Outspark snares former Electronic Arts executive as CEO
The brain drain from the old guard to the new continues in the video game business. Online game publisher Outspark is announcing it has...
We Can Beat This: Really Hard Mario Hack
We don’t want to brag or anything, but we’re pretty good at Mario. There isn’t a Mario game we can’t beat. Except for, uh,...
This is Growing on Us: Nintendo Farmville
Facebook, while mostly used for social networking and updating people on your bowel habits, is also used for other things. Like virtual farming via...
False Advertising: Bubble Bobble Cartridge is Really a Cake
Sorry to disappoint y’all, but this Bubble Bobble NES cartridge is not real. Get this: Apparently it’s a cake. What the crap? Who would...
Sega Dreamcast: A Console of Firsts
Editor’s note: Dreamcast week officially kicks off with this post from Patrick, which summarizes just a few of the things that made the Dreamcast...
The Beatles: Rock Band video game storms stores this week
The Beatles: Rock Band is just what the traditional console video game industry ordered — a game with broad appeal that could help turn...
The Latest Sign of a Bad Economy: The Tester
Need the clearest example yet of just how badly the economy’s tanking? Sony’s just announced that the winner of its upcoming PSN-based reality show,...
How many vendors does it take to make Microsoft’s Project Natal game control system?
Microsoft took the wraps off its Project Natal — the controllerless, gesture-based game play system for the Xbox 360 — at the E3 show...
Atari Meet Dildo, Dildo Meet Atari
Editor’s note: Nothing like following up on a Disney World post with…this. Warning: NSFW — though maybe you should’ve figured that out with the...
This Looks Fun: 8-Bit Water Slide
Most water slides these days are kinda boring. It’s just a, uh, slide with water. Way too literal for us. You’d think the water...