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10.30.2009 12:05 pm

Bigger Nintendo DSi may not be better

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The larger DSi XL (pink) compared to the DSi. Photo courtesy of Nintendo.

If it’s possible to have too much of a good thing in video gaming, we’ll find out early next year.

That’s when gaming giant Nintendo is expected bring to…

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10.09.2009 1:25 pm

We’re asking your opinion of PSP Go and mini games

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A week has passed since Sony unveiled its PSP Go portable gaming player and reaction to it in the marketplace has been difficult to find.

Retailers are telling Game Guy the devices sold briskly the first week, but so far they…

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10.05.2009 1:20 pm

Save your money: Avoid PSP Go

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

If you have spent $250 already on Sony’s new PSP Go handheld gaming system, Game Guy feels sorry for you.

He did, and he’s feeling plenty sorry for himself.

Because ever since Game Guy got a Go when it debuted Thursday, he has…

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06.30.2009 10:43 pm

What could a PlayStation Phone do that iPhone can’t?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Speculation is dribbling out that Sony is contemplating a new PlayStation Portable married to a Sony Ericsson phone — the better to mine a market dominated by iPhone and other game-playing mobiles.

The concept is just a pile of words at…

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06.13.2009 11:13 pm

Thank God, UMD may soon be DOA

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The best things about Sony’s PlayStation Portable have been its sleek “slab” design, sharp screen resolution and multimedia capability.

But one trait diminished all these: the system’s Universal Media Disc drive.

It probably sounded like a good idea at the time PSP debuted…

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05.26.2009 10:59 pm

New ‘Star Wars Battlefront’ for DS, PSP due this fall

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The ongoing war between good and evil, in a galaxy far, far away, continues in the palm of your hand.

Game developer LucasArts says it’s shrinking yet another “Star Wars Battlefront” franchise to fit on handheld consoles with the new chapter “Elite Squadron”…

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03.11.2009 12:27 am

What good is the Sony-NBC deal anyway?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Maybe this will give PlayStation 3 the boost it sorely needs.

Maybe not.

A deal made this week between Sony and NBC Universal now allows PlayStation Network users to buy or rent movies and TV programs for viewing on PS3 or PlayStation Portable.

The…

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03.08.2009 12:39 pm

UMD should be RIP

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Not a good medium for playing games.

Not a good medium for playing games.

In all the time Game Guy has tinkered with tech, he never shied from a challenge. He embraced iPod when many thought it odd; he warmed to Wii when its potential was difficult to…

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02.20.2009 11:17 pm

Sony seeks tester for next-generation ‘game machine’

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

What comes after PlayStation 3 or PlayStation Portable?

PlayStation 4, you’d think. Maybe Sony has something entirely different in mind?

Regardless, you may be the one to try it out for the first time. Even better, Game Guy might be the one.

A job…

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11.22.2008 3:52 pm

3 places that ought to have video games

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

You’ve probably heard that the convenience store chain 7-Eleven has started adding video games to its inventory at some stores. Not a lot of games; just seven or so of the top sellers such as “Fallout 3,” “Gears of War 2″ and…

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