I’m going to let our readers in on a little secret: trying to do these things in a reader-friendly manner is a pain in the ass.
I do two weekly wrap-ups: this one, and the Nintendo Wrap as well. Each one carries it’s own set of issues. The Sony piece usually gets done in a timely [...]

Under normal circumstances, we would at least have a large-name Virtual Console release this week, notable for it’s name and it’s supposed rarity. At least the name – a big one – got heads to turn. However, a closer inspection shows that the VC update is just like the rest of this week’s Nintendo update: [...]

Welcome to this week’s, “Sequel, Spin Off, Start Over or Stay Dead?” Each week we’re going to look at a dormant franchise that was once pretty popular, but for some reason has disappeared into the sands of time. Diehard GameFAN staffers will have four options for what they want to have happen to the series [...]

I use Apple products often. I own an iPhone, mainly because the alternative – the Blackberry – doesn’t really appeal to me. The fact that I already had AT&T as my wireless provider greased the skids. Therefore, I run iTunes on my PC, mainly because it’s mandatory for me to sync my iPhone, but also [...]

I usually start these columns off with a little paragraph of two that relates in some way to the reason I decided to play the game. I won’t do that this time.
Instead, I’d like to apologize for not getting a column up in the past two weeks. My computer at home suffered a massive [...]

This hasn’t been a good week for Sony. First, the paid DLC from Heavy Rain wouldn’t work; they fixed that literally as I started typing this. Then, they had a bug come about in their older, “fat” model PS3 systems that makes the system think 2010 is a leap year, which rendered any game with [...]

We’re in like a lion with our very first Xbox Wrap-Up for the month of March and while the week kicks off the Xbox LIVE Arcade Block Party, we actually don’t have much to work with this week. I suppose that’s for the better, though; I still have General Knoxx still taunting me from [...]

As a gamer and a reviewer, I’m confused when faced with how to think about Mega Man 10.
As the gaming industry grows more mature, with decades of pedigreed history, there are an increasing stream of remakes and retro game titles that are changing the definition of a new game release.
When Mega Man 9 was released, [...]

Sometimes, being a Nintendo fan gives that person something to cheer about, especially if they’re dealing with fans of the other two consoles. From innocuous things like “We have Mario and Zelda!” to obscure musings like “Hey, nice of your entertainment divisions to finally be seeing a profit!” to low blows like “We didn’t just [...]

Welcome to this week’s, “Sequel, Spin Off, Start Over or Stay Dead?” Each week we’re going to look at a dormant franchise that was once pretty popular, but for some reason has disappeared into the sands of time. Diehard GameFAN staffers will have four options for what they want to have happen to the series [...]

Last week’s PSN update was dominated by one big name: Yakuza 3. The demo was good, though the fighting engine pissed me off some. Since then, there’s been a spot of bother about the game, with the word that Hostess Clubs, as well as a couple of other cultural items, were removed from the game. [...]

Welcome back to another week of Xbox LIVE additions where this week sees a triple scoop of Xbox LIVE additions before we charge headfirst into March and the announced Xbox LIVE Arcade Block Party. Of course, this week will see even more with a new deal of the week, a good chunk of game [...]

I’m often accused by my family, friends, co-workers and fellow DHGF writers of taking things – EVERYTHING – too seriously. It would be difficult to me to argue that point, but there are still times when I lose some of my intensity and revert back to a simpler time, a time when [...]

Looks like we changed the name of this column just in time.
For the first time that I or any of us can remember, there is no Virtual Console game to look at. As a writer, this makes me somewhat happy – after all, smaller articles are less work to put together – but as a [...]

Welcome to this week’s, “Sequel, Spin Off, Start Over or Stay Dead?” Each week we’re going to look at a dormant franchise that was once pretty popular, but for some reason has disappeared into the sands of time. Diehard GameFAN staffers will have four options for what they want to have happen to the series [...]

Last Friday, I reviewed the new PSP game SOCOM: U.S. Navy Seals Fireteam Bravo 3. I gave it a fairly positive write-up, and had no problems getting into the online component of the game, even if there was a sparse number of people due to my review going up before the game’s release. With that [...]

I consider myself a professional. I feel that I can get past whatever comes to me, get past it, and get my job done properly.
The Winter Olympics are one of the few times when I decide to hell with professionalism. They have hockey on literally all day! I just watched Canada beat the Swiss in [...]

I apologize for leaving everyone hanging last week, but the Xbox Wrap-Up is front and center in its punctual regularity this week and, man, do we have a lot of ground to cover today. It’s another exciting week of Xbox LIVE Arcade, Games on Demand, game add-ons, and more, but with the recent X’10 [...]

The biggest innovations are often born out of necessity, as the cliche goes. In this console generation, Sony is mired in last place and is beginning to take more risks than Microsoft or Nintendo. On the third party software side, there is no better company than Sega to exemplify a struggling underdog in 2010 that [...]

In the two plus years that we’ve been doing these wrap-ups, whether just for the Virtual Console or for the entire service, just about every article has had a lot of comments about whatever the Virtual Console has put out. When we started profiling the other downloadable titles on the WiiWare and DSiWare, most of [...]