Remember those dreary afternoons you spent huddled in aCrazy Taxiarcade machine, frantically pumping pedals and taking pedestrians to the nearest KFC? I don’t, either. The arcade in my shanty town was nothing more than a gaggle trickster machines the stingily rewarded players with tickets by the time I was old enough to appreciate videogames. But I do remember playingCrazy Taxia time or two before it folded. Look, there’s a connection betweenTaxi BallandCrazy Taxi....

Sega is best known for its videogames and those really annoying claw thingies where you try and pick up stuffed animals. What itisn’ttypically known for is constructing miniature robotic girlfriends for people who can’t attract a real woman.EMA— or Eternal Maiden Actualization — is the answer thatBrian Peppershas been looking for, as it provides all the affection of a real women, with none of the judgement or PMS. At just 15 inches tall, it’ll be only the most genitally impoverished who’ll be able to actually have sex with her, but EMA can still provide happiness to men around the world....

I’m not one to go all teary-eyed over any negative news involving Sony, but this next bit of info coming out of Dean Takahashi’sblogwas more than enough to at least tug at my sympathy strings a tad. While commenting on recent NPDnumbers, he had this to say concerning Sony and the PlayStation 3: “One piece of news that came out this week was that Sony pleaded with third-party developers not to abandon its struggling platform....

Maybe you weren’t sure yet which games to grab for free when Sony offered players their “Welcome Back” package some weeks ago. Well, I hope you’re not stuck with Independence Day weekend celebrations far away from your PS3, because the offer is ending today, Sunday July 3rd. So if you haven’t done it yet, go activate those 30 days of PlayStation Plus and grab your free games as soon as possible!...

Adorable “OMGZelda” RPG3D Dot Game Heroesfeatures a cameo from legendary hole-digger Spelunker, and he seems quite excited to be in the game. From Software has beenreleasing a seriesof Japanese videos featuring Spelunker, where he tells us all about the retrotastic new game. He’s talking in Moonspeak of course, but that doesn’t matter. He’s just fun to look at. From Software is a studio that did a complete 180 in my estimation....

Those Square-Enix people say the craziest things. In a recent Fanfest report, Square Enix vice president and producer ofFinal Fantasy XIHiromichi Tanaka and other members of the Square Enix development team had some interesting input about the impact ofWorld of WarcraftonFinal Fantasy XI’s user base. When asked about the topic, the team stated: “Actually, we haven’t been affected that much byWoW. WhenFFXIhit its peak users was about the time thatWoWwas released, and when it was released we didn’t see a big reduction in the players....

Things aren’t looking good forStargate Worlds, the MMO based on the sci-fi seriesStargate. Fan siteGateWorldrecently spoke with Brad Wright, the show’s executive producer and creative consultant, about the allegedly upcoming title. He was asked if the title had a future. And judging from his response, it sounds like the game doesn’t have one. “We don’t know,” Wright said. “If it doesn’t happen — and, let’s be honest, it should be happening now if it was happening....

It seems like regardless of what Nintendo pushes out to the Virtual Console, you guys are never really happy. Still, the bizarre public outcry forAlex Kidd in the Enchanted Castlehas been heard, as it makes its way to the VC today for the expected Genesis pricing of 800 points. It’s joined by the TurboGrafx-16 game,BRAVOMAN(800 points), and the NES port ofGalaga(500 points). Normally, this would be there part where I mention that other digital distribution services offer arcade ports ofGalagafor less money, in addition to offering leaderboard support....

Those chaps over at theHair Palacebring news of sordid plastic debauchery in the form of a rather skimpy Ayane (Dead or Alive Xtreme 2) figurine that can show even more flesh than it bares by default. It’s not like her skirt and top leave much to the imagination as it is, but this particular model allows you to remove such obscuring garments to reveal the sweet, sweet underwear that lies beneath, awaiting excavation like precious artifacts of ages long since past....

It’s all very well talking aboutDead Space 2, but how about actually seeing it? Here is the first batch of screenshots for Visceral Games’ big sci-fi horror sequel. As you can see, there are freaky little clawed things in them, which pretty much confirms that this will be a trueDead Spacesequel. Sure, it basically just looks like Isaac Clarke is beating up a child, but who are we to judge? Just enjoy the first look atDead Space 2....

The return of the Tanooki suit has been a big talking point forSuper Mario 3DS, but Nintendo has revealed that it won’t be the only famous costume to make a return. Mario will get to dress in a few other togs from yesteryear, although we don’t yet know which ones. “I can’t reveal the actual number of power-ups in the game right now, but suffice to say that we do attempt to include enough so that people can enjoy a variety of different kinds of play experiences in the title,” said director Yoshiaki Koizumi....

What a shocker!Super Smash Bros. Brawlhas sold 1.4 million copies in its first week of release with first day sales of 874,000 copies alone. Breaking this down, the game has sold at a rate of 120 units per minute from March ninth to the sixteenth. Brawl has also set the record as becoming the fastest selling videogame in Nintendo of America’s history. Is anyone really surprised by this at all? Considering all of the releases of late,Brawlseems to be the only game that makes me want to play the Wii again (aside fromNo More Heroes, of course)....

Arkedo is keepingtheir promise ofone game a month on the Xbox Live Indie Games channel with their new game,SWAP!SWAP!is a dual-stick action puzzle game where you have to move one block at a time to create a four block chain either horizontally or vertically. The game features a few different modes and there’s even a story to the game, a first for Arkedo. The game is available now on the Indie Games section for 240 MS Points....