by Casey Lynn Contributing Writer, [GAS] So 22-year-old Peter Eastgate has become the youngest World Series of Poker champion ever. It was also the longest final table in the history of the series, 274 hands in 15 hours and 28 minutes. Though a $9.1 million payday isn’t bad for 15 hours of work. Like most […]
by Casey Lynn Contributing Writer, [GAS] Many of you have probably already seen this by now (over a million hits on YouTube in four days!), but if so, then you can probably stand to see it again. Just when I was starting to get bored with the Risky Business pastiche Guitar Hero World Tour ads, […]
EA Games has just released Mirror’s Edge’s official launch trailer, just a week before it hits store shelves everywhere. According to early reviews of the game, this is going to be THE title to have for the PS3 / Xbox 360 this fall. Check it out below. Mirror’s edge will be released on November 11 […]
by Casey Lynn Contributing Writer, [GAS] On the heels of the story about a woman “killing” her virtual husband, here’s another reminder that what happens in virtual worlds doesn’t always stay in virtual worlds. The story is that one teenage Dutch boy forced another teenage Dutch boy to hand over his virtual property in the […]
By Mark O’Neill Contributing Writer, [GAS] I don’t know what is making me more speechless – the fact that the woman is facing serious jail time for this offense or that the story made it onto CNN. “Obama and McCain? Who CARES?! We’ve got virtual reality murder HERE! Let’s go with this!” So, as CNN […]
by Casey Lynn Contributing Writer, [GAS] The last time I moved (into an apartment that is, arguably, way too small to hold all of my stuff), someone asked me why on earth I still bother to have my Super Ninendo hooked up, nestled between my PS2 and Game Cube (no, I do not have any […]
To promote its upcoming Resistance 2 PS3 game, Sony has plastered this monstrosity on a building on Wilshire Blvd. in Los Angeles. Check it out: Please note that we do NOT recommend walking by that thing while on hallucinogenic drugs. We think it would be a very, very bad idea. Resistance 2 is expected to […]
by Casey Lynn Contributing Writer, [GAS] This probably doesn’t come as a huge surprise (file it as one of the worst kept secrets in gaming), but Namco announced this morning that both Yoda and Darth Vader will soon be available as downloadable characters for Soul Calibur IV on the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. So […]
by Casey Lynn Contributing Writer, [GAS] The much anticipated puzzle and word-creation game for Playstation 3, LittleBigPlanet, hasn’t even been released yet and it’s already changing lives. The game lets players build their own levels and share them through the PlayStation Network. It is due for release October 21, but has already had an extensive […]
By Mark O’Neill Contributing Writer, [GAS] At the moment, I am hopelessly addicted to Mario Kart for the Nintendo DS so this article by the Daily Telegraph was quite interesting. It asks who the greatest ever gaming sidekicks are and offers ten candidates. I vote for Yoshi! Quite often, as I am finding with Mario […]