Video Game Chick Magnets

Video Game Chick Magnets

Girls do play games. In fact, there are more women on this Earth than there are men, so mathematically there should/could be more women playing games than men. The problem is that we live in a male dominated society, and the video game industry is one of the most perverse examples. As such, women get the...

While You Were Gaming Christmas Edition

While You Were Gaming Christmas Edition

Happy Holidays to all you fine folks out there in video game land. This week will likely see many of you traveling, chilling with family and friends and just generally doling out the peace on earth and goodwill towards men. As we prepare for our own long winter’s nap, here’s the last weekend...

Release of the Week: Medal of Honor (360, PS3, PC)

Release of the Week: Medal of Honor (360, PS3, PC)

Medal of Honor has gotten a lot of press lately, but for all the wrong reasons. There was a small outcry when people caught wind that the game would feature the Taliban. AAFES responded by declaring that out of respect for military personnel and their families, they would not be selling the game on military...

Halo: Reach garners $200m on day-one

Halo: Reach garners $200m on day-one

Independent developer, Bungie appears to have saved their best for last as they push past an astonishing $200 million in sales on the first day for Halo: Reach. The last game in their vaulted franchise has not only furnished respective sales numbers for Bungie and Microsoft, but also surpassed the record...

Release of the Week: Halo: Reach (360)

Release of the Week: Halo: Reach (360)

Some weeks it is harder to pick the release of the week then others. This is an easy week. Bungie is having one last go with its most treasured franchise, the series that put the XBox on the map as the home for shooters. The finally of the Halo 3 trifecta is here, and the story of the fall of Reach will...

SDCC 2010: Halo: Reach Panel

SDCC 2010: Halo: Reach Panel

Bungie closed out the day in Room 6BCF at San Diego Comic-Con with a panel for Halo: Reach, releasing September 14th. While they only showed off the improvements in Firefight and Forge modes, this is not too disappointing – what they showed off was very impressive. First, they showed the bevy of new...

Halo: Reach beta sees the light of a new day

Halo: Reach beta sees the light of a new day

Seeing over a million unique players in only its first day, one might consider the Halo: Reach beta to have been a smashing success.  The program that was bundled as a way to sweeten the pot for Halo: ODST purchasers, has went on to rule Xbox LIVE friends lists for the last two weeks.  Unfortunately for...

Release of the Week: Halo Reach Beta (360)

Release of the Week: Halo Reach Beta (360)

Yeah, that’s right. The best game this week is only an open beta. I have made this decision for two reasons. First of all, nothing really notable is coming out other than the Iron Man 2 movie tie in and I don’t like movie games. Secondly, if you have ever been a Halo fan, then this is what you...

Get Some Halo Reach With Your Farewell Game Of Halo 2

Get Some Halo Reach With Your Farewell Game Of Halo 2

Today marks a sad day as the original Xbox Live service shuts down later on this evening.  This spectacular service began seven years ago and has spawned a new definition of multiplayer gaming on consoles today. One of the biggest games played on Xbox Live remains Halo 2.  Bungie has decided to send off...

Halo: Reach Multiplayer trailer springs out of Bungie

Halo: Reach Multiplayer trailer springs out of Bungie

When you are talking about a franchise like Halo, it is hard not to get excited.  Fresh of the the successful release of Halo 3: ODST, the brilliant minds over and Bungie decided to go back to the drawing board and make one final entry into the “Halosphere”, before moving on to bigger and...