Redesigned Xbox 360 Control Pad
September 1, 2010 – 10:09 am | No Comment

We’ve just made the Xbox 360 Wireless controller even better with a brand new version that includes a transforming D-pad.  The engineers have come up with an ingenious solution with a d-pad that can go from a plus …

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Rambo: The Arcade Game
October 7, 2008 – 11:05 am | 2 Comments
Rambo: The Arcade Game

Sega has recently released Rambo, a new light gun shooter in arcades in Japan. The game uses Sega’s Lindbergh system board, which also powers Virtua Fighter 5 and features cut-scenes from the movie Rambo …

Old Gamer, New Fun
January 12, 2008 – 4:43 pm | No Comment
Old Gamer, New Fun

Well, I’m not that old, but I have been neglecting a segment of the gaming culture for far too long. I have been an ardent game fan for most of my life and have seen …

History of Video Games (1972-2007)
December 29, 2007 – 4:31 am | 2 Comments

Watch this timeline on video games spanning 35 years, from Pong all the way to our current generation of titles – it’s quite apparent that we’ve come a long way. How many of the …

ScrewAttack: Top 10 worst 2D to 3D games
June 28, 2007 – 12:50 am | One Comment

ScrewAttack compiled this top 10 list of best games and franchises that managed to take a great 2D game and ruin it when making the jump to the third dimension. I think they made …

Broken Pixels episode 7: Altered Beast and Crime Patrol
April 7, 2007 – 6:07 am | No Comment

Ahh the memories… Sega’s 1989 Genesis version of their arcade hit Altered Beast, “Rise from your grave!” – watch as a three EGM dudes sit on a couch and play this classic then follow it …

Donkey Kong vs Halo
October 4, 2006 – 8:57 pm | No Comment
Donkey Kong vs Halo

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- Thanks Hurt!

Zombies, Aliens, or Nazis? Designing the perfect game enemy.
September 2, 2006 – 6:21 pm | No Comment
Zombies, Aliens, or Nazis? Designing the perfect game enemy.

The net’s full of debate about the perfect game protagonist (ninjas, pirates, or robots?) but too little real debate about what makes the perfect in-game enemy.
The perfect enemy is:

Ugly: the perfect enemy generates involuntary revulsion …

The Birth of a Dragon
July 10, 2006 – 9:02 pm | One Comment
The Birth of a Dragon

The story starts with two twin brothers, Billy and Jimmy Lee. The Lee brothers have mastered the art of Sou-Setsu-Ken, a fictional martial arts style best suited for video game butt kicking. Billy Lee is …