The Week in Review: It watches you sleep. In this week's edition, a pirate CEO, a new look at politics in a Japanese eroge, sword fighting on the Wii, Kojima's love of Twilight, and the dark, sorcerous powers of Jerry Bruckheimer.
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The glory and fame that come from being the most powerful fighter in the world are nice, but there's nothing quite like beating up a car.
A Craigslist post advertising bundles of Modern Warfare 2 has led private investigators to arrests of thieves and pirates.
Grab your hair gel and thinking caps, people: Square-Enix/PopCap collaboration Gyromancer will be hitting XBLA and Windows in just twelve days.
The CEO of Trials developer RedLynx has admitted that the company posted the game on torrents.
Prince of Persia creator Jordan Mechner is very pleased with how the film based on his games (starring Jake Gyllenhasselhoff) is shaping up.
Microsoft has placed an age restriction on access to Twitter, Facebook and Last.fm in the public preview of the applications on Xbox Live but is working on an update that will let parents control which applications their children can access.
Nintendo's major visionaries are worried about the skyrocketing costs associated with creating High Definition games, and may be considering a next generation console that supports HD, but doesn't mandate it.
Don't hold your breath waiting for a sequel to LittleBigPlanet because the guys at Media Molecule say it's not going to happen.
More bad news, PC gamers: John Carmack, the Big Brain at id, says the upcoming shooter Rage probably won't offer support for dedicated servers.
Direct2Drive and other digital distributors refuse to sell Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 citing the need to install Steamworks.
Venezuela has followed through on a plan to ban violent videogames, passing a law that will slap hefty jail terms on anyone who produces, imports or sells them.
Through the prevalence of movies and videogames depicting war, new soldiers in today's armies are more aware of the visceral experience of battle than ever before.
Was the day one Dragon Age: Origins DLC designed to steal your money? Not in the least, according to a BioWare designer.
Facebook is the new gaming frontier, with even large companies like Maxis now trying to tap into the platform's millions of users.
