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March 1, 2010: wallet threat level yellow
The wallet threat level for the general gamer is fairly low this week. Supreme Commander 2 is a bit generic and awfully traditional, but it fixes a lot of problems that could make the first Supreme Commander hard to like. »
February 22, 2010: what to buy this week
The big release this week is a Playstation 3 adventure game called Heavy Rain in which you do things like jiggle the Sixaxis to brush your teeth and knock on doors. It's revolutionary, apparently. I'll believe it when I see it. »
THQ gives their customers free games and magic swords
Just when I was harshing on THQ for not being supportive enough of their great games , the publisher has hit on an idea for a) getting you to buy their newer games and b) getting you to play their "older" games. Two-fers! Darksiders comes with a mysterious code on a printed sheet... »
Australian gamer pays $1,400,060.00 for Super Mario Bros. Wii
You know those people who brag about how much they paid for one of those gold Zelda cartridges for the NES? A guy in Australia in can shut them up real quick by whipping out a copy of Super Mario Bros. Wii that cost him about $1,400,060.00 »
February 1, 2010: wallet threat level yellow
The danger level to wallets this week is yellow, but only to very specific people. RPG fans -- well, ones with Playstation 3s -- will be in danger from White Knight Chronicles , a game that's taken a year to make it here from Japan »
January 4, 2010: wallet threat level yellow
Right out of the gate, game companies want your money this year! The jerks. As if you don't have enough stuff you got for Christmas that you still want to play »
Happy holidays from Fidgit!
Happy happy holidays from all of us at Fidgit to all of you out there in the real world! We've reduced our staff to a skeleton crew during the holidays consisting of just enough folks to occasionally toss a shovelful of coal into the furnace in the basement. Stay warm, work on that... »
December 21, 2009: wallet threat level green
Guitar Hero: Van Halen is here. That's right, an entire game devoted to Van Halen and Van Halen-esque songs will barely make it under the wire in time for your Christmas shopping »
Halo: Reach will "leave that lone wolf stuff behind"
In the event that you're one of the 303 million Americans* who didn't watch Spike TV's Videogame Awards, you missed a whole slew of announcements and trailers. »
Who gets the star treatment in the next Rock Band?
The next full Rock Band game will be Rock Band: Green Day . Canny move, EA and Harmonix. A little something to neatly steer the series into that gap between Lego Rock Band and Beatles: Rock Band . »