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You Too Can Learn About Hats From Video Game Characters
Nintendo DS puzzle master Professor Layton, channeling the fashion expertise of 2009 DS fashion game Style Savvy, in an unexpected tie-in between the recent Fashion Week and Layton’s newest game… talks about hats. As do his friends. post
By Stephen Totilo Published September 20, 2010 - Uncategorized
Score Free Games With Your Darksiders Digital Download
Fans willing to give digital download a try when THQ’s Darksiders releases on the PC this week will get a free game for their trouble, scoring Titan Quest, Red Faction: Guerrilla, or Company of Heroes depending on where you buy. It’s the end of the world as we know it, but you’ll feel fine with…
By Mike Fahey Published September 20, 2010 - Uncategorized
Nintendo of America Loses Chirpy Exec
Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of sales and marketing, is leaving not just Nintendo but the game industry effective Oct. 1, a month shy of her third anniversary with the company, according to Nintendo.
By Brian Crecente Published September 20, 2010 -
ReviewsDragon Age: Origins Witch Hunt Review: An Unsatisfying Epilogue
“Never follow me,” said the dark witch Morrigan as she disappeared towards the end of Dragon Age: Origins. Adventurers never were very good at listening. In the final downloadable content for Dragon Age: Origins, players are tasked with tracking down the abrasive sorceress and learning her true motivation for siding with the Grey Wardens. It’s…
By Mike Fahey Published September 20, 2010 - Uncategorized
Who Argues Violent Video Games Are Like Porn, And Who Disagrees
It is the season for battling in the Supreme Court about whether it should be a crime to sell very violent video games to children. No such law exists for other forms of entertainment. Who is for? Who is against? Should very violent video games be illegal to sell to kids, the way certain kinds…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 20, 2010 -
UncategorizedThe Insanely Complex, Kinda Addictive Air Traffic Control Game
Having been a fan of Firemint’s Flight Control for sometime, I was intrigued when I caught a glimpse of indie title Air Traffic Control. Instead of trying to simplify the art of managing, taxing, handing off and landing a sky full of planes, ATC mimics the complexity of the task. In the game you have…
By Brian Crecente Published September 20, 2010 - Uncategorized
Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors, One Watch
Now you can pretend you’re about to die a horrible death by drowning upon a sinking ship with the Gamestop exclusive preorder watch for Aksys Games’ DS thriller Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors. It can be hard to sell a game like Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors, or 999 as Aksys likes to…
By Mike Fahey Published September 20, 2010 - Uncategorized
Global Agenda Woos Distraught APB Players
Taking advantage of the closure of Realtime Worlds’ All-Points Bulletin, Hi-Rez Studios is giving APB refugees 30 percent off the purchase of its massively multiplayer online shooter Global Agenda. In case you missed the news last week, APB is dead. Some other company might snatch it up and give it a go, but as far…
By Mike Fahey Published September 20, 2010 -
UncategorizedGameloft Sells More than 20 Million Games on App Store
Since Apple’s App Store opened in July 2007, France-based mobile game developer Gameloft has sold more than 20 million games on the service built for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. The company said today that of the 47 iPhone and iPad games they’ve launched from the beginning of this year, a whopping 42 of…
By Brian Crecente Published September 20, 2010 - Uncategorized
Lionhead Goes To War…Cake War
When two tribes go to war, delicious cake is all you can score. With Fable III due out next month, the developers at Lionhead Studios turn their attentions from making kings to baking things in an all-out Cake War. From Xbox 360 controller button cupcakes to a partial Companion Cube, the fine folks at Lionhead…
By Mike Fahey Published September 20, 2010 - Uncategorized
Doctor Who: The Adventure Games Scores A Second Season
With the first three episodes downloaded more than 1.6 million times and a fourth episode on the way, the BBC reveals plans to continue the groundbreaking Doctor Who: The Adventure Games with a second season in 2011. Doctor Who: The Adventure Games has been a tremendous success for the BBC and developer Sumo Digital, not…
By Mike Fahey Published September 20, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Weekend is Made for TGS
Were you too busy this weekend enjoying the sun, the out of doors, to read all of our amazing Tokyo Game Show coverage? That means you missed out on the head of Sony Worldwide studios answering and not answering our questions about the Playstation Portable 2, talk of a Halo movie and a Metal Gear…
By Brian Crecente Published September 20, 2010 - Uncategorized
Just Thinking About Violent Video Games Stimulates Aggression
A new study by researchers from Ohio State and Central Michigan Universities finds that simply thinking about playing violent video games can stimulate violent behavior long after your game console has gone cold, unless you’re a girl. Anyone who has ever played a multiplayer shooter on Xbox Live can attest to the fact that participating…
By Mike Fahey Published September 20, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Nintendo Download: Countdown To Excitement
If you had the Nintendo Countdown Calendar app for the DSi last week, you would have been acutely aware of the Nintendo Countdown Calendar’s release this week, along with Aero the Acrobat 2 and one very hungry caterpillar. Of course then we’d be delving into the realm of temporal paradox, and I believe Nintendo has…
By Mike Fahey Published September 20, 2010 - Uncategorized
iTunes Chart Toppers: Angry Sims
The Sims finally push those Angry Birds from their perch. Here’s the full list of games for both platforms: iPhone Position Title Price Weeks Last Week 1 The Sims 3 Ambitions (EA) $4.99 1 — 2 Tetris (EA) $2.99 1 — 3 Angry Birds (Clickgamer.com) $0.99 19 1 4 Street Fighter IV (Capcom) $9.99 1…
By Brian Crecente Published September 20, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Proper Response To A Tetris Defeat
Unlike most things that come out of my mouth, THIS IS A TRUE STORY. I live out my days as the only female in a group of gamers. Despite the sheer number of hours we devote to gaming, we are by no means impressive, yet we each have our “thing” – our one game that…
Lisa Foiles Published September 20, 2010 - Uncategorized
Talk Amongst Yourselves
It is time to talk about video games. It’s also time for you to rediscover your art skills. Here we are, Talking Amongst Ourselves, preferably about video games. One of us is back from a weeklong vacation to discover… you all don’t make many TAY images anymore. Sad. We are left with this haunting work…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 20, 2010 -
UncategorizedNBA Jam Crushes the Nuance [Update]
I’m not a sports gamer, not even a little bit. That doesn’t mean I don’t enjoy the occasional sports video game, it just means that if I do that game was exceptionally well made. Over the year’s I’ve played, and enjoyed, my share of Madden, Tiger Woods and a variety of board games. But no…
By Brian Crecente Published September 20, 2010