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Of the 100 or so cosplayers we saw (and snapped pictures of) at PAX 2008, we've whittled down the gallery to our favorite 15 costumes. Now we want to know who you thought was the best cosplayer:

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]]>cosplaycosplayerspaxpax-08pax-2008penny-arcade-expoThu, 04 Sep 2008 08:00:00 ESTNew, fruit-tacular Penny Arcade Adventures Episode 2 screenshttp://www.joystiq.com/2008/09/01/new-fruit-tacular-penny-arcade-adventures-episode-2-screens/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/09/01/new-fruit-tacular-penny-arcade-adventures-episode-2-screens/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/09/01/new-fruit-tacular-penny-arcade-adventures-episode-2-screens/#commentsFiled under: , , , , ,

With PAX 2008 bringing out oodles of Penny Arcade love, why not use this opportunity to pimp the upcoming PA Adventures Episode 2? In addition to chatting with COO Joel DeYoung (that aftermath of which will be published early this week), Hothead Games sent us more than a dozen new screenshots, including a few that are just for us (we feel touched by that, although on that note we wonder if some of them are creepy subliminal messages to us). PAA:OTRSPoD Episode 2 is due out later this year.
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]]>hotheadotrspodpaa-episode-2penny-arcade-adventuresMon, 01 Sep 2008 22:30:00 ESTPS3 Fanboy go-nuts for doughnuts at the PlayStation Blog PAX meetuphttp://www.joystiq.com/2008/09/01/ps3-fanboy-go-nuts-for-doughnuts-at-the-playstation-blog-pax-mee/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/09/01/ps3-fanboy-go-nuts-for-doughnuts-at-the-playstation-blog-pax-mee/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/09/01/ps3-fanboy-go-nuts-for-doughnuts-at-the-playstation-blog-pax-mee/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


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Like PlayStation? Like doughnuts? PS3 Fanboy loves both, so a PlayStation Blog PAX meetup at a local doughnut cafe in Seattle seemed like a match made in heaven. Check out the PS3 Fanboy photo gallery from the event, which shows off the many attendees, competitive WipEout Pulse players (one of whom won a MGS4 PS3) and swag. Did we mention there were many free and tasty doughnuts as well?

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]]>meetupPAX-08PAX-2008PlayStation-blogPS3PSPSonyMon, 01 Sep 2008 08:00:00 ESTPAX 2008: Dragon Age: Origins, now with blood and ceilingshttp://www.joystiq.com/2008/09/01/pax-2008-dragon-age-origins-now-with-blood-and-ceilings/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/09/01/pax-2008-dragon-age-origins-now-with-blood-and-ceilings/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/09/01/pax-2008-dragon-age-origins-now-with-blood-and-ceilings/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


The Dragon Age: Origins booth at PAX08 has been surrounded all weekend by both walls and people lining up to get inside. So when PAX opened for the third and final day this morning, we bolted straight to the game booth and avoided the nasty line. By joining in with the first group of the day to see the game demoed live. It didn't take very long for the room to fill up and once the doors close, we were elbow-to-elbow with what turned out to be some pretty enthusiastic BioWare fans.%Gallery-30910%

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]]>biowaredragon-agedragon-age-originsjoystiqfeatureslive-demopax-2008pax08penny-arcadeMon, 01 Sep 2008 07:00:00 ESTPAX 2008: Pink Godzilla revisitedhttp://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/31/pax-2008-pink-godzilla-revisited/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/31/pax-2008-pink-godzilla-revisited/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/31/pax-2008-pink-godzilla-revisited/#commentsFiled under: ,

Feeling that we didn't do it enough justice the first time, we've updated the Pink Godzilla booth tour gallery from this year's PAX. Click on the golden NES for more.
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]]>pax-08pax-2008penny-arcade-expopink-godzillaSun, 31 Aug 2008 01:00:00 ESTPAX 2008: Cosplay, day twohttp://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/30/pax-2008-cosplay-day-two/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/30/pax-2008-cosplay-day-two/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/30/pax-2008-cosplay-day-two/#commentsFiled under: ,

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Day two of our collection of people embracing nerd culture to the fullest extent. We're continued to impressed by what we've seen here so far with the cosplayers, in both selection and execution. And don't forget, Darth Vader can rock a mean Alanis Morissette. We've also mega-expanded our general PAX 2008 showfloor gallery to show you every square foot of what you're missing.
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]]>cosplaycosplayersjoystiqfeaturespaxpax-08pax-2008penny-arcade-expoSat, 30 Aug 2008 20:30:00 ESTPAX 2008: Touring the Pink Godzilla boothhttp://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/30/pax-2008-touring-the-pink-godzilla-booth/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/30/pax-2008-touring-the-pink-godzilla-booth/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/30/pax-2008-touring-the-pink-godzilla-booth/#commentsFiled under: ,

