Mother 3 Patch Translator Reveals Letter; “Don’t Release it”

January 15, 2012

This is kind of an odd story. Clyde Mandelin, alias Tomato, who is a professional translator and worked on the Mother 3 Fan Translation Patch, recently told of a strange, anonymous letter he received before the Patch was released in 2008. The letter, “from a member of the game industry,”  basically begged Tomato and his [...]

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Persson Approves of Pirating Minecraft! Sort Of.

January 12, 2012

Markus Persson, AKA ‘Notch,’ the creator of Minecraft, openly supported the idea to a fan of pirating his own game. IGN reports, and has a screenshot to show it as well, that a fan said to Persson via Twitter that they don’t have money right now to buy Minecraft. Persson replied with, “Just pirate it. [...]

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Bethesda Now Retains All Fallout Rights, After Settlement

January 9, 2012

Bethesda and Interplay have resolved their Fallout dispute in a settlement today. Previously, Bethesda had given license to Interplay to create a Fallout online RPG, which was meant to be finished by 2009. That never happened, of course, and Bethesda claims Interplay “refused to relinquish its license and insisted it would develop a Fallout MMO” [...]

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Best Buy’s Feb. 1 Diablo III Release Day is False

January 8, 2012

Here’s another one for Best Buy’s Blooper Reel. A customer in Rochester, Minnesota sent a picture in to Joystiq showing an actual display in the store claiming that Diablo III is being released on February 1, and this particular store will have a special midnight opening for the game. That’s hilarious because there is no [...]

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Eiji Aonuma’s Zelda Timeline Disclaimer: Story Was Not Prime Focus

January 6, 2012

Fans continue to translate Hyrule Historia, the art book Nintendo released in Japan, partially to help commemorate The Legend of Zelda‘s 25th anniversary. This is where the recently-reported and translated timeline came from. Well, it’s now being reported that new translations reveal that Eiji Aonuma, the lead designer on the Zelda series, actually issued a [...]

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Warners Shut Down Akira Production (Again!)

January 6, 2012

Reports are now coming out that the Warner Bros.’s terrible idea that is the American film version of Akira has been shut down. Again. Yes, this isn’t the first time this happened! Reportedly, this current shutdown is due to ‘casting and budgetary issues.’ Evidently, the movie’s budget may be cut down even further from the [...]

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Ancient Hylian Decoded, Font Available!

January 4, 2012

According to Hyrule Historia, the recent art book released containing the supposed  The Legend of Zelda timeline, the Hylian text seen in Skyward Sword was ‘too ancient to translate,’ and thus, the text seen all over the game goes unread. Well, someone has actually done it. A fan by the name of Sarinilli found a [...]

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Myst to Come in 3D

January 4, 2012

I think we can all rest easy about Nintendo and the 3DS. I think everything will be okay now. It’s been announced that Myst is coming to the handheld! No, not a remake of the original game. It is the original Myst. But in 3D. For the 3DS. You can already get Myst on the [...]

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Dressing Up (or not) Female Fighters- Capcom 3

December 28, 2011

This will conclude my look at Capcom’s female fighting game characters, and how generally dressed they are, overall.

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Has an Official Zelda Timeline Been Released?

December 22, 2011

While this may very well belong under the ‘rumor’ category, it’s interesting, and possibly important enough to fans, to take a look at it. There’s been some buzz this week over an art book of The Legend of Zelda series, released only in Japan, of course. Reportedly, the book was said to contain an actual [...]

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