Surprise, most gamers aren't geeks
Macintosh, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Software, TV Plug-n-Play, Wii, Windows PC, Xbox 360
For some, it's hard to take the videogame industry seriously when all it conjures is images of boys playing virtual soldier shooting aliens on the spare TV in the basement. Thing is, that image hasn't been accurate for a decade or two. And now, a new Ipsos study shows it to be completely false. Go figure.
Spore Creatures
Nintendo DS
Focusing on and sensibly enhancing a single stage of Spore on PC, Spore Creatures for Nintendo DS is easily the better Spore game.
Spore spawns a million
Macintosh, Nintendo DS, Windows PC
Sure, a few of the exceedingly vocal have complained about tyrannical digital rights management (DRM) accompanying EA's new Spore game, but a million of the tyrannically tolerant haven't said boo.
Nintendo dominates August software sales chart
Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii, Xbox 360
Before Microsoft dropped the price on Xbox 360 resulting in a sales surge, there was August, and August was all about Wii.
NPD: Children, Boomers surpass young males in game market
Handheld, Hardware, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Software, Television, TV Plug-n-Play, Videogame, Wii, Windows PC, Xbox 360
According to the first-ever consumer report on video gaming, the standard as the young male as the quintessential gamer has forever changed. NPD's latest study of video gaming market reveals surprising results among seven unique gamer segments.
Carnival Games
Nintendo DS
No way! A minigame collection? How novel. But wait, a minigame collection based on a previously released minigame collection with a couple of new minigames thrown in for good measure? This is gonna be good! Or not.
Craig, Dench, sign on for new Bond game
Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii, Windows PC, Xbox 360
Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Mathieu Amalric, Olga Kurylenko and more have all signed on to provide their voices to Activision's new James Bond game, Quantum of Solace.
Bangai-O Spirits
Nintendo DS
If you enjoy freakishly difficult games as you whittle away at your down time on your Nintendo DS, by all means, check out Bangai-O Spirits.
E3 '08: Nintendo unveils Cowbell Hero w/enahanced Wii-mote
Nintendo DS, Wii
E3 2008 has enabled videogame vendors to strut their stuff and roll out their latest and greatest this week. Nintendo took the opportunity to unveil a Wii-mote enhancement device plus a "Cowbell Hero"-type game called Wii Music.
Sierra scrapes memorabilia barrel, finds Ghostbusters car
Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii, Windows PC, Xbox 360
Sierra Entertainment and Sony Pictures Consumer Products just announced the "Ghostbusters' Ecto-1 Tour" which will see the quasi-famous hearse making stops at various events to help hype a forthcoming Ghostbusters game.