Before last Sunday I hadn't been to a proper game store since I was in middle school. Over ten years ago. If you decide to stop reading right now because I obviously don't care enough about MTG to be writing this thing, I don't blame you. But I tell you, friends, as someone who has denied the utter awesomeness of their hobby for too long, that going to Emerald Knights in Burbank made me feel at home. I want to tell you about it and explain why I will be back many times in the future.
Now girls need to take up gaming, seriously. According to a new research, girls who played the games with a parent got a lot of benefits.
If you've played the addicting game Angry Birds on your iPhone, chances are you've heard of a newer game called Cut the Rope. Chances are you're playing it right now.
The New Yorker profiles Shigeru Miyamoto, the father of modern video games, whose spawn includes world-changing classics such as Mario and Legend of Zelda:
A demonstration of Ubisoft's Your Shape: Fitness Evolved for the Xbox 360's Kinect. This was probably the best demonstration for Kinect out of the whole conference. The game will come out around the same time of the launch of Kinect in November.
A cartoony, "Trials HD"-type game being released today. It's multiplayer so you can take on people at home or online. Looks like a lot of fun. You can also create your own levels. Here is an excerpt from the Game Informer review:
These are great times. It is about time advertisers invaded our video games in the same way they do our driving (billboards), walking (fliyers, posters), and our private home (emails, bulk mail, text messages).
There are no spoilers in this writing, read without worry. Finished Episode 3 of Alan Wake yesterday, impressed by different reasons. I originally bought the game for the possibility of great story, dialogue, and voice acting. That part of the game has been disappointing. What has stood out from playing episodes 1 to 3 is the level design and game play.
April NPD Video Game Sales Every month around the second thursday the sales chart for video games and consoles are released for the previous month. They are released by the NPD group, the main company tracking video games sales in the US. Here are the top twenty games in the month of april (courtesy of Gamasutra http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=28566 ):
3D Dot Heroes Preview Release Date: May 11th, 2010 for the PS3
Progression, isn't it great? It used to be that video games only rewarded you with game scores. The satisfaction was always at the end, and all that mattered was getting there.
When returning a serve requires some decision making, eg take the ball high in the air, let the ball drop, let the ball hit the side wall before volleying, or maybe volley boast.
Learning to "dig" squash shots out of the corners can be puzzling for beginners. This video shows you how to approach the ball, and how important it is to keep away from the walls when playing shots close to the wall and corner.
Squash is a racquet sports game, seemingly similar to tennis, but played on a small indoor court with hollow rubber ball, much small than a tennis ball. Squash is an intense, high impact sport. This squash tutorial demonstrates a squash forehand horizontal and vertical swing.
Squash is a racquet sports game, seemingly similar to tennis, but played on a small indoor court with hollow rubber ball, much small than a tennis ball. Squash is an intense, high impact sport. This squash tutorial demonstrates a squash solo drill: backhand drive.
Squash is a racquet sports game, seemingly similar to tennis, but played on a small indoor court with hollow rubber ball, much small than a tennis ball. Squash is an intense, high impact sport. This squash tutorial demonstrates a Squash backhand volley, boast, drive off.
If there's one thing that iPhone and Android users can agree on, it's that playing mobile games can drain your battery like nothing else. But it doesn't always have to be this way. If the game you're currently addicted to is Super Mario Run, there are two settings you can change to greatly reduce battery drain on any phone.
It's currently 2011, but when you fire up your game console, put your hands on the controller and play the new Dead Space 2 video game, you're warped into the future— into the year 2511— just 3 years after the events that took place in the first Dead Space. And it's sure to be a beautiful, frightening, futuristic experience.
Achievements in Minecraft are a pretty recent addition to the game. A welcome one, if you ask me, as it gives you some decent goals to work towards.
Watch this video to learn how to exploit this cool glitch in Infamous 2 for PlayStation 3. There's not a lot of driving in the game, with the superpowers and all, but you can still get inside a car with this Infamous 2 glitch.
