Holy Smokes! Is it Friday already? That means we’re about to head in to what will be the last weekend of the rather phenomenal World Cup. Who are you supporting? I have no particular allegiance to either, so I’ll be supporting whichever has the hottest fans. right now? The Netherlands is winning. To offset the inevitable depressions that many of …

Gavin Kelly and a really talented bunch of folks from Ireland have created an amazing little four minute short film called Avatar Days that basically explores the relationships that gamers have with their World of Warcraft characters and how they take that with them in everyday life. The impressive visuals are subtle but have a great impact on the short …

Apparently it’s pretty easy! It does however require a little social engineering to pull off successfully. Step 1 : Figure out the player’s password, by means of alcohol or whichever social engineering tool you can use best. boobs work nicely if you’re female. Step 2 : Change the player’s password, locking them out of their own account. Step 3 : …

I was tipped off about this incredibly interesting TED talk from a game designer that looks at using the amount of hours spent gaming to solve real world problems. The idea is that gaming can be used to take real world issues and portray them in an epic environment, thereby motivating gamers to solve issues or become educated about issues …

It’s kind of taking forever for Diablo III to come out, and I’m starting to get all too used to the idea of just waiting these days. To make matters even worse, or better (I can’t decide which), a whole bunch of screenshots have just been released to provide further evidence that the game is, in fact, not actually World …

You no doubt remember Erik Estavillo, the serial suer who unsuccessfully tried to sue Sony – and then set his sights on Microsoft and Nintendo? It seems he’s either batsh*t insane, or has no idea when to stop – and my money’s on him being completely off his rocker. He’s now taken aim at Activision-Blizzard – and more specifically World …

Fable 3 – like everything Peter Molyneux creates – promises to be revolutionary. Whether it manages to actually live up to that hype – unlike everything Peter Molyneux creates – remains to be seen. Regardless of the fact that Molyneux seems to live in the clouds is that he is indeed responsible for some mighty fine gaming experiences including, but …

Activison Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick definitely has plans for world domination, you can almost see the pure undistilled evil in his eyes. He is, of course, going to start with domination of the videogame industry -  and if the performance of MMORPG champion World of Warcraft and the expectations surrounding Call of Duty : Modern Warfare 2 are any sort …