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Despite what you may think from the picture, it wasn't the tower of pink plushies that attracted us to the Pink Godzilla store booth. More so, it was that they have mint condition classic games (including the Earthbound and Chrono Trigger) and consoles like the 2nd Anniversary Xbox One from Japan. We're willing to bet that entire wall of games will be sold out by Sunday.
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]]>paxpax-08pax-2008penny-arcade-expopink-godzillaSat, 30 Aug 2008 09:00:00 ESTSeen@PAX08 LAN room: Waldo and a lonely MacBookhttp://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/30/seen-pax08-lan-room-waldo-and-a-lonely-macbook/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/30/seen-pax08-lan-room-waldo-and-a-lonely-macbook/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/30/seen-pax08-lan-room-waldo-and-a-lonely-macbook/#commentsFiled under: , ,

Call it dumb luck, but we caught that ever-elusive striped shirt aficionado taking a break from the PAX 2008 showfloor to play some Team Fortress 2 (we'd love to say he was playing as the appropriately-elusive spy, but we think it was actually Heavy class). Also spotted amongst the masses of giant modded PCs, a lone MacBook Pro. Check out some more crazy sightings from the BYOC (that's "Bring Your Own Computer") room.
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]]>caselanpaxpax-2008penny-arcade-expoSat, 30 Aug 2008 04:00:00 ESTPAX 2008 cosplay, day onehttp://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/30/pax-2008-cosplay-day-one/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/30/pax-2008-cosplay-day-one/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/30/pax-2008-cosplay-day-one/#commentsFiled under: ,

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The first day of 2008's Penny Arcade Expo is coming to an end and we're shuffling over to catch The OneUps, Freezepop and Jonathan Coulton perform in the main hall. Check out all the awesome costumes and fashion statements we bumped into today.
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]]>cosplaypaxpax-08penny-arcadeSat, 30 Aug 2008 00:01:00 ESTIt's a wrap: LittleBigBoxhttp://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/29/its-a-wrap-littlebigbox/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/29/its-a-wrap-littlebigbox/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/29/its-a-wrap-littlebigbox/#commentsFiled under: ,

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Life at Joystiq HQ used to feel a lot like Mount Crumpit. It was cold and lonely and it just seemed like our hearts were, in the words of Dr. Seuss, "two sizes too small." (That, and Ludwig refused to take his damned antler ears off.) But then LittleBigPlanet rolled along and slapped the cynical smirk clean off our faces. And -- wouldn't you know it? -- our hearts grew three sizes that day.
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]]>box-artlbplittlebigplanetmedia-moleculesackboyFri, 29 Aug 2008 14:00:00 ESTGC 2008: Ubisoft screenshot rounduphttp://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/21/gc-2008-ubisoft-screenshot-roundup/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/21/gc-2008-ubisoft-screenshot-roundup/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/21/gc-2008-ubisoft-screenshot-roundup/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,

Ubisoft has released beaucoup d'images as part of the media overflow we call Leipzig Games Convention 2008. Below and after the break, check out new galleries of screenshots for Raving Rabbids TV Party, Prince of Persia, EndWar, HAWX, Far Cry 2 and more. It's just like Ubidays, only with no Beyond Good & Evil in sight. Oh, mon Dieu!
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]]>anno-1404end-warendwarfar-cryfar-cry-2hawxleipzigleipzig-08prince-of-persiarabbidsraving-rabbidsraving-rabbids-tv-partyshaun-whiteshaun-white-snowboardingtom-clancytv-partyubisoftThu, 21 Aug 2008 18:44:00 ESTGC 2008: Killzone 2 says, 'Hey, look at me!'http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/20/gc-2008-killzone-2-says-hey-look-at-me/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/20/gc-2008-killzone-2-says-hey-look-at-me/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/20/gc-2008-killzone-2-says-hey-look-at-me/#commentsFiled under: , ,

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Perhaps "pretty" isn't the most appropriate word to describe Killzone 2. But if Guerrilla's shooter keeps showing up to the party looking like this, well, then what choice do we have? We're hot for you, Kizzy*. Three spooky red eyes and all!

(*Yup, official Killzone pet name confirmed.)
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]]>guerrillakillzonekillzone-2leipzig-08Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:15:00 ESTSee excerpts from The Art and Making of The Force Unleashedhttp://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/19/picture-it-excerpts-from-the-art-and-making-of-the-force-unleas/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/19/picture-it-excerpts-from-the-art-and-making-of-the-force-unleas/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/19/picture-it-excerpts-from-the-art-and-making-of-the-force-unleas/#commentsFiled under: , , , , , , ,


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LucasArts has sent us a rather hefty excerpt from The Art and Making of The Force Unleashed book (itself a whopping 224 pages) that came out this week. We're guessing it doesn't end with a note on the dev team being cut.

