EA Sports to release Wii hockey game, brings Gretzky
Wii
Hall of Fame fogy Wayne Gretzky will grace cover of EA Sports' first Wii hockey game this fall, brings plastic stick to the party, impresses kids somehow.
OnStar says Click It or Ticket
General Use
OnStar is doing the Dora the Explorer thing - "seatbelts, so we can be safe!" - in conjunction with the NHTSA's annual Click It or Ticket campaign.
Split Second
PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
If there's a universal truth, it's that you can't go wrong with a driving game. Who doesn't like driving games? Throw in some explosive destruction and it's even more not gone wrong.
Nintendo worst electronics company, Greenpeace
General Use, Handheld, Hardware, iPhone / iPod Touch, Mobility, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Television, Wii, Windows PC, Xbox 360
For the second year in a row, Nintendo has scored dead last in Greenpeace's Guide to Greener Electronics rankings, largely for abysmal e-waste practices and an increase in CO2 emissions despite promises to lower them.
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Wii
Super Mario Galaxy 2 may utterly lack the original game's originality, but it's just as much a joy to play. Mind the cow.
Premium HBO debuts on PlayStation Network, PS3, PSP
PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Television
A scoop for Sony, the PlayStation Network now plays host to premium HBO content, allows users to watch original HBO programming on the PlayStation3 and PSP.
Red Dead Redemption
PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Though Red Dead Redemption plays like a modern Grand Theft Auto set in the Old West, it's not nearly as derivative as that sounds; it's a completely new and completely awesome Western experience.
Alan Wake
Xbox 360
Though it's supposed to be a super serious, survival-horror Uber Opus, Alan Wake is pretty hard to take seriously, much less super-seriously.
Believably, Ripley's hip to the whole free online game thing
Internet, Videogame
Ripley's Believe It or Not! is set to release an online puzzle adventure game in June, newsworthy mainly for the free shrunken head.
Quick, someone's coming, hide the TV under the bed
High-Def, Television
Activated Designs has just released a new motorized TV mount that stows an entire television under the bed. Mind the cat.