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Alienware Area-51 m15x Laptop Review: It Ain’t Heavy, It’s My Laptop
Alienware has long been one of my favorite computer and laptop makers. It’s purchase by Dell didn’t change that. The computer maker’s latest line of gaming laptops promise to deliver on-the-go gaming in a slick looking new laptop. But can the Area-51 m15x deliver the goods at an affordable price and in a package you’d…
By Brian Crecente Published January 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
Italian Teen Stabs Father Over FIFA 2009
An Italian man giving video game advice to his son Sunday evening was repaid with a 15-inch kitchen knife to the neck. A 46-year-old storekeeper identified as Fabrizio R. was watching his 16-year-old son, Mario, play EA’s FIFA 2009 on the PlayStation Sunday evening. According to reports, the father began giving his son advice on…
By Mike Fahey Published January 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Game Industry In 2185
Mass Effect 2 pokes fun at Second Life, sports games, and traditional role-playing games, with a candid glimpse of the intergalactic game industry in the year 2185. Those of you avoiding Mass Effect 2 spoilers might want to go read up on this week’s Nintendo downloads, which contain nothing Mass Effect 2 related whatsoever. One…
By Mike Fahey Published January 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
Are Game Companies Spoiling Their Own Games?
You may have noticed that over the past couple of years video games marketing has become increasingly pervasive, many publishers intent on telling us as much as they can about a game before we can get our hands on it. But are they telling us too much? There once was a day that all you…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Nintendo Download: Uno!
Too late! I shouted it first, so you folks all have to draw two cards while I tell you all about this week’s releases for WiiWare, DSiWare, and the Wii Virtual Console. Can you guess what this week’s biggest WiiWare release is? That’s right! It’s “Aha! I Found It!” Hidden Object Game by Ateam Inc.…
By Mike Fahey Published January 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Secret World: Postcards From The Edge Of Madness
A mysterious postcard pointed me towards the outwardly unassuming website of a small New England town, where I am invited to become an honorary citizen “by being dunked in the Miskatonic River.” Wait, what? With the back of the postcard reading “Dark Days are Coming,” there can be no doubt that this is a viral…
By Mike Fahey Published January 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
iPhone Chart Toppers: Wars… in Chinatown
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars slammed onto the list this week in the number one spot. Rock Band managed to pop back on the list at number two, thanks in large part to the lite version that hit last week, I suspect. Fingers crossed for those new song packs that Harmonix promised me. Here’s the…
By Brian Crecente Published January 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
Apple Tablet Detected Running Games At Apple HQ, Research Group Says
The Apple Tablet is still just a unicorn, a publicly unseen beast of questionable evolutionary logic, but research group Flurry Analytics claimed yesterday to spot its presence at Apple headquarters and detected a heavy amount of gaming on the thing. In a blog post on Sunday, Flurry’s vice president of marketing, Peter Farago, announced that…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
Gaming: The Fifth Network
The very public, very messy late-night fight between Jay Leno, Conan O’Brien and NBC didn’t just offer interesting insight into the inner workings of network television, it reminded everyone that the TV isn’t used only for watching shows anymore. Video games, right behind bad programming and bad decisions, are television networks’ biggest threat these days.…
By Brian Crecente Published January 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
It’s Monday
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft Just letting you know… Monday. MONDAY!! What you missed last night Get Mass Effect 2’s DLC For Free (Free!) New Super Mario Bros. Wii Over 10 Million Served Mass Effect 2 Has Some Fancy Disc-Swapping Action Who Can Capcom Fight Next?
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
Waiting For Your Flight? Play PS3
Waiting at the airport is dull. Put down that payphone, funny dress lady! Hong Kong International Airport has just installed fourteen PS3 kiosks around the airport for travelers to check out free of charge. Sony Computer Entertainment Hong Kong has teamed with the airport to put the kiosks near the Terminal boarding gates and in…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
Monster Hunter Tri Controller Bundle Bound For America
Those who looked longingly at the black Classic Controller Pro Capcom released in Japan for Monster Hunter Tri will be happily to know that the hardware is coming Stateside. The bundle was originally released in Japan for ¥8,490 (US$94) when the game was released in August 2009. The North American bundle will be available for…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
Pokemon As Traditional Japanese Art
As seen on Asamegraph. Thanks, Aeshir!
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
PSPgo Torn Apart, Sesame Street-Style
Here’s a video where a PSPgo is taken apart, piece by piece, to music and sound effects. It’s what a teardown would look like if Sesame Street did teardowns. Or Postman Pat, for that matter. TechRestore [via Engadget]
By Luke Plunkett Published January 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
British Sales Charts: Business As Usual
Not much has changed in a week in the UK. Wii games keep on selling, Modern Warfare keeps on shooting and Just Dance just keeps on dancing. And at the bottom of the charts? Welcome back, Grand Theft Auto IV. It’s been a while. Hopefully Mass Effect 2 can cause a break in the weather,…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 25, 2010 -
UncategorizedHeavy Rain’s First Nine Minutes Hit The Shower, Down Some OJ
Late next month, psychological thriller Heavy Rain will be released. The game’s first nine minutes have popped up on YouTube. So if you don’t want the first nine spoiled, don’t watch. But if you are keen to see SIXAXIS motion controls *finally* used to shake orange juice or towel off a naked man in a…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
2010 Music, 1992 Graphics
French electronic artist Danger’s upcoming EP, titled "09/17 2007", will be out later this month. To tease it, he’s using 16-bit-themed game intros. Which are amazing. Makes you wish developers (*cough* Capcom *cough* ) would leave the 80’s 8-bit stuff be, and get their hands dirty on some 16-bit homages. Like a new-old Streets of…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
New Super Mario Bros. Wii Over 10 Million Served
New Super Mario Bros. Wii has already propelled itself past Super Mario Galaxy. That’s not all, though. In the eight weeks since the title has been released, Super Mario Bros. Wii has reached the ten million units sold mark. The game has sold over 3 million copies in Japan, more than 4.5 million in North…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
Get Mass Effect 2’s DLC For Free (Free!) [Update]
Somebody at Microsoft has flipped a switch a little early, as most of Mass Effect 2’s downloadable content is already available. Available for free. For everyone. The GameStop-exclusive DLC, the stuff supposedly reserved for people picking up the game’s special edition, much of it is available for download right now on Xbox Live (note: you’ll…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 25, 2010