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Unless you don’t watch TV (in which case, why the heck are you surfing the Internet?), you’ve probably seen all the commercials out there for Afro Samurai.  Even if you aren’t really paying attention, Samuel L. Jackson’s infamous bad-ass voice is likely to pique your interest at least a little. This game is available on [...]

Okay, I admit it: I have a strong tendency to assign to blame for every gaming- related crime I hear about to Grand Theft Auto. I don’t know why, I just do. Thankfully, though, this one doesn’t seem to have a GTA connection, just a Lame Pathetic Crook connection. The guy walks into a video [...]

If you know Heath Ledger, then you’ll probably know that his last film, Batman The Dark Knight, has  landed on the number two spot of the all-time box office hit list. That said, I can’t imagine how Eidos and Rocksteady’s upcoming Batman Arkham Asylum can fail, even though it is really a separate project from [...]

It seems “Tales of Vesperia”, the latest in Namco’s series of “Tales of” games, had what it takes to help push Microsoft and its XBox 360 video game console over the top against it perennial rival, the Sony Playstation 3. The new game catapulted sales of the XBox last week to beat the PS3′s numbers [...]

Despite being a decade old, the Playsation 2 is still the best-selling console of all time. And here are the ten best games ever for that system, according to PCAdvisor: 10: Gran Turismo 4 9: Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty / Substance 8: Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater / Subsistence 7: God [...]

Define Godlike: you think it, and it is so. Or if you’re an atheist, think of it as telekinesis practice, moving things with just your mind. I’m talking about Emotiv’s EPOC game control helmet, which allows players to move items on their screens by just thinking about it. It reads your mind–no, really– using 16 [...]

If the biggest Nintendo announcement in recent times–its newest accessory, the Wii Motion Plus–isn’t enough to get your pulse racing in anticipation of increased precision for your existing Wiimote controller, here’s a quick cheap thrill: the Wii add-on’s going to be very reasonably priced. So says Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, during a Wall Street Journal [...]

With a game like Grand Theft Auto, you’re bound to get an “I told you so” from some crime-obsessed, watching-out-for-the-kids type media watchdog, somewhere along the line. And we certainly didn’t have to wait. This week a Thai teenager knifed a 54-year old taxi dead, in part, according to the youth, to find out whether [...]

So the idea was to find and collect letter shapes formed by the corpses of Elites and Spartans (those are playable characters from the game). What they got was a full alphabet, including numbers and even a few punctuation marks! Take a gander at this monumental achievement by clicking on this link.

The results are in: the second quarter of 2008 was all Nintendo’s. The company shipped 5.2 units of its Wii gaming console from April to June, dwarfing its nearest competitor Sony, which shipped 1.6 million PS3s. Microsoft brought up the rear, moving 1.3 million XBoxes. Nintendo also trounced the competition in terms of software and [...]

It’s been a twenty-year wait, and in the end, is the returning thing still recognizable? Compare. Above is the package illustration for the original Bionic Commando, which I played in my youth. He’s a clean-cut kind of super-agent with a funky stretchable bionic grappling-arm-hook-thing. These are screenshots from the new version. Dreadlocks, really? An not [...]

Now that DC’s got some of its self-respect back, what with Batman: The Dark Knight making all sorts of noise all over the place, they’re launching DC Universe Online. It’s a make-your-own-hero (or villain) sort of massively multiplayer role playing game, and it’s been three years in the making. It will be available to Windows [...]

It’s happened to at least once to every gamer: you throw down your controller (keyboard, joystick, gun, whatever) and exclaim, “I could make a better game than this!” Well now Microsoft, via its XBox 360 console, is giving gamers a chance to put up or shut up. So you use the available XNA tools that [...]

It could the next generation in motion-sensitive gaming: the Darwin controller. Like Nintendo’s Wii controller, it transmits the player’s movements to the gaming console, which converts them into in-game actions. But what makes the Darwin different (and possibly dangerous to the Wii) is that its sensors don’t rely on infrared in order to orient itself [...]

The Seattle Times website has posted a neat little article delineating the philosophical differences between game console rivals Sony and Nintendo. With its PlayStation 3, Sony is intent in expanding the console gamer’s online options, from playing to downloading content to chat and other interactive experiences. Nintendo and its Wii, on the other hand, is [...]

Ain’t it cool when some beloved cartoon or whatever from your childhood gets a makeover and is brought back out of the closer for a new generation of fans? Okay, it doesn’t happen as often as we’d like. Hopefully Sierra’s Ghostbusters game won’t disappoint, though. And judging from this new trailer, there is reason to [...]

…in order to be replaced with 60G models. The 20G models’ prices were also cut by $50. From $350, they now cost around $299 in the USA. The expanded-storage 60G model, though is set to arrive in stores in August, and will cost $350 again. Neither the $280, 256MB XBox Arcade nor the $450, 120G [...]

What else can you do with your gaming machine? No really, what else? Aside from using it as a doorstop? Sony wants your Ps3 to become your music, TV episode and movie download outlet. And while you’re waiting for your download you can check the out the weather or the news. The Xbox 360 can [...]

Sorry boys, though rumors have been popping up of the next installment in the beloved Half-Life franchise being announced at E3 2008, Valve marketing head Doug Lombardi have put those rumors to rest. Instead, Lombardi turned attention to Valve’s latest offering, the cooperative zombie romp Left 4 Dead. Oh well.

Check out this list of the ten best Xbox 360 games out in the market right now. The compiler describes himself as someone who plays nothing but XBox 360 games. What do you think about his ranking? 10. Orange Box 9. Assassin’s Creed 8. Mass Effect 7. Bioshock 6. Guitar Hero 5. COD 4 4. [...]