Christmas-themed video games might seem like the best way for developers to cash in on the holiday season, but there's a conspicuous lack of these titles on the market. Believe it or not, this is a good thing, because the vast majority of Christmas games to date have been pretty bad and, what's more, inexplicably weird.
Over the years, Hollywood has taught us one thing -- it's easy to churn out movies based on video games, but a whole lot more difficult to make them watchable. For every semi-decent 'Resident Evil' or 'Tomb Raider' flick, there's a stinker like 'Silent Hill,' 'Doom,' 'Bloodrayne,' 'Wing Commander' and, perhaps worst of all, 'Super Mario Bros.'
Discovering a video game Easter egg on your own can be a blast, but, let's face it, doing so requires an awful lot of work. So, to spare you the hassle of hours of repetitive gameplay, we've compiled the 15 coolest Easter eggs right here. Consider this an early Christmas present.
Are you voting for Barack today... or Baraka? Display your civic pride and your party allegiance with one of these Outworldly badges. (Thanks to Jade and Reptile, even the Green Party is represented.)
Allow us to introduce you to perhaps the coolest game ever... Pumpktris! Seriously, somebody created a playable Tetris game inside a jack-o-lantern. If you've got time, patience and brilliance on your side, you can too.
Forget all that meth from 'Breaking Bad' -- speed is where it's at these days. Aaron Paul has joined the adaptation of the hit video game franchise 'Need for Speed' as one of the film's two leads.
Anybody who was in high school marching band can go ahead and hang their head in shame now. The Ohio State University marching band just made all those mornings you woke up early to practice 'Taking It to the Streets' totally obsolete.
Video games are often praised for their life-like qualities -- the realistic graphics, the grabbing action, the way women are always wearing short shorts. (Er, scratch that last one.) These gamers, however, took it to the next level by literally bringing their favorite games to life. Check out some classic video games brought to life. Recreate these and you won't just feel like you're in the action, you will be in it.
A London pub has given the term “spray and pray” a whole new meaning thanks to new urinal-based video games that award points for peeing.
Is your kid hooked on video games? New research says simple brain-wiring may be to blame.
Brain scans conducted on 154 teenagers who played video games at least nine hours per week found the structure and activity in the part of the brain associated with reward processing was larger than in those who played less often.
April 19, 2011 Battlefield 3 comes out in November and by the looks of this trailer, it will be added to my video game collection pretty darn quick! Check out the trailer after the jump.
January 26, 2011 If you are a gamer, you'll appreciate this video of 30 years of first person shooter games set to Beethoven's "Moonlight Sanata".
