Hit the Lights: Space Invaders Lamp Shades
Damn, those pesky Space Invaders. Always invading our space. Who do they think they are? Space Invaders or something? What’s that? They are Space...
Old-School Journey Commercial Keeps Us Believin'
Screw Guitar Hero. And Rock Band. Even Rock Revolution, too! Actually, Rock Revolution doesn’t even deserve our screwing. Sorry, Konami! None of those games...
Zynga claims FarmVille has become fastest-growing social game ever
Zynga plans to announce Thursday that its FarmVille game has become the largest and fastest-growing social game in history. The game now has more...
News Blips: No Final Fantasy 7 Remake, EGM Back in December, Gears of War 2 GOTY Edition, and More
Everyone always talks about a Final Fantasy 7 remake. But what about other role-playing game remakes? Like, say, a Dragon Quest 7 remake. Or,...
Ninjatown: The Lost Review
Before Bitmob, there was Sore Thumbs Blog, a slurry of mostly nonsense posts from Dan “Shoe” Hsu and me (well, most of the nonsense...
I'm Gonna Knock You Out: A Punch-Out Love Story
Editor’s note: My younger sister isn’t a gamer, but her love for Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out is just as strong as my feelings toward my...
EA's chief creative officer describes game industry's re-engineering
The world of video games is changing and the companies involved in it have to adapt to a broader and less hardcore market, said...
Sackboy’s Selections of the Month
Editor’s note: As I mentioned in a recent episode of The Mobcast, it’s hard to find good user-created levels in LittleBigPlanet. Lance’s decided to...
Putting the “Complex” in Shadow Complex
Editor's note: I am still on the road post-Gamescom, so I haven't had a chance to play Shadow Complex yet — and it's killing...
Now You're Wedding With Power: NES Groom's Cake
We get married all the time and our weddings are never nerdy. Or interesting. Ours usually involve a boring-ass ceremony and a bunch drunken...