Stop me if you’ve heard this one:
A muscular hero battles against the gods, dealing out death and destruction on an epic scope. When finally grappling with the King Of The Gods himself, they spar with all the magic and weapons they have available. The hero has crafted his skills through hour upon hour of battle, […]

We just received an exclusive screenshot of EA’s upcoming basketball game, NBA Live 08.
In it, Miami’s Dwayne Wade sizes up Orlando’s Hedo Turkoglu on the way to the hoop.
Check out the full-size version by clicking the picture below.

So says the American Medical Association. I wonder if my insurance covers this…
The latest front in the burgeoning war against video games is now the medical one.
As presented by Dr. Mohamed Khan, AMA’s Council on Science and Public Health is developing “recommendations for physicians, parents, and legislators based on the findings” of their current evaluation […]

Thanks to the advent - and anonymity - of the Internet, gaming culture has reflected the rest of America, where victim-hood has been taken to high art.
Did the neighbor’s dog make a mess in your yard? Go visit “Judge Judy”. Can’t stop blowing your money on strippers and lottery tickets? That’s fine; visit Jerry Springer […]

Shawn Drotar: Last week, we discussed All-Pro Football 2K8, and mused about the possibilities of a true competitor to Madden and the hopes of a consumer-friendly competition once more. But now that the game’s official trailer has been released, I’m uneasy - the game looks just like NFL 2K5… which would be terrific if […]

Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. - Proverbs

Over the weekend, the Church or England demanded an apology from Sony for using the likeness of the Manchester Cathedral in the PlayStation 3 title Resistance: Fall of Man, calling the use of the building as “sick” and sacrilegious.
A Church of England spokesman […]

Required reading for the weekend:

“Wiiitis” - A new name for repetitive-stress injuries caused by playing with your Wii too much. That sounds like 31 flavors of wrong… anyway, the fact that it also has three letter-Is in a row made my word processor explode.

“Xbotch” - The Motley Fool’s snarkariffic name for Microsoft’s 360 and it’s […]

I can’t believe I’m writing about Pac-Man.
While it wasn’t the first video game, it’s the one that started the hobby as a mainstream obsession when it was released worldwide in 1981, and it’s been a constant - in various fashions - throughout gaming history.

This week, Pac-Man Championship Edition was designed for and released on the […]

When the NFL greedily insisted on offering an exclusive license for it’s video-game products, it knew all along that only one company would win the bid - Electronic Arts, who ponied up enough dough to make stockholders nervous in order to seal the deal for Madden’s de jure domination.
It’s panned out, of course - like […]

ESRB president Patricia Vance is a busy woman; trying to protect the video-game industry from its detractors and - sometimes - itself.
But she found the time to write an article for Good Housekeeping magazine this month, relaying to industrious homemakers the details of the ESRB’s game ratings system and dispel some of the myths about […]