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Throw out your Barry White collection — 2K Games have released the original score to BioShock as a free download over atThe Cult of RaptureWeb site. Whether they’re talking about how great the game is, whining about widescreen issues, or crying about DRM, there’s simply not enough talk about this game’s awesome sound design. With the lights low, and the 5.1 Surround Sound kicked into high gear, the world of Rapture’s eerie sound palette are one of the highlights ofBioShock....

Who needstwo relatively dumb boxing gloveswhen you can have one completely amazing boxing glove? It’s deep questions like these that I believe the Buddha contemplated to reach enlightenment, but that we don’t have to because the internet puts the answerright in our face. Amazon is selling a life size replica of Little Joe’s left hand boxing glove from the newPunch-Out!!. The green, Amazon exclusive boxing glove comes on a 15″ x 11″ wooden frame with an engravedPunch-Out!...

If you happened to be hiding under a rock during E3, or just entirely too disappointed by Nintendo’s conference, you may have missed Sony’sunveiling ofMAG. The game is being proposed as a multiplayer juggernaut, with the possibility of 256 players simultaneously taking the battlefield. Naturally, after hearing about its scope, you begin to question its complexity or the amount of compromises that Zipper will have to maintain to make this game possible....

It’s just that some of us think it’s way more fun to play with plastic buttons. Nevertheless, this is at least the coolest anti-Guitar Heroargument I’ve ever seen. Better than some hypocritical rock star whose music is in the games he’s slagging off, at any rate. Guitar company puts together print ad that bashes gamers[GoNintendo]

As a guy who grew up being called “Ma’am” through the drive-thru speaker system at McDonald’s more times than he can count, I know what it feels like to be mistaken for the wrong sex. Basically, it sucks. Lucky for me, though, I got to experience the satisfying feeling of pulling around to pick up my two cheeseburger value meal and seeing the embarrassed face of the person who made the mistake in the first place....

In Space no one can hear you vomit. However, inDead Space 2multiplayer not only can you hear vomit, you can taste it! In the new multiplayer you can take charge, or to be more precise, be overtaken as a Necromorph. In my interview withDead Space 2Producer Scott Probst, we dive limb-first in Dead Space’s multiplayer and get a talk’n about gore and body part dismemberment. If you want more Dead Space’N you should also check outBen PerLee’s article....

With all the focus onThe Legend of Zelda’s25th anniversary, it seems everyone at Nintendo has forgotten that 2011 also marks the 25th anniversary of theMetroidfranchise.Metroidhas always been one of my favorite Nintendo properties, and since Nintendo hasn’t given this momentous occasion much attention, it seems as though a group of fans has taken things into their own hands. While the series has always been known for its emphasis on exploration, fans have been drawn to the games’ soundtracks composed by Hip Tanaka (the originalMetroid) and Kenji Yamamoto (nearly everything since)....

The details on the so-called adventure update forMinecraft,vague as they are, were well received. This was originally planned to be the 1.7 update, but that content is now being rolled into 1.8. “Me and Jens have been independently working on stuff for the adventure update,”writes Markus Persson, “and it’s been growing in scope as we’ve been working on it. That means it will take quite some time to finish, but that it will hopefully change the game a lot to the better....

Did you survive the lastMonday Mind Teaserchallenge? There were many casualties and a lot of great men, women, and robots were lost toThe World’s Hardest Game. I contemplated slapping everyone in the face with the game’s sequels this week, but I’m not as evil as theTetris God. At least not during the holidays. Instead, I present you one of the best simple games I’ve ever played. I don’t need to go looking to find out this isn’t the first game of its kind, and it surely won’t be the last, but it’s definitely one that is timeless....

You know, if you stop to think about it, Mortal Kombat’s tournament system is pretty messed up. One guy against a dozen other fighters? And that one guy even has to fight other people that are trying to save Earth? Not to mention fighting a clone of yourself. Shesh,Mortal Kombathas some f**ked up rules. On a related note; remember the secondMortal Kombatmovie? Remember how Raiden half way into the movie comes back and randomly got his haircut?...

Remember that Korean RPG,Magna Carta? No? Well, pay attention: theSoftmax-developed (which by the way, sounds like a mix of softcore and Cinemax to me) title which was recently confirmed as an Xbox 360 exclusive officially has a publisher in the form of Namco-Bandai. No word on a release date yet, but since I loved bothEternal SonataandTales of Vesperia, I tend to keep a close eye on whatever Namco-Bandai sees fit to publish when it comes to RPGs....

In almost predictable fashion, the negligent, deplorable actions of a Nevada couplehave been blamedon gaming. The couple, Michael and Iana Straw, apparently neglected their infant children to the point where the tots had to be hauled away by authorities for severe malnourishment and other unfortunate afflictions, all while remaining immersed in one of the many Tolkien-esque virtual worlds. Of course, the media — instead of blaming the parents’ ineptitude as people or making a humorous anecdote about how the children would have been better off being raised by badgers — had this to say:...

You might have seen these pop up in your Black Friday ads, but here’s the official word and images from Nintendo. New Green and Orange DSi system bundles are coming this Friday, Black Friday, November 26th, to the US. Both colors will cost $149.99 and will come withMario Party DSas a pack-in. “As supplies last,” as they always say. That means that you need to walk shoulder first into crowds, covering your face, constantly pushing forward....