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Victoria Public Library Has Teen Gaming

Joe Bob — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 16:09:14 +0000

As we sail past the ‘middle’ of summer, you may be looking for new activities for the kids. Well, you can always count on the Victoria Public Library for something fun and interesting to do on these hot summer days. Hang out with other teens as we play Rock Band 2, Wii Sports, Mario Kart [...]

Game Over: World's Largest eBay Video Game Collection Sells For $1.23 Million

George Roush — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 12:38:54 +0000

Holy Halo, Batman. The world’s largest video game collection ever sold on eBay fetched a whopping $1.23 million dollars. That’s 1.23 million gold coins Mario would have to collect to afford such a massive library of awesome. eBay seller Collector’s King is now a rich man after his gigantic collection sold for €999,999.99 ($1.23 million). [...]

eSports — 5 Things You Need to Know

Steven Bohner — Fri, 18 May 2012 16:42:25 +0000

eSports (Electronic Sports) isn’t the nerdy pass time it used to be. With viewership growing exponentially, competitive gaming is breaking onto the pop culture scene. Now is as good a time as any to hop on the band wagon and give eSports a chance. You can use this post as your casual guide to the [...]

'Kingdoms of Amalur' Studio Can't Pay Back Loan It Borrowed From Rhode Island

Phil Villarreal — Thu, 17 May 2012 21:00:13 +0000

Curt Schilling’s 38 Studios, which borrowed $75 million from the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation, is hurting financially and may be unable to pay back its debt. That’s bad news for people who dug the studio’s debut game, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, because it means that we probably won’t be seeing a sequel or the [...]

'Darksiders II' Finds A Release Date, 'South Park' RPG Loses One

Phil Villarreal — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000

Just as dude who wants to keep his girlfriend happy but doesn’t want to get married will propose without setting a date, game publishers sometimes keep rabid fans at bay by giving games vague release dates like “summer” or “August.” That was exactly what happened to Darksiders II when THQ said it would come out [...]

GameFly Fantasizes About Tearing GameStop Stores Apart

Phil Villarreal — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:30:01 +0000

A little friendly rivalry keeps things spicy, but a seething, bitter grudge makes for real entertainment. GameFly steps things up a few notches in its game-trading grudge match with GameStop with a new commercial. Actors thrash an unnamed, extremely GameStop-like retail store, enraged over the fact that the clerk is only offering them $9 for their used game.

Blizzard Experimenting With Bringing 'Diablo III' To Consoles

Phil Villarreal — Tue, 15 May 2012 21:00:49 +0000

The good news is that the long-awaited Diablo III hacked and slashed its way to PCs today, but the bad news is that there’s no release in sight for consoles. Developer Blizzard, though, has done a poor job of keeping its plans for an Xbox 360/PS3 release secret. Even though the company is hiring for [...]

'Big Win Slots' Mobile Game Review

Phil Villarreal — Sun, 13 May 2012 19:00:26 +0000

Big Win Slots is an affront to gaming, and a cruel, exploitative money-sucker that you need to avoid at all costs. Some might question why such a game is worthy of review. To that we say that we need to talk about this game to encourage as many people as possible to do everything they [...]

'Dishonored' and New 'Hitman' Game Get Release Dates

Phil Villarreal — Sat, 12 May 2012 15:00:31 +0000

Our dance cards for later this year are starting to fill up. And by “dance,” we mean “sit on our rumps until 3 a.m. playing games.” The Assassin’s Creed-wannabe Dishonored comes out Oct. 9, followed Nov. 20 by the latest in the outrageous hired-gun sim Hitman series, titled Hitman: Absolution.

'Minecraft' Punishes Folks Who Lack HDTVs

Phil Villarreal — Thu, 10 May 2012 19:00:54 +0000

The moment that finally spurred us to take on even more credit card debt in the name of scoring an HDTV was when the menu text in Dead Rising was illegible on our old, boxy 25-inch standard-def set. Playing HD games on SDTVs is tough enough without developers finding new ways to humiliate you and [...]

