http://www.examiner.com/x-5772-Console-Game-Examiner?cid=exrss-Console-Game-Examiner en-us Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:11:14 -0700 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:05:46 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-5772-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m10d7-Adam-Clayton-says-U2-Rock-Band-is-a-definite-maybe?cid=exrss-Console-Game-Examiner Even better than the real thing?With last year's AC/DC Live track pack, and last month's The Beatles: Rock Band unleashed on the world, the holdouts who still haven't made an appearance in the music/rhythm game genre are few, but legendary.... Rock Band Harmonix Music Games Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:05:46 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5772-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m10d7-Adam-Clayton-says-U2-Rock-Band-is-a-definite-maybe?cid=exrss-Console-Game-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5772-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m10d5-Epic-Mickey-is-official-and-its-definitely-epic?cid=exrss-Console-Game-Examiner Disney / Game InformerI've had a soft spot for the dark side of Disney ever since the first time I saw Fantasia, and ended up hiding outside the theater door until the "Night on Bald Mountain" segment was over. Viewing it now as an adult, j... Epic Mickey Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:00:47 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5772-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m10d5-Epic-Mickey-is-official-and-its-definitely-epic?cid=exrss-Console-Game-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5772-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m10d5-Rock-Band-News-God-save-the-Queenon-October-20?cid=exrss-Console-Game-Examiner      Yes, Bohemian Rhapsody exists outside Wayne's WorldThe rumors are true...or at least one step closer to no longer being rumors.HardRadio.com and Queenzone.com are both reporting that  Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Rog... Rock Band Harmonix Music Games Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:19:45 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5772-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m10d5-Rock-Band-News-God-save-the-Queenon-October-20?cid=exrss-Console-Game-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5772-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m9d30-What-if-I-love-Rock-Band-but-I-dont-love-the-Beatles?cid=exrss-Console-Game-Examiner Insert photo caption or credit here In one of the deleted scenes from Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction, Vince Vega and Mia Wallace have a conversation about the two types of people in the world: Beatles People and Elvis People. "Now, Beatles ... Rock Band Harmonix Music Games Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:47:42 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5772-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m9d30-What-if-I-love-Rock-Band-but-I-dont-love-the-Beatles?cid=exrss-Console-Game-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5772-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m8d5-Castlevania-gets-a-whippin-from-Robot-Chicken?cid=exrss-Console-Game-Examiner Cartoon Network / Adult SwimA big tip of the hat to Robot Chicken for finally taking a swing at my beloved Castlevania series. And by "finally," what I really mean is "I would never in a million years have expected them to ac... Castlevania Robot Chicken Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:02:37 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5772-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m8d5-Castlevania-gets-a-whippin-from-Robot-Chicken?cid=exrss-Console-Game-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5772-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m8d5-Steams-new-Left-4-Dead-campaign-promises-a-Crash-Course-in-zombie-killin?cid=exrss-Console-Game-Examiner Zoey finally looks like a woman! A creepy woman, sure, but hey.The fine folks at Valve have announced the impending release of their next new campaign for Left 4 Dead, the first designed specifically with Versus mode in mind. In another L4D firs... Left 4 Dead Valve Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:37:42 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5772-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m8d5-Steams-new-Left-4-Dead-campaign-promises-a-Crash-Course-in-zombie-killin?cid=exrss-Console-Game-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5772-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m8d3-KISS-DLC-for-Rock-Band-unleashes-my-inner-Ace-Frehley?cid=exrss-Console-Game-Examiner You wanted the best, you got the best...Coming from me, the headline above probably seems like fairly subdued celebration of the arrival of the "Kiss Pack 01" downloadable content for "Rock Band." Considering I've devoted two... Rock Band Harmonix Music Games DLC Mon, 03 Aug 2009 21:03:38 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5772-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m8d3-KISS-DLC-for-Rock-Band-unleashes-my-inner-Ace-Frehley?cid=exrss-Console-Game-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5772-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m7d26-TRON-Legacy-debuts-at-SDCC-popping-off-of-movie-screens-in-2010?cid=exrss-Console-Game-Examiner  Disney (not risking a lawsuit for a funny caption!)I'll be the first person to admit that the original "Tron" doesn't hold up quite as well as it did in 1982 when I was 11-years-old. That said, I'm enough of a sucker fo... Back to the 80's Movies Sun, 26 Jul 2009 11:32:24 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5772-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m7d26-TRON-Legacy-debuts-at-SDCC-popping-off-of-movie-screens-in-2010?cid=exrss-Console-Game-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5772-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m7d22-Left-4-Dead-Mods-101-Is-Death-Aboard-worth-downloading?cid=exrss-Console-Game-Examiner Zombie overboard!Few moves in the world of video gaming have managed to inspire such a perfectly even mix of hope and dread in me as Steam’s release of the “Left 4 Dead” authoring tools to the public. The promise of all-new campaign... Zombies Left 4 Dead Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:47:48 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5772-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m7d22-Left-4-Dead-Mods-101-Is-Death-Aboard-worth-downloading?cid=exrss-Console-Game-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5772-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m7d15-Xbox-101-What-is-the-Red-Ring-of-Death?cid=exrss-Console-Game-Examiner Nooooooooooooo!The Red Ring of Death (or RRoD). Odds are, if you’re an Xbox 360 user, you’ve either seen it or at least heard of it. Either way, you live in fear of it. The gleeful little power circle on the front of your 360 stops shinin... Troubleshooting Xbox 101 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:53:22 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5772-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m7d15-Xbox-101-What-is-the-Red-Ring-of-Death?cid=exrss-Console-Game-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5772-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m7d15-Donkey-Kong-and-the-art-of-stealing-office-supplies?cid=exrss-Console-Game-Examiner