We all get a little caught up in the media hype surrounding the plentiful release of blockbuster titles (Halo 3, Bioshock, blah blah). 2007 has been touted as the greatest year in gaming history, as the pinnacle of gaming achievement…so imagine my surprise when I read a Next-Gen piece that dug around to […]
Three cheers for Photoshop for making year end lists a little more interesting! Sick of seeing politicians and philanthropists win Time Magazine’s ‘Person of the Year’? Yeah, me too. And it looks like we’re not the only ones.
Some enterprising game fans have created their own versions in the SomethingAwful.com, as part […]
In-game ads are an ongoing controversy…are they submersive or subversive? Manageable or manipulative?
It looks like the Scottish government thinks they’re an excellent opportunity to be educational. In a move that shows a surprising amount of progressive thinking, they’ve worked £10,000 into their budget to take out ads in the multi-player versions of […]
This is just further proof that iPods are secretly Apple’s vehicle with which to control every aspect of our lives. iPod gaming is starting to take off and not just with typical mobile games either, we’re talking retro, we’re talking blue, yes, we’re talking Sonic.
Sega and Apple have teamed up to release the original […]
My vocal capabilities, at least in the opinion of SingStar 80’s, fall into the range of Erasure, Flock of Seagulls, and Madonna (in her Material Girl phase). I don’t know whether to be proud or frightened of that fact, but I do know that I then stole the game, a set of mics and […]
No wonder I couldn’t get ahold of one this holiday season! Nintendo was right to worry about shortages for the Wii, they couldn’t get them on the shelves fast enough to satisfy consumer demand.
One online retailer alone, and no minor player at that, had astounding numbers over the 2007 feeding frenzy. Amazon has […]
For those of you waiting anxiously for a good Xbox Live Arcade addition, here’s something to look forward to: Metal Slug 3.
Here’s what it features:
Multiple routes: Different routes through the stages allow for extended replayability.
Different metal slugs: Various slugs are available for help in battle. Handle all the different slugs to learn their capabilities and […]
Rumor has it that Microsoft is working on a motion sensing addon for the Xbox 360 controller. Not to be confused with this image from Gizmodo:
Which actually features prototypes for the Nintendo Wiimote, this new addon is part of the ongoing research from the Microsoft team in the realm of alternative input technologies. Vision-based recognition […]
The old saying that “the grass is greener on the other side” apparently applies to the game industry as well. While we sit here and moon at the Japanese video game industry, touting its innovation, its creativity and its delightful eccentricies, some, like score genius Akira Yamaoka, are looking back at the Western branch […]
I got so caught up in my Christmas snackies that I almost missed this one, but Steam has a fantastic little holiday deal for all you digital downloaders out there.
There’s a storewide sale on at the moment that sees everything hacked in price from 10-50% off. The price cutting continues until January 1st, so […]
Play Girlz: Because guys aren't the only players.
Written by Ingrid Diaz [email], and Erin Harvey [email] for b5media.
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