Spore finally on Steam, SecureROM free!

via Slashdot
Will Wright fans rejoice! If you’ve been waiting to buy the long awaited ‘life, the universe, and everything’ simulator because of EA’s draconian DRM that limits the players to only three installs, your wait is now over.  Spore, along with other ‘hit’ EA titles have been released on Valve’s ever-growing Steam platform.   The [...]

10 Years of Half-Life feature – Mod DB

The fellas over at ModDB.com posted this video celebrating a decade of Half-Life mods. It’s pretty good, be sure to click on the link and give them a digg as well!

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Molyneux Pwns Pub Game Pirates?!

via Game|Life
Maybe not.  Really, who knows?  Peter Molyneux is infamous for his penchant for hyperbole.
Apparently, gamers who took advantage of an exploit which was recently found in the Xbox Live Arcade release Fable II Pub Games, are in for a nasty surprise when it’s parent title, Fable II comes out this fall.
The exploit allowed gamers who purchased [...]

TellTale’s WiiWare Series Revealed to be Strong Bad!

Telltale Games, the folks behind the hit episodic series Sam and Max sent out a press release this morning revealing that their top secret WiiWare project is gonna star none other than Homestarrunner.com fan favorite, Strong Bad! The miniature misanthropic macho man in the luchador mask is getting his own “3D point-and-click-em-up adventure” on WiiWare [...]

Coulton’s “Still Alive” Free Rock Band Download tomorrow for Xbox, later for Sony

via Game|Life
Owners of the hit multiplayer rhythm/karaoke hybrid Rock Band will get a special April Fool’s treat tomorrow. Well those that have it on Xbox 360 that is.
The infamous end song from last fall’s break out hit Portal will be available for download from the newly renovated Rock Band music store, absolutely free of [...]

The w0rd Podcast Ep.5: GDC 2008

In this episode Chris talks about his trip to the Game Developers Conference this year in San Fransisco. He also had the distinct pleasure of interviewing Dave Grossman, of Day of The Tentacle, and more recently Sam and Max fame. We talk about the new episode of Sam and Max, and some hints [...]

The w0rd Podcast Ep. 4: Modtastic!

In this episode, Chris rolls solo and laments the end of Polaroid’s film manufacturing division, and nerds out on PC game mods. More notably, a Back To The Future mod for GTA: Vice City complete with Time Travel mechanics!
You can find that particular mod an MORE at http://moddb.com

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Major League Eating to be launch title for WiiWare

via IGN
The great American pastime dominated by skinny Asian dudes is coming to WiiWare this May courtesy of game publisher Mastiff. According to the publisher, the title will make plenty of use of Wii’s unique motion controls. The gameplay will apparently mirror that of tradition fighting games, with blocks, attacks, and special moves. [...]

The w0rd Podcast Ep. 3: Bustin’ Makes Me Feel GOOD

In this very special episode, Chris and Garrett reminisce of one of their fondest childhood obsessions: Ghostbusters.
This is the last of the classic episodes of “The w0rd”. Two brand new episodes going up on Monday and Wednesday.

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A note about the podcasts.

So if you noticed, the first two podcasts are hella old.  I’m totally aware of this.  I’m actually posting up the small handful of old radio broadcasts that I have on hand before I post the new shows.  Don’t worry though, they’ll be up to date by this coming Monday.  I’m gonna be doing a [...]