A very sad and tragic thing occurred this past week. As you may have heard by now, a treasured American legend died. His name was Jeff Goldblum, and even though I haven’t seen anyofficial confirmationof his death, it is my job as a videogame blogger to desperately try and piece together a tenuous link to Goldblum so I can post about him in an obvious bid to reap pageviews off the back of it....
Are you hopelessly addicted toWorld of Warcraft? Are you one of the poor, unfortunate devils who have recently lost their souls to Blizzard’s satanic online role-playing game? Do you lose countless hours of sleep in front of your PC, mesmerized by the ongoing war between the Alliance and the Horde, trying to figure out the reason behind your existence in a world where lanky, blue men with pointy ears are considered sexy, and all “22/F/Arizona” players are actually 43/M/Alcatraz?...
We recently told youabout the United States Air Force buying 2,200 PS3 systems to either make some top-secret supercomputer or to have a killer multiplayer gaming session. Before they got the money cleared for the 2,200 systems, they had a smaller rig of 336 systems. And here’s what it looks like. Crazy.SFgatesays that this rig was used for research on urban surveillance, and is located in Rome, New York. I don’t know what that is, but I’m going to guess that that room is hot....
Last year, Nintendo held an event in San Francisco celebratingSuper Mario Bros.25th Anniversary. I was lucky enough to attend this event, but unlucky (or unwise) enough to try a drink at the event that was named after Luigi. It had something called “Absinthe” in it. Long story short, I am not willing to take total responsibility for my behavior in the video marked “Mario 25th Celebration Event 2,”found at this link....
Yeah, it’s that time of the week where you know you’re gonna be sorely tempted into buying some games for your PC. It’s weekend deals time on Steam and Good Old Games. We’ve got the latest installment of Peter Molyneux’s RPG series and some interesting classics from Activision. First up, Steam has reduced the price ofFable IIIand its five accompanying pieces of DLC by 66%. The main game is just $16....
I must admit that despite my coworkers fervent efforts to show offNaughty Bearto me and the rest of the world I have been remiss in giving the game any of my attention. This stops hear and now with the above trailer. Bears inJAWS! How can this go wrong? To tell the truth, I was only partly impressed by theJAWSparody for the upcoming game, as on the whole it was decent, but not great....
If you love battle, but find youjust don’t have the energy for it, then you’ll need to head on down to 7-Eleven, where you can drink a cup of BATTLE FUEL! It’s a fuel for your battlanz! Unfortunately, it’snota heady mixture of blood, napalm and medical alcohol (thetruedrink of battlanz), but an orange flavored Slurpee.Sony saysthat “this chilling orange flavor is sure to whet your thirst for the excitement to come whenKillzone 3launches next week!...
Support characters are a very important element in any game that features them. Whether they are extra party members, shopkeepers, or random people on the street who seem to dispense just the information you need to progress, there is no doubting the pricelessness of whatever support you’re able to get. But the support characters whom I wish to show my appreciation to today are the ones that help players get places....
We already knew a bit aboutQuantum of Solace: The Game,the newest007game based on the movie of the same name, thanks toNick’s preview. Today, Activision has announced the voice cast for this game; most of the cast comes straight from the feature film. Quantum of Solacefeatures the likenesses and voices of Daniel Craig as James Bond, Academy Award-winning actor Judi Dench in her role as M, French actor Mathieu Amalric as villain Dominic Greene, and Ukrainian actress Olga Kurylenko as leading lady Camille....
Find Makarovwas a fan-made film that surfaced earlier in the year and was a re-telling of events that happened in theModern Warfareuniverse. Activision came away particularly impressed and decided to contact the creators of the film and asked for a sequel which they wouldfund themselves. The short was shown to fans who attendedCall of Duty XP, and it’s now available for the rest of us not lucky enough to be there....
I suspect that we all know right nowwhat we’ll be thinkingwhen we load upDuke Nukem Foreverfor the first timein a couple of weeks: “I cannot believe this is actually happening.” I’m still not entirely convinced that some global cataclysm will not occur the day before release simply to prove that the universe does not want this game to exist. In the meantime, enjoy the launch trailer forDuke Nukem Forever. I will be busy locating the nearest fallout shelter....
When I rushed home from the store the other day withRainbow Six Vegas 2(PS3 version) in hand, I couldn’t wait to try out the multiplayer and see how much it improved upon the first. Much to my dismay, however, I was only able to get into two matches over a two-day stretch. At first, I figured it was just my PS3 and router fighting amongst themselves again. They’ve been known to tussle on occasion....
Where the hell do they hand out the professional analyst jobs, because I want me some of that. All you have to do is stand up, say something relatively inflammatory and the internet will quote your opinion on things. Case in point is gaming analystDoug Creutz who has let his opinion be known on both Microsoft and Sony’s upcoming motion control features for their new games.He sides with Sony, saying that their motion controls are“superior from a gaming perspective....
