In World of Warcraft news, you will shortly be able to play Bejeweled in WoW. And Blizzard has released a nice interactive map of the new lands in the expansion. Bejeweled in WoW. Well, looks like flight time no longer means I can hit the restroom. I’m going to need a bucket….
World of Warcraft / Bejeweled and a WotLK Interactive Map
September 21st, 2008 · No Comments
Categories: Computer & Video Games · Games · World of Warcraft
Tags: video games, World of Warcraft
Video Game Players Are Brilliant Scientists
September 14th, 2008 · No Comments
When I first started playing video games, back when joysticks were made of the femurs of certain small dinosaurs, you just sort of played the game. Things came down the screen, you shot them, they blew up, you got points. Lather, rinse, and yes, repeat. Sometime during my history of gaming, games got more complicated. [...]
Categories: Computer & Video Games
Tags: learning, video games
World of Warcraft News: Death Knights and Achievements
July 17th, 2008 · No Comments
Detailed info on the Death Knight class has gone live on the World of Warcraft site. Interesting to me is that in the lore section (I’m a story nerd…so I actually skip the stats and go straight to the story), they actually mention the Death Knights from the newest WoW novels, which are orc spirits [...]
Categories: Computer & Video Games · World of Warcraft
Tags: video games, World of Warcraft
Wii Music – Yet Again Something New From Nintendo
July 15th, 2008 · No Comments
So, via Rock Band I’ve gotten a much better understanding of how to play the drums, but I always sort of want a practice mode where I could just use my drum set as a midi drum set, and get the feel for playing drums without following along with the game. Nintendo’s new Wii Music [...]
Categories: Computer & Video Games · General
Tags: video games, wii
Wii Advanced Motion Control and New Wii Sports Game
July 15th, 2008 · No Comments
This is sweet. They’re adding more advanced motion control to the Wii-mote via an add-on that will come packed with the Wii Sports Resort game. And the Wii Sports Resort game includes sword fighting.
Categories: Computer & Video Games
Tags: video games, wii
XBox 360 and Netflix
July 15th, 2008 · No Comments
Well, I’ve been awaiting this announcement for a while, about Netflix on-demand movies being available via the XBox 360. Thing is, you have to be an XBox Live Gold subscriber to do it. What a rip-off! I have to pay Microsoft money to watch movies from Netflix on their console? You would think they’d want [...]
Categories: Computer & Video Games · Tech
Tags: netflix, video games, xbox 360
Diablo 3?
June 26th, 2008 · No Comments
So with BlizzCon fast approaching, I recommend anyone fascinated with the games made by Blizzard Entertainment check out the Blizzard jobs section right now. They have quite a few “top secret” jobs listed starting with: Blizzard Entertainment, the developer of Diablo and Diablo II, is looking for a senior 3D environment artist So does this [...]
Categories: Computer & Video Games
Tags: diablo, starcraft, video games, World of Warcraft
Why I Like Warren Spector
June 17th, 2008 · No Comments
Well, for one thing, he designed Deus Ex, which was one of the first really immersive 3D shooters that wasn’t really a shooter and was really more of an experience inside a truly interactive world. But I really liked what he had to say about the future of gaming in a recent speech: “I love [...]
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Tags: video games
Wii Recommendation Service
June 17th, 2008 · No Comments
Kind of kewl, according to Gamasutra, Nintendo is adding a recommendation service to it’s channel on the Wii, allowing users to rate and recommend games. This is why Nintendo is rocking.
Categories: Computer & Video Games
Tags: video games, wii
Why Buy A Wii Fit?
June 16th, 2008 · No Comments
Here’s two reason to buy a Wii Fit. And this is probably NSFW (not safe for work). Why every guy should buy his girlfriend a Wii Fit Why every girl should buy her boyfriend a Wii Fit Yep. It’s really all about sitting on the couch and watching, isn’t it?
Categories: General
Tags: video games, wii fit


