http://www.examiner.com/x-6870-SF-Console-Game-Examiner?cid=exrss-SF-Console-Game-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:02:21 -0700 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:02:31 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-6870-SF-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m11d19-SF-EVENT-UMLOUD-lets-you-save-babies-with-your-horrible-selfish-gaming-habit?cid=exrss-SF-Console-Game-Examiner This just in from Rock Band makers Harmonix, who are 'da bomb' as the kids say:Harmonix Teams With Gaming Industry Vets for ÜMLOUD!, a Rock Band Night for Child’s Play Charity Gamers Give Back with Charity Event Supporting National Chil... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:02:31 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6870-SF-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m11d19-SF-EVENT-UMLOUD-lets-you-save-babies-with-your-horrible-selfish-gaming-habit?cid=exrss-SF-Console-Game-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6870-SF-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m11d19-Left-4-Dead-2-and-some-more-on-why-Assassins-Creed-2s-intro-blows?cid=exrss-SF-Console-Game-Examiner What's up, you mutants of Internet. Yesterday a bunch of ya'll did not like SFCGE's impressions of Assassin's Creed 2. Well, after playing a game with an actually good intro and getting some sleep, we're back to tell you th... Sony Playstation 3 Microsoft Xbox 360 Modern Warfare 2 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:21:51 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6870-SF-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m11d19-Left-4-Dead-2-and-some-more-on-why-Assassins-Creed-2s-intro-blows?cid=exrss-SF-Console-Game-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6870-SF-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m11d18-Spore-game-developers-Maxis-getting-hit-with-layoffs-Kotaku?cid=exrss-SF-Console-Game-Examiner Our fine friends at Kotaku have blistering news from the game development world, where they report Spore's maker Maxis of Emeryville, CA. may be getting hit with large layoffs as their parent company Electronic Arts trims 17 percent of staff. We firs... Serious Bizzness Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:35:09 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6870-SF-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m11d18-Spore-game-developers-Maxis-getting-hit-with-layoffs-Kotaku?cid=exrss-SF-Console-Game-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6870-SF-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m11d18-Assassins-Creed-2s-maker-Ubisoft--totally-blows-it-Stabulous?cid=exrss-SF-Console-Game-Examiner So we sat down yesterday after a long shift and a rainy, slow commute with nothing but hate in our hearts and a desire to stab people in the past. We bought Assassin's Creed 2, since the original's singular strength was the ability to go b... Sony Playstation 3 Microsoft Xbox 360 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:20:39 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6870-SF-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m11d18-Assassins-Creed-2s-maker-Ubisoft--totally-blows-it-Stabulous?cid=exrss-SF-Console-Game-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6870-SF-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m11d17-Left-4-Dead-2-a-60-piece-of-DLC-thats-worth-it?cid=exrss-SF-Console-Game-Examiner All you whiners and haters just need to get a job. Maybe quit playing so much Modern Warfare 2. You big babies.From Kotaku: Left 4 Dead 2 really feels like the game that the original should have been. Even though it was delivered with an astonishing ... Microsoft Xbox 360 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:24:58 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6870-SF-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m11d17-Left-4-Dead-2-a-60-piece-of-DLC-thats-worth-it?cid=exrss-SF-Console-Game-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6870-SF-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m11d13-Modern-Warfare-2-fixes-friend-invites-today?cid=exrss-SF-Console-Game-Examiner Remember that thing where the #1 game of the year came out Playstation 3 pretty much broken? The thing where trophy support didn't work, you couldn't play online with your friends and then all the servers crashed like a Blackhawk down in S... Sony Playstation 3 Microsoft Xbox 360 Modern Warfare 2 COD Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:19:16 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6870-SF-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m11d13-Modern-Warfare-2-fixes-friend-invites-today?cid=exrss-SF-Console-Game-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6870-SF-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m11d12-Modern-Warfare-2-owners-killed-MW2-multiplayer-on-PS3?cid=exrss-SF-Console-Game-Examiner Yesterday will be a day that lives on in mild infamy at Sony. Thousands of PS3 owners who bought game of the year 'Modern