August 13, 2009 by David Smail
Filed under Gaming, Gaming News
The new partnership will allow gamers to customize on numerous levels
August 13, 2009 by David Smail
Filed under Gaming, Gaming News
Details on the retail/digital release of Marvel vs. Capcom 2.
July 31, 2009 by Eddie Makuch
Filed under Computer Games, Gaming, Reviews
The swashbuckling pirate is at it again, but how does he fair this time around?
May 27, 2009 by Stephen Fry
Filed under Gaming, Reviews, Xbox 360
The new stealth game from Southpeak Games and Replay Studios is technically adequate, but falls short of its historical aspirations.
February 17, 2009 by Stephen Fry
Filed under Gaming, Reviews, Xbox 360
Babes, blades, blood and zombie hordes. What’s not to like? Quite a lot as it turns out.
February 2, 2009 by Christopher Pineo
Filed under Boston Local, Business, Gaming, Gaming News, Local News, The Issue, The Magazine, The News
Gamer Doc promises a different kind of video game shopping experience, with three local locations set to open this year.
May 22, 2008 by John M. Guilfoil
Filed under Internal News
Dear Staff,
I’m pleased to announce that Joe Sinicki will take over the long-vacant assignment editor duties for our technology section.
“Milwaukee Joe,” 23, has written for Electronic Gaming Monthly and GamePro and has served as senior editor for the Milwaukee Times. He has been a tech mainstay since our early days, putting out honest reviews when [...]
April 15, 2008 by Blast Magazine Newsroom
Filed under Gaming News, Science and Technology
I was 11 years old when my father came home with our first modem, a 2400 baud U.S. Robotics. I still remember that shrieking sound it made when connecting to a remote service. A few days later, I discovered The Sierra Network (TSN), later known as the Imagination Network (INN).
December 2, 2007 by John M. Guilfoil
Filed under Features, Gaming News, Science and Technology
The combination of Activision’s best-selling Guitar Hero, Call of Duty, and Tony Hawk, with Vivendi Games’ Crash Bandicoot and Spyro, and Blizzard StarCraft, World Of Warcraft nets the world’s largest video game company. [...]
November 13, 2007 by John M. Guilfoil
Filed under Gaming News, Science and Technology
Atari announced today that the company will re-focus its operations on publishing and distribution, completely ending its game production business. The company also licensed its Test Drive franchise to parent company Infogrames for a $5 million advance.
November 12, 2007 by John M. Guilfoil
Filed under Features, Gaming News, Science and Technology
Atari is out of money. They don’t develop their games anymore. They’re fighting to hold on to DragonBall Z. Worst of all, they’re just the redheaded American stepson of European Infogrames. But I don’t think hope is lost.
November 1, 2007 by The Review Center
Filed under Computer Games, Retro, Reviews, Science and Technology
This review originally appeared on Reviewcenter.com and Sharewarejunkies.com in 1998 during the Golden Age of shareware gaming. The game (and manufacturer’s website) remain the same today as they were back then. This one stands out as a testament to the way the Internet once was.
By John Guilfoil
Don’t be scared off by the name. Virus the [...]
November 1, 2007 by The Review Center
Filed under Computer Games, Retro, Reviews, Science and Technology
This review appeared on Reviewcenter.com in 2000 during the heyday of PC flight simulation games, including a glut of combat games from Janes/Electronic Arts.
Hangsim is a highly realistic flight simulation that was created to simulate flight in hang gliders, paragliders, and ultralights. This game is like flight simulators from around the world, but the [...]
October 26, 2007 by John M. Guilfoil
Filed under Gaming News, Science and Technology
Penny Arcade Expo 2008 dates announced after PAX 2007 attendance made it the number 1 video game conference in North America
October 24, 2007 by John M. Guilfoil
Filed under Gaming News, Science and Technology
Originally announced as November 23, the well-anticipated Rock Band will hit stores November 20, before Thanksgiving and Black Friday, Harmonix announced.
Rock Band picks up where the amazingly popular Guitar Hero games leave off and is expected to sell amazingly well despite the $200 price tag on the special edition. (The game itself is $59.99 but [...]


