Xbox One wants to replace your cable/satellite box, but it can’t. The cable company is too entrenched in homes and it won’t leave without a grueling fight. Since Microsoft can’t completely replace the cable box, it has to work with it. Xbox One can connect to cable boxes and take over the majority of its more »

I just saw a really cool commercial on TV that combined two pretty unexpected things, the 2013 Chevrolet Traverse and Tetris. I know, that sounds like a very weird combination. Trust me, it works. I’m not sure it’ll sell cars, but it’s really quite clever.

A giant in the journalism and entertainment criticism died recently. On April 4, Roger Ebert died. Now, you’re probably wondering why this might tie to gaming, especially since he has had some less than favorable opinions regarding games. But even with the opinions that he brought up, we have admit something. He has been part more »

I’ve expressed my skepticism about Star Trek: The Video Game before. I’m not confident and more than a little worried about the final product. However, I am head over heals with Namco Bandai’s ad campaign. A new commercial for the game was released today, March 29, 2013 and it is glorious. Of course, anything with more »

Have you ever seen a grown man walk into a Build-A-Bear to create a colorful pony for himself? Well, stop by your local store and get ready for an invasion of the bronies. My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic characters are landing on Build-A-Bear store shelves on April 1, 2013. Not only that, but April more »

According to the Wall Street Journal, Director Brett Ratner, the director behind Tower Heist, said that he would be producing an “animated sitcom” (Read: Cartoon) based on Zynga’s popular Facebook game, Farmville.  Let that sink in for a second as I take a moment to gather my thoughts. … Good? Good. Why? I honestly don’t know why Zynga more »

Now here’s something that you don’t see everyday: a suspicious trademark filing that references a rather unusual concept for its registrant. In this case, Bethesda is trying to register such a trademark regarding “entertainment services in the nature of an on-going television program set in a post-nuclear apocalyptic world.” Even more telling besides that, you ask? Specifically, more »

Activision breathed new life into the video game and toy markets with Skylanders. It combined collectible action figures with a video game using the “Portal of Power.” Helping get those cute little monsters into people’s homes was a story featuring PlayStation era game hero Spyro the Dragon. A secondary market quickly erupted, with hard to more »

Well, this is certainly, very, unexpected I guess. Apparently, Amazon hasn’t heard the Wii is pretty much dead, because it has only just made the effort to make the Amazon Instant Video service available on the console. It’s good, I guess, but I can’t help wondering why? Why even bother at this point in the more »

So, what are you doing tomorrow? Because I was thinking, with your new Wii U and all, you may want to have a little sit down and watch some Nintendo TVii. Oh, you’re not officially “getting” your Wii U until Christmas? Well, don’t worry. Nintendo TVii will be waiting for you. The free service that more »