Tweet A player insanely rich life form who goes by the name of “Buzz Erik Lightyear” recently spent $300,000 worth of real money on an in-game piece of property in the virtual world of Planet Calypso (formerly known as Entropia Universe). The Sweden produced online MMMORPG-esque game, which kicked off in 2003, features a real cash based [...]

Tweet Every week, I research all the best new video game releases to find the one game that you need to play and the one game that you need to stay away from: my Video Game Winners and Losers of the Week. On this week’s edition, we’ve got Bayonetta, one the toughest games ever to [...]

Tweet The EU PlayStation Blog have today revealed the cover art for the long-awaited Gran Turismo 5. It features the Mercedes Benz SLS AMG, something which journalists are already calling “a car”. Other journalists are reporting that the car will have “an engine” and “wheels”. Who cares about that, though? It looks awesome on the [...]

Tweet By the power of science, which I believe in some American states isn’t allowed to be taught anymore, Sony and Panasonic have figured out a way to cram even more data on the already massive Blu-Ray disc. The newer Blu-Ray dics, Blu-Ray 2: Blu Harder, will be upped from a paltry and flaccid 25GB [...]

Tweet A genuine gaming geek isn’t looking for the same thing that your typical jock prowling the club scene is. No … not even close. The latest “Talking Classics” video segment gives us a glimpse into the tender needs of one Keith Apicary, as he bravely steps onto the “battlefield of romance” in the hopes [...]

Tweet Nintendo of America said today that it’s estimated that three million Wii units were sold in the US during the month of December, although sales data for December and all of 2009 won’t be officially announced by the NPD Group until January 14. In their press release, NOA also estimates that the DS and [...]

Tweet Take heart all you fanboys and girls, for your Christmas is far from over. Oh, Atlus. The majority of us adore you for your bizarre, charmingly terrifying games. Those that shun you obviously fear the googly-eyed anime girls who only want to be your friend and steal your macca. You’ve all met Atlus, right? [...]

Tweet You might have heard of a site called Ripten. It produces a fair amount of content, and its writers truly work hard at creating great stuff for people to read. It seems that it is so good, in fact, that other sites want to emulate the success- by simply copying and pasting everything. Of [...]

Tweet In probably the most justified case for divorce/domestic violence in the known universe, a man was forced to make the ultimate decision- his wife of questionable attractiveness or a six-foot tall orc statue of unquestionable awesomeness. And he chose the wife! I know! Ridiculous, right! Apparently his wife decided she was just too inadequate [...]

Tweet No word on whether or not it is tur’ism related, but the newest Dragon Age DLC will apparently be delayed across all platforms until an unspecified time. “Return to Ostagar” in which, I assume, you will be returning to Ostagar, has been pushed back. The reason is also unspecified.

Tweet There are two types of gamers: those who play for achievement points and trophies, and those who play to enjoy the game. I am a firm believer in playing games to play the game, to become engrossed in the story and forget that you have bills to pay and a job to trudge back [...]

Tweet When your significant other instructs you to do something, it’s usually a good idea to heed the advice. When the something they want you to do is bunker down and play Grand Theft Auto for eight hours straight, take a tip from Family Guy Peter Griffin, and do it up. The hilarious (yet predictable) [...]

Tweet The first official week of 2010 doesn’t bring us a whole lot of new videogame releases, but with Bayonetta finally hitting the 360 and PS3, it’s not that bad of a week. We here at Ripten are looking forward to a great new year of gaming in 2010, so be on the look out [...]

Tweet 2009 is over, but before we buy our first game of 2010, lets look back and remember the top 9 things gamers learned in 2009.  2009 was a year of shifting:  Shifting the tide of the console war, shifting where we usually play our games, shifting release dates and shifting sales numbers.  But what [...]

Tweet Excuse me, secretary, could you file this under O for “Oh, How the Mighty Have Fallen” please? Thank you. Tony Hawk at one point was not only the greatest vert skater that ever lived but also the face of the greatest skateboarding series known to man. Now he is on Twitter offering hollow friendship [...]