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Goodness gracious great balls of steel?  That’s right.  If you’re a part of the First Access Club like I am, then you received the first look at the Duke Nukem Forever Ball of Steel Edition coming soon.  Along with the game you’ll receive quite a few items… – Collectible bust of the greatest alien ass-kicker [...]

Well Activision is at it again, in an effort to refocus on more profitable aspects of the company, they are completely cutting the Guitar Hero franchise. “Due to continued declines in the music genre, the company will disband Activision Publishing’s Guitar Hero business unit and discontinue development on its Guitar Hero game for 2011,”. Guitar [...]

Is there really anything left to say about this announcement other than hell yeah!  2K Games is bringing Jackie back with The Darkness II this year and I’m totally ready for it.  I loved the first one.  I do have my reservations about Starbreeze not developing it but how could anyone screw up what is [...]

Well generally my opinion on the bias of modern news television has been discussed on many occasions.  So it may not shock you to hear my disdain at the leader of the pack (Fox News) when it comes to creating what are called “moral panics“.  So hide your kids and hide your wives, because fox [...]

Many of you have tried Microsoft’s Kinect since it launched last year.  I was surprised to read about the near 8 million Kinect sensors that were shipped out and purchased.  I didn’t expect the response to be so huge for the device but after playing it myself, I can see how people are initially intrigued. [...]

There are at least two confirmation screens each time you make a purchase on Xbox Live.  This is to prevent you from making a mistake and to aid you in making better decisions.  They quite literally beg you to make sure you know what the hell you’re doing and that you’re about to turn the [...]

Last week Dallas had some horrible weather that really put a dent in all kinds of normalcy around these parts.  I was working from home mostly and that just didn’t translate into as much gaming as I thought.  I mean I was actually working more than I would while I was actually at work.  I [...]

One can never have too many zombie games right?  What is it about the undead that fascinates us?  Undead Labs announced today development of an original zombie-survival franchise in collaboration with Microsoft Corp.  The inaugural title will be an open world zombie-survival game scheduled to launch on Xbox LIVE Arcade for the Xbox 360. “Undead [...]

505 Games is continuing to “push the limits” with Kinect and the different kind of fun it could ultimately bring.  If you’re afraid of the water or you just can’t swim, Kinect is about to solve those problems in one swoop.  I give you Michael Phelps – Push the Limit.  It actually looks pretty damn [...]