I heard about Silent Hill: Book of Memories and was instantly intrigued. As more details come out, though, it feels more like the game might be a complete betrayal of the franchise.

There’s a new zombie killing game in town, Dead Island, and it can be rough going, especially if you’ve never fought zombies before. Here are some tips for a guy who’s popped more than his share of rotting heads:

Is winter weather getting you down? Being cooped up due to the weather, especially if you live in a usually lively city, is probably getting rather boring. Trust me. Being a Chicago native, I know due to the recent “blizzard”. You’ve got quite a few options to occupy your time, though. This is going to be a list of some of the best horror games to distract yourself with while you’re trapped within your house.

Some of these do require power but a few games in the list only require a light source (preferably a little spooky), pencils, paper and dice.

I feel blessed. Although I’ve heard many reports of bugs in Fallout: New Vegas, for some bizarre reason, I’ve been spared any crashes or glitches, beyond occasional clipping. I’ve also seen quite a few walkthroughs for the game. While it’s nice to know what’s going on, there aren’t many guides for making a character that more »

Just as the Citizens for Undead Rights and Equality (aka C.U.R.E) believe zombies are just misunderstood, so it is with Dead Rising 2. At first, I didn’t much care for the game but, as I kept playing and learned what was really going on, I gained an appreciation for the excellent design.

Here are the things you need to know to truly appreciate Dead Rising 2…

As many of you may know, the Nintendo Entertainment System turned 25 this year. The NES is the second biggest selling system of all time with 61 billion sales, the first biggest being the Wii.

I loved the NES when I was a kid (and still do!). I got this system when I was five and I actually still remember the day we got it and playing Super Mario Bros. for the first time.

In honor of NES’s anniversary, I’m sharing with you, in no particular order, my top ten favorite NES games. Though I could list a much bigger list since there were so many great games on the system, I have to force myself to limit it to only 10.

Yes, Civ V is a good game, but that’s more a testament to how good a basic platform Sid Meier developed the current incarnation just seems to be missing so much that was in the earlier titles.

The finalists have been selected for the Video Game Voters Network badge contest, now it’s up to us to narrow it down to the winner.

The VGVN is a website dedicated to stand up for gamers’ rights. If there are any political or other matters that effect the sale of video games, or effect our ability to choose what we want to play, the VGVN is there to back us up.

Earlier in August 2010, the VGVN asked its members and anyone else with artistic talent to submit a badge design that will be used to promote it’s site. They, from the tons of entries, they narrowed it down to their top 10 favorites and have left it up to use to pick the best one. The one with the most votes will be the winner and receive a $750 Best Buy gift card. The second-place winner will receive a $250 Best Buy gift certificate.

There were lots of hardcore games at E3. Fallout: Las Vegas, Assassin’s Creed: Bloodlines and Mafia II are a few of them. But there were also cute a few adorable ones. These were games that were so endearing, you wished there were mascot characters for them running around that you could hug. (Actually, there was a Wee Ninja running around the show floor!)

If you like your games lighthearted and fanciful, then take a look at Gamertell’s list of the top 10 cutest games that appeared at E3 2010. They’ll all instantly catch your eye, tug at your heart and entertain you for hours on end…

Apple only last week started accepting iPad optimized app submissions, so who knows if our favorite games will be ready to go by April 3rd? Of course, that doesn’t prevent us from getting our hopes up. Last week, I offered a list of five games I’ve played on the iPhone that I’m now excited about playing on the iPad. In this article, I’ll list the five I’ve not yet played but certainly will when (if) an iPad version is made available.