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Late Night Consoling (Updated)

By Chris Remo, Jul 14, 2006 8:10pm PDT

Man, I'm excited about Team Fortress 2 and Portal! Seriously! It's driving me nuts! Hurry up, Valve! (Update 2) Emergence Day Hits in...

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"I'm not sure that article actually tested those movies... The article I read said that Sony ..."

- snoozy see all 41 comments

Late Night Consoling

By Chris Remo, Jun 23, 2006 8:00pm PDT

I guess all of you guys have played that Prey demo by now, right? Fun stuff! Also, for some reason, I kept thinking it was Friday on Wednesday and...

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"Did Johnny Depp lend his voice to play Sparrow in Kingdom Hearts 2? If so, it should come as no ..."

- WarhawK see all 85 comments

The Show Must Go On

By Chris Remo, May 18, 2006 4:28pm PDT

The Los Angeles Times takes a look at the neverending trend of movie-based video games. Perhaps surprisingly, considering the reputation movie...

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"and here I thought gameplay was the designers job...Artist just make stuff look pretty."

- PSYCHON see all 23 comments

Late Night Consoling

By Chris Remo, Apr 20, 2006 8:00pm PDT

It's somewhat funny to me that major announcements in the console world these days seem to be consistently predicted a few weeks before they...

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"Konami just officially announce the new DS Castlevania; it's set around WW2. Could be a fun ..."

- Conan see all 52 comments

Late Night Consoling

By Chris Remo, Apr 18, 2006 8:00pm PDT

Dreamfall (Xbox, PC) comes out today but my local stores don't have it yet! Curses! Revealed: Rev Flight Game, Dungeon Explorer, More...

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"Maybe they will put the remnants of the Enzo there for everyone to laugh at..."

- supaslasha see all 60 comments

Brisk Sales For Oblivion

By Maarten Goldstein, Apr 10, 2006 7:19am PDT

Bethesda sends along this press release, announcing that all the hype and critical acclaim for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion is translating into...

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"hehe, I picked the lock to get in, then pickpocket all the junkies even though everyone was ..."

- TargetTestDummy see all 344 comments

Late Night Consoling

By Chris Remo, Jan 03, 2006 8:30pm PST

Well, back to the regular daily news. The news...of the future. I'm heading to CES 2006 tomorrow, and hopefully there's some good and/or wacky...

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"Ebert was quoted for saying how shack talkback is a greater art then films. I agree."

- hippolove see all 58 comments

Late Night Consoling

By Chris Remo, Dec 19, 2005 8:00pm PST

We're getting close to the end of the year. Crazy stuff! You Can Play Bungie's Next Game! [xbox360] ...assuming you work for Bungie, anyway....

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""Of course, Bungie is still owned by Microsoft, and the Halo franchise is an undeniable cash ..."

- ornee see all 94 comments

Late Night Consoling

By Chris Remo, Dec 14, 2005 8:15pm PST

The news! Midway Closure(s) Confirmed [ps2] [xbox] [gamecube] Adelaide, Australia newspaper The Advertiser has confirmed that Midway shut down...

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"It could be because the dated console still has lots of exclusives coming out for it. Can't ..."

- theflux see all 90 comments

Late Night Consoling

By Chris Remo, Nov 14, 2005 8:00pm PST

I've received a few requests for this, so I got Maarten to add Nintendo DS and Sony PSP on the Console Game of the Evening submission form. If you...

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"That can be said for any system launch. It's nothing new. It's gonna take 3-6 months before ..."

- Prozium see all 76 comments

Consumers Uninterested in Pricey Phone Games

By Chris Remo, Aug 17, 2005 5:04pm PDT

Apparently, people are interested in playing games on their cell phones--but they're not interested in paying for them. According to a Forbes...

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"lol americans and cell phones. phone games are a HUGE market outside of the USA "

- CoRDS see all 27 comments

Late Night Consoling

By Chris Remo, Jul 28, 2005 8:00pm PDT

As this is published, I am at my other job. Through the magic of technology and time-delayed posting, you Shackers of the future are reading this...

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"Full Auto definitely doesn't fit the bill as a nextgen title by graphics or even gameplay, but ..."

- Holesinswiss see all 129 comments

Late Night Consoling

By Alec Matias, Jan 18, 2005 8:00pm PST

I hope the industry doesn't experience a crash now that sales have dropped less than 1%. Gamers will flock to landfills trying to dig up unopened...

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"That's not gossip. Spanish version of Nintendo Power confirmed it. Soul Calibur joins Xenosaga ..."

- Terpfen see all 48 comments

Late Night Consoling

By Alec Matias, Jan 13, 2005 8:00pm PST

In case you've forgotten, the Phantom Game Service is still in the works and now has a broad release date of Q2 2005. Kevin Bachus, former Xbox...

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"I think the control scheme is one of my favorite part of MP1 and MP2. It's brilliant."

- Guava D see all 56 comments

Late Night Consoling

By Alec Matias, Aug 19, 2004 8:00pm PDT

The only nice part about fevers is lying on the couch, wrapped in a warm blanket, and playing videogames all afternoon. I'm pretty lethargic right...

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"I use my PS2 controller on my PC. 11 dollars for an adapter at Radio Shack, converts it to USB. ..."

- Pacalon see all 26 comments