Click above to peruse the gallery (Protip: Click on the Hi-res button on each gallery page to view a high-resolution version of the image). A demo for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed drops this Thursday, with the full game arriving mid-September.
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]]>force-unleashedjoystiqfeaturesstar-warsstar-wars-the-force-unleashedthe-force-unleashedTue, 19 Aug 2008 14:00:00 ESTJoystiq hands-on: Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure (DS)http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/18/joystiq-hands-on-henry-hatsworth-in-the-puzzling-adventure-ds/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/18/joystiq-hands-on-henry-hatsworth-in-the-puzzling-adventure-ds/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/18/joystiq-hands-on-henry-hatsworth-in-the-puzzling-adventure-ds/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,


Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure combines a block-matching, DS puzzle game--think Panel de Pon/Planet Puzzle League--with a side-scrolling platformer. This puzzling mash-up keeps the blocks on the bottom screen, Hatsworth jumping up top, and you toggling between each to maintain progress. We recently played this stylish title, due at the beginning of 2009. With so many small things to get right, we're uncertain that the puzzle-platformer will work, but we're impressed by its potential.

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]]>dseaelectronic-artshenry-hatsworthhenry-hatsworth-in-the-puzzling-adventurekyle-graypanel-de-ponplanet-puzzle-leagueplatformpuzzletiburonMon, 18 Aug 2008 09:00:00 ESTJoystiq goes to i am 8-bithttp://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/15/joystiq-goes-to-i-am-8-bit/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/15/joystiq-goes-to-i-am-8-bit/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/15/joystiq-goes-to-i-am-8-bit/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,


Last night was the opening night shindig for the latest i am 8-bit show, and it was by far their biggest event yet. We arrived early as part of a press event to mill around and quietly take photos, but by 9PM the place was packed with people checking out the art, listening to the whomping sounds of Computer Jay, DJ R-Rated, and Leeni (check her out in the Pac-Man dress, along with her 8-bit tattoo). There was a massive line of people outside waiting to get in, and it had turned into the hottest ticket on Hollywood Blvd. Which, yes, is actually saying something.

They had turned the entire storefront of the World of Wonder (didn't they used to make Teddy Ruxpin?) into a huge display, featuring giant Piranha Plants from Super Mario Bros., and they had an old-school setup where you could play games ranging from an NES to a full-sized arcade cabinet, right there on full display to everyone passing by. It probably didn't hurt that some of the Nerdcore calendar girls took up residence here later and played Game Boys and quarter-eaters in their underwear.

Read more after the break, and be sure to take a spin through the huge gallery which shows off the more than 200 pieces in the show, and how crazy the whole scene became.
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]]>8-bitartartworkComputer-JayDJ-R-Ratedgalleryi-am-8-bitLeeniNerdcoreold-schoolFri, 15 Aug 2008 15:30:00 ESTGettin' Siggy with it: Joystiq goes to SIGGRAPHhttp://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/14/gettin-siggy-with-it-joystiq-goes-to-siggraph/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/14/gettin-siggy-with-it-joystiq-goes-to-siggraph/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/14/gettin-siggy-with-it-joystiq-goes-to-siggraph/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,


We headed into the wonderific CGI fray known as SIGGRAPH this year, and ultimately decided that we need to start checking this out more often. The technical conference just entered its 35th year, with the acronym being for Special Interest Group on GRAPHics and Interactive Techniques. While it's evolved into a pretty glorified job fair, they still show off new and impressive technology, have a large section focusing on papers relating to innovation in the field of computer graphics (like this year's "Simulating Knitted Cloth at the Yarn Level") and feature a fun Computer Animation Festival component filled with dozens of short CGI films in competition.

The only gaming companies we noticed in attendance were Activision, LucasArts, and THQ, which mostly offered "we want to hire you!" booths, but a lot of the tech behind games was being shown as well. NVIDIA was demoing "the world's first fully interactive GPU-based ray tracer," and the Mova Contour system was showing off their futuristic looking rig. Plus, it now seems like everyone and their uncle is creating 3D printers that pump out plastic models, but that doesn't mean we don't want one.

