Gears of War: The Board Game

Ever have that feeling when you want to just hack some Locust scum in half with your chainsaw bayonet but with not Xbox 360 near you to boot up Gears of War? Esdevium Games has solved your problem with Gears of War: The Board Game.

Based on the hugely popular Xbox 360 franchise, this product tasks up to four players with completing randomly constructed missions by working together.

The game comes bundled with over 200 cards, 75 tokens and 30 plastic figures based on both the COG forces and the Locust horde. Players will be able to use classic tactics from the video games, including Roadie Running from cover to cover and ripping enemies in half using the Lancer.

Xbox addict 'dies from blood clot'

I just read this a little while ago on Yahoo! and thought to share it.

The family of a budding computer programmer have on Saturday launched a campaign to raise awareness about the health risks of playing online computer games after their son died following a marathon session on his Xbox.

A post-mortem revealed that 20-year-old Chris Staniforth -- who was offered a place to study Game Design at Leicester University -- was killed by a pulmonary embolism, which can occur if someone sits in the same position for several hours. Deep vein thrombosis normally affects passengers on long-haul flights, but medical experts fear youngsters who spend hours glued to their consoles might also be at risk and have urged them to take regular breaks.

What I don't like about these sort of articles (aside from the whole death part) is that when people read the title, they instantly blame gaming as a whole. It's not the game's fault, it's our own negligence that brings about these kinds of tragedies. So remember guys, take care of yourselves, take regular breaks after every hour or so, and happy gaming.

Old Spice Guy joints the cast of Gears of War 3

Isaiah Mustafa, better known as the "Old Spice Guy" will be bringing his 'the man your man could smell like' smell to the chainsaw bayonett toting Gears in Gears of War 3.

"The cast just keeps getting sexier and sexier," joked Epic's design director Cliff Bleszinski as he revealed the news at the San Diego Comic Con. Mustafa joins the likes of John DiMaggio, Ice T, and Claudia Black. His character is listed as "COG Gear," which makes it sound like he's not going to have a particularly big role in the game. It doesn't help that he's wearing a helmet either. Perhaps we could be seeing an Old Spice easter egg in the game.

I'm on a horse.

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Nintendo will 'reward' early 3DS owners

Already bought a Nintendo 3DS? Heard about the $80 price cut? Freaking the hell out? Nintendo will give you free games for your loyalty.

Nintendo is going to give everybody who bought a 3DS prior to the price cut announcement the opportunity to download a collection of 10 NES games for free before they hit the eShop. They'll also be giving out ten Game Boy Advance titles, including Yoshi’s Island: Super Mario Advance 3, Mario Kart: Super Circuit, Metroid Fusion, WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$ and Mario vs. Donkey Kong, before the end of the year. These GBA games are currently expected to be exclusive to early adopters or, as Nintendo calls them, "Ambassadors."

This is all well and good but I don't think these old games make up for the $80 you just got screwed over.

Nintendo 3DS gets a massive price drop

Not much of a surprise really but for it to drop this much so soon is still a bit astounding. Nintendo has instituted one of the swiftest and deepest price cuts for a handheld in recent memory.

The glasses free 3D handheld only went on sale earlier this year costing around $249.99, but as of August 12, 2011, the price will be slashed all the way down to $169.99.

For anyone who was on the fence about buying a Nintendo 3DS, this is a huge motivation to buy now. We are giving shoppers every incentive to pick up a Nintendo 3DS, from an amazing new price to a rapid-fire succession of great games.

says Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime.

Via [Kotaku]