Wil Wheaton's Geek in Review: When the MCP Was Just a Chess Program
Hey, remember me? My names Wil, and I used to write about geek stuff once a week. Well, now Im doing it once a month. Its good to be back. My extremely...
I need Wiihabilitation!!!
(image) Does anyone need yet another excuse to go out and buy a Wii? If you're looking for a vital reason to give your parents, here it is. USA Today...
Microsoft Offers Free Xbox LIVE Arcade Title for Outages
(image) Earlier this month Microsofts Xbox LIVE service was unreliable at best. Users were greeted with either frequent Yo-Yo disconnects (Connected!
The PS3 Gets a Faceful of Wii in '07
(image) Amidst all the hoopla in the $40 billion global video game industry, it seems Santa doesn't care about Blu-Ray or overpriced consoles either.
Wil Wheaton's Geek in Review: For Those About to Rock
With the holidays fast approaching, the question facing wannabe rockers and those who would buy gifts for them is clear: Rock Band, or Guitar Hero III?
Video Games: Not Bad For You
(image) This is a sad day for self-righteous politicians, religious tight-asses and conservative cultural monitors. A new study calls bullshit on the connection...
Wil Wheaton's Geek in Review: A Mind Forever Voyaging
Geeks find many way to set aside the mundanity of the real world these days. Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of companies compete for our time and our money,...
Tuesday Tasting: Girls In Gaming II
(image) Each week, Ariel Waldman serves a tasting of the latest in sex and tech. Video Game Vixens Get Centerfold Playboy gives the fantasy female heroines...
Master Chief Versus God: Let the Battle Begin
(image) Let me begin by saying that I don't play the Halo games--I think I'm one of about 6 people on the planet that don't. I just don't...
Wil Wheaton's Geek in Review: Carded.
My wife and I are both in our mid-thirties. We have two kids, one of whom is in college, but we must look young, because we still get carded in restaurants,...
Bungie Breaks Free From Microsoft
Its theoretically possible that there may be some of you out there who are still unaware that Halo 3, the latest and supposedly final chapter in the ludicrously...
Wil Wheaton's Geek in Review: The Most Advanced Computer System Ever Made
When I gave my keynote at Penny Arcade Expo, I wanted to give context to the whole reason we all gathered in Seattle. To do that, I tried to take the audience...
World of Warcraft is Bad for You!
(image) I love video games as much as many of you do. Hell, I spent the last six months of my life up until my big move west working in a video game store,...
Wil Wheaton's Geek in Review: Gaming is a Social Activity, Goddammit
This last weekend, I delivered the keynote address at the Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle. PAX is a huge gathering of gamers of all sorts: table top gamers,...
Worlds Most Ironic Videogame Awards Announced
(image) These days it takes a certain something to make an awards show stand out. This is true when the awards are being given out for movies, television,...
War With Iran: The Videogame(s)!
(image) Videogames have been associated with warfare pretty much since the beginning. 1970s arcade rats that found Pong a bit too tame could, for the price...
Chris Gore's Footage Fetishes: The "Best" Video Game Movies?
At the recent E3: Electronic Entertainment Expo, I had the opportunity to speak with Cliff Bleszinski, or Cliffy B as he is widely known among gamers. ...
Action, Excitement, All That and a Bag of Chips
(image) There is no other way to preface this story, so I'm just going to come out and say it: I love junk food. I love junk food. I have what you...
Wil Wheaton's Geek in Review: Happy Birthday, Video Games
According to a magnificent feature at 1Up.com, forty years ago this week, Ralph Baer became the first person to ever develop and play a computer game hooked...
Wil Wheaton's Geek in Review: The Damn Parents Today
Just before the end of Spring break a few weeks ago, my wife and I took our kids camping for a few days. I'm not the biggest fan of camping, but we've...
Hideo Kojima Describes Zombie MMO Idea
Hideo Kojima has been working hard on the next installment to the Metal Gear series, but that hasn't stopped the man from pondering his next project.
Boost Your Self-Esteem; Play Video Games
Instead of turning to your shrink for help with the whole mental-health thing, why not just turn to your video game console? A new game entitled DS Therapy...
My Wife Likes Playing With My Wii
(image) Okay, so I know the Wii pun is the most overused on the Internets right now and I promise this will be the one and only time I use it. The truth...
God of War Creator Tells Sony Exec To Go Fuck Himself
(image) Fueled with booze and surrounded by boobs, self described B-Level game designer David Jaffe let loose some details on his God of War series...
5 Reasons Why Gears of War is Worth Assaulting a Kid For
360Gamer.com reports that a 36-year-old man recently assaulted a 15-year-old teen for the last copy of Gears of War. And while the man sits awaiting arraignment,...
Rise Against Saves Bunnies
What is it with bands making video games to play while listening to their songs? Is it a form of brainwashing? Does it really increase sales? Ah ha! Perhaps...
"Bully" to be Bullied Out of Consumers' Hands by Morality Police?
"Jackass" Jack Thompson, the crusading lawyer who has made it his life's work to ban video games he does not deem acceptable, and has specifically...
Beta Release of Microsofts Game Development Tool
In an ever increasingly competitive console market, Microsoft has finally let loose its first sexy salvo into the future faces of Sonys pricey PS3 and...
Indiana Jones Hates on the Chinese
Newly released trailer from game developer and publisher LucasArts, reveals that everyones favorite archaeologist (because there are so many to choose...
Louisiana Judge Overturns Video Game Ban
Earlier this year, busybody lawmakers in Louisiana (who didn't have anything else to worry about, certainly nothing that rhymes with "Katrina...
EVE Online Community Robbed of 700 Billion ISK
Surprisingly popular MMOG (Massive Multiplayer Online Game) EVE Online is making headlines this week as it seems a large group of players have once again...
PS3 Launch Title Resistance To Have Largest Disc Size Ever
World famous game developer Insomniac recently revealed that their unreleased Playstation 3 title "Resistance: Fall of Man" will be over a record...
Videogaming Goes the 12-Step Route
What hath you wrought, Super Mario Brothers? The latest scourge threatening today's youth isn't marijuana or careless driving (according to those...



