The Globe and Mail - Controller Freak

Cheating is the name of the game...literally

csapieha — Wed, 20 May 2009 15:15 EDT

Great news: I might have a download voucher for the new Xbox Live Arcade game Texas Cheat ‘Em with your name on it. But to get one, you'll need to answer the skill-testing question at the bottom of this post. Texas Cheat ‘Em—which is also available through the PlayStation Network - Follow link to read full post

Toshiba Qosmio X300: Ugly but has a good personality

csapieha — Tue, 19 May 2009 13:26 EDT

It's a good thing I didn't judge Toshiba's Qosmio X300-02K by its cover, which is awfully gaudy, even by gamer standards. The evaluation unit sent to me from the beleaguered Japanese electronics giant had a partially mirrored lid plastered with bedazzling red flames—Toshiba calls the design - Follow link to read full post

Punch-Out!! floats like a butterfly, stings like a bee

csapieha — Fri, 15 May 2009 10:52 EDT

Standing a mere five-feet, seven-inches tall and weighing just 107 pounds, Little Mac, a spunky, dark-haired kid from the Bronx, may not have the body of a fighter, but he sure has the spirit of one. His roster of opponents in Punch-Out!!, which will be released for the Wii on May 18th, would send - Follow link to read full post

Save the world from killer meteors with the power of temp work

csapieha — Thu, 14 May 2009 15:15 EDT

It's no secret that the Wii has an overabundance of hastily assembled, overly-expensive, thoroughly uninteresting mini-game collections. But these descriptors cannot be properly applied to Hudson Entertainment's Help Wanted, a mini-game compilation that steps outside the genre's predictable trappings - Follow link to read full post

Live a lifetime in just five minutes

csapieha — Tue, 12 May 2009 14:34 EDT

I'm a bit late to the party on Passage, a free downloadable game for computers (it's about 17 months old now), but I thought it both interesting and obscure enough to warrant a quick post. Designed by independent game maker Jason Rohrer and submitted to Kokoromi's Gamma 256 Festival in Montreal (an - Follow link to read full post

Bidding a fond farewell to game technology past

csapieha — Mon, 11 May 2009 12:17 EDT

Like many lifelong gamers,[amp]nbsp;I have amassed a large collection of aging hardware and software. I've been playing games at home on consoles and computers since 1982, when my dad purchased a Coleco Vision for the family, and I've picked up pretty much every major game playing device since. Of - Follow link to read full post

Welcome back to the Capital Wasteland

csapieha — Fri, 8 May 2009 10:11 EDT

I'm wielding a ridiculously powerful weapon called a Tesla Cannon—it shoots lightning bolts, for God's sake—and running around a massive Jawa Sandcrawler-like mobile platform. This is Fallout 3: Broken Steel, and it's the expansion that[amp]nbsp;die-hard Fallout 3 fans have been waiting for - Follow link to read full post

Trio of GameCube games gets the Wii treatment

csapieha — Thu, 7 May 2009 13:53 EDT

Nintendo's last console, the GameCube, was a bit of a bust. It sold the same number of machines in its entire lifespan as the Wii did in its first 15 months. It had some terrific games, but, sadly, its small installation base meant that few people ever played them. Which is why it's nice to see Nintendo - Follow link to read full post

Sony tests download delivery with new PSP game

csapieha — Tue, 5 May 2009 15:25 EDT

Patapon 2, sequel to last year's critically acclaimed rhythm/strategy hybrid Patapon, is everything its predecessor was and more. Players once again take command of a primitive tribe of googly-eyed warriors, beating out simple but strategic rhythms[amp]nbsp;that instruct them to march, attack, and - Follow link to read full post

NPD reports first decline in game industry since 2002

csapieha — Mon, 4 May 2009 12:37 EDT

The video game industry, it would seem, is not invulnerable to the weakening economy. According to research firm NPD, first quarter Canadian retail sales of video game hardware and software shrank by 8.5 per cent over the same period last year. This is the first time quarterly sales have declined year - Follow link to read full post