I’m Here

To: Ash From: Crecente Uneventful flight into San Francisco today. I’ll be up late tonight and then flying out tomorrow afternoon to home, hearth and wonderful family. I was chatting with Trish on the phone waiting for boarding to end and as I said goodbye I told her, as I always do, that I love…

Xbox Live Ditches ‘Silver’ Class For ‘Free’

Say goodbye to Xbox Live “Silver,” as Microsoft appears to be dropping the name of that tier of its Live service in favor of something less confusing. “Free” is the new “Silver.” It’s little more than a name change for the free entry level version of the Xbox’s online service, but the scrubbing of Silver…

A New Kind Of Busch Beer

Alcohol references of any type usually mean an ESRB rating stricter than E. This isn’t new to NASCAR games. But it’s amusing to see Kurt Busch, driver of the Miller Lite No. 2. get his own brand of beer. Eight new screenshots for NASCAR The Game 2011, due next year from Eutechnyx, show us some…

NASCAR The Game 2011 Screens

NBA Jam On 360/PS3 Listed For $49.99

GameStop today listed the Xbox 360 and PS3 version of NBA Jam for $49.99 with a street date of Nov. 16. The game will feature all of the content available in the just-released Wii version, plus online multiplayer. NBA Jam on the Xbox 360 and PS3 was originally to have been a free downloadable game…

Join the Psycho Circus, Luchador?

Killer Clown, Zombie Clown and the equally-insane Psycho Clown are waiting to put the gory smackdown on whomever dares to challenge them in the ring. Strap on your most hideous mask and get into the ring—Lucha Libre: Héroes del Ring is out today. Play in English o en Español! Lucha Libre: Héroes del Ring delivers…

The Bargain Bin: Domino Rally

What kind of game can you buy with $7.50 at your local Target? This kind of game. Let’s take a look at UFO Interactive’s Domino Rally. I can’t resist a bargain, especially one sporting cover art as attractive as Domino Rally. Just look at it: It screams “You’ve got absolutely no self-control and I’m under…

Make a Meat Boy From Paper

Super Meat Boy and Dr. Fetus papercraft by the folks at Cubeecraft.com. Click to enlarge, print, cut, fold. It’s easier than playing Super Meat Boy, which is one tough newly-released Xbox Live Arcade game.

Lara Croft & The Guardian Of Light Finally Gets Online Co-op

The newest Tomb Raider game will get a major feature update next week, when developer Crystal Dynamics adds online multiplayer support for Lara Croft And The Guardian Of Light. There’s just one little catch. The online co-op patch for Lara’s downloadable game is only coming to the Xbox 360 version next week, on October 27.…

The Sexiest Fallout: New Vegas Collector’s Edition Unboxing You’ll See Today

You’ve seen the Fallout: New Vegas Collector’s Edition. You’ve seen its contents. But you’ve never seen it unboxed quite like this. This potentially NSFW video may change the way you open boxes forever. My fiancée has already told me that this is the wardrobe I’ll be wearing for the next unboxing video she helps me…

The Best Racing Game Apps

When people argue that smartphones are on the level with Playstation or DS portable as gaming platforms, they’ll usually whip out a racing game. With good reason! iOS and Android’s racing games are actually some of their best, period. iOS GOLD MEDAL: Real Racing The best all-rounder in the App Store today, with great graphics,…

God of War Collection Has Its Revenge On PSN Next Month

If you wanted to own the God of War Collection for the PlayStation 3, but couldn’t in good conscience bring that box art into your home, Sony has good news. That pair of PlayStation 2 ports is going digital. The God of War Collection sheds its Blu-ray coil for a PlayStation Store release in North…

The (Porn) Stars Come Out For Just Dance 2’s Debut

Award-winning American pornographic actress Sasha Grey arrives at last night’s Hollywood launch party for Ubisoft’s Just Dance 2. Gameface is a photographic celebration of the people who make, play and love video games.

Breaking the Fourth Wall: Clever Gimmick or Slap in the Face?

My love for slapstick comedy was evident at a very young age. Just ask my mom who used to film me ranting about airline food and had to clean up the aftermath of my Chevy Chase pratfalls. This is why I wanted to write a fangirl love letter to Twisted Pixel after recently playing Comic…

You Will Not Look This Cool Playing Sonic Free Riders

Even if you have an expansive all-white room to play it in, this is not how you will look while playing Sonic Free Riders on Kinect. Perhaps it would help if you had a series of green and purple concentric circles beneath your feet like the Kinect event at GamesCom where Crecente tried out the…

Angry Birds Is Now From The Makers Of Madden [Update]

Giant games publisher Electronic Arts who you know from playing Dead Space, The Sims, Madden, and so on is buying the publisher of Angry Birds, Chillingo, for $20 million, the LA Times reports. What’s this mean for Angry Birds gamers? Chillingo publishes but doesn’t develop hits such as Angry Birds and Cut The Rope, two…

Apple Thanks Valve, Briefly Acknowledges Mac Gaming

How much of Apple’s 90-minute keynote today is about games? This keynote is all about their computers so… does a few seconds impress you? In the first few minutes of the briefing, Apple chief operation officer Tim Cook name-checked Valve, commending the company for adding the PC company’s Steam service to Mac computers. “This is…

A Very Angry Birds Halloween

The special 45-level Halloween-themed standalone Angry Birds game from Rovio is akin to a crack dealer wrapping up rocks in orange Jack-o-Lantern pouches and throwing in some candy corn. Angry Birds once had me sitting in the bathroom for an hour and a half. True story. That’s how addictive the normal version of the game…

10 Games Businesses That Are Blessed

Negativity was popular. Let’s see how positivity does. Business blogger Nicholas Lovell is back, following up his list of 10 game businesses that are doomed with 10 (or so) that are getting it very right. Recently, I wrote a post entitled Ten games businesses that are doomed I got a lot of feedback, much of…

Chopper 2 Flies From iPhone To iPad To 42 Inch TV

Using a standard Apple component cable and an iPhone 4 as a controller, Majic Jungle Software’s Chopper 2 transforms the iPad into an expensive video game console. There are a handful of games out there that support using the iPhone as a controller for the iPad, but few look quite as gorgeous running on a…