The Geekbox – Episode 99
The Geekbox — Episode 99 (2011-01-05) Wherein we discuss welcome returns, the Fitch Hitch, the real Mexico, Tron: Legacy (again!), Kick-Ass, creator vs. creation,...
“Press A to Jump”: Unnecessary game tutorials
I can headshot a guy from thirty feet in the air while flying a jetpack. “Boba Fett! Where?!” indeed. Any hand-eye coordination I possess...
Intel shows that Portal 2 game runs fine on its Sandy Bridge chips (video)
For years, Intel’s integrated graphics have been the bane of PC games. The graphics on Intel’s chip sets were so poor that they couldn’t...
Mac App Store dominated by games
The Mac App Store, Apple’s attempt to bring the iPhone and iPad app store model to its Mac computers, launched this morning, and mobile...
Microsoft sells a staggering 8M Kinect motion control systems
Since November, Microsoft has sold more than 8 million Kinect motion-control systems for the Xbox 360 video game console. That’s a pretty staggering number...
Christmas Eve in Brahms: Looking back at Animal Crossing
The type of snow falling now is the kind rarely seen in anything but movies: Large, round flakes fall slowly in uniform patterns and...
Sifteo demos cute wireless game cubes for kids
Sifteo is one of the few cool new tech toys to emerge in recent years. The company has created small cubes with tiny displays...
Canceled games and classics that deserve a second chance
Since a lot of games that developers work on get canceled, I've compiled a list of ones I want to see appear on curent-gen...
News Blips: Ubisoft disables always-on DRM, Harmonix sold for $50, loss of U.K. game tax breaks a “terrible mistake,” and more
My poor Internet connection can finally take the rest it deserves with the demise of Ubisoft's controversial Digital Rights Management (DRM) system. On second...
Video Blips: Fight Night Champion, Bulletstorm, Tera, and more
Although Fight Night Champion attempts to instill a sense of plot in a game about boxing, I'm not so sure that bullish-looking men have...