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11/29/2008

Video-game review: Superheroes battle super villains
While superheroes may have taken over Hollywood, the video-game world has been harder for them to conquer. Maybe that’s because video-game protagonists are already superpowered. A tough customer like Marcus Fenix (Gears of War) or Master Chief (Halo) could probably kick Batman all the way back to the Batcave.

11/22/2008

Video game review: LittleBigPlanet has an endearing hero named Sackboy
The platform game has fallen on hard times. Maybe it’s that name, which came about in the 1980s when Mario was actually jumping on moving platforms in Super Mario Bros. But the genre needs a catchier title, like running-jumping-bouncing-

11/16/2008

Could digital TV pull the plug on your picture?
WASHINGTON — Just three months from now, TV viewers in millions of U.S. households may be startled to discover that most television stations have turned off their analog broadcast signals, leaving older TV sets blank unless they’re tethered to cable, satellite dishes or digital converter boxes.

11/15/2008

Video game review: Running and walking and leaps of Faith in Mirror’s Edge
Occasionally, a video game will reshape the way gamers see virtual worlds. Much like Wolfenstein 3D, Super Mario 64 and Half-Life before it, the stunning first-person action-adventure game Mirror’s Edge (Electronic Arts, for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, $59.99) smashes the conventions of its predecessors.

11/09/2008

Women scarce in the video game business
LOS ANGELES As a top executive at one of the world’s biggest video game publishers, Kathy Vrabeck often completes an entire workday without meeting with another woman. And her employer, Electronic Arts, is less of a boy’s club than many of its peers.

11/08/2008

Beatles music has Rock Band potential
The music of the Beatles will at long last start its journey across the digital universe next year as part of a new interactive video game being developed by the creators of the hit Rock Band game.

HD-radio industry trying to dial into market
The radio industry’s answer to the Internet, iPods and satellite radio has been slow to make waves with consumers.

NBA 2K9 commits a few turnovers
NBA 2K9, Xbox 360 (also on PS3, PS2 and PC). Rated for all ages. $59.

10/26/2008

New Star Wars online game rises to a new dimension
LOS ANGELES — Star Wars is hyperspeeding to an even longer time ago.

10/25/2008

A real clunker, except for the kids
Nintendo’s Wii Music invites players to pick up their wireless remotes and strum, toot, bang and drum their way through improvisational jam sessions using more than 60 virtual instruments on which there can be no wrong notes, no mistakes.

10/18/2008

Evil aliens again; Halloween-worthy demons
Dead Space, Electronic Arts, for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, $59.99

10/11/2008

Video game review: A fat, mean Mario; a simple pink ball
Wario Land: Shake It! (Nintendo, for the Wii, $49.99)

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