Posts by: Frank Rivera

Nintendo Wii

• Sarcastic announcer Easter egg uncovered in Wave Race: Blue Storm September 4, 2010
  A NeoGAF forumite going by the moniker "Raoul Duke" recently uncovered a timeworn Easter egg hidden within the folds of the aquatic GameCube racer, Wave Race: Blue Storm -- and appropriately enough, this egg is awfully rotten. By entering in a super-obscure code on the game's audio settings screen, players can change the typically pleasant (and omnipresent) pit crew commenter to a sardonic so-and-so who talks smack about your every action. You can check out a video of this old-new Easter egg posted just after the jump, or, if you feel like taking a hit to your self-esteem for some reason, you can learn the arcane measures you have to follow to find the secret voice track over on NeoGAF.Continue reading Sarcastic announcer Easter egg uncovered in Wave Race: Blue StormSarcastic announcer Easter egg uncovered in Wave Race: Blue Storm originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 04 Sep 2010 05:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments
  Griffin McElroy
• Retro City Rampage preview: A Hodgepodge of Homages September 4, 2010
  There are all of those inside jokes, those gaming and pop culture references that we slip into conversation now and again, eliciting a chuckle from those "in the know." Now imagine you had enough knowledge to make a game and decided, "Hey, what the heck? I'll go ahead and put in a nod toward this classic in my game." That's kinda what Brian Provinciano did. He came up with Retro City Rampage, a self-professed "open world action parody" that started out as Grand Theftendo, an attempt to create Grand Theft Auto 3 on the NES. It kinda snowballed from there and eventually ended up being Retro City Rampage, a retro sandbox game with plenty of moxie. Gallery: Retro City Rampage (WiiWare)Continue reading Retro City Rampage preview: A Hodgepodge of HomagesRetro City Rampage preview: A Hodgepodge of Homages originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments
  David Hinkle
• 80 percent of Power Gig setlist is new to music games September 4, 2010
  Here she is: the full Power Gig: Rise of the Six String setlist -- all 70 tracks of it. As promised, Eric Clapton, Dave Matthews Band and Kid Rock are all on board (for the first time ever in a music game, no less), along with John Mayer, Paramore and harder rocking from the likes of Mastodon and Incubus. 80 percent of the tracks have never appeared in a music game before at all -- pretty impressive for an original IP. Power Gig will have plenty of competition this fall, but it looks like the setlist won't be a weak spot. Take a look at the tunes after the break, then scroll back up and answer this question: What's the absolute best song on the list? If you said Bad Religion's "I Want to Conquer the World," you're exactly right.Continue reading 80 percent of Power Gig setlist is new to music games80 percent of Power Gig setlist is new to music games originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 04 Sep 2010 03:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments
  Mike Schramm
• The Room adventure game is tearing us apart, Lisa September 4, 2010
  So, here's the thing: If you're not in on the cosmic joke that is Tommy Wiseau's impossibly bad masterpiece The Room, you're probably not going to grok anything we're about to talk about. Everyone else, brace yourself: Newgrounds founder Tom Fulp released The Room Tribute earlier this morning -- an adventure game which recreates the aforementioned film scene for scene from the perspective of its nigh-unintelligible protagonist. What could have been a quick and easy Flash game is actually a pretty lengthy experience, with collectibles (like hidden spoons tucked all throughout San Francisco) and expansions of The Room universe not present in the film, such as the haunting interior of Denny's apartment. Oh, also much like the film upon which it's based, The Room Tribute features frequent, thoroughly unerotic nudity -- so don't play it at work. But do play it at your earliest convenience. It is simply wonderful. Unless, of course, you haven't seen the movie. You monster.The Room adventure game is tearing us apart, Lisa originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 04 Sep 2010 02:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments
  Griffin McElroy