Sort of. In a fascinating article entitled “Hooked on Gadgets, and Paying a Mental Price,” The New York Times takes an in-depth look at the effects of multi-tasking and digital addiction on mental capacity. While not all of the finding are positive, among the most interesting are these two points: Technology use can benefit the [...]

It looks like there is hope for this godforsaken industry after all. For years we had to deal with crappy licensed games and sequels. And in the middle of a recession where companies are cutting corners as often as employees (though that’s been slowly changing), EA recently announced that they “beat their revenue expectations for [...]

So if you’re not fully caught up on the situation, here’s what happened. Infinity Ward, the development studio behind the best iterations of the Call of Duty franchise including Modern Warfare 2, had its head honchos axed by its publisher Activision because of insubordination. Basically, the brains behind Infinity Ward, Jason West and Vince Zampella, [...]

A couple of years ago, when the original iPhone was still a week away from release, I wrote a pretty ballsy article entitled Sony, Not Nintendo, Should Be Very Afraid of the iPhone, in which I outlined a number of reasons why the iPhone could flip the mobile gaming market on its head. For the [...]

We’ve been giving BioShock 2 way too much coverage lately, so we swear this is the last update in a while. Honestly, though, this is just too cool not to mention. A 2K Games message board user named JRoch threw a blacklight party at his place, looked over at his wall, and noticed something strange [...]

2K Games will be adding more multiplayer features to BioShock 2 as soon as next month with the release of the Sinclair Solutions Test Pack DLC. Among the new content will be new trials, weapon upgrades, playable characters, and higher rank levels. Due out next month for the PC, Xbox 360, and PS3, the Sinclair [...]

Back in the beginning of this month I said I would be returning to the site on a more regular basis. That goal stayed alive for about a week, when I realized cutting one job from my daily activities simply allowed the opportunity for the other to consume those newly freed hours. I have returned [...]

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The Fallout series returns back toward the West coast this fall with Fallout: New Vegas, just announced minutes ago by Bethesda Softworks. It is the first official follow-up to 2008′s Fallout 3, which has received tons of DLC content including Operation: Anchorage, The Pitt, Broken Steel, Point Lookout, and Mothership Zeta. There isn’t much to [...]

“Thank fucking Christ.” That’s about all I can remember from last Wednesday. I said it right after walking out of Johnny Rockets, leaving a shift at the 1950’s themed diner which, when combined with a couple of internships, served as the tail-end of what had become the routine 19-hour days I had endured from August [...]