Do you purchase used games? If so, then I have one question for you. How the hell do you sleep at night? Seriously, you are an awful human being that probably clubs baby seals. Don’t you know that publishers and developers don’t earn any money from second-hand sales? Not even [...]

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Sweet lord. Someone actually made a “Mega Man” movie. Do not bother checking your calendar. It is not Friday. I have embedded the official trailer after the break. However, please allow me to prepare you for what you are about to see. Imagine the extinction of the human race. [...]

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Gametrailers is a tremendous source for the latest and greatest game media floating around the Internet. The debut trailer for “Iron Chef America: Supreme Cuisine,” which is embedded after the jump, is a prime example.  It is probably the best game trailer I have ever seen. Actually, it wins the silver medal. Nothing [...]

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My mother once told me that I was obsessed with video games. I laughed off the comment for two reasons. First, I was too busy playing “Warhawk” to care. Second, it wasn’t true. Obsessed gamers don’t spend 250 hours capturing flags and defending zones. They play for at least 700 hours. [...]

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“Resistance 2″ received a lot of pre-release hype. The highly-anticipated sequel was quickly labeled a paramount exclusive in the PlayStation 3’s 2008 lineup. Though the game has received high praise from most critics, some in the gaming press have voiced their displeasure with the single-player campaign. Garnett Lee unleashed a passionate rant [...]

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The Entertainment Software Rating Board. Where would uninformed parents be without it? Well, probably in the same place they are now. You see, even though the group posts letter-based age ratings on all game software, many children still find a way to play titles like “Grand Theft Auto IV” and “Gears [...]

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A great man once said, “One must wield an awesome ax to party among the gods of shredding.” That individual? Me. Two seconds ago. Seriously, I just came up with that for this story.  Someone slap a trademark on that phrase.
As a fan of music games, I often say ax instead of plastic [...]

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Electronic Arts revealed yesterday that it would be releasing 14 “premium upgrade packs” for its third-person survival horror romp, “Dead Space.” Though most of the content will be available to both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 owners, each platform will get two console-exclusive packs. The extra content, which ranges from $1 to $4, will [...]

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For many months, I have speculated that Activision Blizzard is the gaming industry’s newest evil empire. Back in July, the then newly-merged company revealed that it would not be publishing a number of titles in Vivendi’s portfolio, which included “Ghostbusters: The Video Game” and “Brutal Legend.” Instead, the company opted for established franchises like [...]

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With “Gears of War 2″ and “Resistance 2″ shipping this week, it is almost guaranteed that many gamers will ignore a few of the lesser-publicized new releases. These titles might not benefit from television commercials and huge marketing campaigns, but they still deserve consideration when you are drafting your letter to Santa. “Monster [...]

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I have heard a lot of bitching about the multiple endings to “BioShock.” Honestly, for more than a year, I was a bit confused. How could a triple-A game cause such displeasure, but be lauded by so many? Well, after my first tour through Rapture, I think I understand.

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