Grand Theft Auto IV: Media Fantasies and Delusions
Grand Theft Auto IV barrels into stores across the fruited plains today and it’s having precisely the effect everyone in the industry predicted it would, meaning that — yep — demagoguery’s alive and well. First: Fox News, referring to the…
Variety: GTA IV to Break Record, Snatch $400 Million First Week
You can’t swing a Liberty City cat without hitting a story about Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto IV these days. The game comes out end of this month, but it’s already pretty much been reviewed — all praise, no surprise there…
U.S. Economy Slows, Games Industry Revenue Grows
No surprises to report in NPD’s official March 2008 numbers, and as predicted, Super Smash Bros. Brawl kicked Nintendo into hyperdrive, catapulting Wii sales to 31 percent of total industry dollars. It looks like Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter’s numbers…
Vegas with Friends
We dig deep into the multiplayer offerings of Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2, including cooperative Story mode play, new adversarial modes, and game mechanics.
Grand Theft Auto IV: Open Paper Bag, Insert Head
You know, it’s almost a question worth asking — are people so wound up about Rockstar’s opus that they’re pill-popping to cope with the countdown stress? Silly me to say so, right? I’m probably providing aid and comfort to the…
Depths of Peril
Fight for treasures
Monday Gamewatch
You don’t need me to tell you what you’ll probably be playing this week if you own an Xbox 360 or PS3, but in case you’re having none of that, this week’s PC lineup should pique the interest of armchair…
Random Gaming Relays for a Tepid Tuesday
Did you hear that Epic’s president Mike Capps called the Wii “like a weird virus”? Is he serious? It is a virus! Think about it. After people play something like Wii Fit, they’re supposed to be pretty winded. What’s more,…
Rainbow Web 2
Return to the kingdom
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