Monthly Archives: November 2006

Sony management chaos! Ken Kutaragi, the outspoken Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. president, has been benched. Actually, he’s been “eased” out of his position, and Kaz Hirai of Sony’s US branch will replace him. You may remember Hirai as the man … Continue reading →

Well, we saw the eye-straining mini-text in “Dead Rising,” and now in the demos for “Lost Planet,” where gamers with -10 vision spoke out about the microscopic text. The following is a release I got from Capcom, which essentially assures … Continue reading →

That’s according to a story in the Wall Street Journal about the first recorded cases of so-called “Wii elbow.” Essentially, the piece outlines what happens when gamers who’ve let their bodies coagulate from marathon sessions of stationary gaming suddenly find … Continue reading →

I thought the whole hoo-hah about “Rule of Rose” was over and done with … but not in Europe. Eurogamer reports that 505 Games isn’t going to publish the horror title in the UK, with the Mayor of Rome and … Continue reading →

I’m glad I played “Superman Returns” before Thanksgiving, because football and food were the only ways i was going to forget about it. My goodness — I filed the review today, and I can’t remember the last time I was … Continue reading →

What you see before you is my first visit to the “Superman Returns” save screen. According to this, I’ve gone through half the game in roughly the time it takes to watch “Kill Bill”. As you would imagine, I’m a … Continue reading →

I got Superman in the mail today, and I’m hoping — no, praying — that I end up liking the game more than I liked the demo. The demo, which I thought was too short, wasn’t bad, but the deadpan … Continue reading →

I just saw on various news outlets that Taco Bell is offering a lifetime supply of food for anyone willing to donate a PlayStation 3. I also just realized that I wrote the word “lifetime” and “Taco Bell” in the … Continue reading →

Times tech writer Seth Schiesel showed the PS3 his pimp hand in a piece where the first sentence tells Howard Stringer that the system “just isn’t that great.” Schiesel spent more than 30 hours worth of time with the much-hyped … Continue reading →

The Parent Teacher Association and the Entertainment Software Ratings Board are banding together to educate parents about the video games rating system and what it all means. The method? A nationwide campaign to hand out more than 1 million brochures … Continue reading →