The game is changing, folks. The recent successes of the Wii and iPhone have brought unprecedented numbers of non-gamer consumers to the table. Your grandmother even knows what a Wii is, and your great-aunt, Tilly, wants an iPhone. It’s a brand new day.

Tuesday’s distressing Midway news sounded like a death knell. More layoffs. Game cancellations. Attempts to spin a bad situation into a not-so-bad situation. Frankly, Midway’s demise has been a painful one for me to watch …

What you have just read is not real. However, what you do in an online game could lead to something similar. No, not the destruction of a bulbous pile of squirming chaos, but the choices you make could lead to possible jail time.

I’m not one to get into hypothetical arguments, or assume things on a tangent, but this latest batch of DLC for Rock Band got me thinking. Take a look and see what I mean. There …

UPDATE: Sony & Media Molecule have just issued a statement regarding the banning of levels, with a typically upbeat overtone. In the interest of fair & balanced journalism, here it is.
There’s a growing problem …

Associate Editor Rob LeFebvre takes a critical look at Gears of War 2, and why he’s lovingly addicted to the game despite his real-life abhorrence of violence and all things overly-military

Issue 2 of our continuing series exploring all things Halo. Adrian breaks down the special Turkey Day playlists for Halo 3, nominates another character of the month, reveals the 2nd Cortana letter, and drools over the latest Halo art book.

And now, Part 2 of this week’s Perspective, giving the virtual wag of the finger, tip of the hat concerning recent PS3 news…
Here are the YEAs and NAYs:

NAY to the Sony Defense Force at N4G: …

It’s the last week of October, and we’re now squarely in the midst of the annual fourth-quarter crush of video game releases. These past two weeks alone have seen me spend upwards of over $400 on new games, and there’s still a ton of stuff that I’d like to be able to buy… if I only had money left over

We’re taking over the world, one magazine at a time! In all seriousness, we’d like to give a loud and heartfelt shout to our friends at iProng Magazine. For those of you not in the …