Gamer Culture, Nintendo Wii, Playstation 3, Xbox 360
A Gamer’s Gift Request Guide
I know it’s hard to believe, but Christmas is just around the corner. Every year it seems like we can barely wipe the gravy from our mouths before we deck the halls and so forth. This year’s holiday season is fast approaching, and as you shop for your loved ones, you may start to see how difficult it is to find that one specific item your significant other has asked for. It’s a common problem, and its effects can be seen in those post-Christmas return lines at every store in this known universe. So, in an effort to help soothe the sanity of retail cashiers, and increase the household happiness on Christmas, I’ve composed a list of tips to help gamers guide their gift-buyers more accurately.
If you’re anything like me, you anxiously awaited the release of Media Molecule’s groundbreaking PS3 title, LittleBigPlanet. It offers gamers a plethora of head-scratching levels, some interesting social environments, along with customizable characters and spaces all displayed within a beautiful art concept. Among all of these traits, LittleBigPlanet stands tall (ha) beside the competition as arguably the best platform title available for purchase this year. But its best feature is perhaps viewed as a bit more like a bonus; and that is the option that enables users to create customizable levels. All this creative freedom can amount to a bit of a headache for those trying to design beloved levels among the online masses, so this guide will provide you with the necessary steps to cleanly and concisely construct the creation of their dreams. So grab your controller and engage your thinking cap; this is Level Creation 101.
Gaming is a popular hobby. In fact, if you’re taking the time to read a video game news site, you probably already know that gaming has come quite a long way from its joystick and red bottom days. Now more than ever, it’s clear that gaming is not a fad, and won’t go away, so the question now becomes, “what lies ahead?” We as gamers have traveled up ladders; through green tubes and around loops full of rings to discover what lies ahead, but now our most revolutionary path just may lie off the screen. 
As I’m sure you’ve heard, The Beatles are coming to Rock Band. The Fab Four announced Thursday they will be making their digital debut via a partnership with MTV and Harmonix, which looks to see the band featured in its own exclusive Rock Band title, slated for a holiday 2009 release. Of course, this is a major announcement for a plethora of reasons. The most important reason is hidden underneath the surface of this monstrous musical development. 