Holidays

In Real Life

Police Say Christmas Gaming Drove Woman To Attack Children With Butcher Knife

10:00AM December 29, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Allegedly enraged over her five-year-old son’s playing of a video game he received as a Christmas gift, Jutrina Tillman of Phoenix, Arizona, dragged the young boy into his bedroom and began to strangle him before threatening to kill him and his 13-year-old sister with a butcher knife. More »


In Real Life

The Gaming Gifts I Gave This Holiday Season

3:00PM December 28, 2011 | Mike Fahey

As a gamer that regularly reviews big titles and otherwise has the means to procure his own video game entertainment, it isn’t often I get to experience the joy of a thoughtful video game related gift. Instead, I give things to my family and live vicariously through them. What did they get this year? More »


PC

Yule Love These Holiday Fireplace Apps For Gaming Consoles And Mobile Devices

3:00AM December 25, 2011 | Owen Good

In 1966, TV station WPIX filmed a a fireplace at New York’s Gracie Mansion, cancelled $US4,000 worth of advertising and broadcast it for two hours on Christmas Day as a gift to viewers who had no fireplaces in their apartments. Its spirit lives on screens large and small to this day. More »


PC

In DC Universe Online, Christmas Belongs To Larfleeze

10:00AM December 14, 2011 | Mike Fahey

First DC Universe Online introduced the Green, Yellow, and Red Lanterns. Now, just in time for Christmas, they’re getting all greedy. The one and only Orange Lantern Larfleeze has appeared in game update seven, spreading Season’s Greedings to Gotham and Metropolis. More »


News

Does The Most Wanted Game Of Holiday 2011 Surprise You?

8:00PM September 30, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

Nielsen, the market research people, has a list of the top 20 games that are the most anticipated titles of 2011′s holiday season. More »


In Real Life

A Video Gamers Christmas

2:00AM December 26, 2010 | Brian Crecente

It was the winter of 1980. My brother and I, wrapped in blue robes, ran down the stairs to be greeted by a brand new Atari 2600 and bevy of games under the tree. More »


In Real Life

Prima Says Happy Holidays With Two Decade’s Worth Of Guides

9:00AM December 25, 2010 | Brian Crecente

Always ahead of the game, literally, Prima Games sent us a card to wish us not a happy holiday, but a happy New Year. More »


In Real Life

Deus Xmas

8:00PM December 24, 2010 | Stephen Totilo

The video game Deus Ex is wishing us a happy holiday. Though I believe it’s more of a Merry Christmas message here. It’s the hat that gives it away. More »


News

Let The Steam Holiday Sale Commence

7:20AM December 21, 2010 | Mike Fahey

Steam is ringing in the season with ridiculous savings on some of the best games available for the PC and Mac, with weekly and daily specials from now through January 2. Now how much would you pay? More »


In Real Life

Here’s What The Hell The Canadian Military Wanted With $25K In Video Games

12:30PM November 25, 2010 | Owen Good

Previously on Weird News from Canada: A garrison outside of Montreal opened a requisition for $US25,000 worth of video games, an order a headquarters spokeswoman called “strange.” Turns out they’re gifts for soldiers stationed in Afghanistan. Whoops. More »