It’s a fantastic weekend for new releases at the movies, with 6 new flicks catering for all audiences. In fact, I’d say that viewers have 2 Must-Sees out of today’s newcomers: The Hunger Games and Pirates! Band of Misfits… The Hunger Games: Literary sensation The Hunger Games makes the leap to the big screen with similar success. In this teen-centric …
What do blood, drugs, action, violence and a tropical island have in common? Why Far Cry 3 of course
Somehow I get the feeling that for most of you, that after reading that headline the only reason you’re even bothering to read this text is because you’re still waiting for the new red band trailer for Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston’s R-Rated comedy to buffer. As soon as that little grey bar has moved a sufficient distance though, you’re …
A therapist has likened playing video games to abusing cocaine.
Trevor Miller (not pictured above), a 17-year-old World of Warcraft fan and general delinquent from Chicago stole several credit cards – and then goofed by using them to buy games and virtual items online from his home. Something tells me his parents won’t exactly reprimand him too strongly – because when the long arm of the law came around asking …
Do you like Uncharted 2? We thought it was a pretty decent game. Yesterday was Thursday, which means the PSN was updated. Hooray! One of the new things you’ll find is the recently released Uncharted motion comic – which is just like a regular comic, except it moves! Uncharted : Eye of Indra is a 4 episode prequel to the …
Guitar Hero 5 is available to our friends in the northern Hemisphere – and there’s been a lot of controversy over the way that the unlockable deceased musicians in the game, Kurt Cobain and Johnny Cash, have been handled. Forgoing the reverence and respect employed by Harmonix with their digital recreation of The Beatles, Neversoft’s execution has been tawdry, gaudy …
Richard Thornhill purchased two used copies of GTA from Gamestop for his children on Sunday, and got a little more than he was expecting. Upon opening and inspecting one of the games, a little packet fell out containing what is believed to be 4 ecstasy tablets. He then did exactly what I wouldn’t; He promptly removed the recreational narcotics to …
Cloud gaming removed hardware barriers, but it replaced them with something less visible and …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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