Welcome to the first ever Beneath the Pixels. If you don't already know what this blog is about you don't have to worry. I've got you covered. Beneath the Pixels is a new monthly blog series in which 3 people play a game up to a spec...

Eight hundred cars, thirty-five tracks, and some of the most breath taking graphics the PSP has ever seen running at a consistent sixty frames per second -- it really did sound like an instant winner. That was the truth until the Polyphon...

After a week long delay, Beneath the Pixels (recently renamed from Game Club) is now set to go. I�ve got the details ready for all of you lovely people to participate. Though, I�m not going to pretend I know what I�m doing. No pretenses h...

That title reads like a Craigslist ad. Don't worry. I'm not selling sex. This idea has been floating around in my head for quite sometime. See, RebelFM does a podcast weekly called �Game Club�. They pick an older (preferably cheaper) game,...

Say what you will about the Halo series� gameplay and story. I can understand when people tell me that they don�t like it, but I will not have someone speaking negatively of the game�s music. It has been some of the most spectacularly memo...

Bonus of staying up this late is that I got to catch the newly released ODST vidoc. Yay for being a loser! Not much that you haven't seen before, but it does give an inside look as to how ODST evolved from a small 3 hour game to a 8 to 10...

I never try and pretend like I�m the biggest Beatles fan. I enjoy their music quite a lot, but I�m not a raging maniac like my sister is whenever she sees Paul McCartney�s. I can understand why the band was so popular and why it has been p...

I really don't know what has come over me. I've recently gone into some retro buying frenzy. I've bought an original Gameboy, a red Gameboy Pocket, a teal Gameboy Color, a Game Gear, and blue Neo Geo Pocket Color. I've also bought games for...

My DS was stolen a few days ago. Pity me right now, please. I was originally going to replace my Lite with an identical one, but I began looking into the DSi. The initial reason I became interested in the DSi was purely superficial. I ha...

Practically every purchase we make goes through a checklist that we subconsciously and consciously make up. We know ourselves more than anyone and buy only the things that we feel we�ll like. However, there�s one thing I�d like for all of ...

No matter how much you dislike a certain genre of games, there are just some that you must play. It�s like that for me, at least. Whether it�s to contribute to an interesting conversation, or just simply expanding my gaming repertoire, gam...

There aren�t very many multiplayer games in which I�ve strived to attain perfection, or at least attempted to be good at them. Unfortunately, there aren�t enough hours in the week for me to devote time to everything, and that bothers me. I...

Licensed games are a surfeit commodity in the video games industry, and ninety percent of them fail to make you feel like you�re living in the established universes. Movie games especially fall flat and it�s rather disappointing. There�s ...

Humans are wired to react negatively to things that aren�t �business as usual�. Reaction to Valve�s announcement of Left 4 Dead 2 really was kind of expected, and there really is no reason why you shouldn�t question it. It�s a very odd mo...

Like sports games fans, simulation racing games enthusiasts are a minority on sites like these. The idea behind racing games is very simple concept, and as a result it has led to a surfeit of releases in the genre. It has gotten very easy ...

Unlike most RPGs, stats don�t mean a thing in motorsports. A high horse power supercharged V8 won�t win you any races if your rear is constantly going out in the corners. Winning relies on you taking whatever it is you�re given to work wi...

Jarrad Woods of 2K Australia has turned into one of coolest people this year. After three and a half years of working for 2K Australia, the man wanted a change of pace. To announce that he made a phenomenal resignation letter in the form...

Above are 4 audio samples to 4 completely different cars. To win this code for Outrun Online Arcade, you'll have to guess which sounds go with which car. First person to get them all wins, obviously. How to answer: Sample 1 = (Yo...

OK, �scariest� might be an overstatement, but it certainly did get my adrenaline rushing faster than any other gaming experience in my life. The rad thing about all of this is that it had nothing to do with a shooter, or anything gamers ...

I figured it�s been a while since I did any video game related blogging on here. In a post Team Fortress 2 world it�s difficult for most team and class based multiplayer shooters like Quake Wars to garner attention. It�s especially diffi...

Shooting War Anthony Lapp� Grand Central Publishing Going into this, I didn�t realize how much of a chore it would be to review this book. When you�ve got a piece of literature that deals with social commentary, it�s difficult not to let ...

There have been some blogs floating around about the death of a certain Mexican Destructoid community member. Me. I have gotten a handful of messages throughout the day asking if what these blogs said were true. The answer (and I can't be...

Frank Miller - Steven Grant - Juan Jose Ryp Avatar Press The original Robocop was fantastic. It was funny, violent, and it had some things to say about society (though not intelligently). The movie bordered on a thin line of acceptable ri...

Fell: Feral City - Vol 1. Warren Ellis - Ben Templesmith Image Comics The Super hero genre is one that I don�t enthusiastically read anymore. It�s not that I hate super heroes or think I�m too old. I just don�t see much quality in the ge...

Times are fucking hard, guys. People are losing jobs. Crackheads can't afford crack. Alcoholics can't afford their booze. Gamers can't afford games. I'm here to quell your worries, victims of our shriveling economy. Scott Sharkey over ...

The title practically explains what this episode's about.It's a Wii love-fest, which we've been seeing a lot of these days. Odd. I thought it was a rule to hate it. They cover Mad World, Bit. Trip Beat., and World of Goo. It's odd. I ...

Zack Snyder's Snow Night Owl. Dave Gibbons' Snow Night Owl. See how snug and adorable he looks in his gigantic snow suit? It's one of the most ridiculously unintentionally cute super hero costumes ever. I was completely let down by t...

Comics have recently become a fairly decent sized chunk of my entertainment time. Whether it�s super hero or not, I�ve been buying and reading more than I have my entire life. It�s mostly because I�m being introduced to things I missed as ...

Yoshinori Natsume DC Comics As very few of you may know, I�m not a big fan of manga. I think the books are horribly overpriced, and all of them being black and white totally bums me out. Sometimes it may work, but most of the time it fee...

For years we gamers have wondered when video games were going to jump into the mainstream. We�ve dreamed for a time in which the world respected our hobby as a great story telling vehicle and a respected entertainment medium. Perhaps our t...