Video Games

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.

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.

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.

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’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.

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.

Bad news continues to bombard those hoping to play Prey 2 any time soon.

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.’

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.

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 bound to be anything but just “another run.” The sequel builds

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.

There are all sorts of dangerous and tedious jobs in the world: oil firefighter, Navy SEAL, Donald Trump’s hair wrangler. One group of very hard and dedicated workers, though, who never get their due are video game characters.