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My Guitar Hero Gently Weeps

They're not yelling "Bruce" this time. They're booing

By Chris Ward
Nov 6, 2008

The Guitar Hero series has finally hit a sour note. The fake rock rampart — which started out as a goofy way to live vicariously through Jimi Hendrix and ended up being the most improbable cultural phenomenon since the spawn of Billy Ray Cyrus — has been comfortably picking and...
Scared Shipless in Dead Space

No one can hear you sob like a pansy. Lucky for you

By Chris Ward
Oct 29, 2008

Some people want to get scared on Halloween. Others only want to get "scared." It's easy to tell which kind of person you are. Did you pay full price to see Saw V, only to peek through your fingers and giggle your way through the movie? Are you prepared to...
You Down With OCD? Yeah, You Know Me

Video games linked to obsessive, Tony Shalhoub-type behavior

By Chris Ward
Oct 15, 2008

It's with a heavy heart we deliver the following news: Pac-Man Fever is a legitimate mental illness. Earlier this year, a Philadelphia Research Center of Mental Illness study found "an alarming rate of OCD" in kids who played '80s video games like Q-Bert. You know Q-Bert: the orange fuzzball with...
For Those About to Rock... Again

Rock Band 2

By Chris Ward
Oct 1, 2008

This summer, the drummer from Joan Jett and the Blackhearts threw a drumstick at my face. To be fair, that's what drummers do — even fill-in, faux-Blackhearts from Joan Jett's new live band (at a county fair near you). After defensively swiping the stick out of the air, inches from...
Want Quality New Games? Look to the Past

Old School's in Session

By Chris Ward
Sep 3, 2008

When asked what new titles are worth buying right now, employees of big chain video game stores can barely muster a sales pitch. "You like sports games? There's another Madden out. And Mercenaries 2 just launched. It's a...first person shooter. I hear Too Human is kinda good. Nothing's out for the...

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