Archive for July, 2010

Rules of the Game: Schwarzenegger v. EMA

In: Articles by Nicholas "Heartbreak Ridge" Sylvain

27 Jul 2010

Rules of the Game is an ongoing series analyzing legal issues surrounding the video game industry. In this first installment, our legal expert, Nicholas Sylvain, examines the upcoming Supreme Court case challenging the constitutionality of California’s recent video-game legislation. Let me confess a shameful secret that I left out of my introductory post. I’m a [...]

Feds Rule Hacking Your DRM Is Legal

In: Articles by Edie Sellers

26 Jul 2010

Sometimes the good guys win. And today, that kind of win happened. Today, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that owners of video games and other disk- and software-based media have the legal right to circumvent security features on their material — as long as they don’t pirate. It beggers logic that we’d need a [...]

Battlefield Bad Company 2: The Final Review

In: Reviews by Chris "FighterAce100" Salazar

26 Jul 2010

Battlefield Bad Company 2 got hyped up early, and why not? EA Digital Illusions CE (aka: EA DICE) has always made sure that its Battlefield collection of games had the classic warfare feel in each one of the titles. But when I heard Battlefield I instantly thought of World War 2–based settings, sequences, and squad combat. And [...]

A Vasecto-mii? No Way

In: Articles by Dave "Holy Goalie" Gardner

26 Jul 2010

I like my Wii. It may not be as big as the other consoles. It may not get as much play as the other consoles. Some people may get bored with it rather easily, but it’s mine and I’m keeping it. Microsoft had it’s big announcement at E3 this year about the Kinect, formerly Project [...]

Preview: Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit

In: Articles by Chris "FighterAce100" Salazar

23 Jul 2010

The Need for Speed franchise has been around for a while, and we all know what to expect from it: Fast-paced, heart-pounding, adrenaline-running racing with, … Whats this? … Blue and red lights in the mirrors?! Cops?!? Yes, you’ll be running from the fuzz in Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, the latest update to the [...]

Review: LED Football

In: Reviews by Dave "Holy Goalie" Gardner

22 Jul 2010

Back in the Dark Ages of video games (ie: Atari 2600 and Intellivision), a whole slew of handheld games came out, most with only red LED lights. They were nothing like the handheld games of today. TouchGrove is bringing back a classic to the iPod Touch and iPhone: LED Football, which is the updated version [...]

Review: The Guild, Season 4

In: Reviews by Nicholas "Heartbreak Ridge" Sylvain

22 Jul 2010

I’m so excited! Season 4 of The Guild premiered last week, and… Err… what? What’s The Guild?! You’re kidding me, right? Wow. What have you been doing, living under a rock? The Guild is just the most awesome web series for gamers ever made! You’re going to need more than that, huh? Well, fine. May [...]

Review: MetaElectric Guitar

In: Reviews by Dave "Holy Goalie" Gardner

21 Jul 2010

Another Indie game caught my eye this week in the Xbox Live Marketplace, and I had to give it a try. Developer Jordan Mews has created a game called MetaElectric Guitar. Like most of the indie games on the Xbox 360, it’s simple to play. The object, well, there is no object. What you do [...]


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