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There’s A Lot More To Do In Final Fantasy XIII-2 Than Save The World

2:00AM January 26, 2012 | Mike Fahey

While Final Fantasy XIII was all about getting the job done in a timely fashion, Final Fantasy XIII-2 gives the player plenty of time to relax between tasks. Check out some of the more entertaining diversions tucked away in next week’s sequel. More »


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Bone-Chilling Run Through The Deadliest Road In Colorado

3:00AM September 1, 2011 | Brian Crecente

Despite living in Colorado for 10 years I never drove through Independence Pass. Not in bad weather. Certainly not with snow on the mountain pass. More »


In Real Life

Building Need For Speed Mega Blok By Mega Blok

9:30AM August 24, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Who would want to buy Need for Speed-branded Mega Bloks construction sets? That’s the question I asked myself when I first heard the LEGO competitor had taken on EA’s racing game licence earlier this year. Now that the sets are hitting store shelves, I have an answer: me. More »


Retro

Star Rider Races Into My Fantasies

3:40AM June 16, 2011 | Max Abrams

Check out this psychedelic trip of a game, courtesy the bygone days of laserdisc. In the laserdisc/CG arcade game Star Rider, racers are superimposed over a futuristic dreamscape, enabling the background to display much more advanced graphics than were typical at the time. More »


In Real Life

The Geekiest Cars On Earth

7:00PM May 24, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

For Japanese otaku, itasha – literally “painmobile” – are about as geeky as they come. This past weekend, diehard itasha gathered and gawked in Tokyo’s Odaiba. More »


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Motorstorm: Apocalypse Crashes Into Game Reviewers’ Hearts

4:00AM May 4, 2011 | Mike Fahey

After pausing to pay its respects to victims of Japan’s earthquake crisis, the latest Motorstorm races to store shelves today, but first it must navigate the assembled video game critics in the Motorstorm: Apocalypse Frankenreview. More »


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Sponsored By Games, But Racing For Gamers

7:00AM April 3, 2011 | Owen Good

Most single men don’t pay much attention to which brand of laundry detergent they buy, beyond whatever’s cheapest. But back in North Carolina, I had a friend who was adamant about using Tide and could identify others who used it by their scent. More »


Mobile

Here’s One Tricked-Out Ride On Shift 2 Unleashed

9:00AM March 13, 2011 | Owen Good

Here’s Shift 2: Unleashed being played at PAX East on three extremely large television screens, shot by our man there, Stephen Totilo. More »


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NASCAR 2011′s Delay Isn’t Due To Points System Change

12:30PM January 22, 2011 | Owen Good

Earlier this week Eutechnyx, the studio behind NASCAR’s revival on console gaming, delayed NASCAR 2011 to March 29. Then word passed that the racing series will refining its championship points structure for the next season. Were the two related? More »


Nintendo

Quick, How Many Ads Can You Spot On This NASCAR Box

12:30PM January 13, 2011 | Owen Good

Let’s thank the crew behind the Activision Eutechnyx NASCAR 2011 The Game Lowe’s GoDaddy Cheerios Impala. They gave us some super box art that run real good today. The game releases March 29, part of a sportspocalypse month in gaming.