Video Games

Blames, Trains and (Grand Theft) Automobiles

The latest games from Nintendo prepare to rock the holidays.

The New Face of Evil

Call of Duty 4 might hit a little too close to home.

Keep Dreaming

NiGHTS' second coming feels more like a first draft.

Paging Freaks

Guinness writes the book on gaming, but doesn't shatter any records.

Undead on Arrival

House of the Dead returns for the Wii, stiff as ever.

Direct to Video Game

The king of Hollywood takes on the small screen.

Empty Castle

Castle of Shikigami III tests the bounds of Wii loyalty

Blast Works makes blowing stuff up DIY-friendly

Castle of Shikigami III tests the bounds of Wii loyalty

Game On

Castle of Shikigami III tests the bounds of Wii loyalty

Wii the People

Video games have grown up. I haven’t.

Still Lapping It Up

There's more of the same in Mario Kart Wii, and that just might be plenty.

Xmas Present & Past

How yesterday's games spawned today's bestsellers.

Gaming's Greatest Hits

A look back at the best of 2007.

Big Bang for Your Buck

It’s five great games for $60. Shoot first and ask questions later.

Hype Machine

Does Halo 3 live up to its billing?

Star Dreck

Alien Syndrome will alienate some, infect others.

All Class

The Wii's Big Brain Academy makes summer school cool.

Bored Games

All the beer in the world can't save Mario Party 8.

Bored Games

All the beer in the world can't save Mario Party 8.

Three's a Charm

A promising glimpse of the next Halo.

No Replay for Wii Play

There's not much besides an extra controller to these mini-games.

Bus-ted

Could an RTD ad for Grand Theft Auto drive kids crazy?

The Devil’s in the Details

Turning LEGOs into a massively multi-player online game.

The Legend of Leeroy Jenkins

Ben Schulz issued the battle cry that echoed across World of Warcraft.

Channel Surfing

There's more than one way to play with your Wii.

Wii Love It

Nintendo finally gets 1-Up on the competition.

Copycat Killer

Saints Row shamelessly apes Grand Theft Auto.

Next Big Things

The five biggest attention-getters at E3.

Back to the Future

The Xbox Live Arcade is a high-tech twist on the old-fashioned coin-op.

X-Man Reunited

There's nothing rusty about Mega Man X's old-school 'bots.

Enter the Dragon

Dragon Quest VIII is the biggest thing from Japan since Godzilla.

Generation Next

Microsoft's Xbox 360 fires the first shot in the next-gen console war.

Near Perfect

Perfect Dark Zero isn't a bull's-eye, but it hits the target.

Puppy Love

Nintendogs' charm will win over the most jaded of gamers.

Various Artists

Original Soundtrack, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Interscope)
Best of Video Game Music: Hits Vol. 1 (Artemis)

Game On

Video-game journalists look for a little respect.

Game Over

Atari aficionado Rick Trotter finally faces reality: His beloved has joined the ranks of the eight-track and the Betamax.

"Ghetto Golf:" The new title from a Tony! Toni! Tone! singer's Denver-based videogame company

Raphael Saadiq, ghetto golfer. So this is ... odd. Raphael Saadiq, a former singer from Tony! Toni! Tone! -- the California R&B group that serenaded most of my middle-school-dance makeout sessions -- apparently has a Denver-based videogame company called Illfonic. And that company has apparently cr ... More >>

No vacation this year? Nintendo wants to help

Photo by JohntexNintendo wants to take you here, via the Wii​Since you probably can't afford that getaway to a remote beach this year, how about the next best thing: video games. In this case, Wii Sports Resort, which is coming to Southwest Plaza, 8501 West Bowles Avenue in Littleton (www.sout ... More >>

If the Nintendo van's a-rockin', don't come a-knockin'

David Thomas shows off the Nintendo Airstream​I got an intriguing e-mail yesterday from my buddy David Thomas, a local syndicated videogame columnist and professional contemplator of all things related to joysticks. "I am meeting the Nintendo van tomorrow at 1 if you want to come along," he wr ... More >>

Kotaku's Child's Play Fundraiser lets gamers rock out for a cause -- and goodies

DJ Hero​Denverite Brian Crecente is sort of the Rupert Murdoch of video games. As the editor-in-chief of the influential video game blog Kotaku, Crecente, a former Rocky Mountain News scribe, was recently named of the twenty most influential people in the video-game industry by GamePro magazin ... More >>

Better hope Santa still reads daily newspapers, kids...

A Flickr photo"Reading letters online is a lot easier than going to the mailbox -- especially when you're built like I am."​In the era before folks at daily newspapers were desperate to get anyone to pay for their product, they regularly reached out to kids -- the idea being that they'd grow u ... More >>

LEGO Universe — colorful plastic's answer to World of Warcraft — is the brainchild of Colorado-based NetDevil

A Flickr photo"Reading letters online is a lot easier than going to the mailbox -- especially when you're built like I am."​In the era before folks at daily newspapers were desperate to get anyone to pay for their product, they regularly reached out to kids -- the idea being that they'd grow u ... More >>

Last night: Call of Duty: Black Ops midnight release

​There have been rumors on the Internet the last few days saying that Call of Duty: Black Ops might be the biggest launch in video-game history -- which is actually saying quite a bit, considering people were saying the exact same thing last year about another game in the series, Call of Duty: ... More >>

Activision tries to connect with consumers via 4chan, gets nothing but dinosaurs

What, no dinosaurs? Lame.​What do you get when a popular game company swallows its pride and asks the anonymous users of 4chan's video game forum why they didn't like the new Call of Duty? You certainly don't get a courteous discussion of the merits of the game along with some constructive cri ... More >>

Guitar Hero franchise overdoses and dies

​In a statement alongside it's quarterly and annual fiscal report, Activision, the company behind the Guitar Hero series, effectively put the axe on the series. Over the course of the last two years, the series has seen dropping sales due to a market that's completely saturated and an expensiv ... More >>

A first look at "The Deadliest Game," the lead video from Sole's Mansbestfriend Volume 5

Sole has been very hard to ignore recently. He's been releasing tons of content in a variety of formats for free or cheap as he's preparing for his next album in the Mansbestfriend series (due May 15), as well as a new release from Sole and the Skyrider Band (Hello Cruel World due July 19). His late ... More >>

Charles Chaput: Denver Archbishop's attack on video-game ruling bugs Gamer Nation (VIDEO)

Charles Chaput.​Denver-based Archbishop Charles Chaput better watch out next time he plays Call of Duty online. Why? A lot of gamers are gunning for him in the wake of an editorial in which he criticized the U.S. Supreme Court for striking down a California law meant to protect minors from vi ... More >>

Hands on with Nintendo's holiday lineup

​Nintendo was in town yesterday showing off some short product demos for their holiday lineup. We had a chance to sneak into the Nintendo van (which was hidden away in an alley) and get our grimy paws all over Zelda, Mario and everything else they have on tap for the November and December cale ... More >>