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06.29.2008 11:42 pm

The best games played on Xbox 360

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

In surfing around the Web this weekend, Game Guy found this list constituting one gamer’s choice of best titles to play on Xbox 360 (One of many “best of on Xbox” lists out there, it turns out). Take a look and…

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06.27.2008 11:31 pm

Video games are no excuse for violence

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

In Long Island, N.Y., the police seem to think “Grand Theft Auto IV” might qualify as a lethal weapon.

News reports say six teenagers were arrested there Thursday after allegedly robbing a woman and pounding on a passing van. Authorities are saying…

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06.13.2008 12:07 pm

Gaming will boom as the economy swoons

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

While the nation sinks into economic recession, video game sales just keep booming.

And while that statement resembles a non sequitur, the reason for gaming’s great time in the face of despair is fairly obvious, at least to Game Guy.…

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05.26.2008 11:58 pm

Broad consumer appeal drives Wii Fit’s success

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The gaming world is changing direction, and “Wii Fit” has begun to lead the way.

After about a week of availability in the United States, Nintendo’s latest brainchild is, well, unavailable. Stores everywhere are sold out, and waiting lists are…

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05.08.2008 10:37 am

Grand Theft Auto sales numbers might be skewed

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

For Rockstar Games and parent company Take-Two Interactive, it must seem like Christmas in springtime.

That’s because Take-Two’s own first-week sales figures regarding the debut of its “Grand Theft Auto IV” franchise are said to have soared well past those of…

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05.04.2008 2:57 pm

Suggested fix available for Grand Theft Auto glitch

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Still suffering from “Grand Theft Auto” interruptus? Maybe help has arrived.

And that’s a big maybe.

A fix was announced by distributor Take-Two Interactive late last week and posted on GameSpot. The fix perhaps will satisfy those GTA IV owners, most…

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05.03.2008 4:42 pm

Life is art in Grand Theft Auto

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Attention to detail. It’s what makes skyscrapers stand, sports stars succeed and space shuttles soar.

And, as the good folks at Rockstar Games have proved, it’s what can make video games into blockbusters. Because whether you like or lump the latest…

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05.03.2008 11:21 am

GTA chuckle might not be far from the truth

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Given the widespread, unmitigated fawning over “Grand Theft Auto IV,” a humor piece such as this would seem to have some basis in fact.

Game Guy wonders though how many of the people at the workplaces mentioned actually can afford to…

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05.01.2008 10:36 am

MADD is none too happy with GTA IV’s rating

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Mothers Against Drunk Driving has a bone to pick with the rating on “Grand Theft Auto IV.”

Because the game lets people drive drunk, the nonprofit group wants GTA’s rating bumped down from “Mature” to “Adults Only.”

In a statement Tuesday,…

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04.29.2008 12:05 am

Grand Theft Auto IV just doesn’t live up to the hype

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

gtaIV“Grand Theft Auto IV”
Genre: Third-person action-adventure
Developer: Rockstar North
Publisher: Rockstar Games
Platforms: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3
Price: $59.99
ESRB rating: M (mature)
Grade: B-

Niko Bellic enters this country from Eastern Europe as the full-blown comical stereotype of everyone who lands on our shores: a…

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