Steelers fans witnessed a horrifying scene during last night’s season-opening matchup against the Tennessee Titans — while trying to recover a blocked field goal in the first half, Steelers safety Troy Polamalu sustained an injury to his left knee, preventing him from playing out the rest of the game. If that name sounds familiar, it’s because Polamalu was featured on the cover of Madden 10 — a promotion that has proven to be troubling for NFL players due to the titular ” Madden curse .” Polamalu is expected to be out for 3 – 6 weeks, making this one of the least severe examples of cosmic retribution dished out by the curse to date.
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Madden curse strikes back, Polamalu suffers knee injury in season opener
You might recall that the Joystiq staff went a little cuckoo-bananas over the recently released Halo 3: ODST live action short . We also informed the masses that an extended version of the trailer would soon be available. Now, that time has come and the original 90 second short has been extended to a full 2:30, cramming in a full 60 seconds of additional awesome.
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Extended ODST live action short even more awesome
This is going to have to be one of those cases of style over substance, because even though we know the trailer for Tower of Shadow looks quite pretty, we can’t make out a word of the strange moon man language attached to it. Seriously, what is that, Sanskrit? Barred from informative text, we’re forced to critique the aesthetic choices made in the trailer
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See Tower of Shadow in action
click for massive enlargement effect Mass Effect 2 may not be ready to save the galaxy until next year, but its cover art is all set to sell some pre-orders. The box features what may be Wrex (but, all Krogans look alike. Racist!), what appears to be a sexy version of Ashley (or Miranda Lawson ..
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We see dead people: Mass Effect 2 cover revealed
If thrashing guitars, zombies and Call of Duty: World at War are all things you enjoy, we have a treat for you! The above trailer for Map Pack 3 , a new set of maps featuring three locales for multiplayer and one zombie-specific map, incorporates all of these things while highlighting the exploits of a group of Russian soldiers fighting off hordes of the undead. If you’ve enlisted for duty in all of the previous map packs (a very real possibility ), then you’ll probably be foaming at the mouth for this new bit of DLC while watching. Just, uh, check and see if you have glowing eyes
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Zombies run amok in Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack 3 trailer
You know, when you’re stuck in traffic and you think about changing lanes, but decide not to, reasoning with yourself that everyone else will and you’re better off staying put? The lane to the left keeps moving and yet you stand still. So you go left and, what happens?
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Capcom delays Dark Void into 2010, avoids ‘crowded fall game season’ – that’s it, we quit
Hey guys and gals, have you been keeping up with this Gearbox/ Halo thing ? Yesterday, we heard Gearbox president Randy Pitchford kind of stumble over himself in response to the rumored Halo game. Today, it’s a different story, with the Halo Waypoint Twitter account declaring , ” For the record, Gearbox is NOT working on a Halo title for Microsoft.” Before you start going crazy with cries of, “But, it’s Twitter!” and “It’s probably a fake!” realize that we’ve confirmed with Mircosoft’s Major Nelson that it is, in fact, a legitimate account
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‘Gearbox is NOT working on a Halo title for Microsoft’
The controversial “Demo Play” feature devised by Shigeru Miyamoto and Nintendo won’t just be limited to New Super Mario Bros. Wii and other console-based adventures
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Nintendo’s ‘Demo Play’ planned for handheld games as well
Skimming through the Interweb this morning, we stumbled upon statements made by BioWare ’s Greg Zeschuk and Ray Muzyka, spelling out their interest in creating games more reliant on story than combat.
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A game without violence? BioWare thinks it’s possible with the right audience
This moment brought to you by the letters W, T, and F: After the break, a very special moment made up of three disparate, but equally important, elements: 78-year-old Doris Roberts (that’s Everybody Love’s Raymond’s mom to most of you); the line “Game on!”; and an honest-to-goodness shoryuken (don’t call it an uppercut!). We have the upcoming movie Aliens in the Attic to thank for the existence of this moment. To spare you the pain of watching the entire trailer, we’ve trimmed out the relevant scene from Hulu and tucked it away after the break.
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Shoryuken see Everybody Loves Raymond’s mom drop a shoryuken
