Video Games

Teen Robbers in Central Florida Threaten to Kill Man, Steal Beanie Babies and Make Off on Bikes

​Beanie Babies, Nintendo video games, souvenir baseball bats and bicycles: all part of a wholesome, suburban Central Florida childhood, right? Well two teenagers in St. Cloud, Florida managed to combine all of these things into a chilling yet almost comically inept home invasion. Ah, the youth of ... More >>

Fidel Castro Assassination Mission in New Call of Duty Game Pisses Off Cuba

via Call of Duty: Black Ops​Want to kill Fidel Castro? Think you've got what it takes to gun down the guy who's survived almost 700 assassination attempts, from exploding cigars to fungus-infested wetsuits to handgun wielding psychos? Now's your chance thanks to the new entry in the Call of D ... More >>

MP3: New Dead Prez Track "This Is Life," Produced by Miami Beat Wave

Art by Dekal via Public Wizard​It's still bigger than hip-hop for Dead Prez. Just listen to their new Miami Beat Wave produced track "This Is Life," with lyrics like, "In your chromosomes, buried in your DNA, is somebody that's waiting to get free today. Either man up or you could take the easy wa ... More >>

The Arcangel is Coming

The Arcangel Is Coming

Guantanamo Bay Becomes a Video Game

Sorry to be so GitMo heavy today, but ehgads there is a Guantanamo Bay video game in development. Yeah, we thought the idea of escaping from GitMo was and idea best reserved for fiction, and apparently we were right.  T-Enterprises, the British software company developing the game, says Ren ... More >>

Want to Open for Aerosmith? Don't Worry, You Don't Actually Have to Play a Real Guitar

Now this is an interesting promotion. As regular Crossfade readers know by now, ZZ Top and Aerosmith are playing the BankAtlantic center on Monday July 13. Aerosmith is doing a big promotional push on their newest video game: Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, and part of that promotion involves you. Before ea ... More >>

Freezepop Brings Its Icy Hotness to the Vagabond on Friday and Respectable Street Cafe on Saturday

Forget TV commercials (not that there's anything wrong with them); for that matter forget TV shows too (ditto; sometimes). I mean, they're all so 20th century. And you may as well also forget movie soundtracks. Because despite their potential enormity, few truly do go huge, let alone get big enough ... More >>

Freezepop Hits The Vagabond

This synth-pop group's shows are so happy they hurt.

With Guitar Hero: World Tour, a Series Shreds Its Momentum

Fracture Ain't Breaking New Ground

More like diggin' ditches.

Game On!

Players gotta play at Sunset Tavern.

Cranky Coral Gables Lawyer To Appear On Bullshit!

A Bit Force-ed

Lightsabers and tits don't quite hide Soul Calibur IV's lack of ideas.

Chrono Trigger Coming to Nintendo DS

Guitar Hero and Rock Band give new meaning to "rock and roll excess"

Wii Fit Gets You Into Shape, But It Isn't A Game

Nintendo's Wii Fit ignites yet another fitness fad

Top 5 Violent Games

Thinning Crowds

It's always dead at The Club.

Unlucky Break

Marvin Gaye's divorce album tops this week's pop-culture picks.

Wii Blamed for Japanese Arcade Closings

Baroque: Another "What The Hell?!" Game From Atlus.

Xmas Present and Past

How yesterday's games spawned today's best sellers.

Almost Famous

It's never been easier to start your own (fake) band.

A Little Sucky-Sucky

Two vampire classics are back. Unfortunately, this time, they bite.

Fun with Fluids

The Revolution will be televised — and plenty addictive too

Bang Bang for Your Buck

It's five great games for $60 — shoot first and ask questions later

Hundreds Line Up to Buy a 'Cultural Touchstone'

Bend It Like Bowser

Soccer gets a surreal twist in Mario Strikers Charged

Elf Life

Shadowrun is fresh and exciting -- and on its way to being obsolete.

Balls of Fury

Marble Mania rolls out a winner for the Wii

Hot Mama

Cooking Mama for the Wii looks good enough to eat.

For the Birds

Wing Island might make you cry fowl

My Name Is Mud

Like its muck-puddles, MotorStorm is a shallow mess

Got Game

These ladies kill one another and laugh about it. But don’t cross ’em.

All Dressed Up ...

PlayStation 3 has potential -- but for the moment, little else.

Encore Performance

Don't fret. Guitar Hero II kills the opening act.

Hands Off

Final Fantasy XII: Role-playing on autopilot

Brush with Greatness

Okami shows that videogames can be art

Ghouls on the Go

A Resident Evil remake captures all the creepy fun of the original

Gamers Give Flowers

To the most moral man in town

Tae Kwon Ho

Dead or Alive 4 finally gets hard-core

They've Got Game

Barbarians, brain-eaters, and beagles round out the best of 2005

Puppy Love

Nintendogs' charm will win over the most jaded of gamers.

Pretty War Machine

BEST PLACE TO PLAY PINBALL

Bird Bowl

BEST PLACE TO GRAB A SLICE OF PIZZA

Steve's Pizza

Best Kids' Thrill

GameWorks

Kids Just Wanna Have Fun

A distinguished panel of judges surveys Miami's indoor pleasure palaces and raises a profound question: Who needs nature?