Monthly Archives: April 2010

Back when I was the second-string quarterback on my high school varsity football team, pining away for the head cheerleader and dealing stoically with a bevy of personal difficulties in my home life, my wise, grizzled coach gave me a … Continue reading →

EA Sports is clearly making an effort to connect with fans with the latest entry in the Madden NFL series. After letting fans choose Drew Brees as the cover star for Madden NFL 11, they now let them choose the … Continue reading →

Following the success of The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition, LucasArts is now remaking Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge. And the special edition of the sequel will include one major bonus feature the first remake did not: GameSpot reports … Continue reading →

Sony released the patch to make all PlayStation 3s ready to play 3D games earlier this week, but here’s a small word of notice for really nitpicky technofiles who plan on buying a 3D TV to play them: Those first … Continue reading →

Newly registered domain names sometimes mean nothing more than a company wanting to protect their intellectual properties online, but they can also sometimes hint at new plans for intellectual properties in the future. And this one’s definitely intriguing enough to … Continue reading →

On this day in 1993, the New York Times published a damning article predicting the end of Nintendo’s game industry dominance. Speaking to a number of industry analysts, the Times reported that “the game may finally be over” for the … Continue reading →

Okay, before you get all freaked out about memorizing soliloquies and parsing Elizabethan English: Hamlet is just a simple, point-and-click puzzle game with no English Lit. degrees required for installation. In fact, it barely calls for the use of English … Continue reading →

The spotlight once again falls on Direct2Drive, which is in the second week of its big Spring Sale. The deals are actually pretty ridiculous, featuring steep cuts on Total War, Grand Theft Auto IV and others. You’re not likely to … Continue reading →

With Jason West and Vince Zampella long gone, the bleeding is continuing unabated at Infinity Ward. Kotaku is reporting that four more developers have departed the Modern Warfare studio. Senior designers Mohammad Alavi and Chad Grenier have reportedly submitted their … Continue reading →

Nintendo fans looking forward to Metroid: Other M and Sin & Punishment: Star Successor are going to have to wait just a bit longer. A day after rumors emerged that the two games had been delayed, Nintendo issued a confirmation … Continue reading →