Tag: LITTLEBIGPLANET

What makes a game a game? Must it follow the goal-oriented tropes of interactive entertainment? What if there were no goals? How far can we stretch the limits of what a game is before it simply becomes an aesthetic experience? This week, we take a look at some games that -- by lacking key "game" elements like winning, killing or completing -- question not only how we play, but also what we ...

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, this week's crop of games is practically a love letter to games of yore. Drawing inspiration from the past is integral to any art form, so there's no need to knock these newcomers' nods to gaming history. This week's games wear their inspiration like a badge of pride, and they should; they're all supremely entertaining regardless of their origins. ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales recently turned snitch on his former Wiki-compatriots, but he probably won't make too many enemies for doing so (outside of the Wikimedia Commons circles, at least). Wales reportedly alerted federal authorities to the presence of child pornography under two separate Commons categories, saying "I ...

There's some dramatic irony going on here: Sony is deleting user-generated content created for its much-lauded 'LittleBigPlanet,' a game that heavily emphasizes user-generated content. Sure, the company does say the content violates its end-user license agreement (EULA) by including references to television shows and games, but Sony isn't even giving the users a warning to fix their mistakes -- ...

'Little Big Planet' What it is: 'LittleBigPlanet' is rather unlike anything else you've experienced on a video game console. It's Sony's hope to bring alternative gamers to the PlayStation 3 (PS3) this holiday season, and is a wonderfully charming game to boot. From a purely gameplay perspective, it's an evolution of the fairly standard side-view run-and-jump style games (like the old 'Super ...

It's fair to say that behind electing the next president of the United States, playing the living hell out of 'LittleBigPlanet' (LBP) is the number two thing on our collective agenda. In case you've been living under a rock -- or perhaps your Xbox 360 -- for the past year, LBP is Sony's long-awaited platformer/game creator/awesomeness generator, and it just came out for PlayStation 3 this week. ...

'Little Big Planet,' a new highly customizable platform game for the PlayStation 3, is garnering attention -- for all the right and wrong reasons. Initial reviews and reaction to the game have been very positive, but the game has also drawn attention for a potentially offensive song on its soundtrack that contains phrases from the Qur'an. Sony was alerted to the potential problem by a Muslim ...

Over the weekend, while you slept away your work week, only to wake for the occasional bowl of Frosted Flakes, students at New York City's Parsons School of Design slaved away for 24 continuous hours with the upcoming PlayStation3 game, 'LittleBigPlanet.' The challenge -- put to them by Sony's marketing department -- was to create a level from scratch, using the game's extensive object and ...

Last week, the video game world gathered at the annual E3 conference in Santa Monica, California to give the public a peek at the next year's worth of button-mashing fun. Switched.com has returned with all used thumbs, and the video above highlights what we're most excited about. Related Links: Nintendo Targets Women & Grandparents Which Video Game Console Will Rule This Year? ...