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Left 4 Dead 2 Mutates Into Single-player Game
Zombie enthusiasts go it alone this week with the latest Left 4 Dead 2 Mutation, “Last Man On Earth.” No splitscreen, no Survivor bots, and no Common Infected—it’s just you and some Special Infected in single-player mode.
By Michael McWhertor Published May 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
Japan’s Console War Wrap-Up, Now With Less PSPgo
The original PlayStation Portable continues its reign as Japan’s bestselling platform, with the PlayStation 3 and Wii continuing their close battle for second place. How’d every other platform fare? The Nintendo DS may not show as well in the weekly contest for install base, but combining all three variations puts Nintendo’s handheld platform on top.…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
Three Gaming Products Make Time’s 50 Worst Inventions List
I poke fun at the Virtual Boy as much as the next guy, but does it belong on the same list as New Coke, Clippy the helpful paper clip, the Segway, and Agent Orange? Time’s list of the 50 Worst Inventions isn’t so much a list of failed inventions as it is a list of…
By Mike Fahey Published May 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
This long Memorial Day weekend, I’ll be asking myself the following question: how much better or worse is this than Split/Second? Yep, this weekend shall be a Blur. Of course, there are still plenty of strangers to befriend, wild mountain cats to slay and flowers to be picked in my copy of Red Dead Redemption.…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 28, 2010 -
UncategorizedGary Coleman Dies
Gary Coleman, best known for his role as Arnold in the 1970s-80s sitcom Diff’rent Strokes, died today of injuries he suffered in a fall at his Utah home. Coleman, who also appeared in 2003’s Postal 2, was 42. TMZ reported Coleman’s death just past 12:30 p.m. U.S. Mountain time. He had been in a Provo,…
By Owen Good Published May 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
High School Swaps Out Textbooks For iPads
When the students of St. Catherine’s High School’s new middle school program arrive next year, they’ll be sporting shiny new iPads instead of textbooks, giving students plenty of games to play while they should be learning, until they get stolen. It’s a revolutionary idea, I suppose, but a very bad revolutionary idea. St Catherine’s High…
By Mike Fahey Published May 28, 2010 - Reviews
Prince Of Persia: The Sands of Time Review
As the most high-profile video game movie since 1993’s Super Mario Bros., Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time has a lot riding on it. Which for a movie like this, is a little unfair. See, being a Disney movie, with a big budget, big stars and big names behind the scenes, I think people…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
Sex While Driving More Popular Than Gaming While Driving
A survey of drivers from six different countries found that while 15% of people claimed to have engaged in sexual activity while driving, only 5% admit to playing portable games behind the wheel. The survey, underwritten by hands-free mobile phone device maker Jabra and performed by Lindberg International, polled 300 drivers each from the United…
By Mike Fahey Published May 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
Waiting For The Japanese Blockbusters, By The Numbers
The next Pokemon games will be released in the U.S. six months after they go on sale in Japan. Nintendo’s still not doing simultaneous worldwide Pokemon releases. Let’s see how trans-Pacific delays affect other games. These are some of the biggest Japanese games from the past year that were set for Japanese and U.S. release……
By Stephen Totilo Published May 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Latest Call of Duty Explores The Bloody Birth of Special Forces
It starts with two men in space helmets. They walk across an airfield and climb into a Lockheed SR-71 reconnaissance aircraft, also know as the Blackbird. The year is 1968. The mission is “This is WMD.” The game: Call of Duty: Black Ops. Up on stage members of developer Treyarch are playing through a chunk…
By Brian Crecente Published May 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
Next Pokemon Games Slated For 2011 U.S. Release
Pokémon Black and Pokémon White are coming to America in Spring 2011, according to Nintendo. The paired games start a new generation of Pokemon and include Legendary Pokémon Reshiram on the Black cover, Zekrom on the White cover. Japan gets Black and White this fall.
By Stephen Totilo Published May 28, 2010 -
UncategorizedThis Game Was Inspired By Super Mario Bros. 2
There are so many — too many? — games inspired by the original Super Mario Bros. Not FiNCK. It was inspired by the sequel. The one with the vegetables. Developer Nicklas (Nifflas) Nygren, who you may know as the creator of Knytt, told me he’s “experimenting with the gameplay mechanics of Super Mario Bros 2…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
Star Wars: The Old Republic Offers Friendship And Romance
Han had Chewie. Luke had R2-D2. Who will you have by your side as a Companion Character in BioWare’s Star Wars: The Old Republic, and will you be able to sleep with them? Showing once again that the Star Wars: The Old Republic team has a firm grasp on what makes the Star Wars universe…
By Mike Fahey Published May 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
Sex And The Sim City
The second Sex and the City movie is in theaters today, but no one has to go see it, now that EA’s Sims team summarized it for us using The Sims 3. Using The Sims 3, EA has taken a full accounting of my Sex and the City knowledge and compressed it into this brief…
By Mike Fahey Published May 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Original Prince of Persia is Glorious on the iPad
I was delighted to discover this morning that you can buy the original Prince of Persia for both the iPhone and iPad for a penny shy of a dollar on either system. Prince of Persia Retro includes all thirteen of the original game’s levels and you can jump to any of them from the menu.…
By Brian Crecente Published May 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
Say You Like Call of Duty And Activision Will Donate To Veterans Fund
Memorial Day is this coming Monday and what better way to celebrate your day off, here in the U.S., than by helping a group that finds jobs for veterans? All you have to do is “Like” Activison’s Call of Duty Endowment Facebook page by noon on Memorial Day and they will increase their donation to…
By Brian Crecente Published May 28, 2010