Meet the Mob: That jerk that no one cares about

Now it's time to meet Jeffrey Sandlin! O gosh o golly o wow! I can't wait!….Wait…who the hell is that guy?

 

 

Jeffrey is a wonderful and meaningful human being who's long term struggles with anger and depression only …

Opera 10 is here, but do any of you care?

Opera Software just released the final version of Opera 10, the latest revamp of its pioneering-but-not-terribly-popular web browser.

Could this be the breakthrough Opera needs to reach a big audience in the United States?  Opera is doing all right financially, …

News Blips: Disney Acquires Marvel, French Gamers Get Leaked Halo 3: ODST, David Jaffe STFU, and More

The next Kingdom Hearts game might have just gotten a LOT more interesting.

News Blips:

• Oh the humanity of it all!: Megacorporation Disney to acquire Marvel. How this will play out for the Marvel licensed games is not entirely clear …

This is Heavy: Mega Man Chain Mail Art

It’s pretty common to see video game art based on Mega Man. Example: These two versions of the iconic blue bomber made entirely with beads [via technabob]:

Pretty cool, eh? Yeah, but not too exotic. Beads? Yawn! Those things can’t …

Goodbye EGM

Crispin and I recap our highs and lows at EGM through the decades in another Sore Thumbs reprint, updated for your reading pleasure.

But don’t forget, this isn’t really goodbye anymore, as EGM is coming back under new (old) ownership, 

Video Blips: Final Fantasy 13 Gameplay Interview, Battle of the Band Games Commercials, and More

Now that the unluckily numbered Final Fantasy 13 has an English voice dub, are you sure that you still want to enroll in Intro to Japanese for the fall semester?

Video Blips:

• This Final Fantasy 13 director interview breaks …

Even Time Can’t Unravel This Classic (Chrono Trigger DS Review)

Boy, does time fly.  Fourteen years ago, I remember playing an SNES game with an unusual title called Chrono Trigger.  Before playing Chrono, I knew little about this RPG, other than the fact that it was developed by a “Dream …

Tim Langdell Resigns from the IGDA Board of Directors

There’s been a lot of activity within the membership of the IGDA regarding Tim Langdell of Edge Games and his position on the board of directors in the past weeks.

Two weeks ago, the IGDA committed a major mistake by …

Indie Game Review: Spelunky

I absolutely love action games of any kind: Half-Life, Metroid, shmups, Kaboom!, Gunstar Heroes — you name it, I love it. So it may be a little surprising when I say that the obscure, arcane PC RPG NetHack is one …

Reminder: PAX Bitmob Meet-Up

Here's one more reminder for Bitmob members who will be attending this year's sold out Penny Arcade Expo. The community has arranged a member meet-up on Friday afternoon. We are planning on gathering at the Tap House Grill in downtown …

September 2009 Release Calendar

Sorry about the horrible quality. I’m working on attempting to make it a bit more understandable. If anyone has any ideas ( or would like to help me clean it up) I’d be more than happy to accept the advice …