Grave Gamer News & Views — ps3

“He Ain’t Even Hurt…” - New Glimpse at The Last of Us

While information on The Last of Us is light, the masses at large still seem to content themselves on boiling Naughty Dog’s latest effort down to just a “zombie game."  The infected shown in the game’s debut trailercertainly seem indicative of that, but Naughty Dog says pegging their post-apocalyptic foray as such is only looking at a smaller...

Sony CEO Says Blocking Used Sales is ‘Anti-Consumer’

Industry analyst Michael Pachter went straight to the horse’s mouth to figure out Sony of America’s stance on anti-used methods such as the angrily rumored next generation of hardware that would restrict your game purchasers to only your console.

When Pachter asked SCEA’s head honcho and CEO Jack Tretton about the topic, despite being steeped in the business side of the industry, the Sony exec still shot back with a surprisingly diplomatic answer.  Tretton considers any move against the used market to be “anti-consumer” and that he personally is “opposed to blocking used games.”

We’re not out of the woods yet, though.  Tretton was sure to reiterate his words were only that; his words.  “Japan might think something different,” the executive added.  It may seem like a win for used retail to have one of the Big Three’s top figureheads support customer choice, but given that Sony is a Japanese company, the final say on the matter might have to come from the East.

It’s hard to believe a third Men in Black movie is coming to theaters this year.  It’s harder to believe that this new LBP costume pack is called “Sack in Black."  I’m having trouble suspending my disbelief this morning.

Let’s circumvent all the jokes and just rename sack-boys.  How about "Scrotes”?

Believe it or Not, God of War: Ascension is Multiplayer

“We wouldn’t do multiplayer in God of War unless we knew we could do it right,” says Ascension’s director, Todd Papy.  That’s right, Sony Santa Monica’s latest entry into the gore-drenched epic of revenge comes with the addition of multiplayer this time around.  In the video preview, we’re specifically treated to Ascension’s...

Datura (PSN - May 8th)

PSN’s next unconventional download comes in the form of a stylistically unique puzzle game that challenges players to forgo cunning problem solving and logical analysis and instead flex your intuition, trust your emotions, and follow sporadic impulses.  Puzzles don’t always make sense or unfold neatly, nor does the story whisk you along in a linear fashion.  Built from the ground up with the Move controller (and 3D functionality) in mind, the game relays your motions into an on-screen virtual hand that interacts and manipulates Datura’s rife world of choice and consequence.

I’ve got some more weird for you; developer Plastic Group claims meaning can be derived from the name Datura itself, which is borrowed from the toxic plant that has historically been utilized as a debilitating poison and, to a lesser extent, a highly volatile hallucinogen.  On a recreational basis, no other psychoactive substance tops the amount of negative firsthand experience reports datura has received; short term side effects commonly include hyperthermia, delirium, disassociation with reality, violent behavior, and – what is sure to be the mind trying to erase itself after ingestion – cases of amnesia.  Long term side effects include photophobia, mydriasis, and, oh, death.

Despite all the hell datura has wrought on our world, the plant still manages to spurn beauty, producing gorgeous, white flowers often referred to as “moonflowers."  That natural juxtaposition may be the idea Plastic Group wants us to compare their game to, but now I’m too afraid of datura to think about Datura.  But as I understand it, you can only forget datura by taking datura.

Watch an official trailer hereabouts.