As new games are released and new technology develops in response, we’re often forced to bid farewell to our favorites from the last generation. This is the case, I fear, with the original Xbox Live classics, such as Counter-Strike and…
I dove head-first into the Rock Band ocean of awesome this Christmas, when I received my first set of plastic instruments and started playing with my family. As we progressed together through the World Tour, I realized that most people…
Happy Boxing Day, Geekologists! As you can see from this post’s headline, I got you all a pun for the holidays. Enjoy! Today, we are witness to an inspiring, almost Dr. Seuss-caliber tale of a villain turned heroic in a…
You don’t see this every day.
Gamers can learn a lot from the patents and files every business goes through en route to a successful release. These documents allow us a glimpse of a possible, if incomplete, future. Sometimes, that…
You better not pout, you better not cry, and you damn well better not hack, because Santa Claus himself is making a stop on your PS3:
Santa has added a layover in PlayStation Home to an already-packed holiday itinerary. On…
Confession time: I have an inexplicable phobia of Emergency Broadcast System tests. They’re so creepy, with their incessant buzzing alarms and inaudible voice cues! Thankfully, New York State and Xbox 360 have me covered:
Cast away your fears of terrorist…
Big, scary Microsoft has shown us one thing in the past month: it means business. In a surprising move, the company banned nearly one million users from its Xbox Live service in an effort to lock out pirates playing stolen…
Love statistics? Yeah, me either. But hear me out–this is actually kind of cool:
NPD’s latest update to its “Entertainment Trends in America” report finds that 14 percent of Americans have an “online gaming” subscription. We contacted NPD for a…
If you like a) trivia games and b) mob violence, you will be glad to know that the Xbox quizzer 1 vs. 100 is starting up a new season this month:
It’s easy to love 1 vs. 100. A chance…
Halloween’s over, but we’re still seeing some restless ghosts walking among us. Case in point: Duke Nukem. The guy’s been absent from the gaming world for years now, but every so often, he gives us just enough of a hint…
