Call of Duty 6 (geez, has there been SIX of these now? guess so) have been released last week and was one of the most anticipated releases of 2009. However, during the twilight moments of the game’s development, Infinity Ward, developers of the game, announced that the game will not have a working multiplayer LAN […]
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OnLive: Cloud Gaming for the masses
OnLive is a new service which delivers games to you via the Internet. It was shown at E3 this year to much criticisms due to the technical challenges that many people say is too complex to be solved by today’s technology. The way it works is like this: OnLive install games on their server and […]
Playstation 3 redesigned: PS3-Slim
Ever since before the big Electronics Entertainment Expo 2009, industry analysts have harped on the Playstation 3’s surprise to be a $100 price cut that would bring the console back into competition. Of the next generation consoles, PS3 remains the most expensive and the tough economy have made sales of the much cheaper Nintendo Wii […]
Free Download: Peggle WoW Edition
Addicted to Peggle Extreme that’s available for free on Steam? PopCap Games, the developer of Peggle series of casual action video game, has teamed up with Blizzard Entertainment, the developer of World of Warcraft (WoW), to release a special Peggle: World of Warcraft Edition, available for free download at no cost. Peggle is an addictive […]
Play Advergames to say NO to Overpaid CEOs
Were you upset when you saw all those excessive bonuses at AIG, Lehman Brothers etc? Well take heart, you can do something about it! Computer games as a form of protest is quick becoming the vogue. Check out the most recent protest game made by the Transport Workers Union of America to lash out at […]
Money, Cracks and Casual Games
Hey, did you know how much cash there is in computer pixels? The computer games industry is a real big money generator, with sales of over USD 22 billion in 2008 according to the Entertainment Software Association. That figure does not include sales lost through piracy issues! Piracy is the main way computer games companies […]
Advertising in Computer Games
In-game advertising, for lack of a better word, remains the Holy Grail to countless advertising agencies eager to find a way to reach gamers. Why gamers? It seems that gamers represent a highly valued demographic, that of 13-39 year old males. Ever since computer games evolved from green screen pixels into a billion dollar industry, […]
An Ad for Gamers
Gillette is such a n00b. Gillette, ever the enterprising company, decided to introduce a razor, the Gillette Fusion Power Gamer Razor, for, of all demographics, GAMERS. Good, Bad idea, or downright Ugly marketing strategy? Was that tumbleweed blowing by? Oh no, that was a ball of shaving cream. Either way, the razor, which boasts of […]
FLATMII Mods Nintendo Wii, bypasses DVD-ROM drive
Nintendo have been fighting piracy ever since the days of the SNES (Super Nintendo Entertainment System). Even up to the days of the Dreamcast, they have adopted the stance that games should be on proprietary format (cartridges, special Dreamcast media, etc) but for the Wii, they have decided that maybe the reason why they’re not […]
Bush shoe throw game
The incident in which Iraqi journalist, Muntadar al-Zeidi tossed his shoes at US President George W. Bush during a Baghdad press conference recently, has turned into a fast-moving Internet meme, spawning dozens of games and video pranks. Let’s check out a few of the games which were inspired by this shoe throwing incident. Sock and […]