The debate about how harmful the violence portrayed in some video games might be to children has raged since just about the earliest days of the medium. It’s responsible for the formation of the ESRB and the E/T/M ratings system that’s on most pieces of interactive entertainment software. Now, that debate’s moving to the Supreme …
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Why Roger Ebert Gets a Thumbs Down on Video Games
Here’s the deal with Roger Ebert. He’s a critic I respect who’s paid his dues and earned the right to hold forth on cinema, writing and any number of artistic disciplines.
But, he’s talking trash about video games again. It’s painfully clear that he hasn’t played video games in a long time (the clip is from 1993) and …
Swag of the Day: Mystery Box of Video Games
Case of the Mondays? Well, we’ve got some free stuff to give away to cheer you up. We don’t have any particular swag lying around but we do have oodles and oodles of video games around the office. I’ll pull together a handsome collection of three Xbox 360, Wii or PS3 games depending on your console of choice. All you need to do is watch …
Continue?: Why We Need A Swamp Thing Video Game. (Yes, Really.)
Because gaming moves at the speed of light, it’s easy to gloss over or outright miss the quirky, bizarre or just plain interesting elements that go into the games we obsess over. Continue? will be where we dig back into the used bins and back-catalogue stacks to talk about the trends, personalities and uniqueness that powers the video …
The Loadout for April 13, 2010: New Games to Attack the Week With
Welcome to the Loadout. Our philosophy is that the working week is a recurring boss battle that you’ll need the proper weapons to take down. The supplies at hand won’t always be pretty but you might just be able to hold out until the weekend. Green means add it to your arsenal, yellow leaves it up to your discretion and red means …
The Daily Dose
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Hey Techlanders! Here’s what’s going on in nerd news around the Web:
Happy Birthday, Episode V!: It’s been thirty years since what is renowned as the greatest film sequel of all-time, Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, hit screens. In it’s honor George Lucus is releasing some never before seen …
Continue?: Games to Help You Stop Stressing
Because gaming moves at the speed of light, it’s easy to gloss over or outright miss the quirky, bizarre or just plain interesting elements that go into the games we obsess over. Continue? will be where we dig back into the used bins and back-catalogue stacks to talk about the trends, personalities and uniqueness that powers the video …
Monster Madness: The Elite Eight
The fields have been narrowed. The battles have been tough. Only the most diabolical will advance. Who will win our Monster Madness tourney and claim the bragging rights to the most villainous foe of all-time? Stay tuned to see.
Click on the photo to enlarge the bracket or download a printable PDF version here.
See WHY these …
The Daily Dose
Friday, Mar. 12, 2010
Today in Techland: Free download: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls, chapter l. Mark Millar interview, part ll. The Techland Show, Episode ??? Who knows?
Here’s what else is going on in nerd news around the Web:
Valuable nerdiness: The list of the Top 10 Most Valuable Books includes …
In Which We Interview Dr. Greg Zeschuk and Casey Hudson from BioWare
A couple weeks back Lev and I interviewed Dr. Gary Zeschuk and Casey Hudson from BioWare. The interview was pegged around Mass Effect 2, but Lev took it in a different direction and the following is what resulted from such disobedience.
*Big ups to Allie for having transcribed more than you see below.
Lev Grossman: What’s the …
10 Years of the PS2: The System’s Most Underappreciated Games
Light a candle and make a wish: the PS2’s officially 10 years old. Though North America and the rest of the world would get it a bit later, the Playstation 2 debuted to much fanfare in Japan on March 5th in the year 2000. Everybody knows the hits of the Playstation Decade–Grand Theft Auto, Final Fantasy X, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons …
How To Cobble Together a Portable Emulation System
I show you how to download and setup MESS, the “Multi Emulator Super System” with over 400 different system emulators, load up your favorite classic video games, and copy everything to a USB stick or memory card for use on just about any PC in the world. It’s pocketable nostalgia at it’s finest: easy, cheap, and plentiful.
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