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...
In 1996, I was in fifth grade—a sprouting youngster still jumping fences and chasing down the Ice Cream Man. It was the end of summer. I don’t remember the exact date, but I know that it was night, 8, maybe 9. I was ready—I had anticipated the contest for weeks, to the point where it was all I thought about, at all times. Nothing else mattered. Before that, early one weekend morning, I...
I play a lot of games. That means I often run into a lot of pet peeves. Not enough controller mapping options, inappropriate use of subtitles, tutorials that are too long (or not long enough)… the list goes on. Game design is practically becoming a science; yet, there are still two major design points that I feel aren't implemented enough. In fact, these two points should be turned...
Welcome, welcome, welcome to a weekend of sales that are more than likely guaranteed to bleed your bank accounts completely dry. Gamers take heed: there are new bundles, systems and some sweet games to pick up over this weekend. We’ve decided to gather some of the weekend’s best deals from a smattering of North American retailers. While it would be impossible to create an all-...