Moving from game development to multidisciplinary writing, Irrational Games’ Ken Levine and Shawn Elliott chat with Amazing Spider-Man writer Brian Michael Bendis on the second episode of Irrational Interviews , released this week. Did you know that what became BioShock was heavily seeded by a trip Levine and his wife took to Rockefeller Center? You would’ve if you’d already listened to the episode! What’re you waiting for, dummy? Direct Download / iTunes Feed / Irrational Interviews RSS Feed [Image credit: Pinguino ] Irrational

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A fan of the 2001 GameCube game Wave Race: Blue Storm found a long-buried Easter egg in the racing game this week. The code, posted to the NeoGAF message board by user “Raoul Duke,” unlocks a sardonic commentary track that insults the player at every move. “You don’t have an inferiority complex,” the announcer quips. “You’re just inferior.” The code seems “pretty elaborate,” says Chris Bieniek, editor of Tips & Tricks Codebook magazine. “It’s separate from the password entry system that they used for the rest of the codes in that game, so somebody must have wanted it buried deep.” JADS , another NeoGAF user, posted gameplay video (above) that highlights the unlocked audio. Those with precariously low self-esteem, beware. The process...]]>

A fan of the 2001 GameCube game Wave Race: Blue Storm found a long-buried Easter egg in the racing game this week. The code, posted to the NeoGAF message board by user “Raoul Duke,” unlocks a sardonic commentary track that insults the player at every move. “You don’t have an inferiority complex,” the announcer quips. “You’re just inferior.” The code seems “pretty elaborate,” says Chris Bieniek, editor of Tips & Tricks Codebook magazine. “It’s separate from the password entry system that they used for the rest of the codes in that game, so somebody must have wanted it buried deep.” JADS , another NeoGAF user, posted gameplay video (above) that highlights the unlocked audio. Those with precariously low self-esteem, beware. The process…

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Today is 9/02/10 – what some are proclaiming as “90210 Day.” Though we aren’t encouraging you to run out and get the DVD set or throw a party to pay tribute to the Beverly Hills gang, we will at least show you some of the hot chicks from 90210 …and we are talking about the series which ran from 1990-2000, not the modern day CW version. WENN.com Jennie Garth – Jennie…

It feels so weird to be telling you this, but Ubisoft has made an advergame based on Tom Clancy’s HAWX 2 and … it’s kinda good ! It’s a pretty basic shmup with an 8-bit theme, though it’s a bit more forgiving than most traditional games in the genre. (Your plane can actually take more than one hit before going down.) Everything else is pretty much what you’d expect: a rad soundtrack; several weapon types; and an endless supply of enemies to blast into oblivion. Don’t believe us? Hit up the link and check it out. [Thanks, Daniel] Tom Clancy’s HAWX 2: The 8-bit Game has a missile lock on our heart originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

EA Sports covers nearly all the big sports: football, soccer, golf, basketball, hockey, etc. But will it ever tackle a more niche interest? Its president, Peter Moore, certainly sees that as a possibility — just not on the current HD consoles. Obviously, the main obstacle in the path of these smaller sports is development cost. “It would be very difficult for us to justify putting a full-blown next-gen team…

In August of 2009, there was a mysterious trademark that popped up by Nintendo for “Super Mario Collection”. For those that don’t know, Super Mario Collection is the Japanese name for Super Mario All-Stars, which was a collection of Mario games (Super Mario Bros. 1, 2, 3, and Lost Levels) on the NES (and a version with Super Mario World on the SNES). It’s just…

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Roger Federer is at it again. You’ve seen the commercial with Roger Federer talking about hitting a shot between his legs. At the 2010 US Open, Rogerer Federer again hit a shot between his legs. This latest shot is arguably even more impressive than the original. Watch the Roger Federer videos at the end of this entry to compare. The between the legs shot at the 2010 US Open was against Brian Dabul. The original was at the 2009 US Open against Novak Djokovic. When Djokovic heard that Roger Federer had done it again, he didn&#...]]>

Roger Federer is at it again. You’ve seen the commercial with Roger Federer talking about hitting a shot between his legs. At the 2010 US Open, Rogerer Federer again hit a shot between his legs. This latest shot is arguably even more impressive than the original. Watch the Roger Federer videos at the end of this entry to compare. The between the legs shot at the 2010 US Open was against Brian Dabul. The original was at the 2009 US Open against Novak Djokovic. When Djokovic heard that Roger Federer had done it again, he didn&#…

When Matt Leinart was drafted, he had big expectations. After starring at USC, Leinart appeared destined for NFL stardom. His shaky start with the Arizona Cardinals opened the door for Kurt Warner to take over … and Warner didn’t disappoint. However, with Warner now retired, the door opened back up for Leinart on the Cardinals. You can go ahead and close that door. Leinart has already lost his starting quarterback gig…

Metroid: Other M – Unlockables Unlockable : Gallery Beat the game to unlock the Gallery. Unlockable: Hard Mode Complete the game with all items (100%) to unlock Hard Mode. Unlockable: Item Locations and Completion Percentage After you beat the final boss and see the game credits roll, return to the Bottle Ship and your map will be updated with all item locations. You’ll also get a completion percentage based on your collected items. Unlockable: Theater Mode Beat the game to unlock…

In order to celebrate the release of Castle Crashers on the Playstation Network, previously only available on the Xbox Live Arcade service, we here at vgZero have teamed up with developers The Behemoth to give you a chance to win some sweet swag! Last week we teased you with a video ( Click here to see! ) of the swag but now 3 lucky winners will be able to get their hands on the goodies. First up is the top prize of the king statue (with a stand signed by the developers) along with two…

Final Fantasy XIV . Image courtesy Square Enix Square Enix will commence open beta testing of Final Fantasy XIV at 7 p.m. Pacific time Wednesday. The beta test of the new MMO was meant to begin on Tuesday, but was postponed when the Japanese gamemaker discovered “critical” bugs in the code. Final Fantasy XIV , due out September 30 on PC and in March 2011 for PlayStation 3, is the company’s first foray into the MMO space since it launched Final Fantasy XI in 2002. It will be interesting to see how Square Enix makes an MMO in the post- Warcraft world. FFXIV recently incurred the wrath of hardcore gamers when it came out that it would try discourage marathon game sessions by reducing the gains of players who stay online and grind for too long. Remember that there was a similar …