Call for sanity: Stop spending money on limited editions, cat helmets
Does anyone actually have a girlfriend who would let them decorate the living room with this stuff? I think I’ve finally gotten over shelling...
News Blips: Used games worse than piracy, 360s for students, Hellgate returns, and more
You know what my personal beef with used game sales is? Giving up beautiful box art for a sheet of paper with the game's...
Video Blips: Shadows of the Damned, Rage, F.E.A.R. 3, and more
Sometimes a trailer comes along that seizes the heart with emotional intensity while providing the viewer with fond, everlasting memories. This isn't that trailer....
The rise of tangential video-game trailers
The art of video-game trailers has come a long way in the relatively short life of the medium. Communicating the pertinent details of an...
Work hard, play hard: Students get a free Xbox 360 with Windows 7 PCs
Great news for college students (and perhaps not so great news for parents): Microsoft announced today that it will offer a free Xbox 360...
PlayStation Store to return May 24 now that PlayStation Network is back online
Last month — on April 19, to be exact — I discovered that one of my all-time favorite PlayStation games, Xenogears, had come to...
Is gaming a shameful hobby?
I am a proud member of Club Nintendo. When I get a new Nintendo product, I sit down and enter in all those stupid...
New PSN exploit leaves Sony’s login pages vulnerable (updated)
Sony’s PlayStation Network headaches aren’t over yet. Now an exploit has been unearthed that allows hackers to change your PSN password using information stolen...
News Blips: Steam daily deals, Nintendo 3DS contract under fire, Mojang looks to publishing, and more
Studying for finals is probably one of the most grueling tasks ever invented by man — but the alternative? One yawningly barren bank account...
Video Blips: Dead Island, Duke Nukem Forever, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, and more
Confession time: I've never stepped foot on a tropical island of any kind. I always thought sunburn was the primary reason for my hesitance,...