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Daily Blips: Gaming News from May 26th, 2009

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Monday, May 25, 2009

Well, we all knew the new Tony Hawk doohickey would be expensive, so we're not really surprised. We're still holding off for a peripheral-based rollerblading game, though.

News Blips:


• Wheel-less plastic skateboard costs more than real, wheeled skateboard. Online videogame shop GameStop is saying the upcoming peripheral-packed Tony Hawk Ride will cost a whopping 120 bones. Think that's a lot? Imagine if that thing had wheels. [Kotaku]

• David Jaffe declines four-way offer with Electronic, Entertainment, and Expo. The outspoken God of War director officially confirmed via a video blog that he will not be showing off his not-so-mysterious new game (rumored to be a new PS3 Twisted Metal) at next week's E3 trade show. Performance anxiety, maybe? [VG247]

• High Voltage stick another game in Wii socket. The developers behind upcoming Wii shooter The Conduit announced they're making Roman-inspired fighter Gladiator A.D. for the Wii as well. Nice to see a developer giving the Wii some hardcore love. [IGN]

• New PixelJunk game is a shooter, officially. Well, the name of the game is at least. Developer Q-Games announced its new PSN game will be entitled PixelJunk Shooter. Sadly, you don't play as a gun. Or a one to four-ounce alcoholic beverage. [Joystiq]

Hit the jump for some video blips, including some Diablo 3 demons, drunk anime chicks, and...more.

 

Video Blips:

• Diablo 3 trailer shows some demons, demons, and, well, that's about it. But did we mention "demons?" Because this trailer has 'em.

• Boozing-up anime chicks in Dream C Club is totally legal. Totally creepy, however, is another story.

Cultural Blip:


• Yoshi sculptor looks good enough to eat. If you're a crap-eating dino. Check out this super detailed sculpture of Yoshi sticking his tongue out. Delicious. [technabob]

 
Tags: Daily Blips, david jaffe, God of War, twisted metal, Tony Hawk Ride, The Conduit, Gladiator A.D., PixelJunk Shooter, Dream C Club
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Lance Darnell
May 26, 2009
$120 for a Skateboard!? :o And you are right about the wheels! The eventual wheel add-on will be another $50. Motion-sensor elbow and knee pads will be $100. A virtual-reality helmet will be about $200. So paying $470 for a virtual skateboarding simulator IS cheaper than a $500 board. [url]http://www.popularmechanics.com/outdoors/adventures/1277371.html[/url]
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Michael Donahoe
May 26, 2009
Or you can spend a few hundred dollars more and buy the Top Skater arcade cabinet: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item;=380119392738&category;=13716&refid;=store
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Alex Spike
May 26, 2009
I honestly can't see Tony Hawk Ride doing too well, it's not like it's the only skating game on the market anymore. $120 for soemthing that might not even work well? Count me out, I would rather get 2 new 360/PS3 games for that money. I'm still not completely sold on High Voltage Games yet. Sure The Conduit looks pretty good for an FPS on the Wii, but the company hasn't exactly had a sellar track record so far. Same thing with Gladiator AD.
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Dan "Shoe" Hsu
May 26, 2009
This is hilarious: [quote]David Jaffe declines four-way offer with Electronic, Entertainment, and Expo....Performance anxiety, maybe?[/quote]
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Dan "Shoe" Hsu
May 26, 2009
And that's a lame trailer!
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Toby Davis
May 26, 2009
Why does tony not make an arcade one with updatable chips for his games. This way you could keep the arcade box and just update the game program.
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Lee Carlton
May 26, 2009
I haven't seen any videos of the peripheral in action, but how is this going to work? If you've actually skateboarded, you know that the majority of tricks you try are misses. I guess I'm just wondering how you kickflip this stupid thing without taking out a lamp.
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Carlos Garcia
May 26, 2009
I don't know what's creepier: Someone developing (and approving of) Dream C Club, or the fact that there's a market for it.
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Michael Burridge
May 26, 2009
Thanks to The John Dore Show, whenever I hear Tony Hawk's name, I think of this quote: "have you seen the new Terry Hawk video? It's rad to the boner!" I suppose you would've had to seen it in order to fully appreaciate its comedic value.
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Justin Hall
May 26, 2009
was Pixeljunk's contest for the least imaginative name? that's weak, fools btw, Donahoe, didn't i just see you on the opening credits for Dear Food Network?

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