Great Court Cases in Video Game History
Thursday, 04/29/10

While most gamers are all too familiar with the Super Mario Bros., few remember the enigmatic Fantastic Steve Cousins. Accompanied by his cousin, Ralph, Fantastic Steve led players on a magical journey through the Sausage Fiefdom. When the Mario Bros. soared to fame a few years later, Fantastic Steve sued the plumber for stealing his act. Unfortunately, Fantastic Steve was found dead before the trial began, leading to further speculation on Mario’s involvement with La Cosa Nostra.

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13 New XBox Achievements Aimed to Make You Feel Bad About Yourself
Saturday, Nov 7, 2009 – 0:36
13 New XBox Achievements Aimed to Make You Feel Bad About Yourself

But Quizno’s Pays Minimum Wage!: Buy three games that your Xbox Live friends have already had for over a month.

Hardcasual’s Top 10 Predictions for TGS 2009
Thursday, Sep 24, 2009 – 10:00
Hardcasual’s Top 10 Predictions for TGS 2009

This week brings the 2009 Tokyo Game Show, and with it an assortment of rumors, speculation, and Western journalists remarking about how wacky Tokyo is. We thought we’d share a few of the rumors that have come across our desks in the past few days.

10 Top Selling Games on the British Sales Charts
Thursday, Feb 12, 2009 – 23:16
10 Top Selling Games on the British Sales Charts

1. Professor Layton and the Curious Shire
2. Cooking Mama: Turkish Kebab
3. Guitar Hero: British Empire Tour
4. Call of Duty: Maginal Line
5. Civilization: Apartheid

5 Messages Lost in Liberty City Police Department’s Complaint Box
Monday, Dec 29, 2008 – 18:39
5 Messages Lost in Liberty City Police Department’s Complaint Box

An elderly man ran the red light outside my post office at 11:17 this morning. I followed the elderly gentleman through a red light, and used my Cavalcade FXT to force his Blista Compact into Middle Park Lake. I have reason to believe the man drowned, because I held his face under water until his body went limp.

8 Ways In Which Dynasty Warriors Completely Disregards Sun Tzu’s ‘The Art of War’
Sunday, Dec 28, 2008 – 0:27
8 Ways In Which Dynasty Warriors Completely Disregards Sun Tzu’s ‘The Art of War’

Dynasty Warriors says: fighting with a small army under your command is no different from fighting with a large one: it is merely a question of whether or not you have another fifteen minutes to blow before dinner.

6 Ways Harmonix Can Make Rock Band More Like Being in an Actual Rock Band
Saturday, Dec 13, 2008 – 2:46
6 Ways Harmonix Can Make Rock Band More Like Being in an Actual Rock Band

No other instrument leads to as much self-destruction as the drum kit. Rock Band 3 ought to put a timer in the corner that slowly ticks towards zero, making it abundantly clear that from the moment the drummer sits down, it’s only a matter of time before Death comes to claim him.

20 Things A Gamer Shouldn’t Say in Bed
Tuesday, Dec 9, 2008 – 21:47
20 Things A Gamer Shouldn’t Say in Bed

10.) Achievement unlocked: “Virgin 2.0”

9.) Don’t you hate grinding.

8.) Shh! My raid can still hear us!

7.) How do I invert your Y-axis?

6.) I call it “Active reloading.”

Cliffy B’s 10 Badass Ways to Fix New Games Journalism
Tuesday, Dec 2, 2008 – 23:32
Cliffy B’s 10 Badass Ways to Fix New Games Journalism

How did I, Cliff Blezinski, become CliffyB? Kitchen-squats. And when Cliffy B didn’t bed a dozen women a night, what’d he do? Juiced pheromones out of dominant apes and slurped them like a friggin Diet Soda. Cliffy B takes action. So when folks get upset about New Games Journalism, the Cliffster fixes it.