Gaming & Culture

BioWare Details PC Requirements and Something About DRM

Mass Effect 2 ships on January 26, 2010, and late last night BioWare announced the system requirements for those of you who game on the PC. DRM will be the same as on Dragon Age: Origins; if that’s something that matters to you.

Digital Rights Management (DRM) – The boxed/retail PC version of Mass Effect 2 will use only a basic

Tony Hawk RIDE Review: Back To The Drawing Board?

I’ve never been able to play a Tony Hawk game. Not well, anyway.

When the popular skateboarding franchise based on the legendary skater started in 1999 withTony Hawk’s Pro Skater, the title was universally praised. Pushing the right buttons at the right time would allow players to pull off chains of sick tricks never before seen in a …

Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier Giveaway

Jak and Daxter are back for their sixth (give or take) team up in The Lost Frontier and TECHLAND has five UMD copies along with five download codes to give away. Graphics and the ability to customize weapons are pretty appealing for this PSP/PS2 title. Assuming you have a PSP this could be your lucky day. Now pay close attention to find …

Super Mario Kart Coming To Wii Virtual Console

It’s not that I don’t like the Wii, it’s that the majority of games for it suck, IMO. But that’s not really the point, is it? Today, I’m happy to inform you that Super Mario Kart is coming to the Virtual Console for 800 Wii Points. A certain boy and his blob will also being making an appearance from the NES days for 500 Wii …

Modern Warfare 2: This %$#ing Game is #$%ing %^&#ed Up

I’ve been playing a lot of Modern Warfare 2 this week.. Or it’s been playing me, I don’t know. Some seriously heavy interaction is going on, one way or the other. When I take the MW2 disk out of my 360, I am not the same person who put it in.

In a lot of respects MW2 is a pretty ordinary game. You’ve got a gun. You’ve got some …

Box Art Reviews: Hamster Cruelty, Creepy Ballet Dancers

We may not judge books by their covers, but no one said anything about video games.

In the interest of helping video game marketing departments, our box art reviews look at game covers from the perspective of the average video game shopper. We look at new releases to rate the design and try to determine, strictly by a game’s cover, …

Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles: More Zombie Please

There’s nothing more enjoyable than shooting zombies full of holes. It’s even more enjoyable when said zombies manage to scare the piss out of you. Take both of those elements, slap together a storyline that everyone is familiar with and you’ve got yourself Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles for the Wii. The lightgun-like …

Assassin’s Creed 2 Review: “It’s-A-Me, Mario!”

Every year a handful of titles end up being in the “must-have” or “highly anticipated” category. Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed 2 happens to fall under the latter umbrella for 2009. Is it a “must-have” for this year? It depends on who you ask to be quite honest. What Ubisoft did with the original Assassin’s Creed was …

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