Tweet “So I think that’s the real challenge for us now, rather than worrying about the difference between a couple consoles and some order of magnitude, whether 3X or 4X. It’s about how do we deal with iPhone 8… if you watch where the gamers are going that’s where they are. Your iPhone 8 will...

Tweet The King of Iron Fist lives on. At premiere fighting game tournament Evolution 2011 which took place in Las Vegas at the end of July, Namco Bandai brought out its full Tekken Force lead by producer Katsuhiro Harada to support the upcoming arcade/console release of Tekken Tag Tournament 2. Also on...

Tweet The popular mobile game Fruit Ninja is making its way to the 360 this week as a part of the Summer of Arcade. In the mobile space, gamers have used their fingers to slash juice produce via a touch screen. As anyone will tell you, this will leave the player disappointingly stationary and calm. This is a...

Tweet My game room is a weird place. Folks don’t understand it when they walk in, but they love it once they start playing. When people walk in, they’re surrounded by a myriad of tube TVs from every decade. You see, I have this little obsession where I not only want to play all of my classic...

Tweet Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet is the latest game featured in Microsoft’s Summer of Arcade. It can be described as a Metroid-vania style exploration adventure shooter game. You control an alien in a spaceship who must collect various tools in order to progress. Tools include various...

Tweet “Kusoge”  (ku – soh – gay) is a Japanese term, deriving from the terms “kuso” (meaning “crap”) and “geemu” (meaning “game”).  In other words, a crap game.  In broader context, though, the term has been used with both revulsion...

Tweet There is a lot of talk about the fall of the Japanese gaming industry. What was once a powerhouse of innovation has now come under scrutiny for churning out the same style games that it has for a decade. While there is some truth to that, there is a large segment of Japanese games that the West never...

Tweet Unlike many men on this fine planet, I can proudly say that my girlfriend is a hardcore gamer. She isn’t one of those posers who thinks that taking seductive photos next to gaming memorabilia qualifies one as a “gamer.”  Oh no.  This girl made a Wii console region-free in...

Tweet It’s the middle of July, which means the days are long and the sun is hot. It also means that all the AAA games are having the finishing touches put on as they prepare for a jam packed holiday season. That used to mean a slow release schedule and time for gamers to catch up with their stack of...

Tweet Well here we are again. It’s always such a pleasure. Remember when EA released their Pass? Oh how we laughed and laughed. Except no one was laughing. Under the circumstances, the industry is wrong. (And we all want this gone.) I’ve always been a big defender of most corporate decisions,...