Software Sales Dwonload

By John Guilfoil

Blast recently awarded the Atari-published game N+ the best handheld game of E3.
The game’s developer, SilverBirch Studios, put out a press release thanking us and GamingExcellence, which gave N+ an award for best PSP game.
“This is obviously a great honor for us,” said Wojtek Kawczynski, Senior Vice President, SilverBirch Studios. “Winning two awards at E3 [...]

By John Guilfoil

There was no E3 sketchbook on Penny Arcade this year.
There needed not be an E3 sketchbook, because the webcomic geniuses at PA summed up the entire three and a half days in one simple comic.
And then they finished the job in their single E3 blog post:
No doubt the proprietors of Ladies’ Home Journal were breathless [...]

By John Guilfoil

Matt Peckham wrote an excellent post Friday which touches on the status of this country, our stance on violence, video games and sexuality, citing Tom Brokaw’s remarks that video games and blogs were “cancerous.”
Talking to radio talk show host Hugh Hewitt, Brokaw reacted to the shooting at the Nebraska mall in a way that I [...]

By John Guilfoil

I’ve been reporting a lot on Atari lately, including recommending that they release some of their classic games on Xbox Live Arcade and make new versions of some of them.
Atari released this today:
Atari, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATAR), one of the world’s most recognized brands and a third-party video game publisher, today announced that Asteroids(R) and Asteroids Deluxe(R) [...]

By John Guilfoil

Here’s another one of those top 10 lists.
1. DLO HomeDock Deluxe: A home entertainment center for the iPod which is the world’s first iPod dock that lets you view and select your iPod’s music on your TV screen, allowing you to navigate, select and play your songs using the included 18-button remote control.
2. Memorex iFlip: [...]

By John Guilfoil

This just came over the wire. You be the judge.
10. SONY PLAYSTATION(R)PORTABLE PSP(TM)
Who says games are just for kids? Even executives will love the fun and excitement of the Sony Playstation(R) in transit! Much more than simply a mobile Playstation, the PSP(TM) is a lightweight and compact portable entertainment center with MP3 and [...]

By John Guilfoil

In a case of that could only happen in the South, an irate South Carolinian mother had her 12-year-old son arrested Sunday after he opened his Christmas presents early.
The Smoking Gun website published the actual police reports showing the boy charged with Petty Larceny. Officers Michael Reid and Andrea Smith responded to the “scene” and [...]

By John Guilfoil

One of the first articles on PRrag.com came back in June when I declared my doubt that the Nintendo Wii would result in a modern gaming revolution and completely change the way people play games overnight, as Nintendo loyalists claimed it would shortly after E3.
To say that I took fire for that article would have [...]

By John Guilfoil

The Market Rag took a little election-week vacation, but it’s back now and ready to talk shop.
We have entered the age of Playstation 3 and Wii.
Sony will sell its 400,000 American units promptly and unleash 6 million units by March, according to a CNNMoney article. The same coverage also points out a glitch in backwards [...]

By John Guilfoil

Sony will release their next generation video game console tomorrow in its home market of Japan, where gaming fever is in full force and effect this holiday season with an Xbox 360 upgrade and Nintendo Wii also set to launch.
Nintendo Wii will be released in the United States on Nov. 19.
The relative success of the [...]

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