First Look - Wii Boot Camp
Isn't it enough having the Wii Fit call you obese and change your Mii into an overripe blueberry that doesn't remotely resemble your curvaceous physique? Guess we're all gluttons for punishment since today Nintendo revealed the next game in its exercise-as-entertainment line, Wii Boot Camp. Now your console can call you a maggot while forcing you to perform endless strings of jumping jacks!
Most gamer geeks will probably opt for the female sergeant, who asks you to drop down and lick her boots while giving her twenty (push-ups, please!). The game also will be the first console title to offer a link to Facebook and Twitter, so you can share your humiliation with your friends and followers in real time.
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Here's what this April Fool's Day fans delivered gamers this year: 
If Sony hanging onto the PlayStation2 and now reducing its price to $100 doesn't make sense to you, that's because you're not the target. The aging game system is being aimed at new gamers who might otherwise buy into a competing gaming platform such as the Xbox 360, Wii or Nintendo DSi. Sony is hoping cash-strapped gamers will enjoy the experience and eventually move up to a PS3, which offers next-gen versions of many popular titles such as Ratchet and Clank, Killzone and soon God of War...
To celebrate my finally completing the last released game in this series, I'm paying it forward by giving away the title that started my addiction, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney. 
As you 
Will Wright, creator of The Sims and Spore, has left Electronic Arts to build an "entertainment think tank" called 
It seems pretty clear that the Xbox 360 Photo Party app was a bit of an afterthought. Instead of being an integrated chat channel feature, it's tacked on as a "free" download (for Gold members at least) that almost no one can find to use if they wanted to. I'm writing this up for my dad so we can share some photos of his grandson with him, but I thought others might benefit from my notes. So here's how to download and launch Photo Party: 
Turns out, 
If you've never been to PAX, you may not be familiar with the 
If you're not a Zork fan, you're probably too young for this site. Or new to gaming, and there's nothing wrong with that. Here's your chance to get learned with Legends of Zork. This game is a multi-user dungeon, or MUD, which is what we used to play back before there were MMOs. The game borrows heavily from the original Zork text games, only with a graphical Web interface and options for player interaction including arena battles. You can 
Here's another Instant Win, this one for the early adopters of the Nintendo DSi. We have an unused faux leather Voyager carrying case, which can hold a DSi and three games (NOT INCLUDED!). We will also throw in a set of screen protectors. We just don't use these things, but if you do and want to outfit your DSi in style for free, here's your chance.
If you read the site, you know that I just invested in one of those new-fangled, no GBA-slot 
It might be hard for you kids to believe, but there was a time before videogames dominated the living room. I know--I remember. Sort of. I also remember when you had to have a fistful of quarters to play Donkey Kong, and there was a line, dammit! And by the way, 16-bit imagery wasn't ironic... it was state of the art. 
If you're an old-school gamer, you've no doubt played some Sierra On-Line adventure titles in your day. Now you can relive those glory days (or see what you missed) right in your Web browser with free, multiplayer versions of The Black Cauldron, Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards, Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel, Space Quest I: The Sarien Encounter and Space Quest II: Vohaul's Revenge. The games are even playable on a Wii or iPhone, though the developers admit some optimization is still needed to make them more enjoyable on these platforms. Click and explore now at 
Did you buy into that whole HD-DVD thing (like we did), or perhaps snagged a cheap closeout drive for your Xbox 360 along with some bargain bin titles? Either way, Warner Bros has an offer for you. If you own any of the selected titles they're providing for trade up (128 at this writing including The Ultimate Matrix and Harry Potter movies), you can send in the boxart sleeves and get shiny new Blu-Ray versions for $5-15 apiece plus $7-9 shipping per order. You're capped at 25 upgrades per household and only one per title, but if you have a bunch of HD-DVD movies and have made the switch to Blu-Ray, it's not a bad deal. You even get to hang on to the HD-DVD discs, just not the sleeves (though if you're really attached you could scan and print copies to keep before you mail off the originals). Get the details and place your order at 
The PSP game Frantix didn't get a lot of attention when it was released, though the 3D action puzzler includes 180 levels and one very cool bonus: the Academy Award-winning animated short The ChubbChubbs! The game even includes the film's star, Meeper, as a playable character.
