With the unlikely mash up of Jackie Chan, Jet Li and Collin Chou it’s easy to overlook numerous video game references in the movie. Well, when one of the kids holds up an Xbox 360 and says “look, I found…

In a strange turn of events, cooking games are becoming ever so popular. Cooking Mama was never the only cooking game in town, but it was the first one to appeal to a mass market. Before Office Create developed the…

It seems strange, but Nintendo has gotten some big stars to hawk Ninty wares in Japan so maybe it's not so weird after all. Either way, Nintendo Europe will be using the lovely Ms. Kidman to promote the Brain Training series.…

Overtime, the comedy troupe who is behind the Nintendubs is having a show on Friday, June 22 at The Westside Eclectic @ 9PM. After a half hour comedy show the venue, including its big screen, is going to turn into…

After everyone shuttled out of the Championship Gaming Series tent there were tours of the Playboy mansion. We saw a steaming hot (empty) grotto, walked through an aviary and whisked into a mini arcade. Hef’s private gaming stash has a pool…

So this has got to be a first (maybe last?)… a video game party at Hef’s house. The Championship Gaming Series is holding a draft pick event there to give the upcoming video game league a little glamor and glitz. Teams…

Newbie video game studio Brash Entertainment managed to snag US$400 million in funding from a series of equity investors. Brash Entertainment opened their doors in March and it was presumed they would obtain around $150 million in start up capital. Their…

  Square-Enix’s European division chose Professor X actor, Patrick Stewart, to do the voiceover for the UK and Australian Final Fantasy XII TV commercials. David Dyett, the European Marketing Director explains why, “When we first saw the incredible visuals for…

  This past weekend I was hanging out at a Kingdom Hearts themed Valentine’s Day party (not Square-Enix sponsored!) and there was “Cloud Strife’s Buster Brose” to drink. The label says “A Scottish SOLDIER tradition” and below it “Made with…

Aliens coming back to consoles? The 27 year old franchise is making a return to the video game world thanks to an agreement between Twentieth Century Fox and Sega. A first person shooter is the obvious choice for the license…

This past Saturday Microsoft threw a Viva Piñata party at the Santa Monica pier. Before 11AM kids and their parents lined up to watch the ribbon cutting ceremony. Once inside there were craft stations, episodes of Viva Piñata to watch and…

From dancing with the stars to dancing with pi�atas Saved by the Bell alum, Mario Lopez, steps on stage to do the Viva Pi�ata dance at the Viva Pi�ata party earlier this afternoon. See the video below and follow the…