Phil Villarreal
Listen to These Floppy Disk Drives Hum the ‘Game of Thrones’ Theme
We've heard disk drives make noise before, but never eight at the same time, in perfect harmony, singing the theme to HBO's sex-and-swords drama, 'Game of Thrones'.
Grooming Advice From the Guy With the World’s Longest Mustache
You don't grow a 14-foot-long mustache without picking up a tip or three along the way about the manliest of beauty secrets. You can't just up and grow that type of lip tickler. You need a plan.
Apple, Just Like Your Girl, Thinks Size Does Matters
"It's a good size, really," iPhone owners have told Apple. "It's OK that it's small. It's more about how you use it," they added reassuringly. But the insecure company isn't having any of it. It's paying attention to those screen enhancement spam emails and listening to those late-night "marital aid" radio commercials. And it's obsessed with getting bigger.
‘Slingo Daily Challenge’ Mobile Game Review
Slingo has been around longer than your dad's alcohol problem. Originally created in 1995, the bingo-slot machine combo was one of the earliest games we remember playing on our ancient computers. It took on new life when it hit the iPhone, letting you touch-spin and number-match your way through its addictive levels...
‘Kingdoms of Amalur’ Studio Can’t Pay Back Loan It Borrowed From Rhode Island
Curt Schilling's 38 Studios, which borrowed $75 million from the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation, is hurting financially and may be unable to pay back its debt.
Now That ‘Max Payne 3′ Is Out, It’s Impossible To Download ‘Max Payne 2′ On Xbox 360
The dawn of Max Payne 3 will no doubt put fans of the series in a nostalgic mood for his last outing, a 2003 game that's now easiest to find and play in downloadable form. But those who buy the game and try to play it on their Xbox 360 hard drive are out of luck, because the file only downloads to the 99 percent mark before petering out.
‘Halo 4′ Limited Edition Comes Bearing Gifts
For some diehards, paying "only" $60 for a game as sacred to them as Halo 4 just doesn't feel right.
‘GamesRadar’ Mobile App Review
When you're stuck on a game, you have three options:
‘Darksiders II’ Finds A Release Date, ‘South Park’ RPG Loses One
Just as dude who wants to keep his girlfriend happy but doesn't want to get married will propose without setting a date, game publishers sometimes keep rabid fans at bay by giving games vague release dates like "summer" or "August."
‘Mario Kart 7′ Patch Finally Hits 3DS
On any non-Nintendo system, we take it for granted when downloadable patches erase embarrassing bugs. But the Big N has been slow to creep out of the stone age and fix its mistakes, which is why we were overjoyed to hear that Nintendo would be patching a cheap exploit that ruins online play in Mario Kart 7.
THQ Is Looking To Dump ‘Devil’s Third’
THQ really needs to work on its sales pitch.
‘Diablo III’ Problems — Server Downtime, Log-In Issues Reported
As far as introductions go, Diablo III had a rougher time than we did in our atomic wedgie-filled first day of high school. Blizzard's PC lootfest came out Tuesday, cursed with overloaded servers and a bug that ended the games of some players lucky enough to actually play the game.
GameFly Fantasizes About Tearing GameStop Stores Apart
A little friendly rivalry keeps things spicy, but a seething, bitter grudge makes for real entertainment. GameFly steps things up a few notches in its game-trading grudge match with GameStop with a new commercial. Actors thrash an unnamed, extremely GameStop-like retail store, enraged over the fact that the clerk is only offering them $9 for their used game.
‘Silent Hill: Book of Memories’ Shelved Until October
Back in March, Konami planned on hitting us with a three-hit Silent Hill combo. But then things didn't go quite according to plan, with the new release Silent Hill: Downpour and the remake anthology Silent Hill HD Collection both garnering mediocre reviews and likely disappointing sales.
Downloadable ‘Virtua Fighter’ Coming In June
We haven't heard much from the Virtua Fighter series in the past half decade. After the last game in the series, Virtua Fighter 5, came out in 2007 we weren't sure we'd ever see a sixth entry. Now word has hit that Sega's fighter series will see new life, but in downloadable form and it's not exactly Virtua Fighter 6, but just another Virtua Fighter 5.
Dish Network Promises One-Button Commercial Destruction
When DVR first entered our homes, commercials pretty much got the boot out the back door. The ability to speed through ads on our saved shows not only sheltered us from the mind-controlling scepter of the ad wizards, but freed up a bunch of time for us to do other things -- Like watching more TV.
‘You Don’t Know Jack’ Mobile Game Review
Comedy goes about as well with games as it does with sex. Which is to say, not at all.
Blizzard Experimenting With Bringing ‘Diablo III’ To Consoles
The good news is that the long-awaited Diablo III hacked and slashed its way to PCs today, but the bad news is that there's no release in sight for consoles.
‘Lego Lord of the Rings’ Game On the Way? Sure, Why Not
At this point it should come as no surprise that any fantasy franchise is getting Lego-fied. After Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Batman, Harry Potter and Pirates of the Caribbean have taken plastic brick form, it was only a matter of time until The Lord of the Rings followed suit.
Hybrid Ferrari Is Revving Out Of Concept Stage And Into Our Car Dreams
Leave it to Ferrari to make the hybrid car phenomenon seem more panties-dropper than tree-hugger. The Enzo, which is totally into pulling a three-way with gas and electric power, always seemed like one of those concept cars that was more of an oddball pet project of some self-indulgent engineer than something that would ever pull up next to us on the road.