Modern Warfare 2, controversy and all, will soon descend on the world of video gaming, and Wal-Mart has decided to let the marketing rumpus start. Thanks so much Spike Jonze for bringing back the word ‘rumpus.’ Anyway, the Wal-Mart ads feature two rival gamers trying to one-up each other in a battle of verbal jabs. [...]
Some footage for Modern Warfare 2 recently hit the Internet and caused a tempest of contrasting opinions among the world’s gamers. Those of you who are planning to play the shooter without any advance knowledge would do well to avoid both this post and the articles to which it provides links. The basics, though, can [...]
Man, oh man. Cable and I sure have a tricky relationship. I really like the guy’s style–the whole gun-toting badass from the future angle never really gets old. But he’s always confused me. When he showed up in my big old box o’ X-Men figures, back when I still watched the 90s cartoon on TV, [...]
The votes are in, the bell has sounded, and Round 1 of this generations’ Music Game Throwdown has ended. Who’s the victor in this clash of rock titans? None other than the Fab Four: for the first time ever, a Rock Band game has been more commercially successful than its Guitar Hero counterpart:
Evil publisher Activision [...]
As most have heard, Activision is suing Tim Schaefer’s Double Fine Productions to halt the release of his upcoming metal masterpiece Brütal Legend. See, Activision didn’t think they could squeeze eight sequels out of the franchise, so cast it off into the ether around the same time as they tossed away Ghostbusters. [...]
If you were too busy smoking Las Plagas-infected Manjini to look up from your controllers, it’s hockey playoff season started last night, which gives me a perfect excuse to post this old, old commercial of Phil Hartman going ape over the old Atari game Hockey. Check it, after the jump.
Previously, I wasn’t too interested in the release of Guitar Hero: World Tour. Sure the game is fun and insanely addictive, but c’mon, what are they going to do besides add a couple of songs and some minor tweaks to the UI.
But now all of the sudden, I am really excited. Not sure what changed [...]
From Griffin McElroy at Joystiq:
Publishing juggernaut Activision recently partnered up with the United Service Organization, a non-profit group whose sole purpose is to boost the morale of those currently serving in the armed forces, to give the gift of gaming to a bunch of people who have really earned it. At a launch event for [...]
