Niko: Moral Compass?

It seems like the whole world is kinda slowing down in preparation for GTA4. Its hard to find any gaming news that doesn’t have to do with GTA4 is some way. I did listen to IGN’s podcast concerning the game and found that Niko will be somewhat of a moral compass, showing you that killing that hooker might not be such a good idea.

My world is kinda just frozen waiting on GTA4 even though I have a lot of things going on my eyes drift over to the calender with GTA4 written on it. Expect a writeup of my experiences with the game after my first 24 hours with it.

Mario Tattoo strikes from behind

This tattoo is just beautiful. I sat and stared at its awesomeness pondering if I should steal their design for myself; then I saw that this tattoo was located squarely on the guy’s butt.

(Source: Geekologie.com)

The Scout, The Bat, The Beatdown

This is part of Valve’s “Meet The” Series and shows the Scout in all his sexy glory. If this doesn’t make you want to load up Orange Box, there is something wrong with you; or you don’t have it.

(Source: Albotas)

Video Games Social Network

The next-gen has brought a social revolution to gaming. Games like Unreal Tournament 3, Army of Two, and Burnout Paradise allow you to play the story mode of the game with a friend over the internet. Problem is some gamers just don’t have friends; that’s where social networks come in.

I have at least one friend I can always play co-op games with; but when I heard Resistance 2 would not only have a co-op campaign for 8 players but it will be separate from the normal campaign I have been been searching for 6 more people to game with by then.

Here are some of the sites I’ve found in my search to find a good social network to connect to fellow gamers (at least till Home comes out):

Gamestrata.com - An online ranking system and social network, the site develops community tools for gamers. Form Groups for your game of choice, have your own personal forum, share tips and tricks, achievements and stats, and form clans.

RecruitingGrounds.com - Find and manage clans, play free arcade style games and build your own online gaming profile. Recruiting Grounds also offers tournaments, and tournament creation, gaming news and multimedia, as well as classified ads, groups and forums to get involved with.

Pwned.com - The site has a surprisingly large number of girls since Girls Entertainment Network, a geek girls site, promotes the site. This site has a simplified myspace interface and allows you gaming IDs, games, and other information to your profile. You can search for people based what games they have on their profile, their name, or their location. Doing things like uploading photos, posting comments, and taking surveys will award you points which can be traded in for prizes down the road. This site suffers from the myspace problem and allows people too much freedom with profiles which can result it large, cluttered, and even annoying profiles.

1up.com - This site comes from the makers of the Electronic Gaming Monthly, or EGM, and is primarily a news resource. If you register you can create a profile and search for other games in your area or by game. You can form/join clubs and post on the forums. This was the first gaming network I found and it allowed me to find a couple local PS3 gamers; sadly they didn’t really pan out and haven’t actually played and games with them.

I have checked all these sites out and no one seems to have gotten it just right yet. I’m waiting for something as powerful but simplied as facebook. Home will be here by christmas which might just bring the want/need for these service down. You can check out the above links and see if any of them appeal to you.

(Source: playgirlz)

PS3 Brownies

There are many things brownies can be filled with but not playstation deliciousness; until now. It uses the power of Girl Scout Thin Mints to bring the taste and awesomeness to these brownies. I’m not the biggest fan of Thin Mints, but I might just have to let my taste buds take the day off so I can fill my stomach with gaming goodness. Follow the link for recipe.

(Source/Recipe: Snack or Die)

Okami loves IGN and isn’t ashamed to show it

Since I don’t have an incredible amount of free time, I usually don’t post on the small things; but this is such a stupid mistake I couldn’t resist. The new Okami cover has a watermark from the gaming site ign.com since they used the following picture as a background:

I’m not sure if IGN is happy for the free advertising or gearing up their lawyers for a war. Either way, this mistake will surely teach future publishers to put more time into cover art or at least look at it before it ships.

(Source: Kotaku)

Command and Conquer: Cake’s Wrath

This fruity Nod cake was made for a member of EA. I’m not sure if this cake makes me want to eat it or play Command and Conquer.

(Source: Gamecakes)

MK vs DC: The Game That Should Never Be

Girls and Boys, sit down and I will tell you the story of a game that never should be; Once upon a time there was a great and magical series called Mortal Kombat and was a person favorite of your truly. But Mortal Kombat had be taken over by an evil parasite and its was devouring everything good about MK. On the other side of the world there was DC, it was a well known series of super heroes but the writers had a stick planted firmly up the arse so their characters become too powerful and too righteous removing all chance for a decent story. One day the parasite and the stick were drinking at the local pub and fell in love. They decided they would work together to destroy their respective series in one great and indisputable strike, Mortal Kombat for DC. They removed all the gore and fatilities and then I shed a single tear as they had finally killed Mortal Kombat. Oh well, Soul Calibur 4 will be out soon so I can get my jedi on.

(Source: Kotaku)

Spiderman: Web of Shadows

Its looks like everyone favorite super villain is back and he brought friends. This teaser trailer for Spider: Web of Shadows shows an apocalyptic New York and speculation thinks that the symbiotes have invaded New York. IGN reports:

players choose to play as a heroic web-slinger or a volatile, destructive anti-hero, fighting with or against a vast number of fan-favorite Marvel heroes and villains, switching instantly between sides, and deciding which missions to undertake to save mankind.

Since the movies, Spider-man games have been a dime a dozen but this one really does look like it has the potential to be a blockbuster. The game will be available on all platforms.

(Source:IGN)

Gelaskins

I love my PSP with features like Remote Play, RSS Feeds, and great games like Patapon. I do have one gripe with it; I have the silver PSP from the Daxter bundle, and its not that stylish. I’ve thought about picking up a skin for it but haven’t seen anything too attractive until today. For $20 a piece your PSP can be as cool as you think you are. The Gelaskins come with a two-piece front and back protective skin and screen protector to take care of all those scratches and dings the screen seems to get. Gelaskins are also available for the Nintendo DS and laptops.

(Gelaskins via Kotaku)