Articles by Paul Munn
From Dust Erupting Today On PSN
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
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
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?
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
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?
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
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
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 …
Deus Ex Human Revolution Stifled By GameStop
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 …
CrazyKinux Going Into Suspended Animation
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
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
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 …
PlayStation 3 Price Cut to $249
The PS3 has drifted down fifty bucks to $249 for the 160GB model, according to Sony’s Gamescom announcement in Germany today, and they’re offering up a 320GB model with now-first-party-developer Sucker Punch’s Infamous 2 bundled …
Minecraft: Pocket Edition Now Available
The official Minecraft: Pocket Edition is out now for the Xperia Play in free demo and USD$6.92 full versions of the game and for the first mobile version of the game it seems to have …
Vita Launching in US, EU in 2012 at $250
Kazuo Hirai has confirmed in an interview that the Vita will launch in 2011 in Japan, but will appear in the US and EU in early 2012. They’re also sticking to the $250 price …
C418 Gives A Free Album to Minecraft Volume Alpha Buyers
The composer behind most of Minecraft’s music and sound effects, C418, has sent out an email to buyers of the Minecraft Volume Alpha soundtrack with a download code for a new album for free. …
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