Archive for April, 2008
Fear and Loathing in Liberty City
I hate days like this.
Days where one new title on the gaming landscape hits the market, and the world stands still while it attaches itself to you, ramming it’s ovipositor down your throat and laying it’s eggs in your chest. You can fight and struggle all you’d like; but it’s a futile effort.
The game [...]
GC Review: Mario Kart Wii
Nintendo has a formula for its Mario Kart series, and I guess you can’t really blame them for sticking to it in this latest offering. It’s a formula that’s both fun and challenging for players of all skill levels. In fact, Nintendo has publicly stated that Mario Kart Wii is a “bridge” title that they [...]
Players will be catching virtual STDs this year in HD
Grand Theft Auto IV is going to be released in two days. It’s the most eagerly awaited game of the year and as you may know by now the game has been leaked onto the Internet via Ustream, Justin.tv and other sites of the like.
Tons of videos of the gameplay have been leaked. But I’d [...]
EA making an online Monopoly game…
EA is developing a new Monopoly game for the PC, Wii, PlayStation 2 and Xbox 360. It will feature both on and offline play with up to four players.
“EA is taking MONOPOLY’S core gameplay and bringing it to life in a way never before imagined,” said Chip Lange, Vice President and General Manager of EA’s [...]
Cry for me: Devil May Cry 4 coming to PC with extra content
Sometime this summer, the PC is going to have a reason to cry. That is, Capcom has announced that Devil May Cry 4 is going to be released on PC with bonus content unavailable in the console versions. Is this good news? Sure, I suppose if you loved the previous Devil May Cry games [...]
Jack Thompson pens note to GTA IV developer’s mom
Crazy Jack Thompson, the eminent proponent of gaming censorship, has written another piece aimed at the violence of the Grand Theft Auto games.
The difference this time is that he’s addressed the letter to the mother of Take-Two chairman Strauss Zelnick. This is obviously a publicity stunt designed to spark a round of frantic blog posts [...]
Retro backlash from fickle gamers
When a new media device comes out like a Blu-ray player or even when CD players came out back in the day, people were excited about the addition of better looking movies and cleaner sounding music to their libraries. Along with the newer movies and music, people are also excited about getting some of their [...]
Free MMORPG spotlight: NeoSteam
Being the frugal gamer that I am, I prefer my games to be as cheap as they come… free. I have scoured the Internet in search of exceptional pieces of freeware and I have noticed one trend. The overwhelming majority of these free games, good and bad, are MMORPGS. I enjoy this genre of games, [...]
Earthworm Jim is BACK!
OMFGBBQ! Okay, I need to collect myself here. Ahem. Good morning everyone, and thank you for coming. I’ll make this announcement as brief as possible, as I’m sure we all have various things we need to get done.
Interplay has teamed with Doug TenNapel and announced that Earthworm Jim is making a [...]
Hardcore apocalypse? Miyamoto says chill out!
There are two schools of thought to the impending release of Nintendo’s Wii Fit in the Western world. The official company line is that more is better. More people involved in gaming as a hobby is good for all gamers. The hardcore crowd, though, sees the expansion spurred by the massively successful Wii as a [...]
