Archive for September, 2008

The Peter Moore Moments

Mr. EA Sports Peter Moore sits down with the Guardian to discuss his career in full, the fall of the Dreamcast, the Red Rings of Death and digital distribution.

Chronicles of Conventions and Cornerbacks – News Wrap-Up

White Knights Chronicles has a date, Canada may have a Games Convention and Madden is popular. Who knew?

We All Play – Study Shows 97% of Youth Play Video Games

Survey says: Kids play games. In fact, pretty much all of them play video games. It’s a surprising result! Not only do they play games, but they are social, too. Weird, I know.

Monks Gone Wild – Murder In The Abbey Review

Pointing, clicking, friars and mystery. Murder in the Abbey takes on the classic adventure game style letting you play as monks solving a crime. We explore the abbey to see if its worth the trip, or if the game deserves a vow of silence.

Red Rings of Unemployment – Microsoft Allegedly Fires Tester Over NDA Breach

After outing the company through an article about hardware failures, Microsoft allegedly fires one of their game testers. We stare into the red eyes of the giant.

EA Gives Up Take-Two

After a six month buy-out battle, EA has conceded Take Two Interactive and have gone their separate ways. With billions on the line, we probably haven’t heard the last of this. Now comes the awkward part where they split up the CD collection. Yikes.

Game Over…Continue? – Death in Games

You are dead. Continue? We take a look at death as the eternal indication of failure in video games, why that seems to be the case and how games are changing.

Devolving The Reviews

If you pay attention to Amazon reviews, you’d probably think that Spore was getting a terrible score. Doesn’t seem to be the case for press reviews, and now Amazon is striking back.

Viva la Piñatalution – Trouble in Paradise Review

Build a garden, watch piñatas gather, watch someone destroy them. It’s a helpless cycle that we can’t help but love. We review Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise.

iGame

The funnest iPod ever has been released, and it is the best gaming platform available to date. At least, that’s what Apple is saying.