2011 is right around the corner – I can see it from my house – and the new year should bring us plenty of great games in the way of new IPs and long awaited sequels. So which games are we looking forward to the most?

That’s right, you sinful gamers! Today’s fan art is from the Christian Bible and depicts the moment when Abraham smashed all of those videogame consoles and accessories. What a crazy time that was …

The word “remake” has definitely taken on a negative context these days, particularly when dealing with film. The videogame industry has leapt onto this bandwagon in a big way as of late, with new versions of Splatterhouse, NBA Jam, Goldeneye and more on the way …

Iconic filmmaker John Carpenter has come out in defense of videogames, saying he disagrees with Roger Ebert that they can’t be art …

Taylor Lebron slims down by leveling up. An overweight teen by the name of Taylor Lebron found himself at an astonishing 297 pounds not long after his 14th birthday, and made the personal decision that enough was enough. His recently published book, titled “Cutting Myself in Half: 150 Pounds Lost One Byte at a Time”, [...]

James Cameron is apparently exploring the option of making more games with Ubisoft after they developed and published Avatar: The Game back in December.

We sure live in a crazy world. A drunken 55-year-old Scottish woman was upset that a 13-year-old boy under her care wouldn’t stop using the Xbox and the computer, so a fight ensued that ended with the woman stabbing the boy in the stomach with a kitchen knife.

The 2009 Today’s Gamers Internation Survey tells us something that a lot of us could of guessed: most Americans love playing videogames more than anything else.

In a recent speech at the NAACP 100th anniversary event, President Obama encouraged parents to “put away the Xbox.” Microsoft took the President’s slight condemnation and spun it into a positive.

A new bill recently passed by the senate means that playing videogames while driving in the Big Apple can net you you a $150 fine. The bill also covers texting and surfing the web while driving. It’s a secondary offense, which means you’ll only get cited if you get pulled over for something else first. [...]

Rhianna Pratchett, the writer behind Overlord and its sequels, has expressed how much help the video game industry in the writing department.

Resident Evil 5 and the U.S. Army? Where do I sign up??!??!! The only thing comparable to the way I feel when I see U.S. Army recruiters mixed into events packed with teenage kids would be witnessing Michael Jackson driving a bus load of Catholic priests to Chuck E. Cheese for a quick bite to [...]

Guinness draft illustrates connection between hot wings and violence. Ok, maybe not in those “exact words”, but not since the Guinness beer commercials have two supremely educated individuals come to a conclusion more “brilliant”. Professors John Kilburn and Christopher Ferguson of Texas A&M International University reached out to GamePolitics a few days ago (sorry, I’m [...]

… and then you woke up. Yes, it’s true. Someone out there is about to get paid $250,000 over the course of three years to look “rad” and play videogames while pimping Dr Pepper … but that someone is not you. The individual is 21-year-old Halo 3 gamer Tom Taylor (aka: Tsquared) and his mug [...]

Another decent week in releases with Sonic Chronicles: Dark Brotherhood for the DS, Silent Hill Homecoming for the 360 and PS3 and Mega Man 9 finally hits Xbox Live on Wednesday. Y’all might want to check out Bomberman Blast on the WiiWare today as well.