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Mega Ran and Minibosses at Phoenix Comicon

Minibosses​Mega Ran, and Minibosses Hyatt Regency Ballroom at Phoenix Comicon Saturday, May 28If you've ever wanted to run into somebody famous while they're wearing their pajamas, the lobby of the downtown Hyatt during Phoenix Comicon is apparently the place to do it. Friday, in-between ... More >>

Lady Gaga to Debut New Songs on Farmville

Wikimedia CommonsLady Gaga invites you to "GagaVille."​Apparently, any corner of the Internet is free game for music promotion these days. Facebook users accustomed to hearing drizzling midi banjo when they log into Zynga's Farmville game will be in for a surprise this month -- Lady Gaga will be d ... More >>

Activision To Discontinue Guitar Hero and DJ Hero

​The Guitar Hero franchise has officially been canceled by video gaming publisher Activision, according to Blabbermouth.The decline in the game's popularity was significant enough to make the company pull the plug. The DJ Hero franchise will also be coming to an end.Activision Publishing CEO Eric ... More >>

Avoid This on Black Friday: New Michael Jackson Video Game

​Hopefully you've prepared yourself for this year's lamest Christmas gift. According to Paste, Ubisoft just dropped a Michael Jackson video game available for Nintendo DS and PSP.As if there weren't enough terrible video games that revolve around dancing already. Yet this one might take the cake. ... More >>

Censory Overload

Play raunchy and violent electronic games for free

Censory Overload

Play raunchy and violent electronic games for free

Wii Are The Champions

Losers become winners at video-game tournament

Guitar Hero Controversy, Courtesy of Tucson's Loren Dircks

Loren Dircks takes aim at the Guitar Hero generation​Loren Dircks has been a fixture in Tucson's music scene for more than two decades, first as a founding member of "country metal" stalwarts Gila Bend and currently as a solo performer and frequent collaborator with fellow Tucsonan Al Perry. Dirck ... More >>

Fiddy’s Biz

What’s the Next Logical Career Step for 50 Cent?

50 Cent: What's His Next Logical Career Step?

Wii are the Champions

Losers become winners at video-game tournament

Aerosmith and ZZ Top Prove They're Real Guitar Heroes at Cricket Wireless Pavilion

Luke HolwerdaSteven Tyler of Aerosmith​ A funny thing has happened to the recording industry lately. Video games have begun to influence to music sales. Don't believe me? Consider that the re-release of the entire Beatle Catalogue is scheduled for the exact same day as the release of The Beatl ... More >>

AZ Ghostbusters Raise Money for Salvation Army and Promote New Ghostbusters Video Game

Jonathan McNamaraMatt Haynes (center) with the AZ Ghostbusters Though there were no spiritual apparitions at Gamestop at 5707 Northern Ave. in Glendale during the midnight launch of the new Ghostbusters The Video Game, there were plenty of EKG meters and "proton packs" just in case. These delicate ... More >>

Top Ten Video Games You Should Be Listening To

In honor of Music Editor Martin Cizmar's look at video game-inspired music this week, we've taken the time to assemble this list of video games you should be listening to. That's right, listening. Play them all you want, but we're betting that your memories of laying waste to the final boss will fad ... More >>

The Nintendo Experience Mobile Tour

By Jonathan McNamara The games of the Nintendo Experience Mobile Tour. See more shots in our Nintendo Experience Mobile Tour slide show. I want to be one of the converted. I want to be the kind of Nintendo fan that happily shrieks at the chance to play mini games. I wish that I didn’t mind wa ... More >>

Whatever Lucasarts’ Fracture Is Breaking, It Ain’t New Ground

There’s Nothing Evolutionary About Spore

Nerdstock

KoL game boys invade Tempe

Braid reinvents video game storytelling

Guitar Hero: World Tour: Wasting even more of your space with plastic peripherals

Remembering Dig Dug

See how far they’ve truly come at "ZAP! Vintage Video Games"

Nintendo’s Wii Fit wants you to believe that indoor exercise is fun

Guinness World Records Gamer’s Edition 2008 lacks the freak factor that makes traditional Guinness books interesting

Axis Radius presents Battle of Rock Band

It's All Geek To Us

Wii Will Rock You

Virtual bowling at Heather’s Wild Hare

Wii’s Indianapolis 500 Legends brings Brickyard history to life

Xmas Present & Past

How yesterday's games spawned today's bestsellers

Almost Famous

It's never been easier to start your own (fake) band

End Game

Bend It Like Bowser

Soccer gets a surreal twist in Mario Strikers Charged

Mechanical Bull

A few more changes would've helped Transformers

Bored Games

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

Balls of Fury

Marble Mania rolls out a winner for the Wii

Hot Mama

Cooking Mama for the Wii looks good enough to eat

Resistance Isn't Futile

It's just the only standout in an otherwise shameful launch

Pong 360

Like the real thing, Table Tennis shouldn't be played alone

Pretty Girls Make Saves

Indie rock teams up with a baseball video game. No, really

Ghouls on the Go

Remake captures all the creepy fun of the original

Puppy Love

Nintendogs' charm will win over the most jaded of gamers

Addicted to PSP

Tabb finds several more things to glue him to the screen

Shoot 'Em Up

Tabb pulls the trigger on some new video games

All Dolled Up

A rant on the New York Dolls latest, plus raves on new video games

BEST PLACE TO BUY VINTAGE VIDEO GAMES

Games Plus Video Game Exchange

War Games

For the Valley's extreme gamers, the action is often too big for a computer screen

Bada-Boom, Ka-ching, Ka-ching

Jim Perkins and his Scottsdale team want to translate Hef's world into big bucks

Evil Empire

A self-proclaimed 'God of Video Games' with a real-life god complex is determined to rule gamers, girls and the world.

Toe-Tapping Zapping

Game soundtracks struggle for legitimacy in an industry obsessed with killing machines, not killer tunes