While it may be rather gauche to use epic twice in a row, I think it’s justified when talking about the new controllers Disney & Performance Designed Products have announced. This week at E3, Nintendo showed off Disney’s Wii-exclusive, Epic Mickey, and Disney showed off its new nunchuk & controller stand that you can purchase [...]

As Ripten’s resident scaredy-cat, I didn’t know much about Fangoria going into this, but after putting in a little research, it was easy to see why a video game related Fangoria cover was a big deal …

Ever wonder what your favorite modern day games like Gears of War, Little Big Planet, or Call of Duty might look like had they been released on the Nintendo Entertainment System back in the 80s? …

When I was much younger, light-up shoes were all the rage. They were annoying as all hell, but every time you take a step, they’d glow repeatedly, and it was always really fun to look down and see them like that …

Blizzard has announced the collector’s edition of their supremely anticipated (currently in beta) game, StarCraft II.  This edition will come with an art book, dog tag shaped flash drive, behind the scenes DVD, soundtrack CD, comic book, and of course, an in-game WoW vanity pet. It can all be yours for just $99.99!!  Here’s how [...]

To celebrate ten whole years of being a thing that exists, Threadless is putting all their T-Shirts on sale for $10 apiece (and hoodies for $30). Don’t worry, this isn’t just tangentially related to gaming, as they have a reasonable collection of gaming T-shirts to choose from. The sale lasts until Saturday March 20th at [...]

I know video-game cakes are a bit of a faux-pas on gaming blogs these days, but I don’t care. User “woodsman707″ on Reddit, like any good father, celebrated his son’s birthday with the above Sandvich cake his daughter’s with the Left 4 Dead Health-Pack below. Even though I don’t think they look tasty (I know, [...]

That’s just wrong. You’re cousins! Alright, I concede, it didn’t happen. If it did, however, I’m sure this would be the result: Mega Man-inspired Street Fighter 4 sprites. “ReyArt aka SpeedBrkr (aka Arthur)” has created these things, and left billions wondering “how has this not happened up until now?” Similarly user “Sonic_e7″ has put together [...]

Another day, another out-of-work game developer leaking assets from what they supposed was a canceled project. Today, it’s former GRIN sound designer Jonatan Crafoord — and the assets are none other than the first footage of their doomed Final Fantasy game, codename “Fortress.”

When Electronic Arts closed Pandemic Studios in November, the 200 employees they left in the wake weren’t particularly happy about the affair… but boy, has it been great for gamers eager to get their hands on leaked information about Mercs Inc, the unfinished game they left behind. Now, what appears to be the first concept [...]

When the final U.S. box art for Heavy Rain arrived yesterday, not everyone was as pleased as I at the inclusion of its dripping wet protagonist. That got me to thinking: what else might change in the U.S. release? Might we see a repeat of Indigo Prophecy? Might stateside gamers have to live down the [...]

You know the old adage about how sex sells? That valuable marketing information has not been lost on developer Quantic Dream, who has seen fit to place a dripping wet female front and center on their final box art for Heavy Rain. I can’t say I approve, but that didn’t keep me from downloading a [...]

Get it? Because that’s one of the things that is said in the game when yo- ah, forget it. Above is an image of Scorpion & Sub-Zero (you know, of Mortal Kombat fame.) on the back of the winner of Ripten’s Coolest Person Alive 2009*. One of them is performing a fatality on the other, [...]

Before I begin: Spoilers. I tried not to put anything in the title to spoil anything for anyone who wants to pop their MW2 cherry on their own Xbox, PS3, or PC. Don’t read on if you’re in this category. This appears to be footage of a level in the game that has the player [...]

“Leaked” Final Fantasy XIII Japanese box art has been making its way around the web today with a few people debating its authenticity. The main argument against its validity is based on the fact it was submitted to VGboxart.com, a website dedicated to hosting video game box art, on 9.30.09 by a user named “Stunt” [...]