Gamertell

I’ve got some bad news for the Wii-toting “fitness enthusiasts” in living rooms across the nation - Nintendo’s blockbuster, genre-defining Wii Fit doesn’t actually provide a very good workout. An American Council on Fitness (ACE) report (via Joystiq), notes that even the most cardio-heavy exercises paled in comparison to the… Continue Reading »

Electronic Arts should be ashamed of themselves. In Dead Space Extraction, they’ve got the best rail shooter (or light gun) game available on the Wii - and arguably on any platform - and they’ve done next to nothing to let anyone know about it. The developer videos made available did… Continue Reading »

The Kohl’s Black Friday 2009 ad has leaked its way onto the internet, and even been scanned in, so add that to the list that also includes Kmart and Sears. In terms of video game sales, the Kohl’s ad is rather anticlimactic. The main Kohl’s video game sale is fairly… Continue Reading »

Nintendo has a history of offering exclusive games as Club Nintendo rewards, but until now they’ve only been DS games. The latest Club Nintendo Japan reward is the 50 point WiiWare game Wii de Ultra Hand. It’s based on the 1967 Nintendo Ultra Hand toy. The original Ultra Hand plastic… Continue Reading »

This week’s Nintendo Download marks the debut of two expected releases. Excitebike: World Rally, an updated and improved entry in the Excitebike series is out on WiiWare and a slew of Electroplankton downloads have been released on DSiWare. Two other major releases include Frogger Returns (WiiWare) and Bomberman Blitz (DSiWare).… Continue Reading »

Video games are often berated for the lack of educational content found in them. They’re often considered a waste of time. But, if you look closely, even games that aren’t slapped with the edutainment label or feature educational material can be teaching valuable skills to the people playing them. Gamertell’s… Continue Reading »

Walmart has some great online-only specials that have just appeared on the website. The only catch is, there’s no knowing how long these deals will last. The site specifically states that it is while supplies last, but it doesn’t mention how many of each item are available. So if you… Continue Reading »

When Midway filed bankruptcy, one of the potentially lucrative licenses it had was the right to make games based on TNA Wrestling. When Warner Bros. bought the company it picked up the rights to several Midway games but PWInsider said the TNA game wasn’t one of them. PWInsider’s TNA sources… Continue Reading »

Epic Games is making a breakthrough in the games community by offering one of the most acclaimed game engines, the Unreal Engine 3, free to the public. Now anyone can get their hands on this technology by downloading the UDK, or Unreal Development Kit. The Unreal Engine 3 has been… Continue Reading »

Anyone who’s stepped into a Half Price Books store knows that you can find used video games, half price PC games and even used video game strategy guides on sale at reasonable prices. While the store never offers traditional Black Friday sales, they do offer special promotions to customers who… Continue Reading »