Black Friday: Wal-Mart carrying awesome game console deals

If you're a gamer, you're spoiled for choice when it comes to Black Friday bargain hunting, with neat deals at Sears and GameStop, and some okay deals at Toys 'R' Us. If you're a gamer looking to pick ... continue

Sgt. Pepper’s comes to The Beatles Rock Band next week

What's your favorite Beatles album? If you answered "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," we can almost certainly be friends. Now we're friends, want to come round my place and play Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band on ... continue

[VIDEO] Watch the super-rad ending to New Super Mario Bros. Wii

[NOTE: Nobody likes a Mr. Blabbermouth McSpoiler, so I'm going to say right here that this post contains huge, Donkey Kong-sized spoilers. If you're buying New Super Mario Bros. Wii and don't wish to watch its rather ... continue

Brian May had hair demands for LEGO: Rock Band

Queen guitarist Brian May had only one demand when signing up for LEGO Rock Band (aside from receiving a stack of money): that developer Traveller's Tales get his famous perm right. As you can see above, they got ... continue

Repeat after Nintendo: there is no Wii HD

Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime has, once again, categorically denied that Nintendo is planning a high-definition version of its Wii console. The Wii HD rumor has been doing the rounds for what feels like about 643 years ... continue

Actually not a joke: the Wii Baby Doll peripheral

On these pages alone, I've already written about some pretty weird Wii accessories. There was the horseback riding saddle patented by Nintendo, the Wiimote football shell, and the game that comes with its own exercise bike. But this ... continue

$16 million award in CA “Wee for Wii” water intoxication death

The family of Jennifer Strange, the Rancho Cardova, CA woman who died after consuming massive quantities of water in an ill-conceived radio station contest, has been awarded $$16,577,118 in damages. Strange, 27, attempted to win a Wii gaming ... continue

Analyst: Netflix to appear on Wii in next 12 months

You may have already heard, but from (some unspecified day) next month, a Netflix service will be made available on the PS3. It's probably the story of the day for gamers! And I'm milking it for all ... continue

Need for Speed games are pretty popular

Hey guys, EA has sent news that it just sold its 100,000,000th Need for Speed game. And there goes the 1,000,000,001st. And the 1,000,000,002nd to that man! Etc. Yay for rampant capitalism. 100 million is good going, but ... continue

[VIDEO] Get a look at Queen in LEGO Rock Band

The LEGO Rock Band version of Iggy Pop horrified me, but the LEGOfied Queen that appears in the game delights me. Just look at Brian May's hair! Below is the first footage of Queen in EA/Harmonix's blocky take ... continue

New Mario game on the way, according to Mario

Charles Martinet, the man who provides the voice of Nintendo's Mario, says there's a new Mario game on the way. Better still, it's not one we already know about, like New Super Mario Bros. Wii or Super ... continue

HSN host smashes TV with Wii Tennis racket

This segment shilling Wii Sports packages inadvertently turned into a PSA for properly tethering your Wii accessories. Related posts:Matt Lauer: Today Show host embarrassed by divorce segmentDDR for PC gamer smashes his monitorYankee Stadium to host college football ... continue