Some developers draw inspiration from a particular genre. Electronic Arts built up some of the most successful franchises in the sports world, Id Software concentrated mainly on first person shooters like DOOM and Wolfenstein, and Lucasarts grew its fan base by creating excellent adventure games. Square Enix falls into this category as well. Their area [...]

SEGA is a Japanese company, right? Of course they are…aren’t they? Well, you would be surprised to learn that when SEGA was started in 1940, they were actually from the other side of the pacific.

Anyone who has played video games in the 8 or 16-bit era remembers a genre that has since become the black sheep of 3D gaming culture: the platformer. Platformers made up a huge percentage of all console games and arcades of the day, and would all be started by one game in particular, that put [...]

I handle my lists a little differently than many websites/magazines. I call the lists “THE X LIST”, X as in Ten, giving you a list comprised of nine hits (with Spidey as the main character or at least a featured player), and One ENORMOUS miss. Even though Spidey may be a hero in the funny-pages [...]

Toys”R”Us is having a buy 2, get one free sale starting October 14th and ending October 20th. The sale is open to all games (excluding pre-orders) in store and is limited to a select list of titles if purchasing online. So if you want the best deal on the games you want without restrictions, head [...]

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 [...]

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.

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…

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 [...]