Friday inched by with barely a fresh news item to talk about. A lot of older stories revisited the feeds, though, plus a few other tidbits we didn’t run with:
10/14 — Dave isn’t here
AJ: In honor of Dave’s vacation, I’m going to post as much Back to the Future stuff as I can…
Marty McFly’s Resizing [...]
There are some games we replay over and over again because they’re just that good. But how many games do you find yourself playing at a particular time of year, like a holiday?
Tasha Harris hopped on the Culture Club podcast today to talk about her upcoming game from Double Fine Studios, Costume Quest. It got [...]
It was a big week for shooters with Medal of Honor out on shelves and Halo: Reach making a killing on monthly NPD sales reports. As ubiquitous as shooters are, however, there’s something very wrong with them that guest editorial writer Stephen Pierce tries to explain.
It seems a reasonable suggestion: “So why don’t you just [...]
Video games have more in common with TV shows these days with episodic gaming and all — but one thing TV has that we don’t are holiday specials. Here’s how Costume Quest could change that.
Host: AJ Glasser
Discussion Group: AJ Glasser, Dave Rudden, Ben PerLee
Special Guest: Costume Quest Project Lead Tasha Harris
Length: 33 minutes
Like the [...]
The new NPD reporting methods have a lot of people confused, which might be why the research group just sent out additional sales information. The catch is, it’s all for games that weren’t first-time physical sales in stores.
An upcoming NPD report titled “Games Industry: Total Consumer Spend” says that on top of the $3.7 billion [...]
Halo: Reach sold 3.3 million copies in September, so what better way to celebrate that monumental figure than by giving away three copies? You can enter three times this weekend over three social networks, so enjoy the threedom!
We know you want the Legendary Edition of Halo: Reach, and we’re going to make the rules super-easy [...]
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe predicts a strong holiday season for its PlayStation 3 console due in part to the recently released Move motion controller.
Speaking to Bloomberg TV in Rome on October 14, SCEE president Andrew House said that PlayStation Move sold 1.5 million units in Europe since its launch in mid-September. Sales figures for [...]
The sports video game podcast dynasty hits lucky episode seven in its latest weekly thrillride. This time around, the team reviews NHL 11 and picks the dream celebrity teams they’d want to unlock in the new NBA Jam.
Can the all-star-laden team behind The Sports Game Guy’s Sports Anomaly podcast still put up big numbers with [...]
Rovio releases Angry Birds for the Android platform today, and the game is free to download and play.
Angry Birds lets players take control of a flock of birds that are out to get revenge on hungry green pigs who have stolen their eggs. Using a slingshot mechanism, players shoot these birds at the pigs and [...]
Yesterday was frought with newness as ex-LucasArts developers formed Fearless Studios and the NPD debuted a new style on monthly sales rankings. We hope you take solace in the fact that this morning’s daily stale bread is just as bizarre as ever.
10/14–Fare thee well, Major
20 Years Later, “Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out” Gets Reimagined on iPhone [SCREENSHOT]
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