Lauren Bernat, whose popular Wii Fit hula video became a YouTube sensation in the course of two weeks, recently made an appearance on MTV’s TRL to talk about the fast rise of the video’s circulation on the net.
She was accompanied by her boyfriend, Giovanny Gutierrez, who Bernat claims secretly taped the video without her [...]

When it comes to the Madden NFL series, one of the main things that is always highly discussed among both fans and actual players alike are the ratings. Is Devin Hester really that fast? Is Byron Leftwich really that slow? No matter the year, it’s always a talking point, and that includes the incoming rookie [...]

Seven people are dead after a stabbing spree in the Akihabara district of Tokyo, Japan, according to a report this morning by the Associated Press.
Claiming he was “tired of life”, 25-year old Tomohiro Kato drove a rented truck into the popular video game district and, via public broadcaster NHK, ran over three people. He [...]

Activision’s Guitar Hero III got some more mainstream attention last night, as two new commercials debuted for the game during the Fox’s American Idol finale. In the commercials, finalists David Archuleta and eventual winner David Cook rocked out with their wireless Les Paul guitar controllers parodying Tom Cruise’s famous scene from Risky Business.
“We continue to [...]

Patrick Kierkegaard, a researcher at the University of Essex, has published his thoughts in the video game violence debate. Writing in the International Journal of Liability and Scientific Enquiry, Kierkegaard states:
“… there is no obvious link between real-world violence statistics and the advent of video games. If anything, the effect seems to be the exact [...]

BlizzCon will return to the Anaheim Convention Center this October 10-11, according to a press release issued today by Blizzard Entertainment. Known across the globe for bringing online communites together, BlizzCon 2008 will also be bigger to accomodate demand, expanding to three halls from the previous year’s two.
“Whenever we’ve been able to meet and interact [...]

Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li will officially hit movie theaters on Feburary 27, 2009, according to Variety. Currently in production, the film will focus primarily of the series’ iconic female character,  who is portrayed by Smallville’s Kristin Kruek.
The film also co-stars Neal McDonough as M. Bison, Chris Klein as Nash, Michael Clarke Duncan as [...]

Grand Theft Auto IV continues to make its mark in the mainstream media, being featured last night as a skit during Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update (about 3:00 into the video above). Don’t expect to laugh too hard, though.

Rock Band’s DLC for the week of May 13 has been announced today by Harmonix:
Hanging on the Telephone by Blondie (master track)
Train in Vain by The Clash (master track)
Kool Thing by Sonic Youth (master track)
The songs will be priced at $1.99 (or 160 Microsoft Points) and will appear on Tuesday for the Xbox 360, followed [...]

The upcoming Guitar Hero: Aerosmith (and possibly Guitar Hero: On Tour) tracklist got a new addition today, as “One Armed Scissor” by At the Drive-In was confirmed by the band to be in the game. While the press release specifically mentions Guitar Hero IV, this wouldn’t be the first time a band confused which game [...]

2K Games announced this morning that BioShock is being developed as a feature film by Universal Studios. In addition to that, it’s going to have some top Hollywood talent behind it as Gore Verbinski (Pirates of the Caribbean) is signed on to direct and John Logan (Gladiator, The Aviator) is in talks to write the [...]

Yahtzee’s at it again this week with a new episode of Zero Punctuation. This time around, viewer response to his review of Super Smash Bros. Brawl is the hot topic. Check out the video above for more.

Uwe Boll’s been a target to quite a few folks lately, and now it looks like someone else is joining the party . Stride Gum announced this morning that they are launching a special campaign to support the efforts of StopUweBoll.org, in what has to be one of the most commercial efforts to date to [...]

You can call Stephen Colbert many things, but a sore loser isn’t one of them. Falling to third place in Time Magazine’s Most Influential People of 2008 behind Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto and Korean pop star Rain, the host of Comedy’s Central The Colbert Report promptly issued a dance off challenge to the singer following the [...]