Monthly Archives: September 2006

Well, I found the mermaid. She puked on me and delivered some karate chops to the dome for good measure. Since then, I’ve been at a place called the “gingerbread house,” met the first nice person in the game and … Continue reading →

I’ve never wanted to uncork this much fury on a bunch of fictional children until now. It says something about a game when it pulls out this kind of emotion out of a player, and it doesn’t have to do … Continue reading →

Ubisoft announced today that “Splinter Cell: Double Agent” is going to be a launch title for Nintendo’s cutely (or stupidly) named new console. No real specifics on how the motion-sensing controllers are going to factor into this whole package, but … Continue reading →

2K announced today their intentions to bring forth “Jade Empire: Special Edition” for the PC. The game is slated to enter our lives in January 2007. Some of the special stuff includes better visuals, some new fighting styles, new monsters … Continue reading →

Looking for more evidence that video games are a growing part of pop culture? Just in time for football season comes the “ESPN Video Games Channel” presented by GameTap. It’s all sports games, all the time, and much of the … Continue reading →

The late Steve Irwin, aka the Crocodile Hunter, is going to be memorialized during a service in “World of Warcraft.” A player by the name of BubbRubb is gathering support for the event. Check out the story here. Here’s an … Continue reading →

Reviled game-movie director Uwe Boll once issued a challenge to fight his critics in a boxing ring. Now, you can see that challenge come to fruition. I had to see it for myself — Boll’s actually formally trained in the … Continue reading →

It wouldn’t be Greek mythos without the obligatory “fight the angry giant” scenario. These pics were just posted on the Sony press site. The truly skeptical might see this as a way to make people almost forget that about 400,000 … Continue reading →

Reuters has a story about a study about how MMOGs can help players with their people skills. The study was done by Constance Steinkuehler of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Dmitri Williams of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Check … Continue reading →

It looks like video game nemesis Jack Thompson has whipped out his verbal Hanzo sword and is swinging away at the judge presiding over the Louisiana gaming law case. It’s an early morning entry at GamePolitics.