Read on after the break to find out more, explore the gallery below, and be sure to watch the video that got the biggest laughs, just ahead.
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]]>ActivisionAnimationComputer-AnimationComputer-GraphicsContourjob-fairLucasArtsMovaSIGGRAPHTHQThu, 14 Aug 2008 21:30:00 ESTJoystiq hands-on: IndieCade games galorehttp://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/13/joystiq-hands-on-indiecade-games-galore/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/13/joystiq-hands-on-indiecade-games-galore/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/13/joystiq-hands-on-indiecade-games-galore/#commentsFiled under: , , , , , , , , , , ,


One of the things we made sure to do at E3 this year was to spend a significant amount of time with the IndieCade folks. Then we sat on that info long enough for some of these games to get picked up, have a successful release, come out with sequels, spawn movies, novels, comic books, become part of the general pop culture bloodstream, and then fade into nostalgia, and for that we apologize. Actually, I'll apologize, I did it.

But in all seriousness, a lot of the more fun and innovative stuff we saw at E3 wasn't actually being churned out by big studios and publishers, but being worked on by small groups with tiny budgets and just a love of gaming. Read on to find out all about the IndieCade games that we saw on display, and why you'll want to be playing them now.
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]]>Block-HDark-Room-Sex-GameDarkgameDemocracy-2E3E3-2008E32008Gravitationibb-and-orbindependentIndieCadeJojos-Fashion-ShowjoystiqfeaturespiePrototype161Rider-SpokeThe-GraveyardThe-Misadventures-of-P.B.-WinterbottomWed, 13 Aug 2008 08:00:00 ESTJoystiq goes to Maddenpaloozahttp://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/12/joystiq-goes-to-maddenpalooza/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/12/joystiq-goes-to-maddenpalooza/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/12/joystiq-goes-to-maddenpalooza/#commentsFiled under: , , , , , , ,


The Rose Bowl was Madden-ified yesterday to make way for the 20th anniversary of Madden games, as well as the new Madden NFL 09 game that went on sale at midnight last night... or 9 PM Pacific if you were lucky enough to be in the stadium in Pasadena. The upper deck was wrapped in gigantic Madden sail cloths promoting the game and featuring poster boy Brett Favre in his Packers gear. The playing turf featured autograph sessions with NFL legends, skill games, free Pepsi schwag (which we forgot to photograph, whoops), a Slurpee booth complete with Hooters-esque booth babes, a mini Wal-Mart store, and a giant gaming tent full of tons of Xbox 360s, and a scant few Wiis, PS3s, and PSPs.

Read on, dear gamer, to discover the rest, including a confab between rapper Busta Rhymes and EA's Peter Moore. Plus you can click on the gallery below for loads of photos.
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]]>Busta-RhymesEAEA-SportsFootballMaddenMadden-09Madden-NFL-09MaddenpaloozaNFLPeter-MooreTue, 12 Aug 2008 10:00:00 ESTThe Indiana Jones game that LucasArts doesn't want you to know about ... yethttp://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/07/the-indiana-jones-game-that-lucasarts-doesnt-want-you-to-know-a/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/07/the-indiana-jones-game-that-lucasarts-doesnt-want-you-to-know-a/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/07/the-indiana-jones-game-that-lucasarts-doesnt-want-you-to-know-a/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,


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I was lucky enough to be able to go up to George Lucas' ranch this Sunday to see a screening of The Clone Wars and to interview the man himself, along with director Dave Filoni and producer Catherine Winder. To top that off, they gave us an insider's tour of the inner working at Lucasfilm and LucasArts.

There's a gallery below filled with highlights from the tour, including the LucasArts gaming lounge, the playtester's room, and their mocap studio. However, the real highlight was... tons of concept art from the "so secret we won't even talk about it" Indiana Jones game that is still forthcoming. It was all dated 2005, so who knows if it'll still feature in the game, but the above image of Indy watching the Golden Gate Bridge being built gives us hope. Find out more after the break.
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]]>concept-artGeorge-LucasIndiana-JonesLucasArtsLucasfilmThu, 07 Aug 2008 09:00:00 ESTWolfenstein trailer and images are occult-tastichttp://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/31/wolfenstein-trailer-and-images-are-occult-tastic/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/31/wolfenstein-trailer-and-images-are-occult-tastic/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/31/wolfenstein-trailer-and-images-are-occult-tastic/#commentsFiled under: , , , , , , ,

Straight from QuakeCon 2008 come some piping hot Wolfenstein goodies from the upcoming game, namely the trailer and a gallery of images. It might look like The Ghostbusters Meet Hitler, or the opening scene of the first Hellboy movie, but we're excited about the supernatural side of World War II. Thank you for that, Raiders of the Lost Ark.

This is a lot more footage than what we saw at Activision's "Not An E3 Event" event earlier this month, and it looks like it has some potential. The paranormal parts look decent, but why does some of it make us think of Call of Duty... 1? Hopefully we'll get some better looks in the coming months ahead, culminating in some Halloweenalicious spooky soldiers.
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