Video Games

Spike announces nominees for Best Driving Game of the Year

Autoblog (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

Filed under: Videos , Toys/Games Spike's Video Game Award finalists -- Click above to watch trailers at Spike.com Spike TV has opened up the voting for its Video Game Awards, and the finalists are down to four: DiRT 2, Need for Speed: Shift, Forza Motorsport 3, and Gran Turismo PSP. It's a bit of a motley list, but then again it's been a motley year for driving games, and we're still waiting for a...

No Less of a Memory — The Human Drama of Video Game Sports [Stick Jockey]

Kotaku (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

Some video game sports moments are so indelible we remember and narrate them the same way we do the ones from real life. I'm not saying we confuse the realities, necessarily, although anyone who's...

Cooperative Multiplayer with the Devil You Don't Know [Mutliplayer]

Kotaku (Free subscription) | 22 minutes ago

New Super Mario Bros. Wii released a week ago, and even its lighthearted cartoon environment and four-player cooperative mode still manage to bring out the worst in multiplayer behavior - if you...

The NIMF is No More [Parenting]

Kotaku (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

The National Institute on the Media and the Family - whose annual report cards were more fair and reasonable than such an Orwellian name might imply - will close at the end of 2009 after 14 years of...

Gifts for Retro-holics Who Yearn for the Old Days [Giftguide]

Gizmodo (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

Are you trying to find a gift for one of those crazies who's always going on about the superiority of vinyl, or who dresses like a character on Mad Men ? Here are some ideas for the retrophile in your life. BTW, if you hate the gallery format as much as the Grinch hated Christmas, click here . Leica M7: DSLR schmee SLR. Digital photography still can't match the old-school beauty of film, and Leica's...

PSA: Second Halo Legends episode free, available today only

Joystiq (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

If you enjoyed the Cowboy Bebop -meets-Master Chief action presented in the first episode of Halo Legends (seriously, that main character looked just like Spike Spiegel!), then you may want to check out the second episode of the Spartan-themed anime premiering today on Halo Waypoint . For 24 hours starting at 12:00AM PST (about eight hours ago), Xbox Live Silver and Gold members will be able to access...

• Available for today only: second episode of Halo Legends - QJ.NET

Weekend Coupons: Home Stretch [Dealtaku]

Kotaku (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago

This Friday won't be the death of Internet specials, but you can bet retailers with a physical location will be trying to drag you in there for values, rather than ship 'em to your door. Online...

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Kotaku (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

once you get it to work right 1. delete app 2. deactivate video/comic playback 3. download comics(there are four of them) EC2N-9HBR-HJD6 63N8-R2BF-9E4D FF3N-H7B6-M2JF 4. redownload app & reactivate...

Kotaku Originals: Review to a Thrill [Original]

Kotaku (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

The releases of Assassin's Creed II and Left 4 Dead 2 dominated this week's news cycle, with McWhertor and Totilo supplying immediate reviews of what both offer. The end of Pandemic, as a studio...

Nintendo's Denise Kaigler steps down to spend time with family

DS Fanboy (Free subscription) | 52 minutes ago

Nintendo vice president of corporate affairs Denise Kaigler recently announced via the Nintendo Minute feature on IGN that she would be vacating her position in order to spend more time with her family. In the post, she explained, "it's a fact of life that job and family often pull us in opposite directions. As regular readers of this feature know, this has proved particularly challenging for...

PS3 Units Can Support 3D Via Firmware Update

übergizmo (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

Could be all be gaming on the PS3 in the future with 3D stereoscopic technology? Well, according to Sony, it seems like that’s what the future will be like, and your current PS3 can support it with a firmware update. Sony is aiming to lead the 3D market and will be offering 3D-specific tools to developers making games on its platform. Now we’ll have to see what Nintendo and Microsoft plan...

Astroboy Available For Your PSP For FREE

PlayStation LifeStyle (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

Hey you! Yeah you! Are you an Astroboy fan? Did you just love the latest movie starring this robotic child superhero? Then you might want to pay attention. Sony is currently giving away a free movie adaptation comic for its just-released digital comic reader. The code you require is available after the jump, and again [...]

Around Azeroth: All heads must bow

WOW Insider (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

Kensaij of <Modan Co> on Moon Guard wrote in in praise of a local guild's recent anniversary event. "I know that Moon Guard has a somewhat bad name, both amongst RPers and PvP/PvE-ers who don't RP," he writes. "But there is one guild who face the tides of griefers without fear, who show that good roleplaying is NOT dead: The Knights of Menethil. A guild of Death Knights who are...

“Podium Finish” - Review Of Forza 3

The Smoking Section (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

Racing games, for many, aren’t user friendly outside of Mario-Kart. Sim-racing franchises like Forza and Gran Turismo are popular with car nuts and basement dwellers alike. Still, they mostly boast unapologetic learning curves that push newcomers away. It’s refreshing that Forza 3, the latest Xbox 360 exclusive from Turn 10 Studios, manages to walk the [...]

Readers pick best webcomic: Cold, Cold Mountain

Joystiq (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

We don't ... we're not really ... alright, look. We've got to finish this post quick, because the above image is making us sad to look at. You guys picked 2P Start's " Cold, Cold Mountain " as your favorite webcomic from last week's Wrapup . Congrats, 2P Start. Now, we've got to move on before PETA finds us, and dumps buckets of fake penguin blood all over our laptops. Second and third place...

• Readers pick best webcomic: Cold, Cold Mountain - Hctor.com

How to Convert DVD and Video on Mac (Snow Leopard)?

kindour | yesterday

The following tutorial is going to show you how to rip DVD's to all sorts of video/audio formats and convert all popular video formats from one to another for all portable players such as iPod, iPhone, PSP, etc on Mac OS X (including Snow Leopard) using iMedia Converter for Mac . Step 1. Download and Launch iMedia Converter for Mac ( Free Download ) Step 2. Add DVD or Videos Drag and drop the DVD disc...

Fully Integrated Technology, Production and Marketing Company Gen2Media (OTCBB: GTWO), Interviewed on SmallCapVoice

smallcapvoice | yesterday

SmallCapVoice.com has announced their interview with Wind Works Power Corp. (OTCBB: GTWO) is available to listeners visiting the site. Listen to the audio interview with Gen2Media Corp . Gen2Media is a fully integrated technology, production and marketing company whose proprietary and patent-pending technology has earned the trust of a growing, globally diversified customer base, comprised of leading

Enter to Disney More Fun Time with Jonas Sweepstakes & Win $5,200 Prizes

krishpatel1212@gmail | yesterday

Enter to Disney More Fun Time with Jonas Sweepstakes & Win $5,200 Prizes You may enter this Sweepstakes, by sending on your cell phone the keyword “XBOX” as an SMS text message to the SMS shortcode 347639 during the Entry Period. Standard carrier-messaging charges may apply to each text message sent and received. SMS Entrants will receive a confirmation SMS text message on their Cell. All Cell entrants