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Microsoft Store’s $99 Xbox costs more than if you bought it normally

Microsoft Store’s $99 Xbox costs more than if you bought it normally

With any payment plan, you will likely pay more than you would if you bought the product up front. That's...

The $200 million “Draw Something” fad is ending

The $200 million “Draw Something” fad is ending

Someone should have seen this coming. Someone should have said something. After forking over $200 million to buy OMGPOP for...

Star Wars “Imperial March” (as performed by 2 floppy disk drives)

Star Wars “Imperial March” (as performed by 2 floppy disk drives)

Few songs are more sinister or invoke a deeper geek reaction than Imperial March, the musical interpretation of the domination...

Over 500,000 People Play MineCraft: Meet One of Them

Over 500,000 People Play MineCraft: Meet One of Them

Four hours. This is the amount of time I spent playing Minecraft today. But I had only intended to load...

Open Letter to the Game Publishers: Stop Raping Gamers’ Wallets!

Open Letter to the Game Publishers: Stop Raping Gamers’ Wallets!

Dear Game Publishers, what are you thinking? For years, loyal supporters of your games have dealt with ridiculous price increases,...

Nirvana Revenge In Bloom For iPhone

Nirvana Revenge In Bloom For iPhone

The tragic Kurt Cobain might have left us but this doesn’t mean Nirvana’s record label don’t continue to seek out...

Obama Is Wrong: Why iPads and Xboxes Will Save Our Youth

Obama Is Wrong: Why iPads and Xboxes Will Save Our Youth

Yesterday, among the challenges and inspiring messages in President Obama's commencement address at Hampton University, was something a bit unexpected:...

Enough Comic Book Movies! 7 Video Games That Need to Become Films NOW

Enough Comic Book Movies! 7 Video Games That Need to Become Films NOW

It is, in many ways, a grand time to be a nerd or geek who is a fan of movies....

Video Game Violence: An Astonishingly Simple Perspective

Video Game Violence: An Astonishingly Simple Perspective

The year: 1961. The game: Spacewar! The objective: to kill the other enemy ship. The realization: this was the first...

10 Game-Inspired Food Items With Actual Awesomesauce

10 Game-Inspired Food Items With Actual Awesomesauce

There are three rules that gamers follow when it comes to eating food and playing video games: must be fast,...

This Tetris Redux Is Jumbo-Sized Fun

This Tetris Redux Is Jumbo-Sized Fun

http://vimeo.com/2419155 Remember Tetris? We do! We remember playing Tetris on our Game Boys for hours and hours, all while attempting...

“Heavy Rain” is Neither a Video Game, Nor a Cheesy Crime Film.  Why Can’t We Have Both?

“Heavy Rain” is Neither a Video Game, Nor a Cheesy Crime Film. Why Can’t We Have Both?

Every now and then the question of whether video games should qualify as art or not comes to the fore....