'The King of Fighters 2012′ Mobile Game Review

Phil Villarreal — Thu, 10 May 2012 13:00:18 +0000

In case you haven’t noticed, there’s nowhere on an iPhone to plug in an arcade-style fighting stick. That means we’re stuck with touch controls that try to replicate arcade setups, which is about as easy as playing handball while wearing oven mitts. Credit SNK Playmore for figuring out how to smack some mean three-wall crotch [...]

Bethesda Softworks Brings The Elder Scrolls Online

Alex Riviello — Sun, 06 May 2012 15:30:09 +0000

Bethesda Softworks has just announced that their incredibly popular ‘Elder Scrolls’ series, which recently spawned Skyrim, will be continuing in The Elder Scrolls Online, an MMO being developed by ZeniMax Online Studios.

'Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse' Coming to Xbox 360 and PS3

Alex Riviello — Sat, 05 May 2012 19:00:49 +0000

There hasn’t been an official announcement of the game just yet, but listings on Amazon have revealed that ‘Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse’ is in the works for the Xbox 360 and PS3.

Sony Hands Out 6 'Free' Games To Premium Subscribers

Phil Villarreal — Wed, 02 May 2012 21:00:33 +0000

Sony’s PlayStation Plus program doesn’t always prove to be worth the $50 annual subscription fee, but every now and again, it hooks subscribers up with enough so-called “free” stuff to justify coughing up the dough. Every time we try to get it, it keeps pulling us back in. This is one of those weeks, because [...]

Nintendo Fixes 'Mario Kart 7′ Cheat

Phil Villarreal — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 22:00:48 +0000

When you’re playing the 3DS game Mario Kart 7 online, and a bunch of people vote for Wuhu Mountain Loop, you feel like the victims in ‘A Clockwork Orange’ when the Droogs start to surround them in a back alley. The track is plagued with an exploit that lets players jump off a cliff and skip half the course, screwing over anyone who plays fair.

'Prey 2′ Doesn't Have a Prayer Of Coming Out This Year

Phil Villarreal — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 21:30:36 +0000

Bad news continues to bombard those hoping to play Prey 2 any time soon. The long-distance sequel to the 2006 shooter has not only been delayed for the 400 millionth time — now bumped to next year — but the game’s developer has apparently long since stopped working altogether on the sequel. Developer Human Head [...]

'Tekken Tag Tournament' DLC Characters Will Be Free

Phil Villarreal — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:00:30 +0000

In a conversation that seemed to be a pointed jab at friendly rival Capcom, a producer working on ‘Tekken Tag Tournament’ said any characters locked on the disc will be given away for free. Remember that Capcom infamously charged gamers for such content in ‘Street Fighter X Tekken.’

Your Favorite Classic Video Game Songs In One Rock Medley

Patrick Bateman — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:00:09 +0000

While there are a bunch of gamers out there who long for the simpler days, even they have to admit that the two-tone soundtracks from classic titles sound incredibly better when played by awesome musical instruments. In this 10 minute long video (we know, that’s like watching Titanic back to back, but trust us it’s [...]

'Trials Evolution' Looks Like High Octane Version of 'Little Big Planet'

Danny Gallagher — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:30:03 +0000

The first ‘Trials HD’ game opened some interesting doors for downloadable games. It took a simple side-scrolling concept and turned into one of the most complex, engaging and challenging driving games of any genre. It’s poised to make another run down the track and judging by the trailer and screenshots of the preliminary product, it’s [...]

EA Does Trolls a Solid, Lets Them Play Their Own Games Again

Phil Villarreal — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:00:27 +0000

In a bungled effort to keep its online play clean, videogame publishing giant Electronic Arts has wielded an iron fist when it came to dealing with trolls. Anyone who was flagged for belligerent behavior while playing online or leaving nasty comments in forums has been banned from playing games they’ve purchased from its Origin service [...]