Gamertell

For the past four years I have been writing a game column for CiN Weekly magazine (part of Gannett‘s Cincinnati Enquirer). The column was canceled a few weeks ago so I thought I’d end on a positive note and feature a list of my favorite and more personal videogame endings… Continue Reading »

To use Skype on a PSP, you’ll first need the right hardware: a PSP-2000 ($170, the thinner, more recent model), the PSP-2000 Remote Control ($30, which does not come with the system and the original model PSP remote won’t even fit into the port) and the PSP-2000 Headphones ($20). If… Continue Reading »

‘Tis the season for smootchin’ and squeezin’. Sure, that might mean you have to drop your controller for an hour or two and pay attention to your significant other, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t any love and romance in videogames. In my most recent CiN Weekly magazine column (published… Continue Reading »

CNet begins its CES gaming wrapup by stating, “CES 2008 wasn’t a very big show for gamers.” Screw that and your anemic wrapup. I wasn’t even there and I know there were plenty of game related goodies to be viewed this year. Big deal if there weren’t a lot of… Continue Reading »

Retailing for $15 (US, $19.99 in Canada) and available now in stores is a plastic mini Hallmark Keepsake game controller ornament that produces three sets of videogame style noises. It’s shaped like a GameCube controller but with Xbox mini-joystick placement. The mini josyticks move but don’t create any sounds. A… Continue Reading »