MonthSeptember 2009

Gaming with a Baby on the Way

In a little bit over a month from now, I’ll become a first-time dad.  Quite a heavy weight to take on, but I’m ready. My gaming habit, however, is not.  It’s obvious that I can no longer buy games at the accelerated rate that I was on, as the incoming cash flow will be geared…

Left4Dead 2 Banned in Australia? [Update]

Our friends over at Icrontic have a doozy of a bombshell for the Australian Left4Dead fanatics:  Apparently the OFLC, Australia’s media ratings board — much like our ESRB for games — has rated Left4Dead 2 as “RC”, or “Refused Classification”. What does that mean?  Well for one it means that it cannot be sold in…

Breaking Embargoes Ruins It for the Rest of Us

As a smaller gaming website (we’re not IGN… YET!) we often do our best to abide by the unspoken rules of the gaming industry: Don’t break NDAs, don’t break embargoes, do your best and the benefits will come. However, there are always a few “bad apples” that feel it necessary to break those embargoes in…

Avatar: a Stereoscopic preView

Have you ever heard of Avatar? No, not that game that Dali played to feel better about his gamerscore. No, its the new James Cameron movie-stravaganza which is also being pitched as a triple A video game… IN 3D!

The Relevance of Classic Games

When did you first start playing videogames? Was it the NES?  PS2?  Or did you jump into the Hi-Def gaming world as your first experience?  I grew up around videogames, starting with the Atari 2600 and a Tandy 1000HX as its PC counterpart.  I’ve played 8-, 16-, and 32-bit adventures since as far back as…

New Final Fantasy XIII Video Shows FMV, Battles, Hotness

This update from Japanese news program “News Fine” updates viewers on the latest Final Fantasy XIII news, and shows some terrific in-game video of the characters in battle, as well as some of the game’s EXTREMELY HAWT fmv cutscenes.

#FreeStuffFriday: MAG Beta Codes

It’s Friday, and you know what that usually mean, some lucky viewer will be awarded a FAANTASTIC prize by the end of the weekend. This is NOT that friday. This weekend, THREE lucky viewers will be awarded fantastic prizes straight from PAX! We’ve got a bunch of beta entry codes for MAG, on the PS3,…