I knew this would happen.  I was right all along and I’m prepared.  For years, I’ve told anyone who would listen that eventually the zombies would completely overwhelm our defenses and take over.  Well, they are apparently running rampant through the streets of Washington, D.C. this very minute.  I’ll be alright though.  I saw it [...]

Boing Boing has posted a set of fascinating sketches by Jakub Dvorský and Adolf Lachman, the designers of the upcoming point and click adventure game, Machinarium.

This game looks marvelous. It’s made by an independent game producer who also made a popular game called Samarost.  Machinarium is about a little robot who’s been thrown out [...]

Want to ruin Halloween?  Sure.  Why not?  Give it a try.  This puzzle has driven many players totally insane.  I’m actually not kidding.  I’m dead serious.  It’s really hard.  It can warp your helpless mind and make you smash your computer.  I have received more hate mail for this little puzzle than for any other [...]

If you wonder what it might have been like to be Victor Frankenstein working in his laboratory to bring life to the stitched together parts of dead people… wonder no more!  You can be the brilliant doctor as he fights off a mob of angry villagers and tries to harness the power of lightning [...]

Improving upon the most boring character in the history of world literature, Electronic Arts is going to release an action game called Dante’s Inferno.  From the looks of the preview, this version of the Dante character is much more interesting and capable than the literary original who is the main character in the Divine Comedy [...]

So, have you tried this puzzle yet?

It’s hard.  Don’t cheat.  Leave comments here if you want to beg for clues or insult the game-maker.  And remember… it’s really hard.  You have to get the mummy out of the tomb.  You can hear him pleading with you from behind that door.  Listen.  Set him free… if [...]

Here’s an article by Tim Martin in The Telegraph about how computer games are having a growing influence on literature.  As the game’s trailer shows, the upcoming computer game, Dante’s Inferno, will be a wild ride into hell.  I’m sure the game is full of levels as most games are and as Dante’s original literary [...]

It’s always good to watch a western. Rockstar Games has released this trailer for their new game, Red Dead Redemption. The game sure looks good and if it’s anywhere near Grand Theft Auto it’ll be one to try.

Kongregate.com has a fun zombie shooter game that’s free.  You start out in a fortification that’s surrounded by marauding zombies.  You must earn your keep with the survivors by going out on missions to kill zombies, find supplies, and rescue other survivors.  There’s lots of blood and wandering undead that are surprisingly difficult to dispatch.  [...]

So I walked into my local GameStop store about an hour ago looking for an Xbox version of Call of Duty: World at War.  I walked around the store, noticing that every single shelf appeared to be filled with used games.  I went to the counter to ask for a new copy of the game [...]