies. Yeah, just 100. There can’t be that many people who still use their original Xbox for anything other than pirated games and Xbox Media Center.
Apparently this kid is very angry at his Xbox 360 after it gave him the dreaded RROD. Most people would simply try to go back to the store they purchased it from and get another one or call Microsoft and try to get it fixed. What does this kid do, well I won’t spoil it all for you, but it involves high powered rifles and his Xbox 360. I like how he just puts his Xbox on a tree stump and uses no backstop whatsoever.
No street dates have been announced just yet on Mega Man 9, but Capcom has confirmed that the newest Mega Man title, Megaman 9, will be hitting the PlayStation Network, the Xbox Live Arcade, and Wiiware. What was at first thought to be a Wiiware exclusive title has turned the corner and been whored out to all the systems. Good job Capcom, make sure you fill your pockets with as much cash as possible.
LAST MINUTE UPDATE: Capcom has officially stated that Mega Man 9 is currently slated “for WiiWare only” and that the information indicating it would go cross platform was a mistake on Capcom’s part. We take back the part where we called Capcom money grubbing whores, we love you Capcom, we didn’t mean it.
One of the craziest prototypes for the original Xbox was a giant shiny silver X with a green button in the middle. Yeah, who’s going to put that in their TV stand? Thing needs a table of it’s own. Anyway, it looks Team Ninja is paying homage to the humble beginnings of Microsoft’s foray into the console world. Pretty cool, although this video shows how annoying the camera can be.
This guy screams hardcore fan, he took an entire room in his house and pretty much dedicated it to Microsoft and the Xbox 360. He painted the walls green, put up Xbox logos and even has green furniture. I like the idea of having a gaming room, but I wouldn’t make it green or put giant logos on the wall unless the company sponsored me, best part of the room is the in-wall mini fridge, icy cold drinks while you play games FTW.
Is it my imagination or does he sound a bit creepy describing the room, like someone should break open the walls to look for the dead bodies. Also got creepy when he flipped off the lights and turned the green LED’s on, I was having some Silence of the Lambs flashbacks at this point.
There are always glitch sin games and GTA IV is no different folks, the previous titles also had them. her is a pretty simple one if you want to get rid of your wanted level or if you have the Xbox 360 version, get the ‘One Man Army’ achievement without breaking a sweat.
Before I end a lengthy GTA IV session I make it a point to make a hard save at a safe house and since I was in the vicinity I landed up at the safe house in Middle Park East (as shown in the image below). Now I got into a scuffle with one of the pedestrians and since I was in no mood to indulge in a fist fight with him, I just shot him. Luckily there were cops nearby and they turned their attention toward me. Since I had already hard saved a minute back I decided to dick around a bit. One thing led to another and I ended up killed tons of cops as a result of which I was stuck with a nice four star rating.
And that’s when I decided to run into the lobby of the safe house where I killed even more cops and members of the swat team that kept pouring in. Pretty soon I had a five star rating and just as I was about to die I made it to the lift marker that transported me to the safe house where I waited for nearly 10 minutes with a five star rating without worrying about the cops chasing me down.
It is pretty cheesy, but may come in handy every once in a while. What do you guys think, to glitch or not to glitch, that is the question?
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