While I certainly have not owned every game system ever released, I have at least played just about all of them. Seeing as I can actually remember when the Atari 2600 first came out, I figure I’m in a good position to name what I view as the five best game systems ever released. These are most definitely my personal choices – just to be completely clear on that – and I am sure there...
Grand Theft Auto V set a first day sales record on Tuesday racking up a staggering $800 million in sales. Call of What? Take-Two Interactive announced today that Grand Theft Auto V is now the proud holder of the first day sales record. Previous record holder Call of Duty: Black Ops II did $500 million in sales its first day in Nov. of last year, but that number couldn’t withstand the...
Before The Matrix was even a movie trailer, and before I'd ever heard of William Gibson's Neuromancer, I was a Shadowrun fan. First I played the 1994 Sega Genesis game and that led me to the pen-and-paper role-playing game. When the Shadowrun Returns Kickstarter hit last year, I was excited, if a bit worried—we were still figuring out if Kickstarters were a thing or not. Shadowrun...
Oculus VR, the startup behind the renowned Oculus Rift virtual reality glasses, has snagged $16 million in investment funding. Considering the company's well-known desire to get its VR headware into the public's hands, we'll take that to mean a consumer product version is practically a lock. Only Kickstarter funders and devs have been able to get their hands on the device. Not that...
The film E.T. (1982) was historic. Not only was it a landmark piece of cinema, but it was also responsible for what many gamers consider the worst video game of all time. It was so bad, simply ending production wasn't good enough. Word has it that Atari scooped up millions of the returned cartridges, filled 10 to 20 semi-trucks with them and buried them in a landfill out in Alamogordo,...
There’s a new mobile sheriff in town. Mobile gamers rejoice, for AMD hasn’t forgotten about you. On the contrary, the Sunnyvale chip designer just unveiled its Radeon 8970M, which AMD claims is the fastest laptop GPU on the entire planet. And not only is it smoking fast, it’s also more efficient than previous designs, which means you can expect longer battery life, according to AMD....
As this generation of consoles slowly draws to a close, we’ve decided to recount some of our favorite exclusive titles from each platform. Over the next three weeks, we’ll be doing just that with these top 10 lists. First up is the Xbox 360. There is one thing that we, as a pair, noticed when it comes to the exclusivity of Xbox 360 games… it doesn’t last forever. There were a lot of...
Why hasn’t this already been done? For first person shooters, real-time strategy titles, and most gaming genres outside of sports, using a mouse and keyboard trumps a console controller, hands down. I won’t debate this, but after reading about the Stinky Footboard, I am willing to concede that there’s room for a third wheel in what’s traditionally been a two-handed tango. Just as piano...
Last year, the international wires picked up the unbelievable story about a teenage Taiwanese gamer who, after playing Diablo III for 40 hours, died at an Internet cafe. He was found draped over a desk, and although he woke up briefly, he only managed to stumble a few steps before passing out, never to awaken again. It was a shocking, senseless tragedy. And afterward, the public did as...
LG is aiming to bring popular smartphone and tablet games to your televisions in 2013. Gaming on the television is something that has been discussed frequently over the past couple of years, and while there have been a few forays into the field, it appears that LG is going to get serious about it in 2013. "Our extensive library of games has been growing steadily since we launched the...