Sometimes you feel like really taking your time with a video game, digging around, finding treasure, leveling up to maximum capacity. Other times you just want to run like hell. These are those times, and if you've ever played any of these games, and you suffer from untreated anxiety, you might…
Let me start off by saying my last system I owned was a Nintendo 64, then I met my fiancee and he has a Playstation 3, so I went from an ancient blow in the bottom of the game when it isn't working to the 21st century. I didn't even have a memory card for the 64 so when I was playing Doom 64 I alway…
Legend has it that 30 years ago Atari buried a massive cache of video game cartridges in a landfill in New Mexico. Specifically, they buried tons and tons of copies of the failed 'E.T.' video game, an Atari non-classic that nearly sunk the gaming industry. Now a film crew has been given six months t…
Christmas-themed video games might seem like the best way for developers to cash in on the holiday season, but there's a conspicuous lack of these titles on the market. Believe it or not, this is a good thing, because the vast majority of Christmas games to date have been pretty bad and, what&a…
If the headline alone doesn't have mini-van mommies running, it being true will probably have them up and cuddling to their Snuggies at night. But according to a study from the University of Texas, yep its true.
Are you now, or have you ever, been a fan of video games? Well of course you are. If you're like me you spent WAY too much time in college either playing video games, or watching/helping your roommates play video games. I skipped many a class while participating in a big 'ol Mortal Kombat tourney on…
The Commodore 64, the classic personal computer from the eight-bit '80s, is making a comeback. Sort of. Later this month, Commodore USA will be releasing a computing system that looks just like the original C64 on the outside, but comes equipped with modern specs like a dual-core 1...
ESPN Sports Nation has been running a 32-player tournament style contest in which fans vote on who gets to be the cover player for the 'Madden NFL 12' video game, and controversial quarterback Michael Vick has reached the finals.
You may surprised to know that many well known video game characters auditioned for the various Mortal Kombat games. Here's what those try-outs looked like.
A live-action re-imagination of Nintendo 8-bit hero Super Mario as an angsty, mushroom-eating, down-on-his-luck plumber was a big hit this week at the South by Southwest film festival in Austin, Texas. "Mario" is a trailer-length short which filmmaker Joe Nicolosi doesn't…