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Ranking the holidays as if they were college basketball programs.

The following exercise in sports geekery all started with a gaudily designed Christmas window. So, don’t blame me if you ended up wasting ten minutes on this. Blame the holidays.[1] You see one fall evening my brother and I were walking downtown to watch the Raptors win a rare game...

Just A Standard LEFT 4 DEAD Fan Fil-Wait, What?!

Airsoft GI and director Adrian Picardi have created a masterful fan film for LEFT 4 DEAD, showcasing with gorgeous photography all the zombie carnage you could possibly want beyond the rendered game. But without Bill to round out the L4D team, Zoey, Francis, and Louis need to rely on a...

Naughty Dog Announces Zombie Survival Game THE LAST OF US

At last night's Video Game Awards, Naughty Dog announced THE LAST OF US, its next title that will be exclusive to the Playstation 3. THE LAST OF US is a survival game that follows a man and young woman getting by in a destroyed city inhabited by some sort of...

SONIC: GENERATIONS Review

 Sonic Generations is almost the blue print for how a game can properly cover the storied history of one of gaming's classic franchises. Commerating the 21st anniversary of the series (sonic can drank ya'll!), Generations takes us through the various places Sonic has been (Sonic 2006 level, I'm looking...

The BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY Launch Trailer Is The Trailer Gamers Deserve

Warner Bros. Games, DC Entertainment, and Rocksteady have released the official launch trailer for BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY, which brings together Batman, his allies, and a few of his closest enemies for a melee in Gotham City. ARKHAM CITY is due out on PS3 and Xbox 360 on October 18 and...

NYCC '11: Watch The Latest PROTOTYPE 2 Trailer

Radical Entertainment has released a new trailer for PROTOTYPE 2 in honor of New York Comic-Con. The events of the trailer take place in the Red Zone, an area of Manhattan overrun by mutants that is also home to the protagonist, Alex Mercer. PROTOTYPE 2 is due out for PS3,...

X-MEN: DESTINY Review

X-Men Destiny is an action RPG for Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii from Activision and Silicon Knights that places players in the shoes of one a new mutant as the X-Men and Brotherhood of Mutants attempt to sway them to join their team. Along the way players will directly make...

DEAD OR ALIVE 5 Announced for 2012

Last week at the Tokyo Game Show, Tecmo-Koei announced Dead or Alive 5. Coming out in 2012 on the XBOX360 and the PS3, this will mark the first numbered game in the series to come out in 6+ years. Expanding on the intricate stages in the previous games, Dead or...

EA Officially Announces SYNDICATE Reboot for 2012

EA and Starbreeze have officially announced the oft rumored Syndicate reboot at an investor meeting this weekend. Releasing in early 2012, Syndicate will be the third title in the series, the last of which was released in 1996. It will come out on XBOX 360, PS3 and PC. This title...

This PORTAL Short Film Is Incredible

The headline is not a lie. PORTAL: NO ESCAPE is a beautiful short directed by commercial director Dan Trachtenberg and starring Danielle Rayne. All future video game adaptations should look to this as an example of how the source material ought to be treated. I never want to see another...

Is This Heaven? No It's A Neutral Milk Hotel Video Game Via Prefixmag

This the awesomest, weirdest thing I've seen and I just finished watching The Decemberists video based on Infinite Jest. Someone, some freaking genius made a video game based on Neutral Milk Hotel's In An Aeroplane Over The Sea, timed perfectly with reclusive front man Jeff Mangum's return to public life...

BEYOND THE GAME Doc Delves Into Video Game Culture

Beyond the Game: the EVO 2011 Trailer. from AnimatronicAckbar on Vimeo. Los Angeles-based art collective Animatronic Ackbar is producing a documentary called BEYOND THE GAME, exploring video game culture and its effects on society. Narrowing its focus on STREET FIGHTER competitions and chiptune DJing, among other things, BEYOND THE GAME...

BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY skins revealed

With new pre-order bonuses being announced at a rapid rate. It's good to have a round up of all the skins announced for the game so far. From L-R: Batman Beyond, The Dark Knight Returns, Earth One, 1970's Batman, The Animated Series Batman, default. Currently in the US, only the...

Nintendo 3DS Price Drops; Nintendo President Takes Pay Cut

For those who have been quick to adopt 3D technology in all aspects of entertainment, news of the Nintendo 3DS's woes will undoubtedly sting. In an effort to move more units, Nintendo has slashed the price of the device from $249.99 to $169.99. The price cut will be reflected in...

SDCC '11: First Screenshot From THE WALKING DEAD Game

Like many game developers, TellTale Games used San Diego Comic-Con as an opportunty to unveil a sneak peek at one of its highly anticipated games: THE WALKING DEAD (yes, it's based on that THE WALKING DEAD). Although this solitary screenshot isn't that much to go on, at least we know...