David Thomas is a nationally syndicated videogame journalist, critic and teacher. He co-authored the Videogame Style Guide and Reference Manual, so he knows that PONG is written in uppercase and that it wasn’t the first videogame. His current favorite game of all time is Rock Band.
Maybe I have Guitar Hero on the brain. Or maybe it's just in the air.
But this video is required viewing for any Guitar Hero wanna-bes.
What you get for your 8 minute of viewing pleasure is a 100% performance (not a single missed note out of 3722) on the hardest song in the game. A quick warning, this is a stunning videogame accomplishment and the kid lets loose with some victory swearing at the end. But, honestly, he earned it. Simply amazing.
Do we really need GTA4 on the PC?Probably not. But it's coming anyway.Not content to master the world of the videogame console, developer Rockstar wants to ensure that it juices its signature franchise for as much as it has got.Who's going to buy... Read More Topics:
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GTA IV
If I had to pick my favorite book about videogames, I'd probably select Steven Poole's Trigger Happy. Even though the examples are horribly out of date at this point, no book has asked better questions about the nature of the medium and answered them... Read More Topics:
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Once, it was a novelty to find cool free games on the Web. Today, there are so many free games, you could waste a whole day at work just fiddling around.And every once in a while there is a game cool enough to share with your co-workers.The Last Guy... Read More Topics:
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With all the sturm und drang of American presidential politics it's pretty easy for the educated gamer to come to the conclusion that they might as well just stay home, avoid the chaos and pick up those final missions in Grand Theft Auto IV. At least... Read More Topics:
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What do you do to improve on a best selling franchice? Over the years Madden NFL has added fans in the seats, realistic eye tracking, sweat, wrap-around tackles and weather.And every year players buy the game expecting a little a bit more.This year the... Read More Topics:
games
My ongoing fascination with Spore continues, fueled in large part by the endlessly fascinating things that the Spore team has done to promote their game.Most recently, they have release Biome and ParticleMan, two tech demos created during the creation... Read More Topics:
games ,
Spore
For 15 years the Electronic Entertainment Expo has reigned as the big date on the gaming calendar. Hyped up, hysterical with engery and promotional excess, E3 bragged about the growing videogame industry every year with more elaborate chest thumping.Until... Read More Topics:
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Spore ,
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E3 is done. So here's the show in one big list, distilled to bullet points for the fan on the go: Fallout 3: Post apocalyptic living never looked so good, or as dangerous. Don't forget your blaster thingie. Fable 2: It's done! Now on with... Read More
E3 day two and I’ve seen enough games. At least I’ve seen enough game to tell you the three best titles at the show. Which are:LittleBigPlanet: Developer Media Moleculehas concentrated cute into a package that Nintendo can only envy... Read More