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ReviewsReview: Kinect Joy Ride
Combine racing video games with air guitar and you’ve got Kinect Joy Ride, a game that just might be the closest we get to a Wii Sports of the Kinect launch. Kinect Joy Ride is a simplified racing game, the first in the genre for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Kinect sensor. You have little control of…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 4, 2010 -
ReviewsReview: Your Shape: Fitness Evolved
At last, I have a way to exercise in front of my TV without any contraptions (or other people) near my body but still with a way to get yelled at if my form is bad. No joke: Your Shape: Fitness Evolved has the potential to be a huge breakthrough in home fitness. This workout…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 4, 2010 -
ReviewsReview: Kinectimals
Don’t mistake Kinectimals for a Nintendogs clone. This is the closest the Kinect launch has to a traditional video game, one that eight year old girls are going to coo at. Kinectimals is both a virtual pet game featuring cute, fuzzy young wild cats and a quest to unlock the mysteries of an island. It’s…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 4, 2010 -
ReviewsReview: Kinect
Microsoft says that Kinect is the next big thing for video games, a way to control both games and TV without touching a thing. This expensive future is now. It’s amazing, but you can wait for it. The Kinect sensor is a device that plugs into an Xbox 360 and uses a combination of cameras…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 4, 2010 -
Highlights Of Today’s Big Supreme Court Video Game Case
This morning’s Supreme Court hearing about video games was full of feisty exchanges about free speech and protecting kids. Plus, we got a Mortal Kombat reference. Some highlights. The following are excerpts from the 72-page official transcript of today’s oral arguments before the nine justices of the United States Supreme Court. You can read the…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 2, 2010 -
Specter of Censored Fairy Tales, Rap Music Raised in Supreme Court Video Game Case
The Supreme Court justices appeared highly skeptical of the State of California’s arguments today that certain violent video games should be illegal to buy, questioning whether such exceptions would need to be applied to rap music and even Grimm’s fairy tales. The justices were hearing arguments in California vs. the Entertainment Merchants Association and Entertainment…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 2, 2010 -
Ready For Battle
The United States Supreme Court building, Monday night. We’ll be inside on Tuesday, covering the Court’s first case about video games. It pits California against the game industry over a law that would make the sale of very violent games to kids illegal.
By Stephen Totilo Published November 2, 2010 -
The PlayStation Move Push Gets Weirder
Unusually dressed models showing off the Move motion controller as part of the PlayStation showcase at last week’s Paris Games Week. Never mind the Move, when will Sony release the official PS3 head-mounted disc? As seen on Flickr
By Stephen Totilo Published November 1, 2010 -
The Video Gamer’s Anthem, Maybe
Do gamers need a theme song? An anthem that celebrates the gamer lifestyle and proves they can get girls? Did I just hear the lyric: “Get a girl and break the trend? And prove the ruuuumorrrrs wrong!”? This video was made by Tejbz, whose YouTube page describes him as a 22-year old student in Sweden.…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 1, 2010 -
All You Need To Know About This Week’s Violent Video Game Case In The U.S. Supreme Court
The United States Supreme Court hears its first ever case about video games this week. The stakes are high. Here’s what is happening and why it’s happening. The United States Supreme Court is hearing that video game case this week, right? Right. The State of California vs. The Entertainment Merchants Association and Entertainment Software Association…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 1, 2010 -
Talk Amongst Yourselves
Happy November. We’ve got a new image for the month, “The First Thanksgiving 1621” by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris. Under this Thanksgiving scene, please talk here about video games. Thanks to reader Shereni for the artwork suggestion. The rest of you are encouraged to making great Photoshops from this image, gaming-themed preferably! I’ll feature a…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 1, 2010 -
Modern Warfare 2 Nuke In About 33 Seconds?
Can you actually activate a nuke in Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer in about half a minute? There’s been debate about that and admissions of fakery. But this video, newly re-posted to YouTube shows a purportedly legit half-minute nuke. Look legit? MW2: World’s Fastest Nuke, 32 Seconds!!! [YouTube]
By Stephen Totilo Published October 30, 2010 -
10 Minutes Of Retro City Rampage Is The Best Nostalgia Trip Of The Day
Grand Theft Auto. Zelda. Mario. Metal Gear??? Which old games don’t you see references to in this “soundtrack mixtape” trailer for Retro City Rampage? Retro City Rampage is a love letter to many, many old-school games, which you can see for yourself in this newly released 10 minute trailer. (We’d already shown you that the…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 30, 2010 -
F.E.A.R. 3 Will Be Out In March
The co-op-oriented third F.E.A.R. game will be released on March 22, which we’re probably being told today by the game’s publisher because Halloween is on Sunday. Into the spring F.E.A.R. 3 goes. Day 1’s sequel to the creepy first-person shooter series known for its enemy characters’ impressive artificial intelligence will get to compete for your…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 29, 2010 -
The First 27 Downloadable Def Jam Rapstar Tracks
Def Jam Rapstar, like most modern music games, has downloadable songs. Def Jam Rapstar, unlike any other modern music game, lets you download Paid in Full or Passin’ Me By. Rap classic, $2 a pop. Here’s the official list: That’s the DLC for the year’s only rap karaoke game that has been issued since launch…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 29, 2010 -
Monty Python Still Funny In Perfect Dark
This is the classic Monty Python “How Not To Be Seen” sketch re-made using classic Nintendo 64 shooter Perfect Dark, uploaded to YouTube this week. Here’s the original: Of course, it’s been done in Garry’s Mod — a mod we’re especially excited about today — bunches of times:
By Stephen Totilo Published October 29, 2010
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