Namco Zippos: Dig Dug, Xevious, Galaxian, and
Pac-Man

post from Destructoid on 03 November 2009 02:00:00 PM. © Destructoid

Namco Zippos: Dig Dug, Xevious, Galaxian, and Pac-Man screenshot

While these Zippo lighters won't top the Sega console versions we showed you earlier, they all still have me considering taking up smoking so that I may have an excuse to carry one of these around.

For my money, the Dig Dug one is the winner. I'm the biggest Dig Dug fan around. It looks fantastic, too. The Galaxian one, with its slick engraved surface, is no slouch either. These lighters were created by Banpresto in Japan. They're all limited edition releases, made to celebrate Pac-Man's 30th anniversary next year.

Like the Sega console lighters, you'd really need to be a fan of the games, as these will cost ¥8,400 ($93) when they're released in Japan.

[via GameSetWatch]

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Madden NFL 10 KFC Giveaway

post from PWN or DIE on 03 November 2009 01:51:01 PM. © PWN or DIE

Kentucky Fried Chicken and Madden NFL 10 have teamed up and are giving away a plethora of prizes, including a copy of the game.

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Toro gets evicted, new app to replace Mainichi
Issho

post from Destructoid on 03 November 2009 01:40:00 PM. © Destructoid

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_{[As originally seen on Japanator]}

This is the worst news I have ever had to report.

For three years, SCEJ's Mainichi Issho has been a free app for the PS3, and as far as I'm concerned, one of the greatest things mankind has ever conceived. If you play it, you know that the "game" is largely made up of a daily news show, which awards you points for watching. You can then spend these points on cool, often gaming-related items to pimp out Toro's room. Well, not anymore, because Sony's kicking the poor little guy out of his house.

As reported by Andriasang, Mainichi Issho (moonspeak for Every Day Together) is being replaced by a new app called Weekly Toro Station, which as you may have guessed, will be updated weekly on Friday nights instead of every day. That's all just lovely, except that in order to rebrand this, they're throwing my boy out onto the street. Instead of his cozy room, Toro will now take up residence in a dirty, vacant lot somewhere outside.

Oh, but the good sh*tty news? You can put him up in a mansion if you want to shell out $8 a month to pay his rent. You'll be able to transfer your Mainichi Issho game data to the new app regardless, and you can still watch the now-weekly news show and access the arcade and so on. But unless you pony up ¥800 and pay for the "Platinum Member" service, you'll be missing out on many features, getting the Toro Station show at a later time, and poor Toro will be homeless, with all your collected items and goodies sitting outside in the vacant lot.

Toro gets evicted on November 11th, at which point Mainichi Issho will be fully replaced on PSN with the new Weekly Toro Station app. Long story short? What used to be a free, daily service is now weekly and costs $8 a month for the full experience. To nudge you in that direction, Sony is yanking people's heart strings by tossing Toro out on his ass if you opt for the stripped-down, free version. Classy way to treat your own mascot, fellas. Catch some pics, a video of the sadness and more details after the jump.

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Heartbreaking.

So what are you supposed to do with all the neat shit you had in Toro's room now that he's kicking it vagabond-style? Tape together some cardboard boxes for a makeshift wall, apparently:

Toro and Kuro will still put on the now-weekly news show, only now it'll be from the sad lot outside:

But if you cough up the ¥800 a month, Platinum Membership will put the boys in this fancy mansion:

Which has a nice fireplace inside, making the news show look more like this:

Now, is it just me, or is that the same goddamned room we already had, but with a bigger window? Yes, it is. So essentially, Sony's taking poor Toro's home away from him and charging you $8 a month to keep the little guy off the street. The cruel bastards.

Anyway, I'm sure there are maybe five of you who care about Toro or Mainichi Issho, but the point here is that a cool idea, which has been completely free since the PS3 launched, now costs money every month. Thanks Sony!

Now, a small tribute to my own pimp-ass room, which Toro's about to be kicked out of.

Mainichi Issho is still available for free on the Japanese PSN until November 11h if you're curious what the fuss was about. Does anyone else play this? Let's see some screencaps of your awesome room in the comments if you have them. Just hit the select button in the game to screencap, and use the PS3's web browser to upload them or email them to yourself from your hard drive.

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Forensics Escape

post from Escape Games 24 on 03 November 2009 01:36:00 PM. © Escape Games 24

Forensics Escape is another new point and click type room escape game from Gamershood. You are a negligent detective in a murder scene. You have to find enough evidence to convict a felon who is a...

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Lost in the City a chilling hidden object
adventure PC game

post from Gamezplay.org - Video game updates daily on 03 November 2009 01:23:00 PM. © Gamezplay.org - Video game updates daily

You?ve just woken up in an abandoned city with no knowledge of how you got there. Can you solve the mystery and find your way home unscathed?Lost in the City is a chilling hidden object adventure. Your first date with the beautiful and charming April was[...]

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Jaroo.com is like Hulu for cartoons

Jaroo.com is like Hulu for cartoons screenshot

Excuuuuse me, but videogame cartoons are rarely good. That said, there's something about watching them that is extremely satisfying. Sometimes it's seeing how they've worked elements of the game into the cartoon. Other times it's fun to see how they end up totally off base, like they never played the game before. Newly launched website Jaroo.com has plenty of cartoons like this, as it's a cartoon website. Think of it as Hulu for crappy old animation.

There are plenty of game-based cartoons to be found.

Captain N
Pole Position (seriously)
Sonic Underground
Super Mario Bros
The Legend of Zelda

As anything that shoots free video to your eye sockets, there's mandatory ads to watch. Nothing serious, though. I watched a bit of The Legend of Zelda and had a few laughs. Be sure to check out episode two, where Link has a full-on battle with a flying water bucket (9:26).

While it's not related to gaming, you have to hear the opening theme song to The Hurricanes, a crap soccer cartoon. It has to be the most amazingly bad theme song I've ever heard.

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