Tweet It is decidedly the Age of the Remake.  Many game companies, faced with an ever-expanding audience of potential gamers, are choosing to tap into their IP vaults to create something new out of something very, very old.  Some titles, such as Capcom’s 8-bit Megaman sequels, survived the test of...

Tweet Releasing a game the week before E3 is a bit risky. The attention of the games industry is focused completely on what will be coming this fall, not on the few games staggering out after the Spring push. Then again, big name games like inFamous 2, Duke Nukem Forever, and Dungeon Siege III are still to...

Tweet Getting ready for E3 is so exciting that we can barely stand it.  In preparation for the insanity of the week that is bound to happen, the fearless hosts decided to indulge the podcasting world with their thoughts on The Witcher 2 potentially coming to the Xbox 360, THQ handling publishing duties for...

Tweet RRRRRRRIIIIIIIDDDDDGGGGGGEEEEEEE RRRRRAAAACCCCCEEEEERRRR! Well, actually that is a lie. Sega Rally Online Arcade is a downloadable rally game from – yes, you guessed it, Sega – that channels arcade racing games of old while adding a new coat of paint to the package. Although it is easy to...

Tweet “When death smiles, lolis smile back”…again.  Welcome to Hell’s Merry Christmas. The original DeathSmiles was one of the first games from Japanese developer CAVE to make the trip overseas with a full localization, courtesy of niche publisher Aksys Games.  It was also the first...

Tweet If you’re a gamer, and you’re on Twitter or Facebook, we’re pretty sure you’ve seen Raptr, a gaming aggregation service that collects your playtime from your console accounts and puts them all in one easy to access place. Well, Raptr has a new bag: a personalized feed for each...

Tweet I’m browsing through the N4G threads–I know it’s a dumb idea–looking for news stories. I happened to stumble on a video of some guy going bonkers, because his opponent kicked his ass and then sent him a GG (Good Game). Now many would just take this message as a kind gesture, or...

Tweet Enslaved: Odyssey to the West – a game that was hyped, then panned, by a majority of the sites I frequent. This is a game I actually bought, which may sound odd, but as a game reviewer, I get many of my games for review sent to my by the publishers themselves. This can lead to a bit of...

Tweet When it comes to things that go together, video games and sports mix like chocolate and peanut butter. Living vicariously through digital avatars is an activity that has existed for as long as the hobby has been around, and there is no better analog between real life and fantasy than racing. Now that...

Tweet The results from the poll last week really surprised me. I actually figured that more people would have avoided the PSN for a while longer yet. I will admit that I finally signed onto the PSN this past weekend, however I only changed my password and synched my trophies. At this point, I am keeping my...