Though National Geographic's How To Build A Better Being -- the documentary that will be shipping alongside Spore as part of that game's Collector's Edition -- doesn't air until September 9, the channel has passed along a short preview. This clip shows Spore creator Will Wright and marine biologist Tierney Thys discussing Spore's creatures -- specifically, how the game's Creature Creator relates directly to the amazingly varied, real-world sea creatures that Thys studies. National Geographic's How to Buil

I knew this day would come: Zero Punctuation is taking EVE Online to the woodshed. Whenever Yahtzee cranks out a new inflammatory video I inevitably find myself drawn to it, along with most of the intertubes. Let's face it: He's hilarious, and his points are often spot on. But most importantly, I can't quite argue against anything he says without looking like one of the acne-ridden overweight nerds he so handily disparages every single episode. This one, like all the others, is riddled with bias, wh

Let's set aside the stigma attached to Sanrio's woefully saccharine characters, and consider the benefits of playing the upcoming Hello Kitty Online. First, there's conquest. Chances are the droves of people signing up won't be very well versed in traditional MMO tactics. While it's hard to judge how in-depth the player-versus-enemy content will be, what does the average 7-year-old know about managing aggro, or farming monsters for valuable loot? And as a Harvest Moon junkie, this may be the closest I get

From Amanita Design, the developers responsible for the delightfully picturesque Samorost games, comes a brief peek at their upcoming adventure game, Machinarium. Due sometime during the first half of 2009, the game stars a robot tasked with defending his town from the Black Cap Brotherhood, while rescuing his significant other. The video (and the screenshots we've seen before) don't really reveal much, but the puzzles seem quirky, and the run-down locales look fantastic. I'm a huge fan of pixel-hunt adv

Na semana passada falei aqui no Save Game de como “Castle Crashers” é um jogo fo*#, o melhor da Xbox Live Arcade (ok, “Braid” também é legal). Citei também a incrível trilha sonora, que me faz ficar com as músicas grudadas no cérebro. Toda a trilha de “Castle Crashers” foi feita com músicas do portal Newgrounds, fundado por Tom Pulp, e que é também o programador chefe do game. As canções que fazem parte do site são enviadas por músicos (ou não) amadores, e durante o desenvolvimen

Yet another trailer for the upcoming film adaptation of Max Payne has appeared on the 'net, and surprisingly the movie still looks interesting. There's almost no way that this flick is going to be a cinematic tour de force on par with Casablanca (or even Cloverfield), but it looks to be hewing pretty closely to the games' themes -- a feat that should impress all those gamers burned by prior game-to-film projects. Unlike the last trailer this one avoids overemphasizing the angelic elements (which I'm as

Com tanto game cheio de frufrus, jogabilidade complexa, gráficos impressionantes e desafios que beiram o impossível, jogar “Castle Crashers” pode ser revitalizante. Lançado anteontem, dia 27, na Xbox Live por 1200 pontos, de cara me chamou a atenção pelo visual cartoon. Misture isso com um humor non-sense e o clássico estilo side-scrolling de esmagar botões, e pronto. Não, espere que tem mais. Adicione também uma trilha sonora fantástica e um trabalho de arte estiloso e original para ter uma d

Want more hardcore games for Wii? How about a niche adventure game that like two people are going to buy? Yes, it's that time again: Time for Skip, the iconoclastic makers of bizarre games like Chibi-Robo and Giftpia to unleash their first Wii game onto the world. It's called Captain Rainbow, and it's got all the hallmarks of a good Skip game: A quirky, endearing story, bizarre characters, lackadaisical gameplay goals, and (most critically) weird shit. The weird shit this time around stems mostly from the

A new trailer for zombie shooter Left 4 Dead has emerged from the Leipzig Games Convention, and unsurprisingly it's full of zombies being shot. Highlighted in the clip is a gorilla-like oversized zombie that apparently combines superior stamina and strength to become something of a typical second-tier first-person shooter enemy. I'll never get used to zombies that are anything but George Romero's shambling hordes, but after Portal I'm almost honor-bound to buy everything Valve puts out. See Also: Left 4