Tag archives for Video Games

  1. Video Games Sales > DVD/Blu-Ray Sales for 2008

    GameSpot notes that for 2008 total sales of video game software was greater than the combined sales of DVD and Blu-Ray movies. Worldwide, game software sales totaled $32 billion, while DVD/Blu-Ray sales totaled $29 billion. These figures do exclude revenue generated from DVD/Blu-ray rentals. Still, that’s a fairly impressive trend, and one that is only…

  2. The Secret Saturdays Cryptid Lab

    To promote its cryptozoological-influenced cartoon The Secret Saturdays, Cartoon Network has added a Flash-based Cryptid Lab that lets the user design their very own cryptozoological creature buy selecting from various parts and then modifying/re-coloring them. It’s no Spore Creature Creator, but considering it’s all done in Flash there’s a surprising level of customization possible.

  3. Katamari CosPlay

    Fox News, of all places, saw fit to cover Katamari Damacy cosplay. As Amy Lee tells Fox News there are a couple of advantages to dressing up as the goofy-looking Katamari dude or the even goofier King of All Cosmos, People will spend copious amounts of time and money working on a costume, only to…

  4. Hate Crimes and Video Games

    Earlier this month, 18 year old Jacob Robida injured three people with a hatchet and gun at a gay bar in New Bedford, Massachussetts. He then fled to Arkansas where he murdered a law enforcement official and his female companion. He was, thankfully, killed by police officers there (some reports claim he committed suicide). What…