News, rants and footnotes from this week: Our Top Story: Cho Still Insane Earlier this month, government officials prepared a lengthy report examining the causes of the Virginia Tech Massacre. Apparently, “crazy as balls” doesn’t cut it anymore. While the report most likely ended up in President Bush’s “to do” pile with the “Bin Laden … Continue reading
Here are some tidbits and rants: In censorship news, Manhunter II is getting the old AO treatment. I’m not going to rant about how silly it is that there is a rating for 17 year olds and older (Mature) and one for 18 year olds and older (Adults Only). So a 17 year old can … Continue reading
While not the most important news in the gaming world, here are some stories from the past week: PSP-Lite For awhile now there have been rumors about the potential release of a thinner PSP model, but no real details had cometo light. Last Friday, however, details began to spill out about the new model, its … Continue reading
While not the most important news in the gaming world, here are some tidbits that may have fallen through the cracks from the past few days: Originally filed under “Inevitable” at the Sony records office, Sony President Ryoji Chubachi acknowledged that Sony will not rule out the possibility of lowering the price of the PS3 … Continue reading
I’ll be here the rest of the week filling in for Ian. Don’t worry, he’ll be back next week. Here’s what has been going on the past few days in the gaming world: Spore is not coming out until 2008. Not much else to say. In more positive news, the new 360 system update should … Continue reading
Ian is out today fighting his way through the Mad Gears. I’ll be filling in with a couple tidbits and a rant. (Ian sez: I’ll return tomorrow, from somewhere that isn’t a waiting room.) Yesterday, Newsweek ran an interview with Nintendo overlord Reginald Fils-Aime, who confirms that Metroid Prime 3 will not be released in … Continue reading
Ian is out today as he follows his frog down a giant hole in the ground. Don’t worry, he’ll be back Monday. Here’s what going on in the world of gaming: The top story in the gaming world is the European (and Australian, but really that’s Europe too) launch of the PS3. Recent stories have … Continue reading
Well, those waiting for Wii to have some online-multiplayer capability can start rejoicing. Kind of. GameSpy, the company who brought you the Nintendo DS online-multiplayer connection, announced today that it would be providing the multiplayer middleware technology for the Nintendo Wii. As long suspected, multiplayer for the Wii is not to begin until June 2007. … Continue reading
BUY IT HERE AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!PLATFORM: Nintendo WiiESRB RATING: Everyone PUBLISHER: NintendoDEVELOPER: Nintendo I wanted to like this game. I love competition. Maybe not as much as I used to, but games like Wii Sports and Warioware are so simple that it allows the competition junkie a fix anytime someone walks through the door … Continue reading
Ian is out today [Ian: I’ll puke on you] wondering how boring a news day can get. So for this special day, I’ll be giving the rundown of all things video game. In a story that seems to be more about Sony building buzz for the Game Developers Conference, yesterday GDC Director Jamil Moledina, during … Continue reading