Experience the most exciting racer of the year as Codemasters® announced that the Colin McRae™: DiRT™2 playable demo will be available today from Xbox LIVE® Marketplace for the Xbox® 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft® and the PlayStation® Store for the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system in Europe. The Colin McRae: DiRT 2 demo [...]
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The Beatles: Rock Band Downloadable Albums Revealed
Speaking at Gamescom 2009, Alex Rigopulos, CEO and cofounder of Harmonix, the world’s leading developer of music-based games and a part of Viacom’s MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), today confirmed release details for the three Beatles albums that will be available for purchase as downloadable content in The Beatles™: Rock Band™ Music Store by the [...]
World of Warcraft: The Magazine Debuting at Blizzcon 2009
Future, the special-interest media group and leading games media publisher, has announced an international partnership with Blizzard Entertainment, Inc., creators and publishers of World of Warcraft®, to publish World of Warcraft: The Magazine, the official magazine of the record-breaking massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG). Debuting this weekend at the BlizzCon® 2009 event in Anaheim, [...]
Thoughts on the Latest Survey Labeling the Average Gamer as 35, Fat, and Bummed
I was shocked the other night when watching my standard nightly news to hear “new study reveals the average gamer is 35, fat, and bummed”. I didn’t get a chance to hear the whole story, so I looked up the article here on MSNBC: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32463904/ns/technology_and_science-games/ I gotta admit, I was amazed. This new study by [...]
Guitar Hero 5
The Rolling Stones Deliver ‘Satisfaction’TM To the Guitar Hero® 5 Downloadable Content Set List at Launch Wednesday 19th August/… Gamers across the globe will continue to play along to the very best in international music across a diverse range of genres with new playable tracks from Activision Publishing, Inc.’s (Nasdaq: ATVI) Guitar Hero® 5, DJ [...]
Fable III
Microsoft and Lionhead Studios unveil a thrilling new adventure in the multimillion-selling “Fable” franchise, while introducing episodic distribution of “Fable II” only on Xbox LIVE. COLOGNE, Germany – 19 August 2009 – Alexander the Great. Genghis Khan. Queen Elizabeth I. Che Guevara. Throughout history, revolutionary leaders have taken very different paths to power, bringing about [...]
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH has released more details on the elaborate psychological profiling system at the heart of its new Silent Hill: Shattered Memories for Wii, PlayStation®2 and PSP®(PlayStation®Portable). While the new game borrows key plot and setting elements from the original PlayStation game, this re-imagining begins with a visit to a psychiatrist, who asks [...]
Thoughts on New Sony Products…
I love Sony. I have always loved Sony. I’m not saying that they do everything right, nor am I saying that Sony is a superior company to Microsoft or Nintendo. In fact, over the past few years you wouldn’t have been able to pay me to play a PSP. Yuck. The new PS3 and PSP [...]
New PSP Game Packs and Colors
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) today announced two new colours for the PSP™ (PlayStation®Portable) handheld entertainment system for Europe and the PAL territories. This November, Turquoise Green and Blossom Pink will be joining the ever-growing line-up of coloured PSP-3000 models on offer, providing a lighter touch of colour for PSP owners to express their own [...]
NEW Slimmer and Lighter PS3 to hit stores in September
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCE) today unveiled the new PlayStation®3 (CECH-2000A) (body color: charcoal black) computer entertainment system, featuring an extremely streamlined form factor with a 120GB Hard Disk Drive (HDD). The new PlayStation®3 (PS3®) system will become available in stores from September 1, 2009, in North America, Europe/ PAL territories and Asian countries and [...]
19 More Tracks Revealed for Beatles Rock Band
MTV Games and Harmonix, the world’s leading developer of music-based games and a part of Viacom’s MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), today revealed 19 more of the 45 on-disc tracks that will be featured in The Beatles™: Rock Band™ – leaving all, but one song a mystery. A gameplay trailer featuring ten of the 19 [...]
Mass Effect II Story Details Revealed
Leading video game developer BioWare™, a division of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) today revealed new plot points in the epic sci-fi fantasy Mass Effect 2™. Once again stepping into the role of the heroic Commander Shepard, gamers will command their crew on a suicide mission in space. Players will strategically select each member of [...]
New Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Available for Download
Square Enix Ltd., the publisher of Square Enix® interactive entertainment products in Europe and other PAL territories, today announces that new downloadable add-on content for FINAL FANTASY® CRYSTAL CHRONICLES®: My Life as a Darklord™ for WiiWare™ is available from today. The exclusive add-on content is set to keep the FINAL FANTASY CRYSTAL CHRONICLES: My Life [...]
New Rock Band tracks for August 18th, 2009
Plus tracks from Gorillaz and Red Hot Chili Peppers for Wii and Pat Benatar and Coheed and Cambria for Rock Band Unplugged! Cambridge, Mass. – Aug. 14, 2009 – Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that a three-pack of songs from Foo Fighters, as well as singles from Blind Melon, Blur, Dropkick Murphys, Eve 6 [...]
I Quit My Job
I finally quit Sears. No more legal enslavement. Ahhhh it feels so nice to be liberated. This is also the first blog post I’ve written using the Wordspress iPod app. I start school in just over a month. Ugh, I’m not ready to go back. Look for some exciting changes coming to OCMS soon, since [...]
Otterbox Defender Armband for iPod Review
The Defender Series Armband for the iPod Classic, Touch, or Phone is a great accessory for those who want to use their iPods while working out or being outside. To be clear, this armband is intended for use with an OtterBox Defender Series case (reviewed here), and so both the armband and the case are [...]
Datel Wildfire Controller for PS3
Third-party controllers are like a box of chocolates: you never know what you’re gonna get. Some are awesome, some are passable, and some are a total waste of money. Datel’s PS3 Wildfire ranks between passable and awesome, depending on whether you find its features useful and/or if you like having a ton of extra AA [...]
OtterBox 8000 Series Waterproof Case Review
OtterBox cases are the sh*t. No, I’m not writing that statement because they let me try out their products. Without any bias, I am writing that OtterBox cases are awesome because you cannot find any cases like theirs on the market for the same price. Back up the truck: I received the OtterBox 8000 Series [...]
Craigslist Sucks
So I’ve been looking for a new retail job of some kind. I love selling electronics, but at my current store I have none to sell (as in… the product never gets ordered and we don’t have enough variety) so half of my day is spent telling customers where else they can get the equipment [...]
Evercool Defender Turbo Cooling Fan for PS3
Sony’s Playstation 3 is well known for being loud and hot. Unfortunately, those are not qualities that most people look for in electronics, especially when it comes to gaming systems. One of the most highly recommended accessories for the PS3 or Xbox 360 are cooling fans, and Evercool has produced the Defender Turbo Cooling Fan [...]
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