Archive for January, 2008

  • Sony’s game division turns a profit, and everyone pretends like it’s big news

    Sony's gaming division has announced that last quarter it turned a profit, after several of losses. In fairness, many of those quarters were dragged down by the research and development costs involved with the PS3. Even more to the point, didn't the Xbox division of Microsoft just recently turn a ...

  • Why Google’s Android and Apple’s iPhone may be the future of handheld games

    Google's Android is their new mobile phone platform. While it isn't the gPhone many had wished for, it is an interesting shift for the cell phone industry. With most major carriers signed up to produce Android handsets, it was already a potentially interesting avenue for game development. Dell ju...

  • Man sentenced who beat child to death over damaged Xbox

    A man convicted of beating his 17-month-old daughter to death has been sentenced to 23 ½ to 47 years in prison. Why would drive a man to beat his own daughter to death? Apparently the girl knocked over his Xbox damaging it. Obviously this is not a "video game violence" story in the traditional...

  • A tax on games should include a tax on Doritos

    New Mexico is considering a tax on video games and televisions. The proposed one-percent sales tax would go toward funding outdoor educational programs for kids. When one considers that a one-percent tax even on a $3,000 top-of-the-line HDTV would be only $30, it doesn't sound too bad. However, i...

  • Sony’s clever plan for the PS3, your new center of entertainment

    There is no doubt that the first year of life for the PS3 has been a rocky one. Price cuts, new system bundles, and bailing third party exclusives have all served to help muddy the waters of what was supposed to be another easy win for Sony. However, recent events have started to shift things more...

  • How the DS put Nintendo back on top by leapfrogging cell phones

    Nintendo has reported a profit of $2.43 billion for the last nine months of 2007. That's almost double their profits from the previous year. Imagine what the profits might have looked like if they could just have produced enough of the Wii and DS. The resurgence of Nintendo has been one of the be...

  • Best seller of 2007 both a good and bad sign

    Activision is reporting that Call of Duty 4 was the best selling title of 2007, with an impressive seven million plus copies sold since its November release. Those are certainly impressive numbers for what many considered a gamble on a new series direction. Still, for the gaming community, it's bo...

  • Smash Bros. Masterpieces are a good idea done badly

    Friday's update to the Smash Bros. Dojo website was the news of Masterpieces included within the game. Basically, Masterpieces are timed demos of classic Nintendo titles that you can unlock within the game. Sounds great, right? At first glance, sure. Super Smash Bros. is the equivalent of a Nint...

  • Why gamers don’t deserve respect, yet

    The recent hubbub over Mass Effect has been the focus of some attention on this site, as well as just about every other site devoted to gaming. Some of that attention has been well deserved-the inaccurate statements should be publicly corrected, as should any untruths. Electronic Arts Vice Preside...

  • Gamers go nuclear on commentator and vandalize Amazon listings

    It wasn't that long ago that this whole mess started due to an appearance by Cooper Lawrence on Fox News. In the clip that has made its rounds on the Internet, Ms. Lawrence complains about the sexuality in game such as Mass Effect, and yes, does apparently get her facts wrong on what exactly does a...

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