In this past Sunday’s episode, Bart wanders off into a new comic book store where the owner is seen playing Guitar Hero and Dance Dance Revolution simultaneously. This isn’t the first time the Simpsons touched on video games. Last season the show poked fun at Grand Theft Auto and a much older episode had a [...]

I’m sort of out of the Nicktoons loop since I'm no longer in their target demographic, but I still have fond memories of their classics. Stuff like Ren & Stimpy, Rocko’s: Modern Life and Ahh! Real Monsters faded away years ago. Out of nowhere they are making a comeback in Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots, [...]

Did you catch Robot Chicken last night/this morning? In between sketches about Barbie dolls and He-Man, Robot Chicken poked fun at two series of video games. Poor Link is trying to get a “reward” from Zelda, but will she give in after eight previous records? If you missed it the episode is online. Watch it [...]

While searching for the Timeshift demo I noticed the first episode of Heroes is online and it’s for free. See the 53 minute long episode in Standard Definition (599MB) or High Def (2.4GB).   Also a bunch of Onechanbara VorteX costumes and playable characters got shoved onto the Xbox Live Marketplace. A new costume rings [...]

He isn’t the first video game character to get a computer animated series and Tak certainly won’t be the last. However, there is something unusual about Tak’s silver screen debut. Like why? I can think of plenty of other games that sold more copies than the Tak trilogy and there are many more iconic video [...]

Universal Pictures Digital Platforms Group and Ubisoft are going to work together to create a game based on the TV show Heroes. No other details have been released other than Ubisoft being the publisher.     Gameloft who made the Prince of Persia mobile phone games is also working on a Heroes game for cell [...]

Cartoon Network Universe: Fusion Fall is less like WOW and more like a massively multiplayer online platformer. In the demo I took control of Sharkyburke who was aided by familiar faces from Cartoon Network’s original programs. Fourarms from Ben 10 has a net ability and Mandark is a passive helper that boosts Sharkyburke’s jumping ability. [...]

Two unannounced games popped up from Midway on EB Games’ pre-order list. The awkwardly titled Game Party is a Wii title with no details and it probably is not a remake of the NES game with the same name. Probably more interesting (because we at least have an idea about it) is a new Fosters [...]

Overtime Comedy who released the set of Mario in MySpace videos has a new Nintendub out that uses footage from the 1994 Mega Man cartoon. In the clip Mega Man is trying to convince Protoman to watch Six Feet Under with him. Can Mega Man succeed and find a friend other than Veronica Mars? [youtube]COvUGvx1a3I[/youtube]  [...]

As the Playstation 2 is beginning to phase out some publishers have been dropping the price of new PS2 games to $40, instead of selling them for $50. At EB Games the upcoming Aqua Teen Hunger Force game Midway is working on is priced $10 lower than usual and has a pre-order price of $29.99. [...]

Instead of waiting for Konami to choreograph the steps to new songs the Stepmania community takes matters in their own hands by making SIM files, with inhuman dance sequences only for the hardcore. While there are lots of songs out in the wild many of them fall into the video game music, anime theme or [...]

Something that you might have missed on the Xbox Live Video Marketplace section is a free download of the first episode of the 1982 Pac-Man cartoon. You can find the download under the Warner Brothers Network or check the top downloads this week, “Picnic in Paclan” should be somewhere in the top five. Fun factoids [...]

Microsoft announced a series of new shows that are appearing on Xbox Live Video Marketplace this week. From A&E is King of Cars, a reality TV series about a Las Vegas used car dealership and how they push cars on people who step in. Driving Force is another reality TV show from A&E that stars [...]

While it looks like Cartoon Network pulled the plug on Ed, Edd and Eddy when they aired the “final” episode last week they still have plans for a movie. Also, according to GameFly, there is a Nintendo DS game in development from D3 Publisher. The unannounced title seems possible since Cartoon Network and D3 Publisher [...]