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Blast Works makes blowing stuff up DIY-friendly

By Chris Ward
Jun 26, 2008

The words "user-generated content" usually mean you're about to encounter one of two things: an irritating Super Bowl commercial made by 16-year-olds, or another dramatic chipmunk. Still, people love this stuff. So it's no surprise that video-game developers are catering to the YouTube generation with "Blast Works: Build, Trade, Destroy"...
Hero We Go Again

Fake-instrument overload offers plenty to fret about.

By Chris Ward
Jun 12, 2008

I am absolutely dreading the arrival of Guitar Hero: World Tour. Can't even enjoy the summer. It might sound like insanity, given that the fourth installment in the Guitar Hero franchise could end up being the most successful game of 2008. It won't even hit store shelves till late October,...
Nintendo's Wii Fit ignites yet another fitness fad.

By Chris Ward
May 29, 2008

Somebody forgot to tell Nintendo that "strenuous indoor exercise" does not top anyone's summer fun list. This, of course, does not explain why poor suckers everywhere are lining up for Wii Fit, an exhausting personal trainer disguised as a video game. Me? I'll be kicking back with Mario Kart Wii...
Direct to Video Game

The king of Hollywood takes on the small screen.

By Chris Ward
May 22, 2008

Steven Spielberg may rule Hollywood, but in the video-game biz — the more profitable of the two industries, becoming more so with each passing year — he's a bikini-clad babe in Jaws-infested waters. Perhaps that's why in 2005, Spielberg, an avid gamer, signed with developing giant EA Games for three...
Still Lapping It Up

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

By Chris Ward
May 8, 2008

This year marks the 16th birthday of Mario Kart, the landmark Nintendo franchise that consists of eight identical racing games and legions of fans who buy every one of them. And 16 years later, nobody really has a problem with this. True to form, Mario Kart Wii offers no significant...

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