C&VG is reporting that Star Wars: The Force Unleashed will be available on the Wii next Spring and will feature the motion-based lightsaber combat geeky folk have craved for ever.
The game will also feature a duel mode where two players can fight it out with the famed weapons of the Jedi.
InventorSpot has compiled a list of the top 13 haunted houses to scare the bujeezus out of you this Halloween.
Of course I am partial to Knott’s Scary Farm in Southern California but I am a bit biased.
Joystiq reports that Radio Shack will begin selling games again on September 24th. I say again because they have sold games in the past. I recall being a much younger person, rummaging through their selection of IBM-compatible computer games (and bypassing the Commodore selection). I believe I picked up King’s Quest from a Radio Shack. Now, ironically, they will not be selling PC games – only console titles.
Break has a video showing the WETA Warthog in action around their studios. The guys there are definitely having a great time playing with it and who can blame them! They should just work on producing a few of these bad boys and sell them off for easy cash.
EuroGamer has a preview of the upcoming Bioware game, Mass Effect. The game will be on the Xbox 360 and in stores on November 20th. It is a science fiction rpg with many different choices to make, all of which will affect the game universe and the player’s part in it.
CNN reports that James Oliver Rigney Jr, better known to the world as Robert Jordan, author of the Wheel of Time series, has died at 58.
Per a statement from his personal assistent, Mr. Rigney suffered from a genetic disorder called ‘primary amyloidosis’ which, among others, caused a thickening of his heart muscle.
To Mr. Rigney, where ever you are: I’ve been reading sci-fi books since I was in elementary school and was a huge fan of the Wheel of Time series. In the last two months, I even purchased a new set of the series for my brother to read and enjoy. You will be missed.
CNN reports that a Beijing man collapsed and died after an apparent 72 hour gaming binge at an internet cafe.
People of Earth, don’t be stupid! Sleep and food are necessities of live. Let me break it down for you mathematically:
Improper Nutrition + Sleep Deprivation = DEAD
Don’t get me wrong. I am a fan of the hardcore raiding. I understand the need to frag that dragon, or complete that quest for those tricked-out shoes, but you know what? A gamer who quits and sleeps away, lives to quest another day.
[edit] Correction – The deceased was from Guangzhou, the story was out of Beijing.
RazerBlog has a new entry entitled ‘The Attack of the 40 foot Gaming Mouse’ which editorializes the current state of gaming mice.
I have owned a many Razer mice and always loved their action over other mice.
Joystiq reports that the Discovery Channel’s Future Weapons will be featuring the weapons of Halo 3 tonight. Joystiq has also posted a small trailer of the show.
Gamebrink is reporting a test between the original PSP and the newer ‘slim’ model revealing that the newer model has a greatly decreased load time. Looks like they did something right!