Why is that when your parents tell you to make your bed, it's a chore, but when night falls in Terraria, it's a great idea? Maybe because Terraria is an awesome game where you build your own world, and beds are a wonderful thing.
Use this path: C:\Users\USER\Documents\My Games\Terraria\Worlds to find your Terraria world. This will allow your to export and share Terraria worlds with your friends. Follow the instructions in this video and you'll be able to play Terraria as a member or the online community.
Looking for some fun cheat codes to get some extra fun out of your game of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas? These codes are specifically for Playstation users. Make cars fly or float away when they get hit, or enter into Chaos Mode!
No downloads or extra programs needed! This video is pure cheat codes, all for playing on Poptropica! You can do fun things like change your skin color, change your hair color and even get the elusive pumpkin hat to wear!
Beat Level 11 of Theme 1 in Rovio's Angry Birds Halloween HD for the iPad! This gamer's guide will teach you everything you need to know to beat level 1-11.
Having trouble beating the Shark Tooth island in Poptropica, the popular web game? With the right strategy, it's easy! So easy, in fact, that this gamer's guide can offer a complete walkthrough of the stage in about six and a half minutes. Learn how to get through Shark Tooth island with this gamer's guide.
Splatterhouse is one of the most violent games ever made. It's not too hard, but if you're having trouble with Phase 12: The Devil Made flesh, watch this video. It's a successful playthrough that should give you an idea of what to do.
Why should PC users have all the fun? This video shows you how you can download and install a copy of Cheat Engine onto your Mac computer. Now you too can hack all the online games like FarmVille and Pet Society!
To earn this trophy, you will have to find and train a recruit up to the rank of Assassin within the game Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood. Be sure to choose your pupil wisely, this achievement or trophy is worth 20 gamerscore.
For this hack to work, you will need to have downloaded Angry Birds through the Cydia store and not the official Apple app store. Download a patch (also through Cydia), and get the maximum score every time you fling a bird!
Get unlimited money in Dragon Age: Awakening, without cheating! You can easily exploit this loophole with any merchant in the game. Just sell certain pieces of equipment back and forth until you have maxed out on how many sovereigns you have!
Want to kill Kristallon in the free, browser based science fiction game DarkOrbit? It's possible, and even better, you can kill him yourself without any help. Just follow the strategy outlined in this tip, and make sure your ship is properly kitted out first!
Want to get all of the possible cheats for your Sims 3 game? This tutorial shows you how to open the cheat box, and then what commands you can enter to get more money, happiness for your sims and move objects wherever you want.
Want to surpass your friends and crush your enemies in the online browser game DarkOrbit? This tutorial shows you how to download and install a variation of the basic DarkOrbit client that also gives you access to cheat codes and other tricks.
In this clip, you'll learn how to play Blizzard's popular real-time strategy game, Warcraft III, on Garena. It's an easy process and this video presents a complete guide. For more information, including a full demonstration and detailed, step-by-step instructions, watch this helpful home-computing how-to.
Murder mystery dinner theater events and parties are perennial favorites. If you don't want to go through the elaborate setup required to make dinner theater happen for the guests at your next party, try playing Mafia with them. This requires only a deck of cards, and you will learn how to play in this video.
Did you know that you can actually start selecting gems before the computer has started the timer? This and other useful tips (including a source for you to download a free cheat bar browser add-on) can help you vastly improve your scores on Bejeweled Blitz!
This tutorial shows you a useful build order, a Protoss 2 gateway robo build. The advantage of this build is allowing the observer to move fast and react quickly to changing conditions on the map as the battle progresses. This also allows you access to the robotics facility early in the game.
Fantasy miniatures are cool-looking on their own and can be used to play fun tabletop games like Warhammer 40K. Painting them is half the fun of owning them, and this video will give you some tips for painting great-looking miniatures that will last a lifetime.
Don't be one of those pathetic losers who sits at home all day, doing nothing, after a horrible breakup. The best thing for you to do after a break-up or divorce is get back on your feet, get back in the game. It's hard, but it's the best thing for you, and this video will hopefully help you get back into dating mode.