Rockstar has revealed a new trailer showing off the ‘free roam’ multiplayer mode that will be included in the May 18th release of Red Dead Redemption. In free roam players will be able to form a posse with up to seven of their friends and seek out challenges that are waiting in the world. According to the trailer some of these challenges include fighting other posses, enforcing laws, and hunting wild game. If teaming up with other players isn’t your thing you wont be left out. Players have a [Read More]

Capcom released a new trailer showing off the multiplayer gameplay for their upcoming May 18th release of Lost Planet 2. The video shows four gamers who were invited by Capcom to preview the game battling a giant sand monster, fighting through slums, and capturing a moving train with a blast cannon and a helicopter. Lost Planet 2 had fallen off my radar until I caught this video on G4tv. I played the first Lost Planet when it was released but it never grabbed me enough to keep my interests. Five [Read More]

The idea of video games becoming a social experience has been a major staple of the current generation of consoles. Games like Rock Band and Wii Sports have broken the barriers of traditional gaming audiences and have friends and family of all ages lining up across couches everywhere to play games together. The integration of social networking tools into game consoles combined with the growing broadband adoption rate means that playing with friends is as easy as turning on your console. The majority of games released these days include some [Read More]

Crouching under a grove of palm trees, hidden by tall grass, I stare down the barrel of my sniper rifle patiently waiting on the American troops to come charging over the hill. My team has silently coordinated a beautiful plan of attack that has pushed our enemy into a single corner of the map. Our planes are flying above their base continually pelting their position with payload after payload of bombs weakening their attack plans. My teammates have moved our tanks into a position that should help us prevent any [Read More]

I spent the last two weeks logging into Xbox Live to play 1 vs.100, a new online game show. 1 vs. 100 is a two-hour game show featuring live gameplay between players, multiple rounds, and a rather boring host commenting on the action. That sounds like a real game show, right? The idea of bringing a game show with real world prizes to peoples living room is very intriguing. Millions of people connect to Xbox Live everyday and this game has been designed to give anyone the opportunity to get [Read More]

I haven’t figured out what direction I want to go with this blog yet but I set the account up and I feel the need to post something. Until I can determine what it is I want to say I thought I would throw some random thoughts around and see what sticks. To kick off this new venture into the Internets I decided to give a small glimpse into who I am and do a little public complaining at the same time.
I have been playing video games for as long [Read More]