As a grammar and spelling nerd, I enjoy playing word games. One example is PopCap’s Bookworm Adventures 2, which I reviewed about a month ago. Recently I fired up a few rounds and stumbled upon some very interesting, downright questionable word usage.
Check out Exhibit A at the top, with the word PIMP. Admittedly it’s really [...]

The return and revamp of the beloved Monkey Island series has been welcomed warmly by fans and new players alike.  Telltale has done a remarkable job in continuing the adventures of quick-thinking pirate Guybrush Threepwood and his spunky wife, Elaine. At this month’s PAX, I spoke briefly with Design Director David Grossman on what to [...]

During this weekend’s Penny Arcade Expo, I spoke with Turbine Communications Director Adam Mersky about  major changes to two of their most popular MMORPGs, Dungeons and Dragons Online and Lord of the Rings Online.
As it was announced on June 9th, DDO will experience an especially big transformation, adding a free-to-play (F2P) option with microtransactions. [...]

Montreal developer Ubisoft electrified a crowd of 5,000 on Friday night with its back-to-back presentations of Splinter Cell: Conviction and Assassin’s Creed II. The Sam Fisher game was first, with Creative Director Max Beland giving the presentation. He stressed that this Splinter Cell will change the way people play stealth-based games. According to Beland, typical [...]

If you’ve seen Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy, you know how epic those films were. You may ask yourself, “Self, how much more awesome can those films be?” Well, try watching it with a full orchestra performing the score live.
On October 9 and 10, Howard Shore’s Academy Award-winning score from the film [...]

NCSoft and DC Comics have collaborated to create a limited edition comic book to promote the soon-to-be-released MMORPG Aion: Tower of Eternity. Not only will it come free with Aion purchases from GameStop (and Electronics Boutiques in Canada), but some copies will be available at this weekend’s Penny Arcade Expo as well. Aion’s release date [...]

Dashing pirate extraordinaire Guybrush Threepwood returns in the second episode of the (so far) successful Tales of Monkey Island series. Like other Telltale games, Tales of Monkey Island is an adventure point-and-click puzzle game divided into five mini-episodic games, with plans to release one each month. The first, Launch of the Screaming Narwhal, received [...]

We all know times are hard these days. A lot of people are out of work or had to serious cut back on their spending habits. We gamers are no different from anyone else when it comes to the all mighty dollar. We need every dime we can get and those dimes that we do [...]

As the Fall season approaches we are preparing for the launch of Facebook and Twitter services on Xbox Live. Microsoft is defiantly trying to get as many people as possible hooked up with these services as evidenced by today’s price drop announcement. However a news story broke this morning about the Fall update which was [...]

Capcom has announced its lineup for this year’s GamesCom in Colonge. The impressive array of titles that will be featured at their booth are Lost Planet 2, Monster Hunter Tri, Dark Void, Moto GP 9/10, and Tastunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All Stars, Resident Evil 5 (for the PC), and Spyborgs.
As a special Dark Void promotion, [...]