Beginning April 22, G4, the cable network known for its technology and gaming-centric programming, will be rebranded as Esquire Network. According to Adam Stotsky, G4’s general manager, the goal is to broaden viewership by tailoring programming to suit the tastes of “a vastly underserved audience in cable TV — today’s modern man.” This shift away […]
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On The Cheap: Steam Comes To Ubuntu And Brings Savings Too
If you have never used the gaming ecosystem Steam, then I am sad for you. Ubuntu has made it even easier for Linux gamers (yes, they exist) by baking Steam right into the Ubuntu Software Center. This is a pretty big deal, and Steam is celebrating with 50 to 75 percent off all available Linux […]
Dungeon Crawling In Space, Earthbound Rat People, And Future Of Warhammer
For those who adore the grimdark Warhammer universes, both 40k and Fantasy, and anyone else that enjoys a fully fleshed out, tripped out, universe born in the 1980s, this news is for you: Space Hulk [yframe url=’http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sepWI5pMGSw’] An elite squad of eight foot tall space marines wearing terminator armor, effectively transforming the individuals into walking tanks, […]
Wargame: AirLand Battle Features Over 750 Combat Units
Wargame: AirLand Battle is a real-time strategy game developed by Eugen Systems, publisher Focus Home Interactive, featuring units from one of the most paranoid time periods in world history, the Cold War. The game’s single player story line follows a war between NATO and Warsaw Pact between 1975 and 1985. I can’t wait to see how a […]
Adventures In The Realms Of Geek or Ich Bin Ein Nerdlander
“We’ll be fighting in the streets, with our children at our feet And the morals that they worship will be gone, and the men who spurred us on Sit in judgment of all wrong.” “Won’t Get Fooled Again” by The Who If you know these words, chances are you’re a nerd. A milquetoast. A milksop. […]
Project Shield, Why Weren’t You My Gameboy?
NVIDIA recently announced its new portable gaming console running on Android’s Jelly Bean during a press conference, and this little gadget is too impressive for its own good. Project Shield, to put simply, is a controller screen combo (don’t throw it) with a built-in miniature audio system, and features the new Tegra 4, which NVIDIA touts as […]
Mars: War Logs Preview And Screenshots
Mars: War Logs explores life on Mars a century after a catastrophe that destroyed any sense of order or law. Since then, water has become the most precious resource and frequently acts as a catalyst between corporate warfare for control of this invaluable resource. [yframe url=’http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onQCAJvSzJI’] Players experience the cyberpunk action RPG as Roy Temperance, a Martian renegade. […]
Skylanders + Big Planet + Disney = Disney Infinity
On January 15, 2013, Disney Interactive announced via press release its newest video game project, Disney Infinity. [yframe url=’http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96U2gkgK0o4′] Essentially, this upcoming title features a line of collectible figures that erupt into photonic life on the TV (or handheld device) when placed on the Infinity Base. There’s an initial lineup of 17 character figures that […]
NRA, You Made Yourself Into A Practice Range
The NRA has shamelessly released an iOS app almost a month after the Newtown massacre and in opposition to Wayne LaPierre’s very own words. Drowning in irony thicker than maple syrup, the aforementioned CEO personifies the idiom “do as I say, not as I do” by creating a gun-oriented video game. My problem isn’t with the blatant hypocrisy […]
Pac-Man, Face Stabbing, And No Physics
Stabyourself.net released Not Pacman, a free recreation of Pac-Man without physics. I know, I know. Where are the physics in Pac-Man to begin with? Hidden in plain sight and glaringly obvious when there aren’t any. [yframe url=’http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJWJt_lgd4g’] What makes the game so addictive, and not just a rehash, are the new controls. You control the […]