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Review: Dragon Ball Z – Ultimate Tenkaichi (PS3)

October 28, 2011 – 12:44 pm |

I really liked last year’s DBZ game, Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit 2. It felt like the franchise had finally achieved some serious attention with a game that was both deep and fun.
This year, we …

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Review: Uncharted 3: Drakes Deception (PS3)

November 6, 2011 – 9:58 pm | One Comment

One of the most anticipated games of the year has finally hit, and that game is Uncharted 3: Drakes Deception.

Not only is Uncharted 3 one of the most anticipated games of the year, it is also the sequel to 2009′s award winning Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. So needless to say, this game has alot to live up to, but does it?

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From Dust Erupting Today On PSN

September 13, 2011 – 7:00 am | 3 Comments
From Dust volcano

From Dust is rolling onto the PlayStation Network a little sooner than expected, actually a lot sooner than expected, moving up two weeks from its September 27th release date to today the 13th. Shacknews …

Minecraft 1.8 May Loosen Terraria’s Grip

September 12, 2011 – 6:00 pm |

Ever since I picked up Terraria on a Steam sale I haven’t played much of Minecraft. The two-man team that built Terraria — the retro-looking, side-scrolling game called “Minecraft in 2D” — really did …

Xperia Play Hits AT&T On Sept. 18th for $50

September 9, 2011 – 11:30 am | 2 Comments

Verizon’s exclusivity on the Sony Xperia Play, known informally as the PlayStation phone, ends on September 18th when a 4G or HSPA+ version of the phone lands on AT&T for just $50 with a new …

Why A Second Stick on the 3DS?

September 8, 2011 – 6:00 pm | 4 Comments
flightstick

The 3DS isn’t comparable to a Vita in terms of graphics or probably raw horsepower, but those are things that never kept the old DS from selling like gangbusters. So why would Nintendo officially …

ESRB Says Dante’s Awakening Coming To PS3

September 7, 2011 – 6:00 pm |
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Another series reboot means another HD collection is coming to back it up, this time it’s Devil May Cry, but there’s a twist. While the trilogy was originally a PlayStation 2 exclusive, this HD …

Will Resistance 3 Be More Bad News For Humankind?

September 6, 2011 – 10:19 pm |
resistance 3 cover

With my kids off to bed on the night before they start school for the Fall, I sat down next to my wife this evening, she smiled warmly and put her hand on mine, I …

Star Trek Online To Boldly Go Free To Play In 2011

September 6, 2011 – 9:55 pm | One Comment
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Star Trek Online is going to be taking a big-ticket sci-fi licensed MMO into free to play territory sometime in the fourth quarter of this year, beating sci-fi heavyweight EVE Online to the punch. …

Whirlybird Nerd Alert: Take On Helicopters Box Art

September 6, 2011 – 9:37 pm |
take on helicopters

I’m a helicopter fan, but not much of a sim fan these days. I wasn’t able to deal with the controls in the demo for the recent Apache Air Assault — and believe me …

Aeropodcast #195: The End of an Era

September 1, 2011 – 2:46 pm | 2 Comments

If there is an Aeropodcast that you need to listen to this is the one.  It will reshape your existence, solve world peace and so much more.  Actually, if you listen on a regular basis, …

Aeropodcast #194: Can’t Even Remember It Has Been So Long

August 26, 2011 – 11:10 am |

It is hard when you get a bit older in life, as you totally forget things.  You know, whether you forgot to lock the door when you left the house, where you put your keys …

Deus Ex Human Revolution Stifled By GameStop

August 24, 2011 – 1:10 pm |
Deus Ex Human Revolution

Nowadays we’re used to Gamestop’s pre-opening of video games and taping them shut to avoid returns, something that former frequent contributor James called our attention to originally. News today that Gamestop employees are being …

This Arkham City skin inspires great fear

August 24, 2011 – 8:50 am |

Add another alterna-Batman to the ever-growing pile of skin-swaps available for October’s Batman: Arkham City. IGN reports that the upcoming blu-ray edition of “Green Lantern” will include a code for PS3 owners to receive a …

Weekend AeroProTip: Goldeneye 007

August 21, 2011 – 10:56 am |

GAME> Goldeneye 007 (1997)
SYSTEM> N64
SOURCE> EGM #134, September 2000
Well that’s some nightmare fuel.

CrazyKinux Going Into Suspended Animation

August 18, 2011 – 8:00 pm |
CrazyKinux Musing blog header

After posting on his blog that he was searching for someone to take the reins of the EVE Blog Pack and the EVE Blog Banter, CrazyKinux has decided to leave the EVE blogging community to …

Notch Offers To Shotgun The Scrolls Snafu

August 18, 2011 – 5:00 pm |
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Bethesda recently filed suit to stop Mojang from using the name Scrolls for their next game, citing it as being too close to their “The Elder Scrolls” series. Markus “Notch” Persson was surprised by …

PS Vita Getting Skype, Facebook, Twitter, and Foursquare

August 16, 2011 – 4:00 pm | 2 Comments
PS Vita gets Facebook Twitter Foursquare and Skype

Color me surprised, but Sony’s next handheld is going to get official Skype, Facebook, Twitter, and Foursquare support as free PlayStation Store downloads. I had my doubts about us seeing Skype on a Sony …