Archive for March, 2008

Guy calls cops on public videogame auction, gets arrested

Sometimes, justice does exist.
This time it took place a few weeks ago, in front of a GameStop store in Texas about 2 hours before the official midnight launch of Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
ScrewAttack was there, filming a webcast where they attempted to publicly auction their copy of Brawl. They had hoped to raise some [...]

XBOX 360 vs. Playstation 3: Rainbow Six Vegas 2

GameTrailers has done us a service by recording some footage of Rainbow Six Vegas 2 on both the XBOX 360 and PS3, comparing them in split-screen.

http://trailers.gametrailers.com/gt_vault/5848/t_r6v2_comparison_gt.flv

The verdict? Well first of all the game doesn’t look that great to begin with. However, the PS3 version is lacking many of the shadow effects of the 360 version, [...]

Build a Silent PC Guide updated for 2008

Our friends over at Build a Silent PC have just updated their site to include advice for those building a system in the year 2008. Did you know that there are coolers that will take care of the hottest quad-core processors while only generating 18 dBA of noise?
Be sure to check them out, whether you [...]

GT’s Star Wars Retrospective Begins

Okay, so their cable TV show GameTrailers TV was a bit of a letdown. However, that isn’t stopping GameTrailers from doing what they do best - video game series retrospectives.
Their latest series is based on Star Wars, so they have a lot of ground to cover. The first episode features all of the original [...]

Logitech G51 Review - Surround Sound for Gamers

We just published our review of Logitech’s G51 Surround Sound Speakers. According to Logitech, the G51 system was developed from the ground up to be suitable for gamers. In our experience, it definitely shows! There are plenty of gamer-specific features, such as the ability to give your speakers a custom look with skins, as well [...]

Play the Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Demo Right Here!

How’s this for cool? You know that DS game demos are pretty tough to do; it’s not like publishers can include cartridges with magazines or something - the cost would be too high. And it’ll be a cold day in hell when we start seeing legit game demo ROMs intended to be used with [...]

Windows Vista SP1 Performance Benchmark

Vista’s first huge Service Pack is just days away from being released to the public. It includes all of the updates that have been released since going retail last year, but also promises some performance benefit over the original retail version.
For many people, this might be exactly what they have waited for. After all, [...]