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NBC's Parenthood Demonstrates Why Parents Are Better Off Letting Kids Game

Mike Fahey — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 21:30:00 EST

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This clip from next Tuesday's winter premiere of NBC's drama Parenthood is really only delivering the sort of common sense knowledge every parent already knows: If you turn off the game before your son or daughter completes the level, you're a total bitch. More »

The Relationship Experts of the Today Show Don't Think Men in Their 30s Should Play Video Games

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 20:00:00 EDT

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Dudes who play video games in their thirties and beyond? What's up with that?! That's the question posed to the leathery co-hosts of the fourth hour of Today, Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb, who explain that, well, that's just weird! More »

Fallon Kicks Off Gaming Week Tonight With Modern Warfare 3

Brian Crecente — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 15:00:00 EDT

Video Game Week kicks off on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon tonight on NBC with the help of Infinity Ward's Robert Bowling who will be playing Modern Warfare 3 with writer and actor Simon Pegg. More »

Creator of NBC's "Community" Celebrated Its Renewal with ... Bulletstorm?

Owen Good — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 11:00:00 EDT

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The Twitterverse went off like a fireworks volley on Thursday when news passed that "Community," the critically acclaimed but low-rated NBC comedy-drama, was picked up for a third season. How did the show's creator celebrate? "I came home and I played 'Bulletstorm.'" More »

Pretty Little Pictures

Brian Crecente — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 10:00:00 EST

Trey Ratcliff sees the world with a gamer's eye. More »

Kinect Makes Its Made-For-TV Movie Debut On Friday

Mike Fahey — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:20:00 EDT

While we won't be seeing Microsoft's Kinect until November, the family in science-fiction made-for-TV movie The Jensen Project already has it all set up, though they might want to do something about that errant Xbox 360 logo in the corner. More »

Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Keeps E3 Going With 'Video Game Week'

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:15:00 EDT

Jimmy Fallon's Late Night talk show gets all video gamey this week, showing off Kinect tonight, Call of Duty: Black Ops Tuesday, the new Need For Speed on Wednesday and Killzone 3 on Thursday. Friday? A "special surprise" is teased. Hmmm... More »

The Long Hello: Games 'Arrive' as a Threat to Network TV

Owen Good — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:30:00 EST

Anyone old enough to remember RF switchers knows that video games and network television have long competed for the same eyeballs on the same TV set. More »

Conan And His Mario Backdrop May Leave Late Night

Mike Fahey — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:20:00 EST

Conan O'Brien, the video game friendly host of The Tonight Show, could be leaving the program after only seven months in the seat of NBC's long-running talk show. More »

House Sets Up House On The iPhone

Mike Fahey — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:40:00 EST

From the hit ~~NBC~~ FOX medical drama comes Hands-On Mobile's House M.D. for the iPhone and iPod Touch. How does the intensity and excitement of differential diagnosis translate onto the iPhone? More »

Kathie Lee Butchers The Beatles

Mike Fahey — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:20:00 EDT

Kathie Lee Gifford had a Hard Day's Night playing The Beatles: Rock Band on NBC's Today Show. Thankfully Candace Bushnell and More »

Helping Jimmy: Video Game Ideas We'd Like to See on the Fallon Show [Update]

Brian Crecente — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:00:00 EDT

Real or a put-on, Jimmy Fallon's apparent love of video games gives our favorite hobby quite a late night stage on NBC, so why not make the best of it? More »

Today Hosts Play Rock Band, Hilarity Ensues

Mike Fahey — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:40:00 EDT

Click to view Oh my god. This is not something anyone should have to wake up to. The hosts of NBC's Today, Matt Lauer, Meredith Vieira, Al Roker, and Natalie Morales take on Bon Jovi's "Living On A Prayer" in front of a live crowd on the streets of New York City and somehow survive. While Roker is just a C away from rocking out on the drums, becoming Al Rocker, Meredith is definitely the ironic weakest link in this all-star rock band. Thanks to Dan for sending us the link. More »

NBC Readying XIII Mini-Series, Forgettable FPS To Remain Forgotten

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:40:00 EDT

Ubisoft's cel-shaded first person shooter XIII—based on the Belgian comic book series of the same name—didn't exactly blow back the gaming community's hair. Despite a fairly big marketing thrust from the French publisher and a four platform push on the PC, Gamecube, Xbox and PlayStation 2, it would appear we won't ever see a XIII II. Fans of the series will be thrilled to learn, however, that broadcaster NBC has picked up the property for a mini-series to air this winter. More »

Law & Order: Celebrity Betrayal Announced

Mark Wilson — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:40:30 EDT

Confession: I've never watched more than 5 minutes of Law & Order. But since I know most of the world is crazy-nutso for it, I feel it necessary to share the news on Law & Order: Celebrity Betrayal, a new game for cellphones coming soon for $6.99. With gameplay sounding a lot like Phoenix Wright (you collect clues at the crime scene, interview witnesses, and present clues during the proper moments of the trial) and a branding that, according to my mom's DVR, is pure crack—who knows? It could actually be decent...for a cellphone game. More »

Heroes Cop Just Not Condemned Enough

Mark Wilson — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:40:59 EDT

You may know Greg Grunberg as the mind-reading cop from, NBC's Heroes, but you may also know Greg Grunberg from even earlier in his career, as the protagonist from Condemned: Criminal Origins. So now that he's on a geek-hit TV show, you'd think he'd be a hot commodity for Condemned 2: Bloodshot. But you'd think wrong. From Monolith's Dave Hasle:

We struggled with this one somewhat. Greg was a pleasure to work with, and he was willing to make the time to work with us on Condemned 2, but we felt we wanted a darker, edgier tone...We loved Gregs work on Condemned; Criminal Origins and found him to be a great voice talent as well as a fantastic person to work with. It was purely a directional choice.

Purely directional, aye? Or was it that you didn't like Mr. Grunberg reading your mind? More »

NBC Uses Gamer as Shorthand for Nerd

Brian Crecente — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 18:00:49 EDT

One of NBC's shaky pilots this season is a show called Chuck. In it Chuck Bartowski accidentally downloads the countries top secrets into his brain... whoops. Of course now Chuck has to transform from computer geek to spy to help save the world, weekly. More »

"The Office" Game

Kim Phu — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 11:40:00 EDT

Oh, you heard right. Bobble-head versions of your favorite Dunder Mifflin employees from NBC's The Office will be available for you to play in MumboJumbo's new video game coming out in the fall. The Office game will be accessible as an online download for your PC, PSP, or Nintendo DS. It will play similarly to how Diner Dash does, but would also feature audio and video content from the show. Playing as Jim, you will have to interact with the other employees at the Scranton office and (I guess) do your job, though I've never really seen Jim do his job on the show. Of course, it's too bad you can only play as Jim. A Trivial Pursuit game based on Dwight's "FACT"s could have been the shit. Kim Phu More »

New Heavenly Sword Footage On Tonight's Heroes

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 06:30:14 EST

Viewers of tonight's episode of the NBC hit Heroes ("Like Any Parasite") will have one more reason to geek out, as brand new footage of the upcoming PLAYSTATION 3 game Heavenly Sword will be shown. More »

Al Roker Sucks At Wii Sports

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 20:40:52 EST

Didn't Al have gastric bypass surgery not too long ago? What happened? He's dwarfing that giant HDTV and, to add insult to chubbiness, getting his ass kicked by a girl on national television at Wii Sports. Shameful! Michael McWhertor More »