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09.21.2009 10:00 am

‘Halo 3: ODST’ is better than the original

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

“Halo 3: ODST”
Genre: First-person shooter
Developer: Bungie Studios
Publisher: Microsoft
Platform: Xbox 360
ESRB rating: “M” for Mature
Release date: Tuesday, Sept. 22
Price: $59.99
Grade: A

Game Guy went along with the pundits who marveled at “Halo 3″ two years ago. He resisted, not wanting to parrot the crowd, but agreed that Bungee’s conclusion to…

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05.12.2009 9:00 pm

Got $2,500? Buy some Xbox shoes

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Fashion trumps logic with the new Xbox 360 shoes by Nike, a pair of green-and-black leather high-tops that Game Guy discovered over at eBay and later saw over at IGN.

The shoes sport patent-leather backs, a two-tone Nike swoosh, and the button-control…

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11.11.2008 11:19 am

Gene Simmons stamps face, name on guitar controller

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The guy who redefined the term “guitar licks,” Mr. Tongue himself, is angling for a taste of the music video game pie.

Kiss guitarist Gene Simmons has put his face and name on a new ax-shaped guitar controller for PlayStation 2 and…

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04.19.2008 12:05 am

Xbox 360 blamed for house fire

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Yes, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 remains a hot item. In more ways than one.

Little Rock, Ark., media are reporting this week that a local gamer now has a singed house following a fire blamed on the power supply cord to his Xbox.…

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02.19.2008 11:55 am

HD DVD dies. Now, what will Microsoft do?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

It’s official: HD DVD will go the way of Betamax, the Edsel and every TV series that has starred Ted McGinley.

After a month of speculation over the technology’s future, most of it negative, the chief of Toshiba Corp., Atsutoshi Nishida, announced early…

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02.01.2008 5:02 pm

Rearrange your opponent’s face with ‘FaceBreaker’

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Virtual pugilism is about to enter a whole new level of … well, weird.

The game “FaceBreaker,” now in development, promises arcade-style boxing with punches so over-the-top hard they rearrange opponents’ faces.

Literally.

Electronic Arts announced the title this week and calls it “irreverent fun.”…

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01.14.2008 11:53 pm

Let’s hope Beijing 2008 doesn’t turn out like Torino 2006

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

It’s an Olympic year again, and what better way to highlight the thrill of victory and agony of defeat than to create a video game that mimics the Games?

Sega Corp. says it will take the lead on that with “Beijing 2008:…

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