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Have you ever wondered what could be accomplished with loads of free time and the participation of 300 Fallout fans from Russia? Well, if you were to set up a little cos-play live action apocalyptic set and take some awesome pictures, you might end up with the following Fallout-themed event.

According to a recent article on Kotaku, “A workshop group called Albion organized the event, securing the setting and providing technical, medical, and rescue support. Around 300 players participated, creating their own costumes and modifying fake weapons until they looked as if you just plucked them from a freshly-killed raider’s hands. The game followed a basic plot, which the organizers would change on the fly according to how the players reacted.”

This group of fans went all out and produced some amazing images. To check out a collection of pictures taken at the event, hit up this website. Now, who’s gonna pull this sorta thing off for Elder Scrolls???

Recently, a 360-degree...]]>
Have you ever wondered what type of gaming collection a world renown superstar like the late Michael Jackson would have accumulated over the years? Well, break out the checkbook and wonder no more as you gawk at this amazing basement of video game cabinets previously owned by the King of Pop.

Recently, a 360-degree complete tour of this collection has popped up from Julien’s Auctions, who is in charge of auctioning out the goods. The collection consists of every classic cabinet imaginable and even a nice collection of cabinets for all the major console’s.

Check out the 360 tour link and the full auction catalog link below. Your going to need a good fast connection and a reliable web browser to enjoy the experience.

MJ’s 360 game basement tour link (via Julien’s Auctions)

MJ’s Auction Catalog ( via Julien’s Auctions)

In the post, Mike talks about key problems...]]> I came across an article posted by Mike Smith over at yahoo’s “Plugged in” blog, which makes for an interesting read and conversation. The blog post dives into questions and problems that we here at EBA have debated and tried to understand in the past.

In the post, Mike talks about key problems in the industry, like the high price of games and the low quality of games we often receive…at the same price as the great ones nonetheless. Specifically, with most games at retail being released at 60 bucks, a game that can be completed in under 4 hours isn’t really acceptable. Mike points out the difference on how “we are paying 15 bucks per hour for games that don’t have multiplayer and unlockable content, compared to games that do include these features, which give the game near-limitless replay value.”

He also talks about how we are just now receiving the full experience that Nintendo promised us with the Nintendo Wii. Wii Motion plus is just being released, giving us all the abilities that we had hoped for the Wii, and perhaps even THOUGHT we had when it was first released. Oh and wait, we now have to shell out 20-25 bucks more for that promise..? Sounds kinda  shady to me.

Mike then talks about the PSP GO and of course, it’s high price point for the (cheaper to make than the last generation PSP) handheld. When you sit back and think about dropping 80 dollars more down for the new PSP compared to the old PSP, it’s hard for anyone to swallow. It only hurts more for those of us that just recently bought a PSP and now hear that a newer and better PSP is coming and is more expensive.

One of the biggest problems in the industry and possibly the biggest rip-off of them all is the Gamestop style game trade industry. How many times have you walked in with 5 or more classic games that you loved and bought for 40-60 bucks when it was released and now you are only receiving a measly 10-20 bucks for those 5 games? Oh, and then you have to shell out the extra money, if you want to buy that new 60 dollar game… This is why I don’t trade-in games. I would rather let my game rot away in a box locked up in a closet, than to trade it in for 2 bucks. I would be insulting myself if I went and traded in a game for that amount.

The last topic in Mike’s list is the Nintendo fiasco, on how Nintendo likes to do business in Europe. On how Nintendo “entered into export-forbidding agreements with seven distributors which enabled it to maintain price differences of up to 67% between different European countries.”

With money on everybody’s mind now a days and things heating up in the industry, we can only expect more rip-offs to surface in the near future and our pockets to become smaller with time. Of course, this is just my personal opinion, but I welcome you to share yours with us and everyone here on the site inside the EBA forums.

To read Mike’s post on Plugged in, click here.

The event is planned for July 18, 2009 and will be held in Houston, TX at Jones Hall. Tickets are available...]]>
Attn gaming music fans, Gamer MusiCON, a Music Convention that is the brain child of The Houston Symphony, in partnering with Tommy Tallarico, Jack Wall (Video Games Live)and Blizzard Entertainment to deliver a special performance this July.

The event is planned for July 18, 2009 and will be held in Houston, TX at Jones Hall. Tickets are available from $50 – $100 dollars, but that all depends on where you want to sit during the performances.

Event timeline will go as following:

2:00   Doors to Jones Hall open for lobby festival
3:00 – 4:30  Blizzard Live! concert
4:30 – 7:30  Lobby festival
7:30 – 10:00  Video Games Live! concert
10:00 – 11:00 Post concert autographs & merchandise sales

Event highlights are:

- Game Crazy festival with playable game demos throughout all three levels of Jones Hall
- Interactive panel and Q&A session with Blizzard Entertainment game composers
- On-stage costume contest
- Merchandise Sales
- Post concert autograph session
- Guitar Hero contest in lobby, winner plays on-stage during concert

The Houston Symphony has posted details about an all-day event on there website.

Now, what do we gotta do to get Brent on-stage in a WoW-themed costume…???

Well, the boys over at PwnorDie, “love the idea of video...]]>
Let’s face it, video game characters are usually portrayed in a larger than life situation and as a result, we tend to forget that some of them may have had an average, everyday life like you and I at some point.

Well, the boys over at PwnorDie, “love the idea of video game characters being everyday people” and of course, so do we.

With a little bit of Cosplay and some Photoshop work, you can see how Master Chief spent his High School Years and various awkward moments in his life before becoming a gaming legend.

Check out more oddly intriguing images of Master Chief and read the full article from Pwnordie.com right here

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This week they asked their readers “to create some video games that may have existed if game consoles had been around for hundreds of years”.

Most of the entries were very well done and worth taking a look at although I was less amused by...]]>
Each week Gizmodo asks it’s readers to design images using Photoshop.

This week they asked their readers “to create some video games that may have existed if game consoles had been around for hundreds of years”.

Most of the entries were very well done and worth taking a look at although I was less amused by all of the repetitive Guitar Hero renditions. I did enjoy all the Call of Duty ones though;)

It’s pretty fun and entertaining, so click the source link bellow to check out the entries at Gizmodo when you have a few.

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