Just got a message from my friend Zach Wigal of Gamers Outreach Foundation about an upcoming video game convention, Gamers 4 Giving, a charity event to be held at the Eastern Michigan University Student Center located on 900 Oakwood Street in Ypsilanti, Michigan (USA), starting 2 p.m. on February 27, 2009, and ending March 1, 2009. This year’s Gamers 4 Giving event will focus on raising funds to catapult the GOF 2009 community initiatives.

Events include a “300 MAN LAN” party PC tournament, Super Smash Brothers Brawl and 2vs2 Halo 3 Tournament.

Gamers Outreach Foundation is…

It’s no secret that people are cutting back. Unemployment, foreclosure and all sorts of other calamities are befalling families across the US, so it’s no surprise that for many people, entertainment is taking a backseat. Midway and EA are just two of the companies facing some serious losses.

Now is the time when companies have to rethink how they market games. Video game developers and publishers have to rely on casual and multiplayer games. While what TIME says holds true, that is that people will rely on forms of entertainment that will provide the best…

If you’re a YouTube fan, chances are you’ve encountered the Caramelldansen phenomenon, a strange, 30~120 second video that shows cartoon-style versions of popular anime, cartoon or video game characters doing a bunny-wiggle dance to the hyper song “Caramelldansen.” After sitting through the entire video, you’ll be a bit stunned, perhaps wondering what is going on. Yes, you’ve stumbled upon an outdated meme.

Since then, fans have decided to dance the “Caramelldansen” dance, dragging their favorite characters with them. No series is safe, no character too unlikely, to become…

Today, January 26, 2008, is a great day for Super Smash Brothers Brawl demo reports. Kiosks in Japan are having demos of the title set up this weekend. There have also been recent rumors floating around the internet that US gamers will soon be sampling the game as well.

Kombo.com reports that Japanese stores began featuring Super Smash Brothers Brawl demos for Wii kiosks today. They also provide quite a few links to various Youtube videos which have already debuted on the internet.

Click through to see a video of King Dedede and Koopa facing off…

The latest Smash Bros. DOJO!! update introduces Captain Olimer from Pikmin to the fighting roster of the upcoming Wii game, Super Smash Brothers Brawl. Of course Olimer isn’t alone in the coming battles, he is joined by five different kinds of pikmin, whose only purpose in life is to serve him. See, Olimer is essentially more »

Nintendo today (August 1, 2007) unveiled another new character for upcoming Wii brawler Super Smash Brothers Brawl: Ike from the Fire Emblem series. Ike has an apparently gilded sword and boasts a special move called “Aether.” Also announced today was a new item, the pitfall from Animal Crossing (which is actually useful now).

The game itself is a sequel to the excellent Super Smash Brothers (N64) and Super Smash Brothers Melee (Gamecube) fighting games that pit Nintendo franchise characters against one another in wild, anything-goes matches within ever-changing environments. Both prequels have been…

Nintendo’s Reggie Fils-Aime was in high spirits today (July 11, 2007) as he opened Nintendo’s annual E3 press event, rattling off sales figures that indicated Nintendo world domination, especially in the expanding non-traditional markets.

The conference was peppered by montages showing just how much media attention the Wii (and the DS) is receiving by mainstream media, and how far the Nintendo has penetrated the non-gamer marketing, showing families, women, older people, and even toddlers getting down with all the Nintendo action. Iwata summed it up in …