May 31st, 2010 
Jason Grantz 
Time magazine recently revealed a list of The 50 Worst Inventions. While we completely agree with most of the items listed here, we hesitate to accept the Virtual Boy as a bad invention. Sure, it never received the amount of acclaim that other Nintendo consoles received, but we believe this brilliant, albeit headache-inducing, device was just [...]
Posted in Classic 
Tags: 3DS, 50 worst inventions, Mario Tennis, Motion Control, Natal, Nintendo, Playstation Move, Retrospective, Time Magazine, video games, Virtual Boy 
3 Comments » May 31st, 2010 Jay Bickford 
At PAX East, I had the pleasure of stumbling across a booth featuring one of the best top-down shooters I’ve played in a while. The game is called Shoot 1UP by Mommy’s Best Games; a game that proves you can, in fact, teach an old dog new tricks. In Shoot 1UP your ship upgrades come [...]
May 30th, 2010 Andrew Galbraith 
Woot is on a hot streak with some exceptionally awesome video game t-shirts. Today’s shirt, designed by Jewelwing from Pisgah Forest, North Carolina reminds everyone of the potential the Soviet Union had to create ridiculously addictive video games capable of slowing Capitalist production to a crawl. While the USSR eventually dissolved, we thankfully still have [...]
May 29th, 2010 Joe Witthaus 
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following essay discusses the nature of Alan Wake’s creepiest moments and underlying themes, but may also contain spoilers that will ruin the game if you haven’t played it yet. Reader beware! From the get go, it’s clear that Remedy Entertainment’s Alan Wake lead writer Sam Lake has pulled inspiration for the game [...]
Posted in 360, Console, Featured Tags: Alan Wake, Essay, Music, Remedy Entertainment, Sam Lake, soundtrack, Stephen King 3 Comments » May 28th, 2010 Andrew Galbraith 
While the original Xbox may not have become the content powerhouse that its successor has long since achieved, there were many, primarily in the modding community, who believed in the power of Microsoft’s first gaming console as a media center. XBMC Media Center, essentially an alternative to both Microsoft’s Media Center and Apple’s Front Row, [...]
Posted in Console Tags: Homebrew, Microsoft, Mod, Modding, XBMC, Xbox, Xbox Media Center 1 Comment » May 28th, 2010 Andrew Galbraith 
Today’s Woot shirt comes from Ramyb, a native of Baltimore, Maryland and obvious supporter of education. Depicting an obviously well-educated spikey, blue-shelled turtle teaching a small class of his somewhat lesser peers about their abilities. Woot is certainly notorious for their abilities to come up with some pretty stellar video game related pieces of clothing [...]
Posted in Classic Tags: Classic, Clothing, Mario Kart, Mario Kart Shirt, Nintendo, Shirt Woot No Comments » May 27th, 2010 Jason Grantz 
The forthcoming arcade multiplayer title from Zen Studios, Planet Minigolf, has finally been given a release date. Arriving on the Playstation Network June 1st, Planet Minigolf will give players a myriad of options for personalizing their golfing experience. Players will be able to select from a wealth of choices to outfit their avatar, customize their [...]
Posted in Console, PS3, PSN Tags: Avatar, clubs, courses, custimization, exclusive, Golf, golf balls, links, Mini-Golf, Planet Minigolf, Playstation, PSN, Release Date, Sony, video games, Zen Studios No Comments » May 26th, 2010 Dustin Deckard 
Crafty Youtuber GoldenJellyBean is back in action with yet another video game character sackboy. Last time she warmed our hearts over with her Ico doll, and this time she’s recreated the stabby star of Assassin’s Creed 2, Ezio Auditore da Firenze. Not only did she send us some pictures of Ezio, which you can find [...]
Posted in 360, Console, PC, PS3 Tags: Assassin's Creed 2, Ezio Auditore, ezio crochet, Ezio sackboy, GoldenJellyBean, sackboy crochet, sackboy crochet patter 1 Comment » May 26th, 2010 Jason Grantz 
Soon to be adding to your growing pile of collector’s editions, Mafia II may be the proof that publishers are willing to give just about any game this special treatment. Announced by 2k games, Mafia II is currently scheduled to make you a wiseguy on 24 August 2010. The collector’s edition will be available for $79.99 on [...]
Posted in 360, Console, PC, PS3 Tags: 2k games, Art Book, collectable, collector's edition, Empire bay, gamestop, made man, Mafia, Mafia II, Map, PC, Playstation 3, soundtrack, video games, Xbox 360 No Comments » May 26th, 2010 Andrew Galbraith 
Games combining music and rhythm have become relatively synonymous with the plastic instruments required to operate them over the past few years. However, players can experience Fractal with nothing more than a keen ear and a mouse. Created by the same development team that gave the gaming community the browser-based title Auditorium, there is little [...]
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