“How about eating still warm intestines uncoiled from the carcass of a freshly slaughtered goat? At the party to celebrate God Of War II’s European release, members of the Press were invited to do just that…” - Official PlayStation Magazine (UK)
Months ago, Microsoft promoted Gears of War in the middle of a cemetery, blending virtual […]

So I noticed on MajorNelson that there’s some new marketplace content for Tetris Evolution. “Tetris?” I say, “How’d I miss that one? I’ll download it now!” I had assumed I’d simply missed the release of this classic on the Arcade. I did a quick search … only to find it’s not an Xbox Live […]

Day 16
I really hate to sound like a broken record here, but if you haven’t already bought Guitar Hero II for the Xbox 360, and you’re thinking about it - for your own sanity, don’t buy it from RedOctane.com.
I really didn’t want to come down on them that hard, but this is getting ridiculous.
Like I […]

The latest iteration in the Call of Duty series will be introduced during this Saturday’s NFL Draft on ESPN; a situation that seems to rankle some gaming journalists, ones who would seemingly like to keep the hoary old geeks vs. jocks stereotypes going. Not me, however. As a full-fledged geekjock (trademark pending), the opportunity to […]

Day 14
As I mentioned earlier, my Guitar Hero II guitar controller that I regrettably purchased from Red Octane.com is defective; only the red fret button and the Xbox Guide button work, and the strum bar only works if you strum it upwards. 14 days ago, I requested an RMA, expecting that Red Octane would honor […]

To all my fellow game journalists, bloggers and erstwhile gaming writers:
We’ve seen the last of self-aggrandizing fear-mongerer Jack Thompson as a legitimate opponent to video games and the freedom to create them.
His campaign of self-immolation reached its unsurprising conclusion last week during coverage of the tragic shootings at Virginia Tech, as his one-note campaign struck […]