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Free this weekend? Break the world videogaming record!
The El Paso Video Game Examiner (the what...?) has a brief blurb about a kid at a university in Austin with a dream. His dream is to break the world record for longest continuous time spent playing a video game. He wants to do it to raise money for a new pool for... »
Have music games reached their saturation point?
Reuters takes a look at the declining success of music games like Rock Band and Guitar Hero in 2009 . According to data from market analyst NPD Group, sales of these games haven't met expectations. The Beatles game, while selling a respectable 800,000 units of its various versions so far, missed the 1... »
When World of Warcraft meets a real-world death
Someone who identifies himself as "Sebastian H" writes about how he was affected by the death of a another World of Warcraft player . »
December 7, 2009: wallet threat level green
Electronic Arts dumps The Saboteur by the side of the road this week. It is the last gasp of 2009's releases and it's really not worth the bother. As far as open-world games go, it's no embarrassment like Godfather II »
Is there anywhere Just Cause 2 can’t go? See for yourself.
Just Cause 2 looked great at E3. It was as if the developers had made a valiant first attempt with Just Cause 1 and now they were figuring out how to make it into a great game. For instance, one of the most important elements of an open-world game is that you need... »
Brutal Legend in glorious folded 2D
Yeah, that's about the cutest thing I've seen this side of a Harvest Moon game. »
Archon is back! Archon is back!
I'm sure I've dated myself with the enthusiasm in that headline. Not to mention the actual title "Archon", which is older than many of you reading this post. Back in 1983, this was the first inkling of the genius that would become Toys for Bob, the developers who gave us the Star Control... »
Netflix and Playstation 3 now an item
Remember how any time you gloated to Xbox 360 owners about getting to watch Blu-ray discs on your Playstation 3, they brought up Netflix? They're not going to be able to do that anymore »
Gamespotting: Metalocalypse
I don't think this is from an actual episode of Adult Swim's animated series about the band Dethklok. »
Online map makes Brutal Legend less brutal
Still looking for that last legend in Brutal Legend ? Did you miss a forge somewhere along the way? »