I hadn't planned on hitting the Dead Space Extraction display at PAX, mostly because a shooter on rails on the Wii didn't exactly enkindle my burning desire. I had some time to spare after hitting the Left 4 Dead 2 booth a little early, so I figured...
Tired of your sweet old Grandma taking the very money she sent you for your birthday? Not sure what the rules are for Texas Hold 'em? Whether you're a pokernewb or a seasoned vet with mirrored Ray Bans looking for a good game, poker software is a...
Game journalists often are so mired in the day to day of game review, blogging and working contact lists that we often don't have time to stand back and look at the big picture. Console makers are locked in an endless battle over who has the better...
One fun aspect of tech in general and gaming in particular is when old products are phased out and/or prices are slashed, to be replaced by something bigger (or smaller), better and faster.
If you planned to grab the Elite Xbox 360 today at its...
Headed to the Penny Arcade Expo next week? It'll be my first PAX, and I've been in a steadily increasing state of geek zen over the games I'll get hands-on time with. News broke today that Valve will let us play the recently revealed Dark...
News broke yesterday about the impending announcement of an Xbox 360 price cut, and early this morning Microsoft confirmed that $100 will be shaved off the Xbox 360 Elite, making its price $299.99.
Microsoft also confirmed a fifty dollar price cut...
It's funny how often the most secret corporate plans are foiled by the "lowly" retail gamer proletariat. The latest example is Best Buy's return policy on PS3s. The employees of Best Buy, ever true to their gaming brethren, passed on an...
With Mass Effect 2 coming in a few months, no one expected fresh downloadable content for the original Mass Effect, at least not until BioWare's Evil Chris tweeted the following back in June:
"Getting the feeling some news about the next ME1...
Brave: A Warrior's Tale has more or less been skewered by game critics, and I can't say it's my favorite game, but my kids liked it enough to play all the way through.
Like any game it has its faults -- some parts were challenging even for me --...
In their recent printed issue, Game Informer showed the results of their survey of 5,000 Xbox 360 owners, the main finding was that an astounding 54.2% had their Xbox 360 die. The next closest console in terms of failure rate is the PlayStation 3,...