You can make the argument that people are playing the game wrong, but if a user has to keep guessing on how to play it or why something isn’t working, then the design of the gameplay is flawed. No game developer should ever have to offer to fly a person in to show them how…

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Madden NFL Football Is Game For Nintendo 3DS Launch

EA Sports is kicking off the Nintendo 3DS launch next year with a little Madden football, an off-season release that brings the NFL license into stereoscopic 3D in the palm of your hand. Electronic Arts expects Madden NFL Football (with no yearly designation) to be available at the Nintendo 3DS launch in North America, which…

More Than Two Million Felt The Need For Speed Demo

A new Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit title is bound to get some attention, but more than two million downloads of the demo in two weeks? That’s a huge number, and EA has more where that came from. Two million demo downloads in two weeks is quite impressive indeed, and I was right there with…

Review: Fighters Uncaged And The Problem With Punching Air

In the classic boxing movie Rocky II, Rocky Balboa learned to beat better fighters by chasing a chicken. As an instrument for simulating face-pummeling and rib-cracking, Fighters Uncaged — the first Kinect fighting game! — is only slightly less ridiculous. Fighters Uncaged is a fighting game played in the spacious part of your living room,…

A Visual Guide To Fighters Uncaged

The Rocky II chicken scene! Fighters Uncaged official trailer Comparison 1: The Wii does motion fighting… Wii Sports Boxing Comparison 2: The PlayStation 3 does motion fighting… The Fight Lights Out

10 must-watch movies that influenced Scott Pilgrim

In celebration of today’s Scott Pilgrim DVD/Blu-ray release, guest editor Edgar Wright is posting all day at io9. First up: his detailed list, given to io9 exclusively, of the top 10 DVDs that influenced Scott Pilgrim 1. Flash Gordon Some people seem to be down on the 1980 Flash Gordon, but personally I love it.…

The Large Hadron Collider Eats Lead

Move over protons, now there’s something meatier. Scientists working on the Large Hadron Collider at the European Organization for Nuclear Research near Geneva, Switzerland have swapped out protons for electron-stripped lead atoms. Why? To see the beginning of the universe. It only took four days for researchers working on the Large Hadron Collider project to…

Tearing the Sky – An Excerpt

The former head of the Game Developers Conference and current Electronic Arts indie headhunter just published his first science fiction novel, Tearing the Sky. “Building on their lavish extrapolation of modern discoveries and technology, the most enduring science fiction stories interactively challenge our acceptance of the status quo in our own world,” Jamil Moledina said.…

What If Every Cool Video Game Character Was In Mega Man?

When Chris Bringhurst is bored at his job at a call center in Utah, he dreams of what video game characters would look like if they were in a Mega Man game. Simpler, blockier, and often cooler. He sketched 100 of them earlier this fall and just revealed a grander 200-character collection to website PikiGeek.…

Vietnam Vet Calls Black Ops Release Timing “Tacky”

Vietnam veteran and East Kildonan, Winnipeg resident Ron Parkes is angry, and Activision is to blame. The Vietnam veteran accuses the company of purposefully releasing Call of Duty: Black Ops to coincide with Remembrance Day. For those of you in the United States, Remembrance Day is a holiday observed in Commonwealth countries that remembers the…

Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood Commercial Is Creepy Good

Creepy, subtle, seemingly completely unrelated to video games, this Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood video is exactly how I like my commercials. Let’s hope the actual game lives up to them.

Minecraft The Live-Action Role-Playing Game

Any video game deserves an equally epic live-action counterpart. That’s why Gary Bigham, pro-LARPer, turned to Minecraft. “So, woke up with dookie on my face. It’s just one of those mornings when you know it’s not going to be a good day.” I know the feeling Gary, all too well. This might be the most…

What’s Inside the GameStop Exclusive Conduit 2 Limited Edition?

Gamers that pick up Sega’s Conduit 2 at GameStop will score an exclusive limited edition of the game at no additional cost. What extras do you get for free? Most of the additional content in the Conduit 2 Limited Edition are the sort of things you’d expect from a free limited edition upgrade. You get…

Is Sonic Free Riders Broken, Or Is It The Reviewers?

I still think Sonic Free Riders for Kinect is a broken game. And I’m not alone. But it sounds like there is a whole other camp out there who haven’t really had any problems with the game. So what gives? In my review of Sonic Free Riders I talked about how completely unplayable the game…

Is that Gunmetal on Your Wrist, or Are You Just Happy to See Me?

The watches in the new Tracker Collection from Diesel Watches are made for maximum agility, speed and strength. Militaristic, weathered, and forged from actual gunmetal IP, these rugged time-keepers won’t keep you hidden for long. Molded and stamped grooves in these graphite gray, yellow and off-white watches make the Tracker Collection much more than merely…

Black Ops Mouse Visual Guide

Black Ops Xbox 360 Controller Visual Guide

Black Ops Xbox 360 Controller Visual Guide