How PSP Wants to be DS, and How it Never Will

Imagine this: you’re at school. It’s another normal day for a tech geek like you. You open your locker to grab your high-tech gear, when suddenly, you hear a clamor of excitement and awe.
You wonder where it’s coming from.  That’s when you see a group of people crowding around the popular kid. The popular kid looks at you and flips you the bird, causing the surrounding people to laugh. [...]

No AWGP-13 this week

Sorry folks. Unfourtunately, I’m SICK AS HELL! So, there’s not going to be an episode of the podcast this week. I’m so sick, I don’t even want to play games!
-Sick as a dog,
Arbiter

AWGP-13 breakdown

Here’s what’s gonna go down in Arbiter’s Weekly Gaming Podcast 13:
First Segment

 Whatcha Been Playin’?

Second and Third Segments

 Rumor Control: Super Mario Galaxy now a Xmas game?
 Mario Kart: Zoomin’ onto Virtual Console
 BloodRayne: SIX movie awards!
 Rumor Control: GH online
 ”You are gonna pay 600 dollars, and YOU ARE GOING TO LIKE IT!”
 Nintendo’s Q1 Lineup
 Next Blizzard MMO won’t be more [...]

Original Virtual Console Games? CONFIRMED

Gotten quite a few e-mails about a recent quote from Hudson Entertainment’s director of marketing, John Lee to Game Informer:
“Well, the VC was specifically designed to bring back classic games, not to introduce new content. So to answer your question specifically: No.
“However, in the future, you should rephrase that question to: Are there any plans to [...]

360 Price Drop: Too Good to be True

Ok, so yesterday, Microsoft announced the cut back of Xbox 360 shipment guidance for 2007. Not a big deal, considering most gamers already HAVE Xbox 360’s and this is normal to see when consoles are out for a while.
Well, there may have been more to that than you thought. Gamasutra reports that Lazard Capital Markets’ Colin Sebastian commented on a pricedrop for the console is [...]

FINALIZED PS3 Launch Date for Europe

Yes, Brits, it’s true. While some of your Parliament members feel that “these hypnotic little machines” are destroying your lives, that doesn’t mean Sony can’t release the PlayStation 3 in Europe!
BBC News reported that The Sony PlayStation 3 will launch in Europe on March 23, 2007, at a price of 599 Euros. What’s that? You [...]

New look

Old layout was too boring. New banner wil be up eventually.

Pope Condemns Games

 
Pope Benedict XVI, the current head and spiritual leader of the Catholic Church, stated his take on videogames, calling them “perversions” and “repulsive.” And you thought Hot Coffee was behind us.
As part of the annual papal message for World Communications Day, the theme of which was “Children and the Media: A Challenge for Education,” the [...]

Nintendo + Q1 = Not So Much

When new consoles launch, it’s inevitable that 3-4 months afterwards, we find a trickle of games worth our time. Will this be true with the Wii?
The answer is “probably.” GameSpot took a look at the upcoming releases, and it’s safe to say that it won’t be stellar. Here’s the lineup:
February 14–Wii Play with Wii Remote–Nintendo
March [...]

Nintendo wised up

Good news folks, Nintendo decided to stop f***in aroung with the Virtual Console and added The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past to the list.
P.S. Check out the below posts for our more-detailed impressions of Gabe Newell’s quote last week.