In today’s landscape, gaming is more than just filling wasted time with virtual inactivity. It’s about building wonderful narratives around swathes of interesting characters. Typically, among the horde of personas in a single campaign, gamers find two particular sets of character types: heroes and villains. The TechnoBuffalo gaming staff decided it was time to get together and suss...
Polaroid Z2300 Instant Digital Camera Just ask any adult over the age of 35, and they'll tell you all about the (almost) extinct art of polaroid photography. What with cameras in smartphones, the years of analog picture-taking has become something of a novelty — the average point-and-shoot is falling off the wagon as well. But Polaroid is not dead. Not yet, especially with services...
Marshall Amp Fridge Live the Rock and Roll lifestyle, or at least pretend to, with this Marshall Amp Fridge. Disguised to the T as a piece of rock equipment – signature logos, facing, and control knobs in all – this fridge was made for your dorm room/garage/Man Cave. It’s got 4.4 cubic feet of space, can-specific storage and a high efficiency freezer for those frozen burritos and TV...
TorrentFreak compiled a list of five of the most pirated games for the PC, Xbox 360 and Wii. The most popular games slide from obvious to a little odd (like, Mario Sports Mix?). TorrentFreak did explain why other platforms were omitted. Here it is, verbatim, from their post: The platforms that are not mentioned, such as the PS3, get considerably less downloads and are excluded for...
2011 was an amazing year for the gaming medium. When I first gathered the roughly 50 titles that I thought would even be worth considering for the of the year, I knew immediately that I’d have a tough road of sorting ahead. This year was brilliant, and I can honestly say that there were so many games that deserved space on this limited list that I had a heck of a time picking and...
In speaking with IndustryGamers, SCEA Senior Vice President of Publisher Relations Rob Dyer admitted that Microsoft has a big lead in terms of consoles sold. As Dyer explained, for every PlayStation 3 that’s been sold, 1.6 Xbox 360s have also been sold. That 1.6 lead is called the index ratio. However, according to Dyer, despite their smaller installation base, Sony is leading...
Watching Joey and Mike duke it out over modern vs. old school gaming has been surreal. Sort of echoes the epic battle in my house, actually. I'm old school myself — I sort of peaked with Super Mario Brothers. These days, my idea of modern gaming is blowing away zombies in Rage HD on my phone or tablet. Meanwhile, my poor hubby has been beating his head into his keyboard, trying to get...
Valve doesn't share exact sales figures for their Steam offerings, typically. So when an interview with Gamasutra turns towards software sales performance for the company, folks tend to take notice. This time, the reticule is focused on Portal 2 and its sales for consoles compared to Steam. Portal 2 has sold better over Steam than on any other platform. Now that may seem like common...
Highlighted by an expanded cast of characters, difficult puzzles, and extreme hilarity, Portal 2 builds on the foundation of its predecessor, crafting one of the most uniquely satisfying experiences of this console generation. The original Portal has amassed critical acclaim and a cult following, but one could not help but note the title's brevity. It left fans wanting more levels,...
Portal 2 launched on Steam, PS3 and 360 yesterday, April 19th, 2011. Leading up to the title's launch, incredible critic reviews started streaming in from most larger online publications. Portal 2, by those numbers and opinions, was a fantastic sequel that lived up to, and in parts surpassed, the original game. The critical side of the Metacritic scale? A 95. The user side for the PC...