Unlike Nintendo, Sony's E3 press briefing was light on content and aimed at the hard core gamer. Sony announced a massive squad based shooter (MAG), that lets 256 gamers play simultaneously, as well as Rachet and Clank: Quest for Booty.
Game|Life takes on two of this year's most intriguing games. We speak to Alex Evans, designer of LittleBigPlanet, and Peter Molyneux, creative director of Fable 2.
Notorious hacker Chris Tarnovsky opens his underground laboratory to Wired.com, providing a peek into the world of satellite TV smart-card hacking. This complicated process involves nail polish, a pin head and various acids -- so don't try this at home (unless you're Chris Tarnovsky)!
In this week's episode of Game|Life, Wired.com's Chris Kohler sits down with Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of games like Legend of Zelda, Super Mario Brothers, and Donkey Kong.
Kohler gets his Wii out! He's even threatening to take it to the zoo. Can his journalistic integrity win over his love for this console? Plus a review of Viking: Battle For Asgard.
This week, Chris Kohler gets the inside scoop on Gears of War 2 from Cliff Bleszinski, design director for Epic Games. Then Chris gets retro with Nintendo's Power Glove.
If I were stronger than any person on Earth, I'd have a better attitude than the Hulk. Maybe he'd have a better time if it weren't anger that set off his transformation.
Artist Aaron Koblin's phalanx of 10,000 sheep, all drawn by random strangers through Amazon's labor distribution mechanism, The Mechanical Turk. Koblin's goal was to raise questions about the emergence of new labor systems in the information age.
E3 2008 was certainly a quieter, more manageable scene compared to years past, but a few announcements still made their way into the gaming headlines. Wired.com's Chris Kohler and Wired Magazine's Chris Baker run through the ups and downs of the scaled-down gaming event of the year.
There are two things the Internet excels at: helping us connect with people, and helping us avoid people. Twitter fits right into the crawlspace between these functions, giving you an IV drip of tiny pseudo-interactions. Take a look at this exciting, not particularly new site with our guide to social networking.
Check out the first video blog from Game|Life, Wired's videogame channel. We review No More Heroes (Wii) and Rez HD (XBox 360), two games with no shortage of amazing graphic style. Which one comes out on top?
Abolish minimum withdrawals - Nationalpost.com Outliving your money is the number one threat highlighted by any decent advice on retirement planning. To avoid it, people are urged to save more, invest wisely and avoid running down their assets too quickly once they are no longer working. How ...
Widely Held Attitudes to Different Generations - Forbes A recent survey by Harris Interactive conducted for Charles Schwab and Age Wave asked almost 4,000 Americans aged 21 to 83 what they thought of different generations. Specifically, they were asked about people aged 13 to 31 or Generation Y; those ...
