Gamertell

Since the free browser-based MMMORPG zOMG! started allowing players in 2008, it has been widely talked about in the forums. Guilds have formed to help others complete quests and meet other players who love the game. I had a chance to talk with zOMG! senior producer and creative director Dave… Continue Reading »

Thinking about purchasing The Sims 3? Good for you. Thinking about purchasing it used? Think again. Thanks to certain procedures set in place by EA regarding the game, you must register your copy in order to gain access to The Sims 3 community website and store. If you’ve purchased a… Continue Reading »

We can choose to look at EA’s actions in one of two ways - they’re either paying homage to the late Michael Jackson, or cashing in on his death. Either way it will release two awfully familiar costumers for Battlefield Heroes in July 2009. The first costume is the Smooth… Continue Reading »

It’s a good week for people who happen to be Big Fish Games and PlayFirst members. Whether you’re a PC or Mac owner, if you love Breakout and Alleyway style games it’s a good time to invest in a PlayFirst PlayPass. Two action games in this vein, Pirate’s Treasure and… Continue Reading »

Retail stores have experimented with different methods to prevent the theft of games in the past. Some stores surround the disc case in a thick plastic prison cell, some have games locked in display cases and others keep the games behind the counter where only employees have access. All these… Continue Reading »

I was going to resist The Sims 3. After all, I have a complete The Sims 2 running on my laptop, complete with every single expansion pack and a robust assortment of user-created original content. Besides, $49.99’s a lot of money and I’ve been cutting back. Then, when visiting a… Continue Reading »

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Is there anything better than free games? I mean, it’s a rhetorical question, but when you have good, free flash games that you can play in a browser, it’s hard to complain. Today, GameFly (the generally excellent game rental service) launched Ponged, which offers “over 500” games, all free to… Continue Reading »

This one came out of nowhere - ZeniMax, the parent company of Fallout 3 and Oblivion developer Bethesda, has just announced its acquisition of id Software (best known for the Doom and Quake franchises). According to a report at Gamasutra, Bethesda will publish all of id’s currently unsigned projects (EA… Continue Reading »

On May 20, 2009 Bethesda announced two additional episodes to the Fallout 3 universe. “Point Lookout” will be released first on June 23, 2009 for Xbox 360 and PC for 800 MS points ($10) and “Mothership Zeta” is coming out in July, 2009 for Xbox and PC. The PS3 versions… Continue Reading »

The third installment of the Wallace and Gromit game Muzzled is now out a ready to play. In this one, Wallace invents a ice cream maker that turns anything into a flavor of ice cream which he intends on using to raise funds at the upcoming fair sponsored by Monty… Continue Reading »