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Didn’t Go to Comic Con? Here is What You Missed

Didn’t Go to Comic Con? Here is What You Missed

Comic-Con hosts some of the most satisfying surprises of the year for pop culture. Whether you like comic books, movies, video games or other forms of entertainment you are sure to find something you ... Read More

Ode to Nintendo DS: The Little Handheld That Could

Ode to Nintendo DS: The Little Handheld That Could

  This November, the Nintendo DS will be completing seven years on the market. Few game systems have ever seen that kind of longevity- most of them are phased out around the five year mark, and the... Read More

E3 2011: My Personal Wrap Up and Experience – Everybody’s Dancing

E3 2011: My Personal Wrap Up and Experience – Everybody’s Dancing

So here is my closing comments and personal experience at E3 2011 along some things you may have missed out on whether you were there or not.  E3 just gets bigger and bigger every year with it no... Read More

E3 2011: Hands on with the PS Vita – Preview

E3 2011: Hands on with the PS Vita – Preview

There was so much to see at E3 and, as always, no one person can see everything, even with the help of a media badge and appointments.  The one thing I wanted, as many others did, was to get thei... Read More

PSN Network Issues All For Free, Xbox Live, No Issues At $60 A Year and Hilter Just Found Out

PSN Network Issues All For Free, Xbox Live, No Issues At $60 A Year and Hilter Just Found Out

Now first off I AM NOT STARTING A CONSOLE WAR HERE.  Sony has also chosen to take down the Playstation Network because of people personal information being compromised, so do keep in mind that the ha... Read More

History Of Mortal Kombat

History Of Mortal Kombat

The late nineties were a great time to be a fan of fighting games. Following the massive success of Street Fighter II on the Super Nintendo, every company began to exploit the genre, wanting a piece o... Read More

Gears of War 3 Beta Impressions with Video

Gears of War 3 Beta Impressions with Video

Well folks let me start off by saying that Gears of War 1 was and still is one of my favorite games of all time.  With the release of Gears of War 2, I was extremely disappointed between all the ... Read More

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit DLC Content Insights

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit DLC Content Insights

Now the DLC for Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit can range from purchasing a single car to buying a pack of cars with extra career content.  Here is a little break down of what is worth purchasing and... Read More

Exclusive Hunted: The Demon’s Forge Preview

Exclusive Hunted: The Demon’s Forge Preview

We recently got a chance to preview and play Hunted: The Demon's Forge in NYC, my favorite place I might add for a Bethesda event.  The event is where we also got a chance to play as well as previe... Read More

All Gamers Are Still Children: The Delusional Marketing of Dead Space 2

All Gamers Are Still Children: The Delusional Marketing of Dead Space 2

Video game marketing strategies need to grow along with the gamers they target.

Pokemon Black and White: When Can You Expect Our Review?

Pokemon Black and White: When Can You Expect Our Review?

It's almost here, folks. We're on the last lap, and as only twelve days remain that separate us from the next installment in one of the biggest franchises in gaming, I'm sure there are loads of you gu... Read More

Downloadable Content and the Death of the Reasonably Priced Expansion

Downloadable Content and the Death of the Reasonably Priced Expansion

There's a trend in the industry that is skewing players toward paying for content that has already been completed. How far are we willing to let that go?

Mass Effect- Then And Now

Mass Effect- Then And Now

BioWare has always been known for making great games, but they have never gone through a time as good as the seventh generation of gaming. They have given out some great games, the best of which has t... Read More

Almost Classics: Too Human

Almost Classics: Too Human

There have been several attempts to translate the elegiac mythology of the Norse culture into games. For the most part, they involve players waving axes and hitting people with them while yelling thin... Read More

Handheld Gaming- Year In Review 2010

Handheld Gaming- Year In Review 2010

2010 has been a great year in gaming- this is probably something you must have become sick of reading by now, especially here on GamingBolt. But it's true. This year truly has seen some truly memo... Read More

How The Wii Reclaimed The Hardcore Gamer In 2010

How The Wii Reclaimed The Hardcore Gamer In 2010

The Nintendo Wii is a bit of a conundrum, probably the biggest paradox that has ever existed in the gaming industry. Here you have a console that literally exploded in retail overnight, going on to se... Read More

PC In 2010- Just How Good Was The Year For The System?

PC In 2010- Just How Good Was The Year For The System?

As we have done for the PS3 and the Xbox 360, today we are doing a "Year In Review" article for the PC, where we will be looking at all the four quarters of the year for the PC, and how good/bad they ... Read More

Next Island Could Become The Next Best MMO

Next Island Could Become The Next Best MMO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOkO0qh8710 Some of you might be saying, "What the hell is Next Island?".  Next Island is an MMO created by David Post that is built on a real economy system that i... Read More

Xbox 360 had No Games in 2010…Say What?

Xbox 360 had No Games in 2010…Say What?

In this second part of our “Year in Review” series, we take a look at how Microsoft’s Xbox 360 performed throughout the year 2010.  Against common belief, my analysis shows that the Xbox 360 ha... Read More

Was 2010 the Greatest Year for the PlayStation 3?

Was 2010 the Greatest Year for the PlayStation 3?

2010 is almost coming to an end and what a year it has been for Sony’s PlayStation 3. In our first part of our “Year in Review 2010”, we take a look at how the PlayStation 3 performed throughout... Read More