Video Games

Some numbers just stick out. Joe DiMaggio hit safely in 56 straight games. UCLA Men’s Basketball won 88 in a row. And for the classic gaming niche, Victor Ali’s 80,364,995 points on a single quarter in Missile Command looms just as large. This past weekend, however, seemingly out of nowhere, a challenger rose up and Continue Reading →

Over the past couple of days, “SimCity” has eclipsed “Pope” in global search volume. Electronic Arts has finally created something that has captivated the world with an intoxicating melange of drama, tragedy and sick humor. Too bad all of these elements emerge from EA’s project management, not the game itself. The first stage of the Continue Reading →

Microsoft is the only major vendor that hasn’t yet announced any details surrounding its new console, but some industry watchers are already convinced that the new Xbox will dominate the next generation of video game consoles. Among them is Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter, who believes Microsoft is set to win the next console generation Continue Reading →

Julie Uhrman, the CEO/Founder of the smash Kickstarter-project-turned-gaming-console known as OUYA, was the third keynote speaker at SXSW Interactive 2013. Interviewed by The Verge’s Joshua Topolsky, the two dove in the intricacies and challenges of crowd funding and creating a new hardware startup. For the uninformed, OUYA is a $99 gaming platform/console — based on Continue Reading →

The return of the the much-loved SimCity series will not go down as one of the industry’s great public relations successes. Launched in North America last week, the game’s requirement for players to maintain a constant online connection led to a collapse of the server network, meaning thousands of customers couldn’t play – or had Continue Reading →

The SimCity situation hasn’t gotten better. Amazon has since removed the game from its service, citing issues with the game’s performance. “Many customers are having issues connecting to the ‘SimCity’ servers. EA is actively working to resolve these issues, but at this time we do not know when the issue will be fixed,” Amazon’s listing Continue Reading →

It’s already been a year since the Android Market was renamed Google Play, and the folks in Mountain View are offering up a boatload of free party favors throughout the week to celebrate. Technically, the store’s birthday is March 6th (yes, it’s a Pisces), but Page and Co. have already begun serving up free music Continue Reading →

New research out of North Carolina State University suggests a link between seniors who play video games and a healthier sense of well-being. As reported this week in the journal Computers in Human Behavior, researchers surveyed 140 people ages 63 and older (the group’s average age was 77) and placed them into one of three Continue Reading →

Ah, exclusivity. Typically the domain of movie theaters and premium cable subscriptions, now everyone’s giving it a go. Microsoft’s Xbox 360 is also joining the fray and has launched Pulp, a British indie comedy. The movie has already been shortlisted at several respectable film festivals but creator, Adam Hamdy, citing the high costs of marketing Continue Reading →

While there’s still little known about Sony’s efforts to pioneer the first 4K movie download service, one thing we can say almost definitely now is that the service will in fact be compatible with its (supposedly) upcoming PS4. In an interview with The Verge, Sony President and COO Phil Molyneux almost sort of definitely confirmed Continue Reading →