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Splosion Man was one of the shining jewels in the Xbox 360’s summer of arcade festivities earlier this year (2009). It involved the simple concept of exploding your character through platform-heavy levels to end the stage. Splosion Man is also one of the first games to give awards that can… Continue Reading »

After standing your ground in England in the first Resistance game, then the rest of Europe in Resistance 2, those pesky mutants have now invaded PlayStation Home. Find the new space on the world map and enter the ruined railway station to explore. Also this week a new volunteer program… Continue Reading »

Fans of The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series will have another chance to talk to the books author Michael Scott through Gaiai Online on May 26, 2009, but Gamertell go to him first. find out what he had to say about promoting his books through Gaia… Continue Reading »

With the New Xbox Experience (NXE) just over two weeks away from a worldwide launch on November 19, 2008, Microsoft has prepared a selection of Developer Diaries to bring you to up to speed on what you can expect to find tucked away in the mandatory system update. New developer… Continue Reading »

Microsoft is set to unveil its “New Xbox Experience” to eager 360 owners on November 19, 2008. This update is set to revamp the 360’s entire dashboard and introduce “avatars,” which are characters that players can customize to suit their own whims. This “new experience” will come at a cost… Continue Reading »

I just received a message from Gaia online today that asked a strange question: “Hi Lucy, What do Neopets, MapleStory and Habbo all have in common?” Out of curiosity I logged into my Gaia Online account to see what Kate Pietrelli, an account manager for TriplePoint (Gaia’s PR agency), is… Continue Reading »

Gaia Online just announced the release of celebrity-inspired items for Gaia users. This week’s items now allow registrants the opportunity to dress up their avatars as Snoop Dogg or The Incredible Hulk with hairstyles, purple pants, green fists and more. This marks the first time fully licensed celebrity-branded virtual items… Continue Reading »

Microsoft had a medium intensity press event this year, at least that’s what I’m calling it. There were no insanely awkward moments like last year’s “Peter Moore sucks at Rock Band ” intro, but the event was full of game demos, trailers, and a couple of rather exciting reveals. For… Continue Reading »

The most amazing avatars are showing up on Second Life thanks to the work of Damien Fate. Fate has perfected Final Fantasy X avatars, which he has also made available for other users to buy. Each avatar costs around $5 American, or 1000 Lindens in Second Life currency. His avatars… Continue Reading »

There is an emerging field in science dedicated to studying video games and their relations with society and modern life that is beginning to gain credibility. This field is called Video Game Studies and it involves specialists from different areas including psychology, computer science, visual arts and pedagogy. Professionals from… Continue Reading »