Microsoft Windows is everywhere, let’s face it. It dominates the market place as the Operating System (OS) of choice for corporations that use it throughout the workplace, as well as home users that get it pre-installed on their machines - and rightfully so. It scales very well from being a non-tech savvy OS to a work machine capable of integrating into corporate networks and running a lot of a... more.

Welcome to 2004. Bush is still in office. Halo 2 and this Xbox live thing sounds like it may take off and who can take this game console named Wii seriously? There's also this little game company called Valve. They had a good game, sure. Half Life was fun and all, but I mean everyone can create one good game, just look at The Sims. So now we're getting to test this company with the sequel to Half... more.

Now that the holiday season has come and gone, the only thing that remains are the games to be played. The game I was most excited about was Fallout 3, after hearing raving reviews from nearly all sources, I picked it up for Xbox 360. My initial impressions were less than spectacular. I found the controls overcomplicated, the button presses slow and unresponsive, the aim inaccurate, and the... more.

Zombie games are the holy grail of nerds, meshing together the epicness of zombies and the greatness of video games. However, until now there have not been a good selection of zombie games. Valve has gone after the holy grail with this iteration of the source engine and it seems as though they have gotten all the way to the castle with the grail in it, but could not find it when they got there. It... more.

Easy to play? Yea, right.  Everyone know that we are in an economic downturn. People are losing their homes, their jobs, their puppies. Luckily, Lord-Emperor Barack announced his stimulus plan this week and it is being debated in the senate. His holy hope is that by spending money, we can in turn encourage more people to spend money and which would help people buy homes. Or something. It... more.

Ziff Davis sold 1UP to the UGO network and also closed the popular print magazine Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM). With the sale of 1UP, the site won't be lost. They will still be printing articles and trying to keep up with all the video games industry's news. But there will be no more podcasts or pretty much everything and everyone associated with them. Gone is what makes 1UP, the personalities.... more.

 World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King is the second expansion set for the massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) World of Warcraft, following The Burning Crusade. It adds a substantial amount of content to the game world, including the continent of Northrend, home of the titular Lich King.It was announced on the first day of BlizzCon 2007, August 3, 2007. Wrath of the Li... more.