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According to the official Grand Theft Auto 4 countdown clock, we now have 6 hours, 23 minutes, and 50 seconds until the newest installment of the GTA series is revealed. I’m so excited. What could it be? Where could it be?
I’m hoping for a very London GTA, although I doubt I’ll get [...]

The Xbox 360 Elite (previously known as the Xbox 360 black) is official. The new configurartion, on sale on April 29 for $479, includes a 120 GB hard drive, HDMI output, an HD cable, a black controller, a black headset, and of course, that sexy black paint job. Too bad it [...]

Score: 8
“God of War 2,” (PS2, $50) the sequel to the best selling “God of War,” is a fun and gory romp through ancient Greece, complete with mythological themes of revenge, hubris, and insecure gods.
Let’s get this out of the way from the start, this is an “M” (Mature) game and kids [...]

I was never much of a comic book fan. I always figured, “why read when I can just watch cartoons?” While that definitely excludes me from a certain segment of geek society, I can proudly say that I played a lot of Dungeons and Dragons, painting my own figurines and creating quests.
But, that’s kind of [...]

GamePolitics is today reporting that Democratic Presidential hopeful John Edwards had his Second Life campaign headquarters trashed overnight by some Republican Second Lifers. From the John Edwards blog:
Shortly before midnight (CST) on Monday, February 26, a group of Republican Second Life users, some sporting “Bush ‘08″ tags, vandalized the John Edwards Second Life HQ. They [...]

When Capcom’s Clover Studio shuttered its windows last October creativity wept and I wrote two haikus. Today, those tears of sorrow have turned into tears of joy with the revelation that Clover Studio has reorganized into Seeds Studio.
The new studio is headed by “Viewtiful Joe” producer, Atsushi Inaba, and “Devil May Cry” director, Hideki Kamiya, [...]

I was almost in big trouble. You see, it was Allison’s and my plan to spend Valentine’s Day playing Wii Play and then have a nice dinner.
I was at EB Games on Monday and asked if they had any in yet. They said Wednesday, but said they’d be hard to come by so I [...]

Last night, I looked over at our Wii and noticed it was flashing, indicating a new message. I booted her up and to my surprise, Nintendo has just unveiled a new channel, the “Everybody Votes Channel”.
After a quick update and downloading the channel from the Wii Shop, I was ready to vote. You see, the [...]

Say it ain’t so! Tell me that Peach has not finally submitted to the charms of Bowser. Tell me that Bowser’s history of kidnapping Peach has resulted in some form of Stockholm syndrome and that Peach is simply not in her right mind. Tell me that Mario still cares!!!
You may wonder what all of the [...]

I sat down with Microsoft’s new “GTA”-inspired game, “Crackdown,” (Feb. 20) for about forty-five minutes yesterday and although I’m impressed, I’m not wowed. Currently, you can download the free demo from Xbox Live Marketplace.
The game is a highly stylized (think graphic novel or cel-shaded) open urban landscape. Set in the future, you play as a [...]