If you have a copy of LittleBig Planet, some free time, and wouldn’t mind scoring a free PSP Go, you have until midnight tonight to enter Geekadelphia.com’s LittleBig Philadelphia contest. Just make a Philly-themed LBP level, record a playthrough, upload it to youtube or your favorite video embedding site, and send it to geekadelphia@gmail.com.
The grand prize winner gets a PSP Go with a $50 PSN card and 2 runners-up will each score a copy of LBP: Game of the Year Edition along with a $25 PSN card.
A little birdie tells me that there’s not too many entries at the moment, so if you enter, there’s a good chance you might win. Get to it, slackers!
Atlus just announced Persona 3 will be coming PSN and UMD this July as Shin Megami Tensei Persona 3 Portable. This is great news for anyone who didn’t have the time for a huge sprawling JRPG when it was originally released for PS2. Now you can bring the game with you and play as little or as much as you want! No more excuses about not being home enough. Just don’t let your boss catch you while playing at work. Or better yet, just play on your bathroom breaks. This way you get paid to poop AND play video games!
Hit the jump to check out the opening cinematic, screenshots, and the full press release.
Ikki Tousen: Xross is the follow-up the the PSP game Ikki Tousen: Eloquent Fist. Since this is Ikki Tousen we’re talking about, you can expect lots of punching, kicking, panties, boobies, and exploding clothes.
Xross is scheduled for an April 1st release in Japan and there’s also a limited edition dubbed the “New Gentei Bakuretsu Pack” (New Limited Explosion Pack) which comes with not one, but TWO adorable little K’anu Unchou Nendoroid figures; one featuring Kanu in her school uniform, and a swimsuit version. She even comes with a teensy little Dragon Blade!
The limited edition set will retail for ¥9,975 (about $110 USD), but it’s not bad considering nedoroids go for around $40 apiece. There’s also word that the LE set will come with a poster featuring an all new character, cards, and a drama CD which will all be packaged in a “sexy” box.
Remember 3D Dot Game Heroes, well this is like that, only without the sexily-rendered hi-res 3D pixels and complete Zelda ripoffery.
Seriously, how fucking cute are these sprites?
Don’t like ‘em? No biggie, in Classic Dungeon: Magic Team Assistance, you can design your own sprites (just like in 3D Dot Game Heroes).
Here’s Flonne from Disgaea in CD: MTA form.
As for the battle system, it seems pretty original and relatively deep. Since I don’t really understand it, I’ll just copy/paste directly from Kotowari:
This image shows Souma as the main character (center) with his support characters arranged on the grid around him. As Souma levels up more slots will become available. Different charters will have their own unique grids.
When EXP is earned for clearing a dungeon, it is distributed to all characters evenly. When a support character levels up, they earn more DEF and ATK, where main characters earn more HP and SP. This means a well rounded character will spend time in both fields.
And if this game hasn’t already won you over, all the music is 8-bit. I’m all over this. That is, if it ever comes to the U.S. If not, I still have 3D Dot Game Heroes to look forward to.
[Via Kotowari] <—-Bookmark this site! It friggin’ rules!
Amazon now has their own little PSN store set up where you can buy first-party titles like flower, echochrome, and even PSOne Classics.Once you make your purchase, you get a code to input on the PSN Store to download your game.
So far there are 21 PS3 games, 25 PSP games, and 19 PSOne Classics to chose from. This beats the crap out of the almost 30 games available on the XBLA Amazon shop, but nothing’s worse than the WiiWare shop on Amazon – it only has one game: World of Goo. Ouch.
To promote the launch of the new store, Amazon is giving away a $9.99 PSN credit to anyone who picks up a PS3 Slim, and a $15.99 credit to anyone who picks up a PSP-3000. The offer ends 11:59 PM Pacific Time on 10/17/09.
Hrm… I wonder why they’re not offering anything for people who buy the PSP Go…
So far this is only available in North America, but it seems like a decent option for people who have a few extra bucks sitting on their Amazon account.
We’ve had the PSP, the PSP-2000, the PSP-3000, and now Sony just recently released the PSP Go. Is the fourth time really the charm?
The general consensus has been, “it’s pretty, but meh.” Sure, there are improvements like 16GB of built-in storage space, a built-in mic, and the ability to connect Bluetooth devices like a PS3 controller (not sure why you’d even wanna’ do that in the first place), but is the new system really worth it? I like sexy new gadgets as much as the next guy, and the PSP Go is about as sexy as they come (especially the white one!), but let’s set aside our geekiness for just a moment and break this down logistically.
1. Unlike previous PSP models, the Go’s battery is built in. This means if you need to replace your battery for any reason, you won’t be able to do it on your own without voiding the warranty.
2. The screen is smaller! Traditionally, new system do things bigger and better. The screen on the PSP Go is .5 inches smaller than the PSP!!!
3. After three previous versions of the PSP and millions of gamers begging for a 2nd analog stick, you’d think Sony would listen, right? Wrong. Still only one anilog nub, so get ready for another year of clunky FPS controls. Until the inevitable PSP with a touch screen that you know damn well those bastards are gonna’ release for the 2010 holiday. Speaking of which…
4. No touch screen? Seriously? It’s 2010, Sony. Stop being an asshole.
5. Already have an older PSP and a huge collection of UMD’s lying around? Get ready to re-buy that huge collection if you ever wanna’ play those games on your PSP Go. Sony currently hasn’t acknowledged any inkling of a plan to transfer your games onto the Go.
