This game is available on the PlayStation3 and Xbox 360 platforms, and thus far the reviews seem to be good.  People are give an average score of 8-8.1 out of 10.  I have to confess, I haven’t played it, and I have no intention of doing so — well, probably, who knows.  I’m just generally not into the whole samurai bit.  Why write about this game, then?  A question, really.

Most big name stars — A list, B list, mostly — have at least one video game voiceover over on the IMDB credits list.  Some of them are understandable.  I mean, I bought the LOTR games just because Elijah Wood’s voice is in them, omg!  But is it possible, even just a little, that some of these games have big celebrity voiceovers just as a way to fool some of us gamers into thinking it has to be an awesome game, even if it’s not?  Discuss pls.  Kthxbye.

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 game store, asks to see an XBox 360, then lifts up his sweater to show the pistol stuck in his pants, and walks off with the console and just two games. Yes, just two.

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 the Nolan films.

But still, you’ll have gaming fans waiting for it, and curious movie and comic book fans, and I wouldn’t be surprise if Heath Ledger fans might give it a looksee to see to check if the in-game Joker can live up to their idol’s definitive portrayal.

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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 in Japan, where it has until now met little success with the Japanese gaming population.

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 of War
6: Final Fantasy XII
5: Okami
4: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
3: Shadow of the Colossus
2: Resident Evil 4
1: God of War II

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 brain-wave sensors built into its frame, and recognizes thoughts like “push”, “pull”, “lift” and so on, and translates those into in-game actions.

The EPOC is due for release by the end of the year, and will retail for about $299.

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 interview. He also hinted at more accessories in development.

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 it was as easy to kill and rob in real life as it was in the video game. The teenager had a self- confessed obsession for the GTA4 game.

More fuel to the fire of video game violence, certainly. In 2005 a teenager was killed two police men and a 911 dispatcher after months of playing Grand Theft Auto.

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 handheld gaming unit sales.