Which Alien AI is Smarter Than a 5th Grader?

Over the past two years, gamers have been treated to numerous games featuring aliens as the primary adversary. Many have claimed to have intelligent AI and boast their Aliens behave and attack just as human players do. Inevitably, all have failed in that... 

Used Game Retailers, the Legal Pirates

It never seems to fail. Every year, one or two major games get leaked early via pirates and the industry sounds off alarm bells and talks up the staggering loses that piracy is causing. The situation certainly doesn’t get helped by stories of idiotic... 

Sony’s “Home” is not the answer

By now most of you have seen the screen shots of Sony’s Home. This seems to be their answer to Xbox Live’s community functionality, and it’s looking like it will finally become reality sometime late this year or early 2009. The problem is... 

TGS 2008: The Aftermath

With Tokyo Game Show 2008 still fresh on the mind, I took a moment to look back at what happened, and more importantly what didn’t. Who was the big winner, who lost out? Wii Nintendo was its typical no show. I still am amazed that they feel no desire... 

Gaming Rumors, Lies or Legit Rumors?

A few weeks back there was a giant stink that ran amok on internet gaming sites, stemming from a fabricated “contest rumor”. A site created a rumor contest, and one such rumor was picked up by a number of websites as a legit “rumor” while others... 

Avatars…Microsoft’s Silver Bullet?

I, like most of you, wasn’t over-joyed when I heard that Microsoft would be introducing a new Mii-like Avatar in the new Dashboard Experience. I, like most of you, found it to lack the gleam of a hardcore system and felt as though the Avatars were simply...