Walmart will be selling Xbox 360 arcade units from Nov.  7 through Nov. 13 for the standard price of $199, but the deal is they are throwing in a $100 egift card with the console.  Before you run to the store thinking you are getting a Xbox360 for $100, let me explain something.  If you don’t already know, the Xbox360 Arcade unit does not come with a hard drive. You don’t need a hard drive to play games, but if you want to take advantage of the Arcade Market Place, stream movies, or use some of the other features of Xbox Live, a hard drive is required. Adding a [Read More]

BioShock is still in my top five games list this generation. When I started playing this game it took a hold of me in a way that very few games do. I found myself sitting at work counting the hours until I could go home and play more. I thought about getting home and playing the game during my hour long commute and when I got there that was the only thing I wanted to do. When I finished the game I felt like all things Rapture related came to a close. It didn’t feel like there needed to be a sequel and when it was announced I felt disappointed [Read More]

I was five years old during the summer of 1984 when Ghostbusters the movie was released. To a five year old, the Ghostbusters were the coolest guys in the world. I remember going on a family vacation that summer and begging my dad to turn up the radio anytime the theme song came on the radio. When the movie was released on VHS, my brothers and I watched the tape so many times we could repeat every line in the movie from beginning to end. When I first heard that a Ghostbusters game was in production and the story was being written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis, that five [Read More]

1up.com posted a story earlier this week (check it our here) reporting that Bungie President Harold Ryan, in an interview with the Seattle Times, expressed excitement for Microsoft’s recently unveiled motion control peripheral Project Natal. When speaking with the Seattle Times, Harold was quoted saying, “ I absolutely think Reach could be enabled with it.” After E3 we learned that Microsoft and Sony are working on getting into the motion control game that has made the Wii so successful.

If you have played any of the previous iterations of Punch-Out!! then the new Wii version will feel very familiar, but only in the best way. Nintendo knows the way to a gamers heart, nostalgia, and they didn’t pull any punches updating this franchise. Players will find themselves going toe to toe with the likes of Glass Joe, Bald Bull, and King Hippo (to name a few) while collecting star punches and listening to remixed versions of the original theme music. Fans of the NES classic will recognize arenas, sound effects, and cut-scenes that will have them reminiscing about all night sessions of pass the controller with friends in no time. The pugilist Little Mac is back again and ready to battle through the ranks of the Minor, Major, and World circuits to become the World Champion. Trainer, Doc Louis, is still in Mac’s corner providing great words of inspiration like, “Hey Mac, have you seen my chocolate bar?” and, ”What is your favorite flavor of protein shake Mac? Mines Chocolate…”. The roster of challengers features classic fighters from the original NES game along with a few appearances from the arcade version and over-the-top stereotypes are still included. The game features one new fighter and he introduced early in the ranks. His name is Disco Kid and staying true to the humor of this series, he is as flamboyant as his nickname suggests. There is a lot more to Punch-Out!! than repackaged fan service.

I have been playing video games for as long as I can remember. I started gaming on my Dads Atari 7800. I spent hours on end trying to beat the high scores he had set in games like Space Invaders, Pac-Man, Dig-Dug and Galaga. Then I fell in love with a little game called Super Mario and gaming took a new turn for me. Games were no longer about high scores, they became about reaching the next level and saving the world.