The Cost of Doing Business: Video Games Cost Too Much
20th Oct 2012 - Last week there was a video game sale announcement that centered around the decision to offer up what amounts to nearly the entire historic catalog of Interpay's games over at GOG.com (GOG.com is a digitial distribution platform for PC games whose basic motto is DRM-free products, fair pricing, and adding lots of extras that they presen.. Read More.
GameStop's Holiday Trade-In Promo and 360 Bundle Joint Announce
15th Oct 2012 - Whenever there is a new console on the horizon or the inventory of pre-owned gaming consoles and kit gets low over at the undisputed King of Used Games and Pre-Owned Gaming Systems -- game retailer GameStop -- the company invariably announces via email sent to pretty much every person that has ever provided their email address to either.. Read More.
Let's Play -- It's a Video Thing...
11th Oct 2012 - Back in 2005 when video geeks Chad Hurley, Jawad Karim, and Steve Chen founded YouTube they did not do it with the idea in mind that it would change the world -- but it did. Some geeks say that what YouTube did was make the world a smaller place, and we can see that, but the more popular view is that the service empowered its users to.. Read More.
Game Spotlight: Kung Fu Strike: The Warrior's Rise
12th Sep 2012 - In 1972 Shaolin monk, Kwai Chang Caine came into our homes and taught us that while the ancient combat arts of Kung Fu were swift and deadly, the wise man seeks a peaceful solution when they are confronted by difficulties... In 1993 Texas Ranger Sgt. Cordell Walker came into our homes and taught us that while the ancient combat art of.. Read More.
Damage Inc. Pacific Squadron WWII -- Game Impressions
3rd Sep 2012 - --== Damage Inc., Pacific Squadron World War II ==-- First impressions of this game were formed at the Mad Catz Booth at the 2012 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3 2012) and while those first impressions were positive over-all, they also serve as an object lesson in why the first impressions you form of a game under the pressure and.. Read More.
FYI - A Source for Academic Study of Video Games
28th Aug 2012 - Are you bored? Are you a serious gamer? Do you consider yourself to be an intelligent serious gamer? Well, hey, us too! So the next time you are bored and you are looking for something gaming-related to read that will help make you a smarter and well-informed member of the gamer community, check out the website "Game Studies" over a.. Read More.
The Gaming Update GamrCred Beta Key Trivia Quiz
28th Aug 2012 - Have you heard about GamrCred? It is in private Beta at the moment -- but Gaming Update can hook you up with a key to join and begin to establish your own GamrCreds on the service! Read on to learn how you can score your own personal Beta Key -- but be warned, there will be a test at the end of this! Reputation - Demanding Credit Whe.. Read More.
GamrCred Launches a New Gamer Reputation Aggregation Service
23rd Aug 2012 - While the introduction of Achievements on Microsoft's Xbox game consoles was largely an almost wasn't situation, and nobody at the games giant was aware of or suspected how much of an impact that the minor add-on to the design of the gamertag and game play would have, hindsight being 20/20 we now know that it was a gloriously fortunate .. Read More.
An In-Depth Look at Forza Horizons @ E3 2012
20th Aug 2012 - Back in the late 1990's a small turf war erupted that eventually lead to the establishment of a traditional pecking order that would go on to dominate the car racing and car driving video game genres thereafter, with the decided winners of the series of long-running battles not so much a surprise to the gamers who are heavily invested i.. Read More.
Final Fantasy Turns 25 - A Celebration of One of the Most Important Game Series
20th Aug 2012 - As Square Enix prepares to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Final Fantasy games series with an assortment of events all over the world the small weekend casual gaming group that I have belonged to for nearly fifteen-years had its regular Saturday gathering, and after we discussed what games we might play together in co-operative mo.. Read More.
An In-Depth Look at Call of Duty: Black Ops II @ E3 2012
16th Aug 2012 - Like most games journos we had a pretty good idea in advance of E3 as to which games were high on the list of must-see, must-cover, and the newest entry in the Black Ops series was naturally high on the list not just because it is a killer AAA title, but because it represents one of the game series that is setting the standard for reali.. Read More.
Damage Inc. Pacific Squadron WWII Adventures in Pre-Release Gaming
13th Aug 2012 - When the nondescript box arrived on my desk in the bullpen I knew three things from looking at it: It was a large box (large enough so that it was already getting eyed by other staffers and interns as potentially holding gaming goodness), it wasn't from one of the countries that routinely causes your boxes to given secondary screening (.. Read More.
An In-Depth Look at 007 Legends @ E3 2012
10th Aug 2012 - You did not have to be a child of the 60's and 70's -- and the 80's and, come to think on it, the 90's too -- to be a fan of James Bond, as the impact of 007 transcends eras... Chances are good that if you were around in the 60's your first experience with the Bondster was through the books, but towards the late 60's and pretty much th.. Read More.
An In-Depth Look at WWE '13 @ E3 2012
30th Jul 2012 - Like it usually does at its official events, the wrestling empire that is the WWE arrived at E3 2012 with a splash of excitement, as its designated spokesman and wrestler Sheamus (Stephen Farrelly -- StÃofán Ó Fearghaile) exploded onto the scene and helped make the WWE '13 exhibit space a testosterone-charged ring of its own. In add.. Read More.
An In-Dept Look at Borderlands 2 @ E3 2012
30th Jul 2012 - Let's get something straight from the start -- Borderlands 2 is the direct sequel to the original game that established the series, Borderlands, and as such, based upon what we have seen so far, it shares common roots and a spiritual connection to the first game that gives it the genuine feel of being a continuation of it rather than an.. Read More.
An In-Depth Look at Halo 4 @ E3 2012
26th Jul 2012 - The first taste that the world had for Halo 4 came in the form of a demo trailer on the big screen at the Microsoft Xbox Pre-E3 Press Briefing -- a video and demo that not only highlights the game play in Halo 4 but also offered a revealing glimpse into just what happened to the Master Chief between Halo 3 and Halo 4, and how he ends up.. Read More.
An In-Depth Look at Injustice: Gods Among Us @ E3 2012
20th Jul 2012 - Fantasy is a normal part of life, and daydreams of wealth and power are normal as well -- in fact most people have them in one form or another, and there is nothing wrong with that. If you ask the average psychiatrist that sort of thing is only a problem when it crosses the line from healthy fantasy to what they call "delusions of gran.. Read More.
Radical Entertainment, Rockstar Vancouver follow 38 Studios
16th Jul 2012 - In 2008 when the The National Bureau of Economic Research announced that America (and as it turned out much of the world) had entered an economic recession in December 2007 the news was hardly news to the average consumer and worker. The deterioration in the labor market combined with increasingly more frequent home foreclosure announ.. Read More.
An In-depth Look at Assassin's Creed 3 @ E3 2012
12th Jul 2012 - While it is no secret that the next installment in the Assassin's Creed series is set to take place half-a-world away from the well-established stomping grounds of Florence, Rome and Istanbul, unfolding in the American colonies just prior to the American Revolution (an area/era that does not often appear in video games) there are some c.. Read More.
An In-Depth Look at Zumba Fitness Core @ E3 2012
26th Jun 2012 - In the interest of full transparency we should point out that your Gaming Update reporter uses a wheelchair as a substitute for legs due to a severe spinal cord injury and so they are not the average target audience and gamer for this particular game and exercise program. Now having said that, and again in the interest of full transpar.. Read More.
