Read-a-long with Nintendo Power #253 (April 2010)
March 21, 2010 – 10:40 am | Comments

This issue has some very good news about two games I’ve been monitoring, plus some bad reviews for two games I was going to get. And a little middle-of-the-road news about WarioWare DIY. Stuff your …

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Life With PlayStation As Shopping Mall
January 4, 2010 – 8:30 pm | Comments

Good old Folding@Home became Life With PlayStation last year, and the most recent 1.2 update made a quiet trip out from Sony’s servers a couple of weeks ago. I initially became excited at the …

Don’t Tell Me I Waste Time Playing Video Games
December 29, 2009 – 2:57 pm | Comments
Don’t Tell Me I Waste Time Playing Video Games

It’s hard to wrap my head around the idea of sitting on my couch and doing nothing, mouth open, drooling, watching hours of spoon-fed programming in 5-minute intervals interspersed with blaring commercials and program notes …

First Thirty: Afrika (PS3)
December 28, 2009 – 10:28 pm | Comments
First Thirty: Afrika (PS3)

It’s certainly a change of pace, but during its long journey from banner next-generation PS3 title shown in 2006 to its appearance in North America this fall, Afrika apparently missed the extra polish I expected …

Blast Off Soundtrack Released
December 28, 2009 – 10:03 pm | Comments
Blast Off Soundtrack Released

The PS3/PSP Minis game Blast Off has done well in reviews, and Halfbrick’s recent video demonstrating how to download it (or any other Mini) and play it on your PS3 must be working. To …

MAG Open Beta Starts January 4th
December 21, 2009 – 4:22 pm | Comments
MAG Open Beta Starts January 4th

It’s not exactly easy to create a game and release it almost everywhere around the world at nearly the same time, but Zipper Interactive has declared MAG gold in all but the European territory as …

Halfbrick Studios How-To On PS3 Minis
December 18, 2009 – 1:11 pm | Comments

While Minis haven’t exactly been flooding the PlayStation Store since they arrived alongside the PSP Go this fall, there are some of them that have done a very good job of fitting the bill of …

Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops, Plus, and Digital Graphic Novel hit PSN
December 17, 2009 – 9:44 pm | Comments
Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops, Plus, and Digital Graphic Novel hit PSN

Today’s PlayStation Store update include Snake’s best outing on the PSP to date, Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops. It should end the tyranny of those $120 UMD copies of the game floating around at …

Shatter Soundtrack Holiday Deal
December 15, 2009 – 11:23 pm | Comments

One of the most entertaining parts of the Extra Life gaming marathon that the VGEVO community held last month was watching the podcasters broadcast the games they were playing via webcams hooked to ustream. …

Mythos Coming Stateside In 2010
December 5, 2009 – 9:00 am | Comments

Like last-years failed superhuman experiment left to die, Mythos has been resurrected and will return to US shores in 2010. The Blizzard veterans who had worked on Diablo and who became Flagship employees only …

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Dated and Drawn
December 4, 2009 – 4:48 pm | Comments

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker got its release dates on the PlayStation brand’s 15th birthday. That’ll be March 18th, 2010 for Japan, March 28th for the UK (EvilAvatar), and wouldn’t you know it the …

LittleBigPlanet Leerdammer Walkthrough
November 30, 2009 – 11:26 pm | Comments

The 1.21 patch announced last week for LittleBigPlanet has launched, boosting more than a few core aspects of the year-old Media Molecule game. Better net code, better backup options, and online co-op create mode …

PixelJunk Shooter Looking Really Good
November 30, 2009 – 10:58 pm | Comments

The trophies have been revealed, and a new video of the entire first level from the game makes me think the game is coming very soon to the PlayStation Network. This is something that’s …

Get Your PlayOn For Less Until Nov 30th
November 24, 2009 – 5:07 pm | Comments
Get Your PlayOn For Less Until Nov 30th

The recent death of my trusty DVD player followed by the advent of the official Netflix streaming solution disc has, atop our cancellation of all pay TV services several months ago, ushered in a new …

Capcom Is Thrilled Adhoc Party Is Coming November 19th
November 16, 2009 – 8:36 pm | Comments
Capcom Is Thrilled Adhoc Party Is Coming November 19th

Last week the PS Blog mentioned that Adhoc Party was finally coming to the USA, and IGN notes they’ve gotten a press release that says this Thursday the 19th is the big day for its …

Ones To Watch on PS3, PSP for November 2009
November 1, 2009 – 10:34 pm | Comments
Ones To Watch on PS3, PSP for November 2009

Ok here’s the thing: I don’t care about the huge military-themed, cross-platform shooter coming to the PS3 this month. It’ll get its spot of ink below, don’t worry, but I’m highlighting the three …

Sony Rotates The Shield Harmonics On Trophy Data
October 29, 2009 – 3:21 pm | Comments
Sony Rotates The Shield Harmonics On Trophy Data

When TripleTags closed up shop for good last week I felt bad about the great art those guys had put together for my “now playing” card, but I’d fallen out of habit updating my Trophy …