Release of the Week: NCAA Football 12 (360, PS3)

Release of the Week: NCAA Football 12 (360, PS3)

Tweet With the future of the NFL season uncertain, it’s the perfect time to move to the NCAA. Even long time fans of NCAA Football will need an upgrade this year. After all, the PAC-12 is OBVIOUSLY the biggest conference in college football and your old game doesn’t even have it. There has been a...

Devil’s Advocate to Operation Rainfall

Devil’s Advocate to Operation Rainfall

Tweet My colleague Mike Miglacio discussed the roadblock that Nintendo placed in front of Operation Rainfall this week, and last night on the podcast, Blake, Ross, and I discussed Nintendo’s actions a little further. For those of you who deprive yourselves of listening to our podcast, Ross and I were...

Game Over Apocalypse

Game Over Apocalypse

Tweet Everybody knows the Game Over screen. The term “Game Over” itself is one of the few relic holdovers of a bygone era when all video games could be enjoyed in the maximum time span of three-ten minutes. Somehow though, Game Over screens have survived to this very day. Sometimes it’s a...

Malloosings: Try Harder Try Again

Malloosings: Try Harder Try Again

Tweet This installment of Malloosings is just about my love of comics and City of Heroes (CoH) in general. NC Soft has recently announced that CoH will be going free to play in the upcoming City of Heroes: Freedom. This is certain to get them a lot of attention and probably some new blood into the game. As a...

Evil.JP: Don’t Give Up, Operation Rainfall!

Evil.JP: Don’t Give Up, Operation Rainfall!

Tweet Originally, the space occupied by this editorial was going to contain a glowing review for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D Edition.  However, given the circumstances over the last several days, plans have changed. Sorry Nintendo, no review for you…I just can’t do it in good...

Ears-on: “Distant Worlds: Music From Final Fantasy” in Chicago

Ears-on: “Distant Worlds: Music From Final Fantasy” in Chicago

Tweet Few concerts match the fan-centric methodology of Distant Worlds:  Music From Final Fantasy.  Like Video Games Live and other game-centric concerts, Distant Worlds combines symphonic performances of video game music with multimedia imagery.  Unlike other game-centric concerts, however, all music...

First Impressions: Prey 2

First Impressions: Prey 2

Tweet Do you remember the days when the original Prey was somehow managing to meld the worlds of Native American mythos and abduction fiction into a seamless world of insanity?  How about the amazing portal transportation technology that boggled the mind beyond all description?  Well if you have no idea...

Release of the Week: Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D (3DS)

Release of the Week: Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D (3DS)

Tweet The end of June is here and the video game drought has finally arrived. Vacation season means fewer major releases for home consoles. There is a small exception in the portable market. After all, people need something to play on long car rides? This is the perfect time to release a long awaited core...

GrE Exclusive: “Distant Worlds” Apart: An Interview With Arnie Roth

GrE Exclusive: “Distant Worlds” Apart:  An Interview With Arnie Roth

Tweet For those unfamiliar with Arnie Roth, he is a Grammy-winning composer, conductor, and record producer who has worked with big names like Diana Ross, Charlotte Church, Jewel, and The Three Tenors.  He is also currently serving as conductor of the Chicagoland Pops Orchestra and has conducted numerous...

E3 Hands-On: Resistance 3 Multiplayer

E3 Hands-On: Resistance 3 Multiplayer

Tweet Of all of the assorted kiosks that were available to play after the Sony E3 press briefing, there was just something about the Resistance 3 multiplayer preview that seemed to be calling out to me.  This was particularly odd to me, especially considering how middling my opinions have been about prior...

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