Archive for 'Gaming'

PlayStation Store Stepping Up Its Game

The PlayStation Online Store and mainly its navigation (or lack there of) has taken a lot of hits compared to its rival XBOX Live. Word on the street is that that the Playstation Store is getting ready to launch an upgrade that will help bolster its online offering.
Reports this morning surfaced that Sony’s PlayStation [...]

No Grand Theft Auto IV this Holiday Season

Take-Two Interactive’s announcement regarding its plan to delay the release of the highly anticipated “Grand Theft Auto IV” has been a shock to many. The franchise’s newest addition is being postponed from its original release date of Oct. 16th to as late as next fall. Which means it will miss the highly profitable holiday [...]

Checkers, anyone?

Think you’re pretty good at checkers? Well, if you played Chinook, a computer opponent developed by Canadian researchers, the best you can do is force a draw.

Not exactly world-changing, as even the researchers themselves note, but still pretty cool. See the whole article HERE on CNN.com. I found this line particularly interesting -
“Every combination of [...]

Be in Grand Theft Auto 4!

Here’s your chance to vent some stress and be in one of the most popular video game franchises ever!
Rockstar Games is currently giving anyone who calls their “WKTT Radio Hotline” a chance to express their feelings about whats wrong with their health, the world, America, or themselves.
This is such a great idea… It gives fans [...]

New ‘Thin’ PSP a Hit at E3

In the dawn of the new, more lean E3, comes the news of Sony’s new, more lean PSP. Actually, Sony has developed a thin PSP system with a variety of colors to match customer personalities (as seen below).

These new PSPs will be 33% lighter, 19% slimmer and have a more efficient battery. The most amazing [...]

Finally, World of War Craft Goes Mobile… Kind of

 
This just may be the best iPhone news yet!
We all know the iPhone can view YouTube videos, surf the net, and so
much more. But I bet you never thought you could play World of War Craft (WoW) on it! However, before everyone stops reading to finally go buy an iPhone, I must let everyone know [...]

‘Red v. Blue’ End of An Era

Wired News reports that Rooster Teeth, the small company behind the now famous ‘Red v. Blue’ Halo, inspired Machinima series has decided to retire the show. As the true pioneers in Machinima, we owe this creative bunch a warm thank you for helping to evolve the concept — video games as art. The [...]

When is Art “Bad for Business?”

Rockstar Games and Take-Two Interactive, the makers of the very controversial “Grand Theft Auto (GTA)” series, are once again causing a stir with their new video game, Manhunt 2, the sequel to 2003’s Manhunt. Manhunt is about a man who is being hunted for sport and the only way out is to kill your way [...]