Video games have become sleeker, harder, faster, and better to an exponential degree in the last 10 years. This has been mostly awesome, but the increased intensity of games has yielded an echo of similarly intense behavior in those that play the games. Sometimes this behavior goes well beyond throwing one’s controller across the room....

Because somewhere a n00b is picking up his sticks for the first time...

Far from the "realistic"Ghostbusters game Terminal Reality is creating for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, let's take a look at what Nintendo Wii and DS players have to look forward to.

A game set in the dark age of recession. With knives!

"I went into Circuit City today to capitalize on their misfortune, and saw a copy of Resident Evil 4 for PS2 on sale for $7.50. Upon waiting in the checkout line, I saw a sign that said, 'All sales are final.' John continues. "I got home and opened my purchase to see this monstrosity of a game disc." Shit.

Last night was the Academy Awards. Actors, directors, writers and producers were honored for their work in films — as was a World of Warcraft player. By day, Steve Preeg is a big time Hollywood visual effects artists, working on films like Lord of the Rings and I, Robot. By night, Steve Preeg is also a visual effects artist.

Inflicting a world of pain seven times over

Sure, it was pretty safe that graphics would get more better and consoles would get an ass-load more powerful, but besides that we were pretty clueless as to what gaming in the 21st Century would really be like. Now that we've arrived in the future, here's some of the things we could never have seen coming 20 years ago.

Desirai Labrada, 29, and her boyfriend John Henry, 27, from Florida decided that they wanted to do something a bit different for their wedding this year. Since the two met playing Halo online, it seemed only natural to theme their big day around the series.