Enthusiast press is dead, long live enthusiast press.

Enthusiast press is dead, long live enthusiast press.

Tweet So, not too long after the GameSpot stable moved on to pastures more respectable, EGM magazine is being closed and its partner site, 1.up.com, has been sold to UGO. Whether this is is genuinely being seen as a good thing by the (remaining) 1up staff or not remains to be seen, but Wombat will either be...

Vitals: Battlestations Pacific

Vitals: Battlestations Pacific

Tweet With Battlestations: Pacific slated for release in Spring of ’09, Eidos has launched a community driven site in anticipation of the game. Battlestations.net is now live and offering up a ship load of content for anyone interested in this upcoming WWII blast. Sequel to the ’07...

Family Gaming

Family Gaming

Tweet Fans of family-friendly games are about to see a slate of new Hasbro-branded videogames on a “variety of platforms” from EA. Ready to bring back family game night, EA is gearing up to release the nostalgic fun of Hasbro into the Xbox LIVE Arcade. Under a Hasbro Family Game Night banner,...

Xbox 360, 28 Million Strong

Xbox 360, 28 Million Strong

Tweet With the economy in the dumps and most every other form of entertainment falling to the clutches of depression, the videogame industry has held strong. It’s held so strong in fact, that Microsoft has recorded its biggest year in Xbox history, with more consoles, games and online downloads sold...

Eduardo the Samurai Toaster Makes the Jump from PC to WiiWare

Eduardo the Samurai Toaster Makes the Jump from PC to WiiWare

Tweet Though the name may sound a bit strange, Eduardo the Samurai Toaster is a name that may be familiar to those involved in the PC gaming scene.  Developed by indy developer Semnat Studios, Eduardo the Samurai Toaster is a 2D shooter in the same vein as the classic Contra titles.  The game is very much...

God of War: A History (Part I)

God of War: A History (Part I)

Tweet God of War truly is an amazing story, and with God of War III about to debut on the PlayStation 3, there are sure to be many new gamers jumping into this series. So for those of you who have yet to experience this great saga, or who just want to freshen up on your God of War history, let us bring you...

My POV: The Misunderstood Art

My POV: The Misunderstood Art

Tweet Art by definition is the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form. A video game by definition is a game played by electronically manipulating images produced by a computer program onto a display. By both definitions of each word, video games may be...

Backloggery

Backloggery

Tweet New Year always seems to provide the opportunity to delve into one’s backlog (chortle) and play through some of those games you always planned to “come back to;” whether they be gathering dust on your game shelf, or games you never had time to purchase first time round, and maybe (in the case...

Wii Releases for January, 2009

Tweet I’m going to go out on a limb and say that January will not be a hot bed of new Wii game activity in our household. The only games below I can see even taking a gander at is “Cid the Dummy” or “Coraline,” but even those will wait until reviews and discussions around the...

Scientists to Determine if Wii Fit Actually Works

Scientists to Determine if Wii Fit Actually Works

Tweet This holiday season Wii Fit has been selling like hotcakes.  It has been impossible to find them anywhere, as every housewife on the planet longs for the chance to have Mario call them a fat ass.  Ironically, though the game is named Wii Fit, there has been little or no scientific evidence to support...