December 19th the Cyberathlete Professional League announced they are developing a game specifically designed for professional gaming. The name of the game is Severity and even with that ugly logo this game promises enhanced tournament support, spectator modes and some sort of sadistic… ahm.. statistical module to calculate player’s performance (Unreal Tournament anyone?). The game is set for a late 2007 release.

Is this a good thing at all? When a game model is pushed by one of the big names in professional gaming, does it mean it will become standard? Standards are any formal sport’s foundation but innovation is what drives the gaming industry. Paradox!

Wii-tan is most commonly depicted as a small child, she’s supposed to be of a very happy-go-Lucky attitude, often seen with a Wiimote and nunchuk in her head and other times hanging out with Wiimote-tan and Nunchuk-tan. PS3-tan is constantly teasing her for her supposed immaturity while 360-tan helps her out every once in a while. The Internet has yet to settle on a definitive design for Wii-tan.

this quiz sucks…

it makes me feel old and geeky.

i should give it a second try and go for 0% to see what it says…

Update: it called be a noob

now i feel satisfied

Build-Your-Own point & click puzzle games. Plus it’s free for non-commercial use!

All you need is a low-to-intermediate understanding of Flash animation and some standard image editing skills. Beyond that, just download the Lassie Adventure Studio and leave the rest to ambition. Check out the Developers section for tips on getting started.

These $25 Tyvek wallets that look like folded-up dot-matrix paper are pretty sweet — the store also sells nice wallets that look like folded up newspapers and air-mail letters

Luis Reyes is working on the first sanctioned Star Trek manga, “Shinsei Shinsei,” and says he’s worried that TOS purists won’t approve of highly stylized interpretations of the famous characters.

“I’m a fan,” Reyes said at Comic-Con, but the manga-ka was warned by Star Trek executives, “Those fans will kill you.”

CBS Consumer Products Executive Paula Block is said to have helped keep the fresh manga in line with fan expectations, insisting that Reyes eliminate beads of sweat drawn on Captain Kirk.

“It’s okay with Scotty, but Kirk wouldn’t have freaked out like that.”

Worth1000 photoshopping contest: fake box-art for bad video-games. There are some real howlers in this one .

It was developed by Korean company Robo3, which makes several other robotic contraptions including a robot bar-tender and a dinosaur. The R7 will set you back a cool $5,250. But that seems very reasonable considering the “respect” you’ll get while trotting down the road.

Created to complement the launch of the Game Boy Camera, the GB Printer was actually marketed as a widely usable peripheral. Indeed, it was the first time that a portable printer had been designed specifically for a video game system. Of course, it’s also the last time.