The War Games have begun! Our Halo 4 tournament is underway at Laugh Out Loud Family Fun Place located at 6720 Quannah Parker Trailway. Teams and individuals are currently battling it out for cash, prizes and most of all bragging rights.
Over the years, Hollywood has taught us one thing -- it's easy to churn out movies based on video games, but a whole lot more difficult to make them watchable. For every semi-decent 'Resident Evil' or 'Tomb Raider' flick, there's a stinker like 'Silent Hill,' 'Doom,' 'Bloodrayne,' 'Wing Commander' and, perhaps worst of all, 'Super Mario Bros.'
Last week we saw the return of Master Chief after a five year absence in the Halo series. The franchise is now under the helm of 343 Industries with their first title Halo 4. We have not seen Spartan 117 since Halo 3 back in 2007. The series was originally created and ran by Bungie until 2010 with Halo: Reach as their final title in the series. Now the Chief is back and he has not lost his touch.
Discovering a video game Easter egg on your own can be a blast, but, let's face it, doing so requires an awful lot of work. So, to spare you the hassle of hours of repetitive gameplay, we've compiled the 15 coolest Easter eggs right here. Consider this an early Christmas present.
Are you voting for Barack today... or Baraka? Display your civic pride and your party allegiance with one of these Outworldly badges. (Thanks to Jade and Reptile, even the Green Party is represented.)
'Mass Effect 3,' the immensely popular third installment of the video game series, sold about 1.3 million copies across all gaming platforms within its first month and quickly became the year's bestselling video game. So it only makes sense that Legendary Entertainment would want to adapt this hit video game for the big screen. The studio first picked up the rights to the project back in 2008, but now they're finally moving forward with it, having picked up a new writer to pen the script.
Forget all that meth from 'Breaking Bad' -- speed is where it's at these days. Aaron Paul has joined the adaptation of the hit video game franchise 'Need for Speed' as one of the film's two leads.
The Atari 2600 is celebrating its 35th birthday this week. Has it really been that long since Pong?!?
While the critters of Pokémon are animal-like, you can't actually find Pikachu and his buddies in earth's animal kingdom.
Which is why PETA's recent attack on the popular Nintendo characters has many people scratching their heads.
Anybody who was in high school marching band can go ahead and hang their head in shame now. The Ohio State University marching band just made all those mornings you woke up early to practice 'Taking It to the Streets' totally obsolete.
PBS, yes that PBS, has released this awesome video highlighting and celebrating some of the most creative minds in gaming -- the independent game developers.
Video games are often praised for their life-like qualities -- the realistic graphics, the grabbing action, the way women are always wearing short shorts. (Er, scratch that last one.) These gamers, however, took it to the next level by literally bringing their favorite games to life. Check out some classic video games brought to life. Recreate these and you won't just feel like you're in the action, you will be in it.
