Over the years, I’ve come to expect a lot from 2K Sports. Their games are always top-notch, ultra-realistic and super-connected to the actual sports the games emulate. So it was no surprise when I strolled into 2K’s offices this morning to find the most realistic looking video game I’ve ever seen: NBA 2K10.  (more…)

Despite the fact that I’ve been playing and reviewing video games for years, I seriously, seriously suck at baseball games. Watching me play MLB 2K9 would send any serious sports-game fan into an uncontrollable fit of rage from my complete and total lack of skills. And that’s why I like The BIGS 2.

Building on The BIGS franchise, The BIGS 2’s over-the-top, arcade-style game play can cover-up even the worst player’s half-assed attempt at seeming athletic. In this latest release, 2K has juiced-up the “Become a Legend” mode with a fuller story mode that picks up after the “Rookie Challenge” from The BIGS, allowing you to create your player and follow him through from the Mexican minors all the way through to the Hall of Fame.

On top of that, they’ve added Season Mode, with full MLB schedules, stat tracking and roster management, which allows you to keep your fantasy team and your real team in sync. And the awesomely amped arcade action, like Legendary Moves, Batter’s Wheelhouse and Big Slam will make you feel like A-Rod after a trip to the Dominican Republic.

The BIGS 2 is available now on Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, PSP and Wii

Not just the minx from Charmed, Alyssa Milano has now added video game voice-over acting to her resume by agreeing to play the role of Dr Ilyssa Selwyn in the upcoming Ghostbusters video game release.

Ear-marked as the love interest in the game’s plot, the sassy archaeologist will be fending off the smooth moves of Bill Murray’s Dr Peter Venkman character while showing off her expertise in, er, pre-Sumerian culture.

Click here for more info on the classic ’80s movie’s new digital life.

This morning, I had a chance to get some hands-on time with the latest from 2K Sports: Major League Baseball 2K9. And I have to say, I’m impressed. Like NBA 2K9, the game is a visual powerhouse, with graphics so realistic, out of the corner of your eye, you’d think you were watching a live game. Add in amped-up sound effects, real-time crowd noise a new broadcast team made up of pros Gary Thorne and Steve Phillips, and the illusion’s complete. (more…)

The expo is finally over. All the producers and designers can breathe a sigh of relief and get back to making games instead of pimping them. All in all I felt, as an outside observer, that the show left me slightly wanting. There was no groundbreaking news, no giant promises, and no real blockbuster game announced that we didn’t already know about.

The Nintendo Talk

Nintendo is about making cash. Which isn’t a bad thing. Unless you’re a serious hardcore Nintendo gamer fan boy who wishes they’d remake Zombie’s At My Neighbors for the Wii.I wouldn’t say they are done with hardcore games altogether, but the order of the day is definitely casual stuff, and their talk certainly said that. They did introduce some new hardware for the Wiimote that promised more accurate movement…and then used it to throw a Frisbee to a dog in Wii Sports 2. (more…)

Summer’s here and that means it’s time to neglect that reading list and playing some goddamn video games. Unfortunately, your job painting houses at ‘College Kids F**k Your House Up,’ has neglected to return any income (“Dude, I totally have the cash but I keep forgetting”), so as usual, your broke.

No problem. Here’s five classic games that you should be able to find in the used/bargain bin section that’ll give you all the excuse you need to ignore other, less important things in your life. (more…)

The first day of summer has just come and gone, meaning you have an open schedule for 90 days to accomplish anything you would like until fall arrives and classes begin.

Sure, you could booze your days away by the pool–but if you want to do something more significant with your life and start this fall semester a better person, take a look at COED’s “90 Days To A Better Life.”

With hard work and dedication, all these things can be accomplished before September 21st.

COED’s 90 Days To A Better Life after the jump! (more…)

Your time to enter our Bonnaroo/X-Box 360 Giveaway is running short.

We’ve giving one lucky winner the following:

Pair of Bonnaroo Arts and Music Festival Tickets
XBOX 360
ONITSUKA Tiger Shoes
KOSS JR 170 Sterophone System
Albums for the bands preforming at Bonnarroo 2008
Metallica’s “The Video’s 1989 – 2004″ DVD

Here’s how it works: Visit our Bonnaroo Promotions giveaway page, fill in your info and BLAM!–on May 29th (tomorrow) we will draw a winner from the hat.

Winners will be announced via email. Losers, on the other hand, will have their deepest, darkest secrets revealed to the entire world. (Kidding…kinda.) Enter now, and good luck!

Alert! Alert! COED is giving one lucky user a bunch of cool sh*t!

And by “cool sh*t,” I mean, a pair of tickets to the 2008 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, an XBOX 360 and much more!

Here’s how it works: Visit our Bonnaroo Promotions giveaway page, fill in your info and BLAM!–on May 29th we will draw a winner from the hat.

Winners will be announced via email. Losers, on the other hand, will have their deepest, darkest secrets revealed to the entire world. (Kidding…kinda.) Enter now, and good luck!

I feel so bad for this poor kid that if I find out who it is I’ll personally send him a new Xbox 360. His parents borrowed a neighbors old Xbox 360 packaging and gave it to their kid for Christmas with a couple of shirts inside.