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

By Chris Ward
Nov 6, 2008

The Guitar Hero series has finally hit a sour note. The fake rock rampart — which started out as a goofy way to live vicariously through Jimmy Hendrix, and ended up being the most improbable cultural phenomenon since the spawn of Billy Ray Cyrus — has been comfortably picking and...
Dead Space: An alien-whacking adventure of underwear-checking proportions

By Chris Ward
Oct 30, 2008

Some people want to get scared on Halloween. Others only want to get "scared." It's easy to tell which kind of person you are. Did you pay full price to see Saw V, only to peek through your fingers and giggle your way through the movie? Are you prepared to...
You Down with OCD? Yeah, You Know Me

Videogames linked to obsessive, Tony Shalhoub-type behavior.

By Chris Ward
Oct 16, 2008

It's with a heavy heart we deliver the following news: Pac-Man fever is a legitimate mental illness. Earlier this year, the Philadelphia Research Center of Mental Illness Study found "an alarming rate of OCD" in kids who played Eighties videogames such as Q-Bert. You know Q-Bert: the orange fuzzball that...
Blast Works makes blowing stuff up DIY-friendly

By Chris Ward
Jun 26, 2008

The words "user-generated content" usually mean you're about to encounter one of two things: an irritating Super Bowl commercial made by 16-year-olds, or another dramatic chipmunk. Still, people love this stuff. So it's no surprise that video-game developers are catering to the YouTube generation with "Blast Works: Build, Trade, Destroy"...
Guitar Hero and Rock Band give new meaning to "rock and roll excess"

By Chris Ward
Jun 12, 2008

I am absolutely dreading the arrival of Guitar Hero: World Tour. Can't even enjoy the summer. It might sound like insanity, given that the fourth installment in the Guitar Hero franchise could end up being the most successful game of 2008. It won't even hit store shelves till late October,...

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