Clone Wars Adventures Last week, Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) announced the development of a massive multiplayer online roleplaying game (MMORPG) for children called Clone Wars Adventures. The game will be based on the Star Wars: The Clone Wars CGI animated series, which airs on Cartoon Network. The basic gameplay is free, but there are also premium monthly memberships for kids who want to beg their parents to upgrade their characters. They can also purchase Star Wars universe items within the game. Clone Wars Adventures will feature minigames, such as Droid Programming and Speeder Bike Racing. After all, what Star Wars fan h...

Super Mario Galaxy 2 As if Mario himself were some type of infrequently visible guru, who only returns every three or four years, masses of gamers have always anticipated new releases of Super Mario Brothers with a type of eagerness that is normally only reserved for teenage girl sightings of Hannah Montana . The latest release of the the video game featuring the overweight Italian plumber, his slimmer brother, and a host of mutant fungi, was released today amid speculation that it is the best Mario game...ever. While I have not played it and cannot offer my own opinion, the reviews from around the Net certainly suggest that Super ...

The latest version of the popular and free of charge first-person shooter, Alien Arena, has been released. Produced by COR Entertainment and powered by the CRX engine (based on id Tech 2, the open source engine once used for Quake II), the latest version, 7.40, is now available for download for Windows, Linux, and FreeBSD. Some of the new features are: Five new maps, two new weapon models, graphical improvements, bug fixes to decrease lag, and a new menu. There are many other gameplay improvements and tweaks listed in the official changelog. Alien Arena is a single player and online multi-player first-person shooter, similar to Q...

Games Based on Movies The 21st century has witnessed a multitude of technological innovations in movie-making, from realistic CGI animation to amazing transformations through makeup artistry. Not all innovations, however, have been successful. It is becoming commonplace for video games to be made into movies. At this point, the list is starting to get long, but I wish you luck finding any games made into movies that have received positive reviews from critics or fans. There have been two approaches to adapting video games to the big screen.  One is to stay true to the story of the game, only adding plot where plot is needed. The other...

DSi XL vs PSP Go The Nintendo DSi brought new features to an already high-volume-selling product, including  multimedia support. While previously viewed primarily as a gaming-only device, it's new features allowed it to cross over into the territory of another gaming handheld, the Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP). After nearly 10 years and several new versions, Sony released its most radically altered version of the PSP, known as the PSP Go. While keeping some of the PSP 3000 features and abandoning others, the Go has received mixed reviews. Most notably, it is 16% lighter and 35% smaller than the PSP 3000. Nintendo, however, ch...

Video Games Whether you have a PS3, Xbox, Nintendo Wii, or a PC, buying games has traditionally involved going to an electronics store.  With the advent of the Internet, it still usually required you to order the game you wanted and wait for it to arrive.  Even if you wanted to rent games, you still had to get dressed, drive to the video store, rent the games, and then worry about not getting them back to the video store on time. Times have changed, and there are now numerous ways to get games without ever leaving your house, and in some cases, the games are instantly delivered to your gaming console or computer. Steam Valve Co...