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Articles by Fruit Brute

May 10, 2008

Vote For The Best Upcoming Gay Gaming Industry Professional!

Hello one and all and welcome to our little corner of Logo's NewNowNext Awards! Here we will be gathering votes for the Best Upcoming Gay Gaming Industry Professional category. We have chosen three up and coming out gay game developers for the competition and each and every one is a heavy hitter! Make the jump to meet our contestants and cast your vote!

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May 9, 2008

Alone In The Dark Website Launches

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The new Alone in the Dark website has launched and you can check out all the spooky fun that Central Park has to offer on this snazzy flash based site. There are all the things you would expect from a game site including movies and screenshots. You can also take a tour of some of the various locations in the game and pick up items that will unlock some extra downloads for you.

I hope this game turns out well. I'm always happy to add another scary game to my arsenal and the videos I've seen thus far have looked quite good. Look for Alone in the Dark on your PS3, PS2, Xbox 360, Wii and PC on May 24th.

What Was Your First Console?

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A boy (or girl or boy/girl) always remembers his (or her or his/her) first console. For me it was the Atari Video Computer System (eventually known as the 2600). I got it for Christmas in 1979 at the tender age of twelve and I though it was just about the greatest thing I had ever laid eyes on. I thrilled to the "realistic" combat of, well.. Combat! I battled a dragon that looked more like a duck in Adventure and of course tried against all odds to get E.T. back home. I eventually moved on to other consoles, but the 2600 will always be my first love since it introduced me to the genre that would eventually become my career.

So how about you, what was your first console and when did you get it?

Smash Bros. Brawl Dated For Europe

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Here is is all you European Nintendo lovers, the date you've all been waiting for. Nintendo UK has announced that Super Smash Bros. Brawl will be hitting your local stores on June 27th. So mark your calenders and then cross out a week afterwards because if you're anything like the players here, you won't be leaving your living room for a while.

PlayStation Store Update 5/9/08

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Downloadable Games

  • Rocketmen: Axis of Evil ($9.99)

Add-on Game Content

  • PixelJunk Monsters Encore ($5.99)

Rock Band

  • "Date with the Night" - Yeah Yeah Yeahs ($1.99)

  • "It Hurts" - Angels & Airwaves ($1.99)

  • "This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race" - Fall Out Boy ($1.99)

  • Scene Pack 01 ($5.49) - Scene Pack 01 includes "It Hurts" by Angels & Airwaves, "This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race" by Fall Out Boy, and "Date with the Night" by Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

Rock Band price promotion:
"CrushCrushCrush" - Paramore and "Rock N Roll Band" - Boston are reduced to $0.99 until May 15th.

Guitar Hero III: Muse Track Pack ($6.25)

  • Includes "Exo-Politics", "Stockholm Syndrome" & "Supermassive Black Hole" as performed by Muse.

Game Demos (free)

  • HAZE Demo

  • The Bourne Conspiracy Demo

  • GRID Demo

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May 8, 2008

Just In: BioShock Movie A Go, Verbinski To Direct

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Ripped right from the pages of Variety: Universal Studios has signed a deal to turn last year's hit BioShock into a film. This has been hinted at for a while but this is the first time we've gotten actual confirmation. Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski has been tapped to direct and John Logan, who penned The Aviator has been tapped to write the script.

Take 2's Strauss Zelnick is cutting quite the deal that will ensure that BioShock gets made and doesn't get axed like the doomed Halo movie. Ken Levine is also currently being consulted although it is unsure whether he will have a hand in the final product. I truly pray that he does and that BioShock turns out to be just as fine a film as it was a game. I will be on the edge of my seat to see what they do with this one and crossing my fingers that it doesn't turn out to be another Blood Rayne... or another Resident Evil... or another Silent Hill... or another (fill in the blank)

Gore Verbinski to direct 'Bioshock' [Variety.com]

Enjoy Everyday Shooter On Your PC Via Steam!

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If you are a PC owner without a PS3 then you owe it to yourself to head on over to Steam and download a copy of Everyday Shooter. I have this game downloaded from the PSn Store and it is one of my favorites. Whenever I turn on my PS3 I invariably end up playing it for a bit before moving on to other things. Fantastic visual style, great music, simple but fun gameplay, what could be better? You can download it for yourself from steam for $9.99 starting today and believe me, it is well worth the price. Order within this first week and get 10% off!

As an added bonus, a demo for Portal is now also available...

Video Game Rating Enforcement Actually Working

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The Federal Trade Commission has just published the results of it's latest investigation into the sale of M rated games to minors and things are looking up. The FTC sent underage "secret shoppers" to various outlets to see how many places would sell the M rated games without checking IDs. The results show that only 20% of the shoppers were able to get the games, which is a marked improvement over last year's 42%. This is a huge decline given that in 2000 the rating was upwards around 85%. The various outlets were also rated individually with Gamestop/Eb coming out on top with a mere 6% while Hollywood Video was the worst offender with a whopping 40%. DVD sellers and movie theaters didn't do quite as well with 50% and 35% respectively.

So, it looks like perhaps gaming is proving itself to be more self regulating that many of the naysayers thought. It's great to see games coming out on top over DVD and movies for once and maybe soon we'll see our industry taken a bit more seriously.

BREAKING - FTC Study Shows Massive Improvement in Video Game Rating Enforcement
[GamePolitics]

Discount Rock Band DLC Not Just For Xbox

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You may recall earlier this week when Wootini told us about some discounted DLC for Rock Band (80 pts) on the 360 due to an unholy union between MTV and McDonalds. Of course the unholy child born form that union gives us cheap Rock Band songs so one can't complain too much I suppose. Well, good news for PS3 owners, this offer will extend to you as well (for 99 cents) so we can all enjoy in the cheapness! Low priced DLC for all!


May 7, 2008

GayGamer.net Podcast #22!

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The GayGamer.net Podcast #21 is here! Join Fruit Brute and Tiny Dancer as we discuss some of the news form the last week which was admittedly minimal. We look at the GTA IV issues on the PS3, Acitvision and Vivendi's split from the ESA, E3 and much, much more!

We're always looking for reader questions to answer on the show so if you have a query for the crew that you'd like answered or would just like to suggest a topic for discussion, send it here with the subject line "Podcast Question."

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Video: Lost Winds "Windy Road Trailer"

As I watched this video it made me realize that I overlooked writing about Lost Winds when I saw it at the Nintendo Media Summit a few weeks back. I feel really bad about ti because it was a really cool game with a terrific art style. For being a Wii Ware title, it really has some beautiful graphics and the control scheme is fun. This will be a definite download for me when Wii Ware finally launches along with the fantastic World of Goo!

GTA IV Topples COD 4 As Top Xbox LIVE Game

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Army men may be better than space marines, but career criminals trump both of those! Grand Theft Auto IV has taken down Call of Duty 4 in a rain of bullets to become the top played game on Xbox LIVE. It wasn't too long ago that COD 4 ripped that title from the scarred hands of Gears of War. Congratulations Niko Bellic, today you are an American.

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