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New Grand Theft Auto V Trailer [VIDEO]

Dalton Castle — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:03:06 +0000

New Grand Theft Auto 5? Well it looks like I’m going to have to stop having a life for a while. This new GTA trailer has made me go from 6 to midnight. I can still remember getting GTA 2 for my PC and being super pumped. I was content with rocking the bird’s eye [...]

Dead Island: Riptide Review

Alex Keen — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:31:53 +0000

The follow-up to the surprise hit of the same title, Dead Island: Riptide is now on shelves and ready for you to play with your buddies. Some of you are like me -- you’d heard of the zombie RPG original but missed it in the flood of constant video game releases. So, with fresh and untarnished eyes, here’s my look at Dead Island: Riptide.

Opinion: Why I Will Never Buy Downloadable Games From Microsoft Again

Alex Keen — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 23:02:32 +0000

If rumors and speculation are to be believed, the next Xbox and the PlayStation 4 will not be backwards compatible with downloadable games. That means any games bought on the Xbox 360 (XBLA or Games on Demand), will be stuck on our old consoles gathering dust. If that’s the case, then I will never buy a downloadable game from Microsoft ever again (and most likely Sony, too). In my eyes, these companies are violating an unwritten agreement with consumers that the games we buy should still work years into the future.

Steam Rumored to Be Developing a Game Console – Tech Tuesday

Big Rich — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 15:30:44 +0000

Tech blog The Verge is reporting a rumor that the popular online gaming service Steam, is getting ready to build a console system for their service, which could be a problem for XBox 360 and the Playstation 3. Valve co-founder Gabe Newell even recently told Penny Arcade: "Well, if we have to sell hardware we will."

Nyko Zoom for XBox Kinect – Tech Gift Tuesday

Big Rich — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:30:03 +0000

There is no doubt that the Kinect for the XBox is one of the best game innovations for consoles in a long time. It's also become a popular little toy for hackers to play with to get it to work in different ways. But one of the shortcomings for the Kinect, is how much space you need in your room to use it. Walk through a Best Buy display and you'll see. The Nyko Zoom, helps out people with space constraints.

Study Says Gamers Have Bigger Brains – Tech Thursday

Big Rich — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:30:14 +0000

The L.A. Times has reported on a study done by Ghent University in Belgium, on the effects of video games on teens. They took a group of kids, divided them up by how much time they spent gaming and looked at how much their brain size grew by and where it grew in the brain.

Tech Tuesday – Get Your LAN Party On in Albany

Big Rich — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 14:30:16 +0000

The LAN parties I'm talking about are not about taking the XBox 360 and hooking up to someone's home network and playing side by side, which you could do. This more about the computer gaming side, using PCs. It's still very much active and alive. QuakeCon is still a big event and StarCraft tournaments in South Korea are like the NFL, NBA and Baseball all rolled into one over there. With players of those gamers getting rock star treatment. If you want to just experience the fun locally, here's how.