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Double Fine is Working on a Sesame Street Game for the Kinect

News Posts by Paul Franzen on February 15, 2011

...what? None of the words in that sentence go with any of the other words in that sentence.As if a game about Russian stacking dolls wasn't befuddling (and, apparently, awesome) enough, Destructoid
GC Podcast #34: The Thirty-Fourth Podcast

Podcasts by Alex Jedraszczak on February 11, 20111

Paul Franzen, Christian Porter, Justin Luschinski, and Alex Jedraszczak talk about, like, videogames, and stuff. Without a single real topic in mind, the podcast turned out far more cohesive and with
L.A. Noire Has Faces

News Posts by Paul Franzen on February 9, 2011

It's been referred to as a "Phoenix Wright game for adults," but that's not the only reason I'm posting about L.A. Noire here. (Heck, I'm practically posting in spite of that, because, hello, offensiv
Would Yoo Please Look at This Game?

News Posts by Paul Franzen on February 9, 20113

Why have I never heard of this game before? It's called Yoostar 2 (2?! Why haven't I heard of the original before?!), and it's a game that uses the Kinect/PlayStation Move camera to insert yourself in
Minus the Pudding: The Best of Xbox Live Indie Games

Columns by Paul Franzen on February 8, 20111

Last month in Pudding, I ran my own personal list of the Top 5 Xbox Live Indie Games from 2010. This month, courtesy of Joystiq, we have: everyone else's list. It's based on sales figures—specifically, number of copies sold during the first week of a game's launch—and the results, as expected, are completely demotivating. Personally, I'm so demotivated I won't be able to finish this lame joke I think I already used bef
We Have to Go to Japan

News Posts by Paul Franzen on February 4, 20111

I mean, all of us. Right now. Well, maybe not right now, but SOON. Just look at what Japan's getting!: That's right! They're getting frickin' Miles Edgeworth's office! This is, I swear to God, an act
Back to the Future Coming to PS3 in Two Weeks

News Posts by Paul Franzen on February 4, 20112

FINALLY! After what feels like years but has actually been, literally, maybe a month, Telltale Games has announced the PS3 release date for their first episodic Back to the Future adventure game: Feb
Twisted Pixel Hates Controllers

News Posts by Paul Franzen on February 1, 20114

Why? What's wrong with controllers? Why can't we just use controllers?!Twisted Pixel, purveyors of such downloadable games as 'Splosion Man, Comic Jumper, and [name redacted because they're afraid Ca
Sony Reveals PSP Successor

News Posts by Paul Franzen on January 27, 20111

Not to be outdone by Nintendo's press conference last week, today in Tokyo, Sony officially unveiled the successor to the PSP: previously known as the PSP2, and currently codenamed "NGP" (for "Next Ge
Duke Nukem Forever Has a Release Date! [NSFW]

News Posts by Paul Franzen on January 21, 2011

Per Destructoid, who heard it from Game Informer, the gaming industry's favorite phantom product (besides the actual Phantom) has an actual, honest-to-God release date, and that release date is May 3.