For those of you who haven't seen these videos yet, here's a trio of great performances from artist Guillaume Reymond and his GAME OVER Project. These are stop motion videos of popular classic games by using people in an auditorium with colour coded t-shirts. You can find more of these via Youtube, or through the groups official website at: http://www.notsonoisy.com/gameover/
I highly recommend the Space Invaders video as well, excellent choreography and a surprisingly accurate interpretation. Below is the Tetris video, enjoy!
Gamers love GTA IV and its gritty, realistic, and wide open world. Well, one guy likes GTA IV so much that he decided to recreate the intro to the classic Leslie Nielson comedy The Naked Gun inside of the game. The result is nothing short of spectacular.
I'm sure you've seen the classic video of the kid who gets way too excited over his new Nintendo 64 he got for Christmas. If you haven't, what the hell are you doing on the internet? <a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/rKapP-A7VIc&rel=0" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/rKapP-A7VIc&rel=0</a>!
Anyways, the excited kid getting a video game console for Christmas video has finally made the next gen leap to the Playstation 3. Or as they might say: OH MY GAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWD PLAYSTATION THREEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!! Watch the video below...
Now, I don't know which excited kid is better. The N64 kid getting excited over an old system with arguably few great games or the PS3 kid getting excited over a new system with arguably few great games. Regardless, this calls for a comparison. CUE UP THE HTML TABLES PLEASE... (After the break...)
1up has just posted the world's first glimpse at actual gameplay footage of Street Fighter 4. I can't say anything about this video because I CAN'T FREAKING VIEW IT! Most likely because everyone on the internet is trying to do the same thing as well. Oh well, I've embedded the video below for you to try your luck with. I'll update this article later on with impressions and how I think the game is turning out to be. So, best of luck trying to watch this...
UPDATE: 2:39PM: I've been watching the WMV version as it's downloading from GameVideos, and I just came upon the first gameplay footage. WOW! It looks really sharp. 60 frames per second, very fast paced, and it isn't 3D styled! It's still a traditional 2D fighter. I can't say much else because I only have about 4 out of 20 minutes of the clip downloaded. Oh and be aware, it's 20 minutes long, and most of it is probably made up of developer interviews and the 1up guys acting like morons. I'll update this article again if I find a RapidShare or something with the video on it so you don't have to deal with GameVideos.
While browsing around on the internet, I found a crazy promo video for the failed Nintendo 64 add-on, the 64DD.
The video features previews of Talent Maker, Polygon Maker, and Picture Maker...All of them look like they could be part of the same "game". Talent Maker looks like an early version of the Mii creation tool found on the Wii.
I also found a neat video showing what the 64DD startup sequence is like...and what happens if you don't put a disk in there.
.........because Guitar Hero III is determined to put you in a world of pain if it doesn't snap your fingers off and bleed you to death first. Better grab that copy of Chubby Lovin' you hide in between your mattresses, watch Over the Top and buy yourself a Bowflex. You'll need every muscle and joint in top form this fall.
Check it out:
Thanks to ScoreHero for posting that insane video. Either the game's dynamic has changed or "expert" just got a lot harder. Assuming that's the hardest song in the game of course.
Save this video, someday you may need to explain why Mommy/Daddy can't play catch anymore....or hold a fork.....or pee by themselves.
It's been a bit of a slow week in gaming news and goings on. So let's speed things up a bit with some classic Atari marketing courtesy of Youtube:
An awesome arcade port for a very underrated game system. The Atari 5200 gets attention from collectors and gamers alike more for it's reputation for poor controllers than it's awesome game library and near arcade perfect ports of classic games. I think the 5200 is often overshadowed by it's predecessor the Atari 2600 and gets forgotten quite easily.
According to it's Wikipedia article this Pole Position commercial is considered by many to be one of the greatest game commercials of all time. While I can say there's no accounting for taste I agree it is a classic.
Take a moment and imagine the possibilities. What could have been had the 5200 been compatible with Atari 2600 titles from the start, had a digital joystick instead of an analog one or didn't suffer through the game crash of 1983-84?
