6 Feb, 2012

Ars Technica reports that Oklahoma legislater Will Fourkiller has submitted HB2696. This bill proposes a 1% excise tax on what he calls “violent” video games. According to the bill, violent video games are any gamed rated T for Teen, M for Mature, or AO for Adults Only. Hilariously, while this will catch known offenders such as GTA and Call of Duty,...

3 Feb, 2012

Namco Bandai have decided to immortalise the fighters Mitsurugi and Pyrrha from SoulCalibur by having them carved in granite on a mountain. The amazing piece of art – as part of the promotion for SoulCalibur V – has been made on Tanum in Sweden. The piece is obviously going to last a very long time and is a great tribute to the series. This is a...

1 Feb, 2012

The Guardian’s Games Blog has an interesting piece up where the author, Keith Stuart, expresses amazement at the rampant apparent selflessness on the rough and tumble world of Battlefield 3‘s public servers. The writer discusses possible theories about the source of this unexpected altruism, including a compulsive need to be providing input or base...

27 Jan, 2012

The 1980s animated series that decided Pac-Man wore gloves, boots and an old man’s Let’s-Go-Golfing hat is coming to DVD. Dubiously titled as a Hanna-Barbera Classic, the 13-episode set is heralded by a free stream of one of the episodes: “The Abominable Pac-Man/The Bionic Pac-Woman.” Which, if you’ll recall, is the one where he...

26 Jan, 2012

As part of the release of the newest game in the popular fighting franchise, Soulcalibur V, Namco Bandai are offering something slightly different in their promotional campaign this time around by teaming up with London Gym chain GYMBOX to get you into shape. So just in case you had set yourself some New Years Resolution and may already be wavering from your...

20 Jan, 2012

The Guinness World Records Gamer’s Edition 2012 is out today and commuters in London have been able to see one astonishing record first hand. To celebrate this new release, the world’s largest controller has been revealed at Liverpool Street Station in London. The mammoth NES game pad comes in at 12 feet long – 30 times that of its standard...

9 Jan, 2012

A decent soundtrack can enhance a positive perception of a game tenfold, and plenty of themes from video games are universally familiar. Whether you’re taking down Koopalings or holding your own against Sephiroth, music plays a part of your experience. A very frequent comment I’ve heard from friends currently immersed in Skyrim is how much they like...

9 Jan, 2012

I know, as gamers we all get tired of hearing about some tenuous link between violent behavior and violent video games. The overzealous and overprotective elements of society love to mention video games whenever there is an outbreak of violence in schools and colleges. All kinds of violence has been blamed on video games from Columbine to Virginia Tech. So, like...