Archive for the ‘video games’ Category

Been to a Japanese arcade lately? Neither have I. But I got pretty close to it with the new Tatsunoko vs Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars game, available in stores now! Originally released in Japan in 2008, this is the long-awaited fan-favorite game's debut on US shores, exclusively for the Nintendo Wii! Game play is ...
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I don't know about everyone else, but it seems like everyone in my family is taking advantage of the recent price drop and snatching up a Wii at $199.99 a pop. Along with the console, they're grabbing some of the latest games like Super Mario Bros Wii, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 (does it ...
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Saturday night's Spike TV Video Game Awards presented the world premiere trailer for Star Wars the Force Unleashed II and boy is it a doozy. Focusing on the exploits of Vader's secret apprentice, the original game met with mixed reviews from fans and critics, but here's hoping that the developers learn from any perceived ...
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Last weekend, Bryan Lee O'Malley sat down with writer Joshua Dysart (Unknown Soldier) at the West Hollywood Book Fair to talk about all things Scott Pilgrim - the next (and last) book, the movie starring Michael Cera and directed by Shaun of the Dead's Edgar Wright, and even the side-scrolling video game set ...
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Penguin United has just made Wii gaming easier. With their new Electroflow Inductive Charger, you don't have to remove the silicon jacket to charge your Wii remote anymore. Just lay it on either of the 2 cradles and the Wii controller charges automatically using the provided NiCad batteries. A blue LED light ...
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I'm still working on a number of video compilations from this year's E3 event, but man, it's taking awhile to be somewhat creative with my editing. I tried to make one long video of clips from everything, but that would have gone on for hours. Then I tried to create a video of ...
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Do Geeks Dream of Electronics Expos? They do when it comes ot E3. Unfortunately, for years all they could do was dream. Well, no more! E3 returned to the LA Convention Center halls and it was better than ever! Gaming geeks gave a sigh of relief this week when they ...
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I've spent the last 7 hours sorting, resizing, uploading, titling, and tagging more than 200 brand new pictures on the PopCultureGeek Flickr site (we now have a total of 335 with more to come tomorrow!). I don't have the energy to write anything more to compliment what these pictures should be able to ...
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It's been an exhausting day. I told you yesterday that I was only going to get about 4 hours sleep. I'd be surprised if I got that much. Not long after I was sitting in Club Nokia for the Nintendo Media Briefing. Now I'm a Nintendo-phile. I love my Nintendo. ...
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I don't know where to begin. So much happened today, and most of it happened at the Xbox conference. I got to the USC Galen Center early enough to be second in line and get 1st row center (on the upper concourse), which had an incredible view of everything. I've already ...
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E3 has returned not only to the LA Convention Center, but it has also returned to its roots! (okay, it was there last year too, but it sucked) E3 was always known as the big, noisy, glizty monstrosity for the video game and electronics entertainment world, calling industry insiders, investors, and of course media (go ...
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The full trailer for Modern Warfare 2 has gone live at the Infinity Ward site, the makers of the critically acclaimed Call of Duty series. I find it interesting that they've dropped the original Call of Duty part of the title and have now gone with just Modern Warfare, but since they're no longer ...
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Got mad Rock Band skills? Want to use said skills to pay the bills? Are you old enough to enter a casino? Well, Harrah's Casinos is offering video gaming rockers the chance to win up to $10,000 in prizes if they compete in the Total Rock, Total Rewards Rock Band ...
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I've got some good news and some bad news. Well, depending on who you are, the bad news is really good news because it pretty much results in the good news being able to happen. Understand? No? Anyway... The E For All Expo is no more (by the way, that's the bad ...
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Lucasarts and BioWare have teamed to create Star Wars: The Old Republic. This MMORPG will supposedly have a higher level of realism than the pairs previous collaboration, Knights of the Old Republic. See the press release below for details on the games storyline. LucasArts and BioWare™, a division of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS), today announced the development of Star Wars®: The Old ...
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