After only 5 hours to play Champions Online, it’s a bit early to be declaring this the greatest MMORPG ever, but I’ve played a lot of MMORPG Beta Tests. They’ve all been buggy, and they’ve …

Let me tell you a little bit about PAX. There’s a lot to do there, and most of the activities are centered on three important areas. The first consists of the Console Freeplay, Tabletop, and …

Zombies are awesome. I love zombie movies. World War Z is one of my favorite books. Dead Rising is one of my favorite games.
I was ecstatic to finally be able to sit down and play …

If you liked Oblivion, you will like Fallout 3. If you liked Fallout 1 and 2, you will like Fallout 3.
Because, they have done an AMAZING job of melding RPG elements from the originals into …

There is SOOO much to do here on the PAX exhibition floor. During the exclusive 2 hours for press attendees, I found myself easily distracted by titles I had completely forgotten about in light of …

After playing Gears of War 2, I was impressed with some of the grpahical improvements, but a lot of the gameplay felt very simialr to me. The new poison grenades and some of the other …

I have a confession, guys.
I am slowly becoming an EA convert. It’s been happening slowly, but Dead Space looks fantastic here at PAX, Madden 09 has actually been pretty decent for a football title, and …

So, PAX hasn’t even started yet, and the powers that be have already started unleashing the awesome. I got a chance to see Rock Band 2 in action at a Pre-PAX party put on by …

WARNING! Rant incoming!
The Kranz, one of our long-time podcast listeners called me out on my wish for the Madden series to just die. In our forums, he wrote:
Millions of people love Madden, yet you want …

“Make it… STINKY!”
That is the mantra of “A Boy Who Learns What Fear Is,” the first episode of American McGee’s episodic adventure/platformer. Not necessarily in a bad way… American McGee’s breakout title Alice received great …

Since Nintendo has come out and apologized for not appealing to the “core” gamer with their E3 conference, a major argument I’ve been hearing in several places, including some of the comments on my previous …

A twitter contact of mine recently stated, “does the customer care about the game, the publisher, or the developer? I think the MAJORITY care about the game and nothing else.”
While I think he may be …

And frankly, they should. Nintendo’s E3 conference was slightly less painful than having my hand skewered by a power drill, much like in that Bioshock trailer. But, I digress… the real crime, according to …

There’s no question that Digital Distribution is the wave of the future. The success of Steam and Xbox Live Arcade make this clear enough.
However, with the release of yet another (seemingly excellent) digital distribution platform, …