Microsoft has begun issuing temporary bans to players taking advantage of an exploit in Modern Warfare 2, while Infinity Ward works on a patch to fix the issue. While the servers may be kept slightly cleaner for the efforts, the amount of control Microsoft holds over owners of their consoles, and the arbitrary way they are able to wield it, is troubling.
With many platforms and little oversight, clones ..read more
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My wife is probably one of the biggest Grinch fans out there. Yes, we have Grinch holiday decorations and end up watching the movies several times throughout the holiday season. We’re sitting at 3 times already… I’m praying we don’t pass 5. It’s not that I don’t like The Grinch — the animated or Jim Carey version — I’m usually not a multiple viewing kind of guy.
To help fuel her love — or obsession — the ..read more
Everyone wants a deal. Games cost $50 to $60 new, and if you look at games that come with peripherals, the sky is the limit. Industry sales are lagging compared to last year and we’re all squeezing pennies, but no one wants to stop playing games. CheapyD, the founder of the appropriately named Cheap Ass Gamer, has you covered.
Being cheap is big business. If a store has a ..read more
Super Meat Boy is already a success story. Thousands of free games hit Newgrounds every year, and for Meat Boy to rise above them all to be super-remade into a WiiWare/PC retail product is an achievement in itself. I haven’t heard of a Newgrounds success story this big since Alien Hominid went retail on the GameCube/Xbox/PS2 all those years ago.
Team Meat has been working for over a year now, long before New Super Mario Bros. Wii blew the doors off ..read more
As the competition for smart phone domination starts to heat up, it is becoming increasingly clear that the iPod Touch is Apple’s ace-up-its-sleeve, and according to a report by Flurry, a San Francisco-based mobile analytics company, 24 million iPod Touches represent about 40 percent of the total 58 million iPhone OS devices.
From the time I first laid my hands on the iPod Touch, I have been a big fan of the device – after all it is just like an ..read more
While Hallmark is a giant, soulless, holiday creating corporation there are sometimes benefits to their existence. For instance their ornament selection is vast. If you’re interested in it you can pretty much get it in ornament form from Hallmark; that includes retro gaming. This year Hallmark has introduced a Galaga arcade cabinet ornament for your Christmas tree decorating enjoyment.
It doesn’t just hang, though. This thing is a fully interactive ornament that plays the new game theme from Galaga and makes ..read more
Version 5 of the popular Mac virtualization package, Parallels Desktop, has hit the streets, and Ars puts it through its paces. Gaming performance, Windows 7, content creation, Linux—it’s all here, plus the inevitable comparisons to the most recent VMware Fusion release.
After a series of complications and setbacks, the Large Hadron Collider sees its first particle-particle collisions after a weekend of furious activity. While these weren’t at any significant ..read more
Have you ever met a PC gamer in person? Your experiences may be different than mine, but they tend to resemble normal human beings. Some may even live in your very home. Most of my friends are PC gamers, and they buy their games, have fun playing online, and go about their lives. None of them resemble the skulking, insane caricatures seen in chat rooms, gaming blogs, and ..read more
Video game online network Machinima.com has raised $1.7 million in funding from previous backer MK Capital. According to reports, this is being considered an add-on to Machinima’s previous round in November, with the possibility of upping the amount to $2.5 million if needed.
Machinima.com has become quite the growing viral attraction in the last year. They hover around 60 million monthly video views spread across their network, up from just 20 million a year ago, with most of the views ..read more
Life goes behind-the-scenes of the 1954 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea Honda makes the ultimate Paperboy gaming system Now blinking LEDs can transmit information to cell phones via light Must-have: Illuminated JetBib Feeding System Ringz: First (free) Android app with in-app purchase
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