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Vibras Five.One Surround Sound Headset Review
The Vibras Five.One from Track Scan delivers big Dolby Digital surround sound in a tiny package. It boasts that it’s “the only headset to earn Microsoft’s authorization as ‘Licensed for Xbox 360’.” Is that enough? Manufacturer Track Scan purports that the Vibras is “unsurpassed in its superior audio quality,” offering up an Xbox 360 tailored…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
Urine The Video Game: Clicking And Dragging To A Healthy Tinkle
From the makers of Gas Attack, a pinball machine that teaches about flatulence, comes Urine the video game. Our visit to the touring Grossology show netted me not one, but two video games. Last week/year I pointed out that Grossology had a neat little pinball game designed to teach about gas, though really I didn’t…
By Brian Crecente Published January 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
Used Game Sales of 2008 Dip Below 07 Used Sales
The average price for used video game sales on eBay and other resellers dropped nearly 12 percent from last year, according to an analysis by Video Game Price Charts.Com. Average used game prices started at a high of $12.69 on Jan. 1, dropped down to a low of $8.57 on Nov. 3 and rose back…
By Brian Crecente Published January 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
Peter Moore Has A Question: “WTF, Eurogamer?”
We wish there were more executives like Peter Moore, the kind who wonder where the f…. hell their game is on the end of year “Best Of” lists. As Moore has done to Eurogamer. Now, we don’t have any particular issue with Eurogamer’s choices for the Top 50 Games of 2008, but the head of…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
Read The Full First Issue of Dead Space the Comic
You can read the entire first issue of Image Comics’ Dead Space over at Newsarama right now. The site is hosting high-quality, full scans of every page of the initial issue of the comic based on the Electronic Arts video game. Dead Space Comic [Newsarama]
By Brian Crecente Published January 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
A Gaming Take on Parrish’s Daybreak
The Tanooki points to an interesting take on Maxfield Parrish’s “Daybreak.” The luminous look of the original is flattened a bit in this homage by Adam Baron, but the scene now include a DS Lite. Maybe it’s the invasion of games into the otherwise idyllic scene, but for some reason I don’t find Game Break…
By Brian Crecente Published January 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
Oh look! The weekend! Again! After having a restful New Year’s Day, playing Left 4 Dead and Rez HD, it’s time to take two additional days off. So, what’s left to play this weekend? My newly acquired copy of Final Fantasy III DS perhaps? Maybe some Gears of War 2? Maybe I’ll even give that…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
Star Trek Online Takes Us To The Year 2383
Cryptic continues to expound on the future history of Star Trek Online, updating their game time line with the year 2383, in which the Romulans continue to fall apart and the Klingons get increasingly pissed. If you’ve not been keeping up with the Star Trek Online time line, Cryptic has been doing an excellent job…
By Mike Fahey Published January 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Boston Herald’s iPhone Game Top 20
Tom Rose of the Boston Globe has waded through the metric ass-ton of games available for the iPhone and iPod Touch, compiling a lovely little list of the 20 best games of 2008. Navigating the storm of games that have appeared in Apple’s App Store since it launched earlier this year is a complete pain…
By Mike Fahey Published January 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
Vote For Mod DB’s Mod Of The Year Awards
Mod DB has announced the start of voting for the 7th Annual Mod of the Year Awards, celebrating the best in fan-crafted game modifications, and your vote counts. Voting kicks off today at ModDB.com, where users browsing the collection of mods on the website are urged to click the VOTE button located in each mod’s…
By Mike Fahey Published January 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
Firebird Mini Gaming Rig Priced At $1800
That mini-PC gaming rig I was all excited about last year just got priced. The PC with a small footprint and an even smaller environmental footprint will start at $1,800. The Vista-based Firebird will come with quad-core Intel Core 2 processors of up to 2.83 Ghz (note they don’t tell you what the base line…
By Brian Crecente Published January 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
A Heroic New Year From Champions Online
Get a glimpse of the various locales in Cryptic’s upcoming superhero MMO Champions Online, as the assembled denizens of the game gather to ring in the new year. While there really isn’t all that much to see in the wide shots presented in what amounts to an animated holiday greeting card, it does bolster my…
By Mike Fahey Published January 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
Lara Croft Wants Your Pictures, Not Just Your Proposals
The latest Lara Croft model Alison Carroll explains that while the seven marriage proposals she’s received so far are lovely, what she really wants is your picture. In a recently published interview with UK gossip rag The Sun, Allison discusses the ups and downs of traveling the world, the reactions of her friends and family…
By Mike Fahey Published January 2, 2009 -
UncategorizedA Super Mario Bros. Super Drum Medley
Drummer virtuoso Andrea Vadrucci beats out a super drum medley of the “Super Mario Bros 3” theme in this stunning three minute and 45 second video. Just watching makes my arms and foot hurt. [Thanks Travis]
By Brian Crecente Published January 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
AsiaSoft Cracking Down On Home-Run MapleStory Servers
MapleStory’s Singapore distributor looks to cut down on a rash of home-run pirate servers, as a plucky teen take the world of big-headed platform battles into his own bedroom. A story from The Straits Times focuses on 16-year-old Sean Lee, who runs a pirate server out of his bedroom, allowing players to access the pay…
By Mike Fahey Published January 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
Innovative MMO Twin Skies Not Quite As Innovative Anymore
Neopets creators Adam Powell and Donna Williams have decided to strip the 3D portion of their MMO Twin Skies in order to focus on creating just another free-to-play online flash game. Originally envisioned as a 3D MMO that users would be able to interact with directly via flash game content, an announcement yesterday on the…
By Mike Fahey Published January 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
Metacritic’s Best And Worst of 2008
Metacritic put together a list of the best and worst games of 2008 on every console. The top reviewed aren’t that surprising, but there are some real doozies in the duds. The list was created by looking at average review scores and includes a couple Grand Theft Auto IV mentions, Super Smash Bros. Brawl and…
By Brian Crecente Published January 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
Second Life Cheating Husband Surprised by Movie Deal
The man at the heart of the Second Life story, which Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski seeks to turn into a movie, was caught off guard by news of the film adaptation. After Crecente posted the news of Verbinski’s purchase of the rights to the 2007 Wall Street Journal article about a man…
By Mike Fahey Published January 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
Lord Of The Rings: Conquest Demo Hits 360
Xbox 360 owners now get to taste the delicious flavor of large scale battles over the fate of Middle Earth as the demo for EA and Pandemic’s Lord of the Rings Conquest hits Live. Out for the PlayStation 3 for a good week and a half now, the Lord of the Rings: Conquest demo is…
By Mike Fahey Published January 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
Microsoft Rewards Soldiers with Mediocrity
I was browsing the Fort Bliss PX with my folks yesterday when I stumbled across this bad boy: An “Xbox 360 Military Appeciation Bundle.” That’s right Microsoft rewards the men and women defending our country with a discounted copy of a mediocre game from 2007. Patriotism or overstock?
By Brian Crecente Published January 2, 2009