In a stunning bit of not-news, eBay auction prices for PlayStation 3 and Wii consoles have been dropping rather precipitously in response to continuing news from Sony and Nintendo that the consoles will keep hitting stores between now and the…
Glenn Reynolds and Radley Balko took issue this week with the Senate’s recent passage of a measure designed to curtail Internet gambling by American citizens. Reynolds and Balko object to the bill (well, technically, a rider on another bill) from…
I haven’t been paying a lick of attention to the development of Battlefield 2142, so it was with complete and utter surprise that I viewed the following “Titan Mode” training video: Holy cow! That looks incredible! I’ve always had a…
I’m basically sold on the concept of buying a Wii as of this moment, which makes the news that Nintendo will be selling Commodore 64 titles on their Virtual Console service just icing on the cake. It may be taking…
If you acquire Toribash, there is a very good chance that you will lose sleep. You have been warned. At heart, Toribash is a turn-based physics-intensive ragdoll simulator, which might not sound too interesting until you realize that you’ve been…
I have to admit, I’ve started to become a bit of an Apple fanboy in the wake of my Powerbook/MacBook Pro conversion, but even if I hadn’t started down the road to Macdom, I still would have lusted after an…
Now this is what I like to see: Dig those crazy rocket jumps and the Spy’s “Predator suit”. Boy oh boy! “Spring 2007” just can’t come soon enough.
Presented for your enjoyment: Counter Struck: Counter-Strike meets the real world. Heh. Those lucky British Microsoft sods – they got Ricky Gervais (of The Office fame) to do employee training videos for ’em. Brilliant. (Profanity warning: you know those Brits…
Two quick hits here, while I have a moment. Valve Software is looking to release Half-Life 2 Episode 2 sometime this fall. Reportedly they will be including two side-games in the Ep. 2 release. One will warm the hearts of…
Say you’re an international videogame company looking to help the world’s most powerful man celebrate his 60th birthday. What do you send him? Why, a Nintendo DS Lite, complete with a congratulatory letter and a copy of a popular brain-teaser…
