Final farewell to Halloween 2008
by at November 3, 2008 11:16 am
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So, while you savor your hard earned candy, or the little tidbits left in the bowl because you over-estimated how many trick-or-treaters would come, take a glance back at the various Halloween stories Gamertell ran to prepare people for the holiday. In fact, many of the special Halloween events may still even be running, and you could have one last chance to take part.
Halloween is almost here and along with it comes scares of epic proportions. This year, why not get all that trick or treating done early so you can go home and get some serious gaming done…
If you’ve ever dabbled in one of the many free-to-play massive multiplayer online games, you’ll know that each one celebrates real world holidays in their own way. Halloween is no exception, with many different games from Nexon, Aeria, Joymax, IGG, GameMasters.com, GamesCampus, Outspark, Gametribe.com, Ntreev and OGPlanet all hosting special…
All right gamers, we all know tonight is the best holiday ever (aside from maybe the December holidays) because you get to dress up as fictional characters or strange permutations of everyday things (zombie nurse, anyone?) and eat tons of candy. And we all know gamers love to dress up as game-related things. However, a few costumes just don’t have their luster anymore…
Happy Halloween everyone! In honor of the spookiest holiday of the year and the fortunate (or is it misfortunate) coincidence that my column would land on this date, I decided that it would be a good day to honor some particularly spooky Japanese video games…
Each year we are offered tricks and treats by tech companies. Some products turn out better than we hope and some far worse than we ever imagined. For this Halloween Who’s on Crack, let’s take a look at who has offered more treats than tricks…
Runes of Magic is still in closed beta, but that isn’t stopping Frogster from feeling the Halloween spirit. The MMO is going to have some special additions to celebrate Halloween 2008…
Wow! Pirates of the Caribbean Online has been around for a year already! It feels like longer, doesn’t it? Anyways, Disney Online has decided that a celebration is in order, to celebrate not only Halloween, but to celebrate the massive multiplayer online game’s successful first year…
Xfire and OCZ Technology are holding a scavenger hunt during its 2008 Haunted Xfire Halloween Scavenger Hunt event until October 31, 2008. According to the rules, Xfire users have to find the answers to 11 questions based on the clues scattered throughout the website…
Ah, Halloween. I still remember chanting “Trick or Treat! Smell our feet! Give us something good to eat!” hoping to find Candy Corn, M&Ms;and pieces of chocolate shaped like pumpkins in my bag. And like other towns across the United States, the variety of costumes you could dress in just…
Well kids, just as we were about to report the rumor that has been going around that the Xbox 360’s exclusive content for Grand Theft Auto IV may be a zombie infested outbreak in Liberty City, Rockstar made an announcement on its Rockstar Social Club that almost totally deflated our…
Before he was Saruman or Count Dooku, Christopher Lee worked with Peter Cushing (who did a turn in the original Star Wars as Grand Moff Tarkin) to create a series of classic horror films for the Hammer studios. And while today’s free movie wasn’t produced by Hammer, it’s certainly got…
Time for another freaky (and free!) horror film for your holiday enjoyment. This time it’s the cult classic Carnival of Souls. Filmed by a director of educational shorts, the film makes excellent use of low-budget special effects and camera work to create jarring, haunting images…
The leaves are falling, the air is crisp, and we’re heading towards that time of the year: Halloween. Time to put a little horror on your video-capable iPod, courtesy of the fine folks at The Internet Archive. And, our first link of the season is the classic horror film, George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead…
EA has announced that its creepy survival horror game Dead Space will release on October 28, 2008 – just in time for Halloween…
The controversy that’s heated up the gaming world all summer has just received something of a happy ending. Rockstar and Take Two announced today (August 24, 2007) that a modified version of violent action title Manhunt 2 was awarded an “M” rating and an October 31, 2007 release date in…
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