Last Thusday over 4000 nerds lined up outside the MOCA in Li’l Tokyo to get inside Capcom’s Street Fighter IV Launch Party. Read the full story

This week’s game combines music, simplicity, and beauty to create an exceptionally dynamic and entertaining experience.   Read the full story

Have you ever heard the age-old saying, “Mmmm, dolphins… The swimming mammal that tastes like chicken”?  Read the full story

Who doesn’t love a good tower defender? Beat our high score and earn your bragging rights! Read the full story

The 2008 Final Fantasy XI Fan Festival, held by the game’s maker Square Enix, was held Friday and Saturday, December 5 and 6, at the Hollywood Renaissance Hotel on Highland Avenue. About 500 die hard FFXI gamers descended onto the hotel, myself and my husband included. This was our second year to go to the FanFest and I have to say, what I experience at the FanFest is why I keep playing FFXI. Read the full story

Reviews are nothing new and their purpose is simple: give the reader an idea of whether or not they should spend their precious time and hard-earned money on a product. It really doesn’t matter if we are talking about games, music, books, or movies since the scoring systems are generally synonymous, but this article will focus specifically on games. Read the full story

Feeling slow and sluggish after eating your fair share of holiday grub?  Gain some of your edge back with a little friendly competition.

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If there is a lesson to be learned from Psychonauts, the epic platformer from the mind of Tim Schafer, it is this: don’t shop in the budget isle for your marketing people.  By any right, the game should have been an astounding success.

Psychonauts is on many a top ten list of all time favorite titles due to it’s unique graphic style, bizarre yet humorous storyline, brilliant platforming, character development, and overall awesomeness.  The game scored amazing reviews from basically anyone who touched it, but due to a subpar marketing effort that launched enormous, yet short-lived campaigns that hit the wrong audiences, it just didn’t sell the way it should have.

Hit the jump for more on the underPLAYED goodness that is Psychonauts.

Editors Note:  In case you are wondering who the frack I am, my name is Nick AKA “Dutch” VanBurkleo and I just might be the proverbial ball and chain to the one and only VirtualGirl.  I can normally be found on my gaming blog but from time to time I may toss a crude combination of words your way.  I hope you enjoy!

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Marcus has a serious discussion with Jessica Chobot and Becky Young over girls in the gaming world.