An idyllic American town plunges into murder and mayhem after a toxin finds its way into the water supply, leaving a sheriff, his deputy, his wife and her friend to survive a town now peopled by The Crazies in what looks an awful lot like a zombie apocalypse. Sound familiar? While this is no Left…
Perhaps feeling the collective pinch of being in a dying industry, Conde Nast plans to do what they’ve been hinting at for weeks: Bring their magazines to the iPad. The first magazines to hit the Ipod Touch XL from the publisher will be Wired, GQ, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker and Glamour, the New York…
Tired of stodgy corporate games made by The Man and his minions? We’re playing the 31 best indie games for a change of pace —- and so we can judge them. Today, Shatter. In A Sentence Reboots of classic games or classic genres don’t always work, but Shatter’s take on brick breaking doesn’t just give…
Both Final Fantasy and Final Fantasy II hit the charts this week, taking the number one and number nine spots. But which is which? Here’s the full list: Which do you think should be the top game? Check out all of our iPhone game reviews. Position Title Price Weeks Last Week 1 Final Fantasy (Square…
Last month the worldwide effort to thwart the illegal copying and sales of video games took a turn to the draconian, with a number of publishers introducing new measures that often seemed to impact legitimate gamers as much as pirates. France-based Ubisoft rolled out a new form of digital rights management that require players of…
To: Owen From: Crecente It’s Friday. I think I’m going to try and catch The Crazies this weekend. That is all. What you missed: Disney’s Guilty Party: Family-Friendly and Fun…Really. FlingSmash: It’s All In the Elbow The Stalling Of An Anti-Bush Video Game This Week In Comics Transformers: War For Cyberton Preview: A World Without…
Hot off of game developer Gameloft’s Twitter feed is this juicy nugget: Rayman 2: The Great Escape is coming to the iPhone on March 1. That’s Monday for you calendar-challenged readers out there. The game features all 45 environments of the original 3D game and appears to use a virtual thumbstick and two buttons. What…
Here’s that promised second batch of Xbox 360 download codes for The Secret Armory of General Knoxx. The expansion pack includes new weapons, vehicles, story line and 30 new villain types. It also increases the level cap to to 61. Oh, and some good news, while these dozen codes are only for the Xbox 360,…
First-person, role-playing shooter Borderlands’ latest expansion pack hit the PC, Playstation Network and Xbox 360 this week. The Secret Armory of General Knoxx includes new weapons, vehicles, story line and 30 new villain types. It also increases the level cap to to 61. Now for some good news, bad news. We’ve got two dozen codes…
Always wanted to check out Warhawk on your PS3 but never had the time or money? Well today’s your lucky day! Lightbox Interactive founder, and Warhawk producer, Dylan Jobe is here to tell you about a sale of “inflatable gorilla proportions”. Starting today, U.S. residents can pick-up the online only land, sky and on-foot shooter…
Due to hit stores in the U.S. March 9, sans ancient Japanese history and hostess bars, Yakuza 3 isn’t just about beating people up, there’s also sightseeing. You will, according to this video, get to relax in Okinawa, spend time with the family, take the short trip to Tokyo, hit the streets and go shopping,…
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: But… How Does He Know? Yeah, kids say the darnedest things. They also check out the darnedest things from the library. Tristan is 8, so he’s well, well into the reading phase. Trish takes him to the library once a week to peruse and select titles from their children’s section.…
No longer limited to wandering the rooms of an abandoned building, the zombies of the Verrückt zombie asylum add-on pack for iPhone’s Call of Duty: World at War: Zombies are trying to break their way into the halls of an insane asylum. The basic premise of this $5 in-game purchase is the same – kill…
For those of you chomping at the bit for Final Fantasy XIII, here’s a fun little surprise to tide you over: Both Final Fantasy and Final Fantasy II are now available on the iPhone for $9 a pop. The original Final Fantasy includes the five bonus dungeons, The Soul of Chaos pack and The Labyrinth…
We’re all huge fans of Plants vs. Zombies here, even the iPhone one that chugs with the older version of the hardware, but the numbers released today by PopCap are still surprising. According to the publisher Plants vs. Zombies sold more than 300,000 copies in the first nine days, setting a new record for App…
Role-playing action title Alpha Protocol goes on sale for the PC, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 June 1, Sega announced this morning. Obsidian Entertainment’s modern-day role-playing game has players taking on the role of spy Michael Thorton as he tried to uncover who was behind the missile attack on a passenger plane. Gamers that pre-order…
Part racing game, part blowing stuff up, Black Rock Studio’s Split/Second hits May 18, Disney Interactive Studios announced today. The game is due out on the PC for $50 and Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 for $60. The game is set to hit Europe on May 21. I haven’t had a chance to check the…
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Yes, I Have Barfy Kids So I finally got off my fat backend and got around to exercising. After a lifetime of being underweight, and mostly fit, it was a pretty big shock to hear I was so completely unfit earlier this week. I looked into a number of exercise…
The killer whale that apparently killed a trainer today in front of a horrified SeaWorld audience was also connected to the death in 1999 of a drifter so obsessed with Ultima Online that he once wandered into Richard Garriott’s home. Daniel Dukes, 27, the son of Columbia, S.C., real estate brokers, drifted into Austin, Texas…
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