Tweet As gamers, we have quite an annoying habit in our culture to hate practically everything new. Sure, we might come to love it later, but we’re seem to hate everything right out of the gate. If not, then we have to look for something to hate about it later. Once that minuscule flaw is found, the...

Tweet After spending a week reflecting on what is to come in 2011, it is nice to finally get back to some form of normalcy.  Fresh off of being upgraded from “Special Guests” to bonafied cohosts, Keri and Chris join Ross and Blake in the host’s circle and forget to talk about the important...

Tweet One thing that has always perplexed me is video game tie-in products. They’re almost always the crappiest thing on any video game store shelf, and while we may think of ourselves as astute gamers who are immune to the allure of a bad licensed game, odds are you’ve bought a couple over the...

Tweet With another year comes another crop of absolutely fantastic video game soundtracks.  2010 was overall a pretty fantastic year for video game music that saw chiptunes claw their way even further into the mainstream, as well as the continued prevalence of huge sweeping orchestral scores that rival,...

Tweet In what a business person would probably call “brand synergy,” the first major expansion to Lego Universe is set to coincide with the launch of the new Ninjago theme line with the Crux Prime update. Players will visit Crux Prime to search out Sensei Wu and protect the Nexus Tower and its...

Tweet Based on an email sent from Nintendo Japan’s support, which was later re-posted on ruliweb, it seems that the 3DS will be region locked. For all those who planned on enjoying imported games, this no doubt throws a wrench in their plans. While the DS and DS Lite had no region coding, the DSi did...

Tweet It seems like there are three main genres when in comes to MMOs: fantasy, science fiction and superhero. From City of Heroes to Champions Online, there hasn’t been a shortage of masked heroes fighting for justice against hordes of evil henchmen. That being said, there hasn’t been a...

Tweet Now that 2011 is in full swing and we’re back at work it’s time to break down the hottest stories that hit the news while we were all busy playing games and watching NFL playoffs. We’ve got some predictions from EA, the first details on Elder Scrolls: Skyrim and a whole mess of 3DS...

Tweet The Tester Season 2 had no shortage of controversy.  The majority of the show still revolved around putting a group of gamers through unusual reality-TV contests (such as navigating obstacle courses in a fat suit and driving go-karts after consuming difficult-to-eat foods) that had nothing to do with...

Tweet With another new year of EvilCasting comes the collective quad of gaming awesomeness reuniting once again.  Alcohol in hand, they are back to banter about their favorite topic: GAMES.  They started out the New Year talking about Holiday game sales, CES announcements, and even the Mac gaming...