We here at ripten are celebrating our four month anniversary this week and in honor of that, we are giving away a $250.00 gift card to one lucky reader. No purchase necessary, all you have to do is leave a comment below letting us know what you think of the site and how we can [...]

Earlier this week, news broke that Nintendo contract worker Jessica Zenner was fired for keeping a blog called “Inexcusable Behavior” where she made comments about herself (using the name Jessica Carr) and various co-workers (who were not named). Jessica considered the blog to be entertainment, but Nintendo took offense and fired her. Jessica has since [...]

The now infamous blogger and former Nintendo employee Jessica Zenner (alias Jessica Carr) will be joining the staff here at Ripten.com.

The Internet has put in some long hard hours on the issue, but Blazing Lizard’s first game promises to solve it once and for all—Pirates or Ninjas? Yes, Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeball should do the trick. But how exciting can dodgeball get?

On a normal day, you’d find me spinning around in my office chair contemplating the meaning of life, the Mayan calendar, and global warming, but today the mailman came bearing gifts. Yes, today is a good day.

In the process of interviewing a representative from EA Tiburon at this years E3 regarding Madden 08, one of our writers (who is a big Patriot’s fan) jokingly asked if Bill Belichick would again be absent on the sidelines this year. As the representative began to explain the contractual reasons behind certain coaches being excluded [...]

In our recent phone conversation with EA Senior Product Manager, Jerrold Smith, regarding the upcoming Madden 08, we asked how a company who built its reputation on being detail oriented, so much so that their slogan “If it’s in the game, it’s in the game” became their claim to fame, now overlooks such things as [...]

Our artists are busy working on the King of the Game video game tournament and every once and a while we will give you a sneak peak at a few pages without spoiling the plot and revealing who comes out on top.

Here are our unpolished thoughts on Nintendo’s press conference. For everything else, check out our wrap-up later this week. Reggie is happy! E3 ’07 as coming out party. Video games take their place by movies and TY as a staple of entertainment. 69% of growth overall comes from Nintendo (Microsoft, 2%) At the moment DS [...]

The other day I had a dream that I was a kid again, just hanging out watching Sesame Street, everything was great. As the show came to an end The Count said this episode was brought to us by … you guessed it, the letter “e” and the number “3″. Never before has one letter [...]

We are working away on bringing our readers the “King Of The Game” series but wanted to share some early sketches with you in the mean time. Artwork by Kristoffer There will be 32 different characters competing for the recognition of being pixel for pixel the baddest that ever called a console home. If you [...]

Here we go, division two of the “King Of The Game” Tournament. If you want to check out division one and read the tournament specifics click here, otherwise lets get on with it…

According to this months issue of Nintendo Power, Battalion Wars 2 by publisher Kuju Entertainment will flank its way into US stores on September 24th, 2007. The much anticipated sequel to the Gamecube title “Battalion Wars” offers up a stylized and highly addictive representation of war, putting you behind the wheel of cartoonish tanks, turrets, [...]

This is what we have all been waiting for … a battle for the ages, and the time is now. We have assembled 32 of the finest video game characters that have ever called a console home, and a five round single elimination tournament of speed, skill, strength, and determination stands between them and being [...]

E3, also known as “min-E3″, is being held this year from July 11th to the 13th at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, CA. Anyone who is familiar with the E3 of old knows that the new “min-E3″ pales in comparison to the event held in years past, that said … it is still better [...]