Facebook Connect goes live with Nintendo DSi handheld
You can now use a Nintendo DSi handheld video game system to share goofy photos with your Facebook friends. Starting today at 5 pm...
Smith & Tinker launches game for boys that blends web play and toys
If there is such a thing as a serial entertainment entrepreneur, Jordan Weisman is it. He’s been making toys and games for decades and...
Caustic Graphics rallies developers to its 3-D graphics technology
Caustic Graphics announced today that it’s signed up a number of software companies to adapt their software to its CausticRT development platform — a...
News Blips: Facebook DSi, Sims 3 Expansion, Fat Princess Update, and More
Now that Facebook is coming to the DSi, we just need the service to come the 360. Then everyone will know our crapping and...
Video Blips: Wet Silly Song Trailer, Madden Gangbanging, Fallout 3 DLC Trailer, and More
We love fun-time ditties to promote games. Like this bizarro Zelda commercial. Man, now we want to play Link to the Past…while cutting a...
An Ode to Ford
As I write this, Bitmob managing editor Greg Ford is likely settling into his new digs in…well, somewhere east of San Francisco in order...
Splitscreen vs. the Internet: Is Online Play Really Better?
My brothers never took to gaming as much as I did, but growing up, whenever we got together (they're both much older than I am), we always enjoyed firing up a game console and playing some good old-fashioned splitscreen multiplayer.
An Indie Developer’s Idea to Make the PSP Go Awesome
Editor’s note: Julian makes the case for the PSP Go as an Apple App Store-like open platform, but he isn’t just writing from the...
Cultural Blips: Realistic Pikachu, Mario Rug, Nuka-Cola Vending Machine, and More
This realistic Pikachu is pretty weird, but not nearly as bizarre as this realistic Mario. We apologize in advance for future nightmares. Cultural Blips:...
Bitmob’s Hit or Miss Weekend Recap – Aug. 2, 2009
Welcome to the inaugural installment of a new Bitmob weekend roundup column, Hit or Miss, where I’ll take an opinionated look at stories from...