6. Similarly, all your old PSP accessories won’t work with the Go either. If you have a few of Sony’s propriety memory sticks lying around, you may as well just chuck ‘em or use ‘em for something else. The PSP Go uses the insanely-way-smaller Memory Stick Micro. And if you were thinking of using the charger for your old PSP on the PSP Go, think again. Sony changed up the charger for no other logical reason than to piss you off.
7. The Minis are such a ripoff!!! With the launch of the PSP Go, the PlayStation store now has a collection of smaller games called Minis, which are nothing more than just stripped-down, more expensive versions of iPhone games. If a game had Wi-Fi multiplayer and downloadable content for the iPhone, don’t ever expect those features to come to the PSP. Now, I know that you can download Minis on older PSP systems as well, so this isn’t necessarily a full-fledged reason not to buy a PSP Go, it’s more or less just a reason not to get suckered into buying Minis in general.
8. You can’t play UMD games!!! While there are no doubts that the UMD format was stupid, bulky, and in no way ideal for portable gaming, a huge chunk of the PSP’s library is currently only available on UMD. This means you’ll just have to wait until Sony decides to release certain titles as downloadables.
9. The regular games are a ripoff, too!!! Since the PSP Go can’t play UMD discs, this means you’re limited to the small selection of games currently available on the PlayStation store. Sony decided to take advantage of this by charging obscene prices for content. Whereas you might be able to buy a used UMD at your local GameStop for only $7 or so, you’ll probably spend anywhere from $10 – $20 on the same game on the PlayStation store. Probably the most insane price I’ve seen is one of the Guilty Gear games going for $30. Thirty fucking doll-hairs!!! That’s the same amount you’d spend on a brand new, shrink-wrapped physical copy in a store! The only difference is, the store price factors in production costs, shipping costs, and the store’s profit. With these downloadable games, there’s nothing to produce or ship, and no necessary up-charge for a store to profit from, other than the PlayStation store which is no-doubt profiting off of a bunch of suckers who don’t know better.
10. THE PSP GO IS TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY FUCKING DOLLARS!!! Are. You. Serious!? You can get a used PSP for as little as $60 at a used game store or pawn shop. That’s a HUGE difference, especially when you consider the fact that older PSP models can download and play the exact same games as the PSP Go as well as the huge library of UMD games currently available.
So I saw this post on Figure.fm where a dude customized his PSP and he had all these sweet One Piecestraps on it which I thought looked pretty fresh. Then I felt the sudden urge to decorate my DSi with a gazillion bulky-but-cute straps, so I headed over to Play-Asia.com to start my quest.
I found these sweet Kingdom Hearts straps for only $9.90 each and I’m pretty sure I need the Sora and Cloud straps in order to live a happy life. For real.
There’s also Roxas, Riku, and Kairi who are also crazy cute. The more I look at ‘em, the more I’m thinking about just getting the whole set. Probably not the wisest investment, but I’ve spent more on way dumber crap.
This November, Sony will include PSP-exclusive digital copies with select Sony Pictures titles. It all kicks off on November 3rd when the American version of Godzilla hits store shelves, bundled with a PSP-only digital copy. Then, on November 10th, The Ugly Truth gets released with both a PSP-only digital copy and a DVD-ROM containing a traditional digital copy.
Too bad you need a PS3 in order to transfer the copy onto your PSP.
Here’s a few reasons why this is stupid:
If you own a PS3 in the first place, chances are slim that you’ll want to re-watch the movie on a tiny-ass screen.
Even if you don’t own a PS3 or Blu-ray player, seriously, who watches movies on their PSP? Remember what happened to movies on UMD?
Why release some Blu-rays with just a PSP-only copy, but others with an additional traditional copy?
Unless consumers can have the option to transfer their digital copies to a PSP with something other than a PS3, this whole concept is terrible.
Godzilla was terrible, the Ugly Truth looks terrible, and it probably is terrible.
Holy Invasion of Privacy Bad Man! – What did I do to deserve this? is probably the most amazingly long title for a video game ever. This backwards-ass RPG developed by NIS for the PSP takes a clever spin on the genre by putting you in the role of the bad guy. Actually, it’s not really an RPG at all. It’s just backwards-ass. Continue reading “Holy Invasion of Privacy Bad Man! – What did I do to deserve this?” →
Daily Graffiti: ‘Tron’ Graffiti Spotted in New York
Last Call for Geekadelphia’s LittleBig Philadelphia Contest Entries!
Tron: Legacy Trailer (you should probably watch this)
Fresh-ass Fanart: My friend got drunk and drew this picture of Benjamin Linus having a Hot Pocket thrown at him.
Daily Graffiti: Mega Man 9 Shed Graffiti
Fresh-ass Fanart: Minimalist Lego Homage to Disney/Pixar’s ‘Up’
Star Wars Burlesque Tatoo
MacGuyver + Paperclip = Sexual Assault
This little girl is the most adorable Voltron ever.
Hipster Maid for Hire on Craigslist
Probably the sexiest thing ever.
Fresh-ass Fanart: Homemade Scott Pilgrim Statues
