In defense of the Xbox 360 Elite
So Microsoft has finally come out and confirmed what's been rumored about for months: it's going to release a new version of the Xbox 360 that includes a larger hard drive and HDMI... Lowenstein's last words
As Entertainment Software Association president Doug Lowenstein said farewell to the gaming industry at his D.I.C.E. presentation last week, he admonished pretty much everyone involved with the... Beware of Jack
Last week, a South Dakota teenager killed his mother with a sword, injured three others, and was killed by police officers responding to the call. (One of the officers was among the injured... Even a stopped watch is right twice a day.
Last week, Jack Thompson made an offer to the Entertainment Software Rating Board and the Entertainment Software Association. If they convinced publishers to punish retailers who were caught... Super Star Soldier
I just played a few games of Super Star Soldier on the Virtual Console and thoroughly enjoyed the experience... except for one thing. The game is an old school top-down shooter. And when I say... Reporter shot covering PS3 launch
Do you people understand now? Do you understand what it's like waking up and kissing your loved ones goodbye, not knowing if you'll ever see them again? Do you understand the danger we put... Mario is Missing
As excited as I am about the Wii launch, I'm having a hard time coming up with a list of launch games to get. Zelda's a no-brainer. Even though the formula's been wearing thin on me for years, I... Does Take-Two hate the ESRB?
Sometimes I wonder. First there was the publisher's Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Hot Coffee scandal. Then Take-Two's The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion was re-rated  by the Entertainment Software... Great games with design choices I despise
I have a love-hate relationship with games. I love the very idea of games, but I all too often hate the way that idea is turned into reality. I'll use Capcom's Xbox 360 hit Dead Rising as an... More fun with laws.
So a member of the US House of Representatives has introduced legislation that would ultimately require the ESRB to review the entirety of a game before giving it a rating. I'm not entirely... I want to be weak.
I just played through Street Fighter 3 with Ryu and he still has the same "I must keep fighting to be the strongest" story as always. When Capcom finally makes a SF4, I want them to make Ryu a... Kinda gross when you think about it
I've done some pretty disgusting things in games. I've killed hookers with golf clubs, tore out a man's still beating heart and raised it triumphantly to the heavens… I've even beaten a man to... A glorious waste of money
I've got a collector's mentality. It's probably a character flaw, but when I get into something, I tend to go whole hog into it. And I've been "into" just about everything nerdy at some point:... More outrage, please. Thanks.
So Oklahoma 's governor signed a bill into law yesterday that lumps inappropriately violent games in with porno rags under the state's "harmful to minors" statute. Politicians propose these... Pay-per-cheat is the future
Bethesda Softworks has detailed the next bit of downloadable content for Oblivion , and judging from the reader comments, a lot of people are unhappy about this whole micropayments trend. In the... How is this supposed to work now?
As you might have seen, the ESRB today re-rated The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, giving it an M for Mature instead of the original T for Teen ( http://www.gamespot.com/news/6148897.html ). A... Sony: Pursuit Force is ugly.
Have you seen the PSP Pursuit Force commercial with the ethnic dustbunnies? Aside from my disdain for this whole ad campaign (cheese you can listen to outside? I'm glad someone cashed a fat check... Is Stubbs an abomination?
So the last story I had to write for GDC was about Stubbs the Zombie and the new contractor-driven production model Alex Seropian and Wideload Games used to make it.... I am softcore
I have a horrible, horrible confession to make. I downloaded a game to my mobile phone the other day, and I liked it. I went to the movies Sunday night on a whim. Saw Night Watch. It wasn't good.... News photo of the year
Ok, it's not really the news photo of the year, but I still think it's pretty great: http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/v-photo/story/5555522p-5000410c.html?photo=1 Earlier this week, a...