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Wolfenstein 3D has always been near and dear to my heart. It may not be the first computer game I ever played but it obliterated all other competition for that era of my childhood. Many were the afternoons spent pressing the spacebar on every available tile looking for secret passages and blazing Nazis with a […] Add comment
Nintendo has recently released an update for the Opera-powered Internet Channel on the Wii. This update enables to Wii to view Flash 9 content, as it has been limited to archaic Flash 7 content since inception. Also with the update, in a sudden outbreak of common sense, Nintendo has made the browser free to download. […] Add comment
AMD’s been cooking up some very cool stuff, and if you were at QuakeCon you might have already seen a sneak peek. On the evening of September 10th in San Francisco, AMD would like to invite fans to join us for the unveiling of a new visual PC experience. Basically, I can’t say exactly what […] Add comment
For the PC this week, we get the unique AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! A Reckless Disregard for Gravity. BASE Jumping Sim is not a common genre; so uncommon, in fact, that I have no real basis of comparison here. How does it work? Jump off of buildings and stuff in first person. Try to keep from opening your […] Add comment
Growing up I had an arcade near my house. I spent my quarters on two things there: Street Fighter 2, and pinball games. I loved pinball to death and played it at every chance. Dare I say, I was a pinball wizard. It soon became painfully clear to me, however, that pinball was not going […] Add comment
Remember Battlefield 2? It was a good game put together by Dice and EA. I loved BF2. It had a great graphics engine, excellent stat tracking and unlockable weapons system, and an awesome commander mode that let one player control the game like an RTS. I put many hours into that game the summer it […] Add comment
Well this comes as absolutely no surprise at all. Microsoft really had no choice in the matter: The Xbox 360 Elite 120gb is now $299. Effective immediately. This is where we get into the realm of “it’s a great time to be a gamer”. The PS3 Slim at $299 is a great deal. The Xbox […] Add comment
Out on the PC is Time of Shadows. This is the sequel to Dawn of Magic, which most of you likely haven’t heard of considering its limited release (UK only). It’s a hack-and-slash dungeon crawl with all the typical trappings: several classes to choose from, lots of skills and spells, and large world to explore. […] Add comment
Today at Blizzcon, Blizzard announced the new World of Warcraft expansion, called “Cataclysm”. First, the brief bullet list: New playable races are Goblins for the Horde and Worgen for the Alliance Level cap has been raised to 85 The obligatory new raids, dungeons, and quests A new skill called Archaeology Revamped old-world instances Azshara will […] Add comment
Tales of Monkey Island is a point-and-click style adventure game with classic humor and some serious nostalgic appeal. After the success of the new Sam & Max Season One, we’re seeing several new adventure games being broken into episodes including a second season of Sam & Max. I have an affinity for this type of […] Add comment
Today at Gamescom, Sony announced the new PS3 Slim. The Slim will retail for $299 starting September 1st in North America and Europe. Besides being much smaller, it uses less power and runs cooler, in addition to sporting a 120gb hard drive, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and the standard Blu-Ray player and 1080p HDMI support. At $299 […] Add comment
This week on the DS we find Sideswiped, a Burnout-esque game of racing and crashing. Choose from a wide selection of vehicles, and cause as much damage as you can in several game modes. You can race for best time, if you really want, but the modes you’ll really want to play are Crash Race […] Add comment
*Edit: Lizard Lick has recently updated their website, making the search for parts significantly easier. I have updated the post to link directly to the correct joystick and pushbutton parts. Happy modding!* Just getting into fighting games? Perhaps you’ve been playing for years and finally want to learn to play on a stick. Either way, […] Add comment
Darkest of Days is a new First-Person Shooter from 8monkey Labs. It has some real nice polish on it, and the story grabs you right from the start. The game drops the player in the middle of Custer’s battle at Little Bighorn, taking on the role of Alexander Morris, one of history’s MIA soldiers. Just […] Add comment
Ed note: Our staffers don’t always agree on matters of the dollar, and we’re totally not above taking that fight out to the flagpole at 3:00. Today it’s on like Donkey Kong as Matt Jancaitis has a bone to pick with Cliff Forster’s “Forget the console…” op-ed published on Monday. When you have to throw […] Add comment
From your WiiWare channel this week, you can pick up NyxQuest: Kindred Spirits, a two-player platformer set in ancient Greece. One player takes on the role of Nyx, a winged girl who is searching for her lost friend Icarus. The other player is the wielder of the forces of Mt. Olympus; appearing on screen only […] Add comment
Flashback to 2003: I was enjoying TechTV one afternoon; Call for Help with Leo Laporte to be exact. A caller asks Leo, “I want to purchase a PC for gaming but I am on a tight budget, what can you suggest?” Leo slowly walked towards the camera, covered the side of his mouth, as if […] Add comment
While Icrontic was at E3 this past June, I was taking photos for the Shoes of E3 article. As I was photographing a particular pair of pink polka-dot heels, the girl’s boyfriend mentioned that he had custom-painted a pair of Castle Crashers-themed heels. His name is Jacob Patterson, and I recently had a chance to […] Add comment
That’s all she wrote. Those who were eagerly awaiting Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty are going to have to buckle down and wait until 2010. From the press release: Today we announced that StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty will not be ready for release by the end of 2009. Over the past couple of weeks, […] Add comment
First up we have the cross platform release, G.I. Joe the Rise of Cobra. This movie tie-in will pick up the G.I. Joe story where the new movie leaves off. Engage in tactical combat thorough the G.I Joe story universe. Pick your team, outfit them with futuristic weaponry, and take on the forces of Cobra. […] Add comment
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