Nintendo  Yes, I know I’m a day late and a fistful of quarters short in bringing this to you, particularly since I watched it at Topless Robot over a week ago. I’m going to continue to milk the “I was on vacation” ex... Back to the 80's Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:38:54 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5772-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m7d15-Donkey-Kong-and-the-art-of-stealing-office-supplies?cid=exrss-Console-Game-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5772-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m7d15-Back-from-vacation-just-in-time-for-more-Judas-Priest-DLC-from-Rock-Band?cid=exrss-Console-Game-Examiner The Priest...is...back!To paraphrase the immortal Harry Doyle, “in case you haven’t noticed, and judging by the attendance, you haven’t,” I’ve been on “vacation” since the beginning of July. I slapped the ol&... Rock Band Harmonix Music Games Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:44:59 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5772-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m7d15-Back-from-vacation-just-in-time-for-more-Judas-Priest-DLC-from-Rock-Band?cid=exrss-Console-Game-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5772-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m6d30-Study-shows-28-of-console-gamers-are-women-and-no-one-should-be-surprised?cid=exrss-Console-Game-Examiner The Frag Dolls will destroy you.A new market research study by the NPD Group revealed that female gamers now make up 28% of the console gaming population. This is right on the heels of the Neilson Company’s study last April that showed almost 5... Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:11:09 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5772-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m6d30-Study-shows-28-of-console-gamers-are-women-and-no-one-should-be-surprised?cid=exrss-Console-Game-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5772-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m6d29-All-SMFs-invited-to-Game-with-Fame-with-Twisted-Sister-on-July-1st?cid=exrss-Console-Game-Examiner 25 years? I'm getting old...so very, very old."I don't think Twisted Sister is "Glam" because that implies glamour, and we're not glamorous. We should be called "Hid" because we're hideous." - Dee SniderWhat a coincidenc... Game With Fame Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:22:06 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5772-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m6d29-All-SMFs-invited-to-Game-with-Fame-with-Twisted-Sister-on-July-1st?cid=exrss-Console-Game-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5772-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m6d24-XBox-Live-Deal-of-the-Week-Super-Street-Fighter-II-Turbo-HD-Remix-for-800MSP?cid=exrss-Console-Game-Examiner  I select will.i.am!Yeah, I know I said yesterday that I’m terrible at fighting games and warned that, as a result, you’re not likely to see a lot of coverage of that particular genre in my column. So naturally, here I am coveri... Fighting Games Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:00:39 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5772-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m6d24-XBox-Live-Deal-of-the-Week-Super-Street-Fighter-II-Turbo-HD-Remix-for-800MSP?cid=exrss-Console-Game-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5772-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m6d23-Penny-Arcades-Cardboard-Tube-Samurai-wont-help-me-stink-less-at-Tekken-6?cid=exrss-Console-Game-Examiner Combining the best elements of recycling and violence since 2003.I own one of the Tekken games for the PS2. Without actually getting up and digging through the overstuffed folder I keep my discs and manuals in, I couldn’t for the life of me tel... Fighting Games Penny Arcade Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:49:48 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5772-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m6d23-Penny-Arcades-Cardboard-Tube-Samurai-wont-help-me-stink-less-at-Tekken-6?cid=exrss-Console-Game-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5772-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m6d22-Zombieland-looks-like-the-best-Left-4-Dead-movie-we-could-hope-for?cid=exrss-Console-Game-Examiner Woody, meet Francis. Francis, meet Woody.There have been a whopping two movies this year whose trailers made me grin from ear to ear. The first was Disney/Pixar's "Up." The other is "Zombieland." I don't know what that says about ... Zombies Left 4 Dead Movies Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:32:13 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5772-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m6d22-Zombieland-looks-like-the-best-Left-4-Dead-movie-we-could-hope-for?cid=exrss-Console-Game-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5772-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m6d20-Great-Caesars-Ghost-Ataris-Superman-is-30yearsold?cid=exrss-Console-Game-Examiner For no discernable reason, Superman explodes from his own groin.A few years back, Alan Moore expressed his disappointment at the fact that “Watchmen” is still considered by many to be the greatest comic book ever produced. He felt it refl... Back to the 80's Atari 2600 Comic Book Games Sat, 20 Jun 2009 10:03:59 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5772-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m6d20-Great-Caesars-Ghost-Ataris-Superman-is-30yearsold?cid=exrss-Console-Game-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5772-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m6d17-Buyers-remorse-a-new-contest-and-last-weeks-contest-winner?cid=exrss-Console-Game-Examiner Yes, I bought it. No, my daughter wasn't born yet. Shut up.Like the Italian gentleman who trades his convertible to Homer Simpson for the very last Krusty Ribwich (“I don’t mind the taste”), most of us have experienced buyer’s... Contests Tattoos Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:51:53 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5772-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m6d17-Buyers-remorse-a-new-contest-and-last-weeks-contest-winner?cid=exrss-Console-Game-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5772-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m6d16-Target-slashes-prices-on-007-Prince-of-Persia-FEAR-2-and-umBarbie-as-The-Island-Princess?cid=exrss-Console-Game-Examiner $2.50? It's on!It’s been a while since I went treasure hunting for red tag discounts at Target. It’s also been a while since I posted a new column (which is particularly embarrassing since I promised to give away a free game last week). H... Guitar Hero Bargain Hunting Kids Games Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:16:22 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5772-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m6d16-Target-slashes-prices-on-007-Prince-of-Persia-FEAR-2-and-umBarbie-as-The-Island-Princess?cid=exrss-Console-Game-Examiner