A while back, I wrote about Schwarznegger v. EMA, the case going before the Supreme Court that could possibly restrict video game sales. Currently, pro-gamer organizations are marshalling support for their side of the argument. The Entertainment Consumers Association is gathering names for a petition to include in an amicus brief to be …
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Exclusive: WCG’s Ultimate Gamer 2’s Sebastian and Rachel Talk About Last Night’s Elimination and Antics
Human hockey pucks? Throwing the competition as a strategy? Practical jokes taken wrong? It might sound like an episode of MTV’s Road Rules or CBS’s The Amazing Race, but it’s actually WCG Ultimate Gamer 2.
If you haven’t caught on to WCG Ultimate Gamer 2, it’s a reality TV style gaming competition that pits competitive gamers around …
Best Buy Launches Video Game Trade-in Service
Retail giant Best Buy is looking to cash in on the onslaught of new video game titles that will be released over the coming months by expanding its game trade-in service to over 600 of its stores.
The company already has a trade-in program in place on its website, but is betting that customers will take to being able to dump their old …
Poll: How Much Do You Care About the Halo: Reach Leak?
Late last week, reports detailed how Halo: Reach–you know, only this year’s biggest first-party exclusive for the Xbox 360–leaked on Xbox Live Marketplace.
The hackers in question have claimed that they’re not going to be distributing the cracked Bungie game, so the question we have for you, dear readers, is how big an issue you …
Syfy & THQ Team Up For Red Faction TV Movie
To coincide with the upcoming release of Red Faction Armageddon, videogame maker THQ and Syfy have teamed up for a screen adaptation of the franchise. Red Faction: Origins, a two-hour film set to air in March 2011, is set sometime between the events of Red Faction Guerilla and Red Faction. Written by Andrew Kreisberg (Warehouse 13) and …
Red Dead Redemption, Nintendo Dominate May 2010 Video Game Sales
Two months later, that headline surprises no one, right? But, it’s important to remember that RDR’s success wasn’t a slam-dunk. The Western diverges greatly from what Rockstar’s done with the GTA games and there were no guarantees that it would be as awesome as it is.
Coutesy of Wired’s Game|Life blog and the NPD Group, …
The Video-Game Redemption of Roger Ebert?
So, video games’ most prominent gadfly returns to the subject of interactive entertainment this morning. But, wait! Before you roll your eyes, you should know this: Roger Ebert admits he was wrong.
Yep. The Chicago Sun-Times’ longtime movie critic wrote the following in a new blog post:
I was a fool for mentioning video games in
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Jimmy Fallon Talks About Late Night’s Video Game Week
Like lots of gamers over the years, Jimmy Fallon couldn’t get to E3. He’s got a job he can’t get away from so he just had to kind of watch from afar. But, of course the SNL alum isn’t just any gamer. He’s got his own late-night TV show and, when he couldn’t make it for the annual gamefest in LA, he just brought some of E3’s …
E310: Simply the Meh-st, or Stuff We Saw That We’re Skeptical About
Every year, the Electronics Entertainment Expo becomes the epicenter for all things video game. With new services, new consoles and new games announced by the boatload, E3 holds tons of dizzying highs for gaming enthusiasts. In fact, we wrote about a few. What sometimes gets lost in all the buzz, though, is all the worrisome evidence …
Green Day: Rock Band, The Interview
Ask Green Day what’s led them to releasing their own video game two decades after the band formed, and they might tell you that it’s the “thrill seeking” aspect of the band.
The fact is, no one does rock-n-roll stamina like Green Day. They were the producers of angst anthems in the 1990s with Dookie, Insomniac and Nimrod, and when …
Prince of Persia Review: Our Gaming Geek and Movie Geek Debate
When you get a Jerry Bruckheimer blockbuster based on a video game, the brains at Techland start to overload. So to review this week’s Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time spectacular, we’ve called on both gaming geek Evan Narcisse and movie geek Steven James Snyder to hash out the particulars. Surprisingly, they sort of agreed. …
Manifest Destiny: Techland Reviews Red Dead Redemption
Red Dead Redemption
Publisher: Rockstar Games
Developer: Rockstar San Diego
Available on: Playstation 3, Xbox 360
ESRB rating: M for Mature
System reviewed on: Xbox 360
Rockstar’s taking a big gamble with Red Dead Redemption. They’re taking fans who’ve grown to love the publisher on the strength of their brilliant Grand …