Microsoft’s latest announcement of layoffs within their company comes as no surprise during this current economic disaster, but the one single remark that seems to have caught me off guard is what a member of Rare stated about the layoffs that might be soon coming upon them. “As the entire industry struggles to address the [...]

There were a ton of great games that came out last year.  So many in fact that a lot of very good games were simply overlooked because people just had too many other games to play.  So here are five great games that you were all too busy to play when they came out. Poker [...]

The Tomb Raider series is popular, incredibly to be exact.  It debuted back on the PS1 and since then the series has seen nearly five sequels, spanning over a decade of hits and misses, as well as two multi-budgeted films and company changes.   Despite a somewhat lackluster showing with her latest adventure, Lara’s games continue [...]

In a recent announcement by kotaku, Sony revealed their list of developers who are allowed to receive dev kits for the Playstation 3′s new Home interactive program.  For a program that has been in beta for a long, long time I find this list rather disheartening.  Sony seems to want to make Home the next [...]

I was reading this article from Charles King on GamesOnSmash (ironically similar site name, isn’t it?) and I had to repost my reply because I feel like it. In the article he asks why do we call “reputable” sites like GameSpot or IGN real sites with “real game journalists,” and treat smaller sites like the [...]

For the longest time, we’ve been seeing reports about how games do everything from making kids agressive to alchoholic, drug-abusing anti-social retards. Today, a report from the European Union says those things aren’t necessarily true, and instead could encourage creativity and cooperation “Video games are in most cases not dangerous and can even contribute to [...]

I have a deeply routed hatred for fanboys. I hate them on all sides. I’ve already written about this. For the most part, I just avoid all talk of it. But much like the news of Chris Brown beating Rihanna into plastic surgery, the fanboy-riddled Killzone 2 arguments are fucking everywhere. I could write something [...]

Looking forward to the upcoming God of War III but dismayed at the lack of information? Well, that may have changed. According to a post in the GameFAQ’s message boards, details from an upcoming feature in Game Informer have surfaced. The information was given to the media at a press event for the game in [...]

In an interview/preview with Official Xbox Magazine, Tim Schafer talks a bit about the behind-the-scenes details of how Brutal Legend came to be. In short, if it were not for Guitar Hero, Schafer’s dream game may never have become a reality. “We started pitching this game before the first Guitar Hero came out,” says Schafer, [...]

I know: Gamer 2.0, what the hell am I doing talking about movies, superheroes and comics? Well, I know some of you folks have a little interest in this kinda stuff. I sure do. Read on. Expand your minds. First, slow your panting. The beginning of Watchmen is spectacular. Spotless attention has been paid to [...]