Zombies are everywhere, it seems. For the last few years, the zombie craze has inundated seemingly all forms of entertainment - but in gaming, they’re a natural fit. After all, waves upon waves of mindless monsters have become a staple in arcade gaming almost since its inception, and Konami’s downloadable entry into that genre, Zombie […]

It’s the last Monday of September, as summer draws to a close. But while the temperature’s starting to drop, the gaming season’s starting to heat up.

After cutting prices for the PS3, Sony Computer Entertainment of America CEO Jack Tretton claims not only success, but threatens shortages… again. “We are up about 300 percent over where […]

Monday, Monday… it’s cold, rainy and miserable in Colorado today. In other words - a nice day for videogames!

Activision, publisher of Guitar Hero 5 and the upcoming DJ Hero and Guitar Hero: Van Halen, doesn’t believe that the music game industry is oversaturated. In an appearance on CNBC (video at Kotaku), Guitar Hero honcho Daniel […]

This week, TheSportsGameGuy.com’s Damon Peterson and I discuss the recently released NHL 10, and talk about why many reviewers think that sports games need a new feature to “wow” them every year - and why they’re wrong.
Sports games can be far more than just a roster update, as they’re often accused of, but the trick […]

Julius Caesar regretted the Ides of March, albeit briefly. Of course, the famed Roman emperor was murdered on the 15th of March (the middle, or Ides) in 44 BC. One of most famous people in history, Caesar’s likeness was emblazoned upon coins through Rome, a civilization renowned for its love of “bread and circuses”; entertainment […]

Musings for a Friday afternoon…

Picture yourself in a boat on a river, with tangerine trees and marmalade skies. No surprise here: The Beatles Rock Band is good. Really good, especially when compared to Guitar Hero’s tepid Metallica and Aerosmith offerings; those are Dodge Gremlins to The Beatles‘ Aston Martin V12 Vantage - it’s not […]

This week, TheSportsGameGuy.com’s Damon Peterson and I play host to a special guest: NBA Live 10 producer Marcus Stephenson, who joins us from the EA Canada studios in metro Vancouver to talk about EA Sports’ upcoming basketball title.
Marcus tells us how the next NBA Live has been improved, explains why they consider it a “sim”, […]

This week, TheSportsGameGuy.com’s Damon Peterson and I have the opportunity to sit down with two guests: Dougie Veney from StickSkills.com and Raymond “Shopmaster” Goode from MyMaddenPad.com.
Damon, Dougie and Raymond comprise the community portion of first-ever Madden NFL Hall of Fame Selection Committee, and the three of them relay their thoughts about the project and their […]

I’ve been playing the Xbox 360 version of EA Sports’ latest pro football title since Friday, and there are a few things that have caught my attention thus far.
First and foremost, it’s easily the best Madden in years as far as gameplay goes; it’s fun, exciting and very pleasant to look at. It’s both instantly […]

As games become more realistic, more realistic-looking human characters become the norm. Along with that comes an increased sensitivity regarding what those human characters look like - and act like. In a recent blog for the Houston Chronicle, author Willie Jefferson noted his discomfort with what appears to be unintentional racism in video games.
While expressing […]