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Best Top Digger Truck Kids Games For iPad & iPhone

October 16, 2012 – 10:44 am | Comments Off

There are a couple of great truck games on the iPad you might enjoy for your kids that I wanted to share. As far as construction truck and Schoolbus games for kids go, these are …

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Deep Blue Apps: The art of making video games – the easy way

October 12, 2012 – 8:31 am |

Have you ever wanted to create your own game for the iPad, iPhone or even all the Android devices? Or do you have an idea for a Mac or PC desktop game?

There are lots of tools and software packages you can use to start building your games, but by far the easiest game development tool is GameSalad. It uses simple Drag ‘n Drop controls to help you build a feature rich game, and then helps you to publish your new game creation to all the various stores.
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Need For Speed Most Wanted: Most Wanted list trailer

October 5, 2012 – 4:40 pm |
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Here’s the fourth gameplay trailer for the upcoming Need For Speed: Most Wanted. This one focuses on the Most Wanted List, which covers the “ten most elite racers” in Criterion and EA’s game world.
I’m a …

Review: To The Moon

September 12, 2012 – 1:02 am |

On Friday night, I played To The Moon. Perhaps more accurately, I should say To The Moon played me. Well written, astonishingly well scored, and equal parts funny, charming, and heartbreaking, this game hits hard, …

Torchlight II release date is 9/20, just making the “this summer” cut off

September 2, 2012 – 2:00 pm |
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I preordered Torchlight II on Steam as soon as it was available, buying copies for three other people in the process. The game just looks great, and I can’t wait to get my hands on …

Humble Indie Bundle V headlined by $13 Million budget Tim Schaefer classic Psychonauts

May 31, 2012 – 6:18 pm | 2 Comments

As if that weren’t enough, it also contains Bastion, LIMBO (which I reviewed), Amnesia: The Dark Descent, and Sword & Sworcery (which is apparently spelled that way just to annoy yours truly).
Why aren’t you already …

Review: Uncharted 3: Drakes Deception (PS3)

November 6, 2011 – 9:58 pm | 3 Comments

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 …

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 …

From Dust Erupting Today On PSN

September 13, 2011 – 7:00 am | 4 Comments
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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 | 4 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
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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 | One Comment
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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 |
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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 | 2 Comments
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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 |
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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 …