Warfare 2' took to the internet to slag the company when they found out they could not play the game online, which wa... Sony Playstation 3 Microsoft Xbox 360 Modern Warfare 2 COD Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:40:59 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6870-SF-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m11d12-Modern-Warfare-2-owners-killed-MW2-multiplayer-on-PS3?cid=exrss-SF-Console-Game-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6870-SF-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m11d10-Review-Modern-Warfare-2--Hostiles-in-the-Burger-King?cid=exrss-SF-Console-Game-Examiner Insanely violent, stunningly detailed and as addictive as a speedball, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, is worth the hype. Free up time in the schedule, because even sleep will be a low priority while ensnared by this long-awaited and difficult fir... Sony Playstation 3 Microsoft Xbox 360 Modern Warfare 2 COD Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:49:17 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6870-SF-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m11d10-Review-Modern-Warfare-2--Hostiles-in-the-Burger-King?cid=exrss-SF-Console-Game-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6870-SF-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m11d9-Just-Announced-An-evening-with-the-Uncharted-2-Among-Thieves-music-team-in-SF?cid=exrss-SF-Console-Game-Examiner Super-pros, all. Naughty Dog's epic PS3-exclusive adventure title "Uncharted 2: Among Thieves" has already established itself as one of the top games of this console generation, drawing a 96 overall rating on Metacritic with a whopping *36*... Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:46:26 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6870-SF-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m11d9-Just-Announced-An-evening-with-the-Uncharted-2-Among-Thieves-music-team-in-SF?cid=exrss-SF-Console-Game-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6870-SF-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m11d6-Preview-Skate-3-dark-slides-toward-May-10-release?cid=exrss-SF-Console-Game-Examiner 'Skate 3' has a posse EA We all have Modern Warfare 2, Left 4 Dead 2, and Assassin's Creed 2 on our minds right now. Meaning it's the perfect time to head outside, catch a breath of fresh air, and maybe, just maybe - Skate.We did that just last wee... Playstation 3 Microsoft Xbox 360 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:06:20 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6870-SF-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m11d6-Preview-Skate-3-dark-slides-toward-May-10-release?cid=exrss-SF-Console-Game-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6870-SF-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m11d5-Chronicle-Video-games-helped-gang-rape-Richmond-victim-?cid=exrss-SF-Console-Game-Examiner From Master Chief Kevin Fagan at the Chronicle: Take the poverty-driven frustration of inner-city Richmond, a youth street culture that glorifies thugs and applauds degradation of women, and the desensitization of young men through violent video game... Politics Law Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:16:17 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6870-SF-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m11d5-Chronicle-Video-games-helped-gang-rape-Richmond-victim-?cid=exrss-SF-Console-Game-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6870-SF-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m11d4-Free-DJ-Hero-contest-over-at-BPM-Magazine-today-woot?cid=exrss-SF-Console-Game-Examiner We are hella deep into 'DJ Hero' for PS3 and I'ma let you finish, but DJ Hero is the best rhythm music game of all time! Something like 108 mixes, furious beat-juggling, cutting, scratching and cross-fading is just gobbling up our off-hours. Get this... Playstation 3 Microsoft Xbox 360 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:04:27 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6870-SF-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m11d4-Free-DJ-Hero-contest-over-at-BPM-Magazine-today-woot?cid=exrss-SF-Console-Game-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6870-SF-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m11d3-Infinity-Ward-Modern-Warfare-2-mirrors-appalling-new-war-on-civilians?cid=exrss-SF-Console-Game-Examiner Ever since Modern Warfare 2 footage leaked showing the casual massacre of civilians - everyone's awaited a response from Infinity Ward. Among them, MW2 writer Jesse Stern tells USA Today today:That footage doesn't provide full context for the scene, ... Sony Playstation 3 Microsoft Xbox 360 Modern Warfare 2 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:58:47 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6870-SF-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m11d3-Infinity-Ward-Modern-Warfare-2-mirrors-appalling-new-war-on-civilians?cid=exrss-SF-Console-Game-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6870-SF-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m11d2-Review-Settling-into-the-groove-of-The-Ballad-of-Gay-Tony?cid=exrss-SF-Console-Game-Examiner '“Armando! I need a new parachute, another bullet proof vest, and some more explosive-tipped ammo for my auto-shotgun. Can we meet up? Sweet.” Now, let me just punch out the window of this stolen ride, let some of that dewy Li... Microsoft Xbox 360 Rockstar Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:49:47 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6870-SF-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m11d2-Review-Settling-into-the-groove-of-The-Ballad-of-Gay-Tony?cid=exrss-SF-Console-Game-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6870-SF-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m10d29-Review-GTA-IV-The-Ballad-of-Gay-Tony?cid=exrss-SF-Console-Game-Examiner New bling, bang, and badasses in TBOGT:Metascore: 91 on the strength of 20 reviews.New York Times: I have not seen a recent film or television show with snappier New York patois than Gay Tony. Most Grand Theft Auto technical production is in Britai... Microsoft Xbox 360 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:19:38 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6870-SF-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m10d29-Review-GTA-IV-The-Ballad-of-Gay-Tony?cid=exrss-SF-Console-Game-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6870-SF-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m10d28-Is-Modern-Warfare-2-going-to-fall-with-civilian-massacre-mission?cid=exrss-SF-Console-Game-Examiner   As rumors swirl today over the content of the year's most anticipated release, which allegedly includes an airport massacre of civilians under the guise of infiltrating a terrorist cell, office workers across America are asking, &#3... Sony Playstation 3 Microsoft Xbox 360 Modern Warfare 2 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:55:48 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6870-SF-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m10d28-Is-Modern-Warfare-2-going-to-fall-with-civilian-massacre-mission?cid=exrss-SF-Console-Game-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6870-SF-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m10d28-Sega-console-zippos-and-squandered-lives?cid=exrss-SF-Console-Game-Examiner   The defining characteristic of modernity is a doubling of the human lifespan and an infintesimal multiplication in ways to waste said lifespan. At the end of it all, we hope to kick back with this Sega console-shaped zippo, spark up a c... Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:29:18 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6870-SF-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m10d28-Sega-console-zippos-and-squandered-lives?cid=exrss-SF-Console-Game-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6870-SF-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m10d28-Slaughtering-civilians-Mumbaistyle-in-Modern-Warfare-2?cid=exrss-SF-Console-Game-Examiner Kotaku has sone LiveLeak footage of the first six minutes of 'Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2' where apparently there's plenty of civilians getting gunned down. We can't bring ourselves to watch the leak and spoil the surprise for November 10. But may... Sony Playstation 3 Microsoft Xbox 360 Modern Warfare 2 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:16:51 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6870-SF-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m10d28-Slaughtering-civilians-Mumbaistyle-in-Modern-Warfare-2?cid=exrss-SF-Console-Game-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6870-SF-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m10d27-Is-120-too-steep-for-DJ-Hero-today?cid=exrss-SF-Console-Game-Examiner Cus most of the fools I know don't just have that kicking around. Review from Joystiq:Regardless of how Activision attempts to market DJ Hero, it's not for everyone, and it's certainly not a party starter. It's a single-player experience ta... Sony Playstation 3 Microsoft Xbox 360 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:34:06 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6870-SF-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m10d27-Is-120-too-steep-for-DJ-Hero-today?cid=exrss-SF-Console-Game-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6870-SF-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m10d27-Eminem-challenges-Jazzy-Jeff-to-a-DJ-Hero-battle?cid=exrss-SF-Console-Game-Examiner And Jay-Z tells Rolling Stone: “I think after a year with DJ Hero I’m gonna start DJing parties like Q-Tip and all them,” Jigga said. “Then I’m gonna find out who makes the most as a DJ. I’m gonna charge do... Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:52:49 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6870-SF-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m10d27-Eminem-challenges-Jazzy-Jeff-to-a-DJ-Hero-battle?cid=exrss-SF-Console-Game-Examiner