I’ve been playing “InFamous” whenever I have a spare moment during the last several days. I’ve been assigned to write Kotaku’s review. Technically we could have reviewed the game yesterday, though it’s not out until next week. Our review will run closer to the launch.
I’m appreciating the extra time with the game, but I’m wondering: do gamers prefer reviews to run as early as possible — or closer to the day when a game is out?

I got “inFamous” yesterday and just started it. I’ll be reviewing it. Should I play as good or evil? (more…)

Over the weekend I learned how to turn my new PS3 into my old one. As I made the transition I had to make a surprising choice that got me wondering yet again about a feature the current consoles lack. (more…)

It started with a mobster falling through the floor of a bank, arms waving as he plummeted to blackness and as my PS3 stopped running “The Godfather II.” It was going to end, I feared, in the death of my Sony super-console.
Yesterday, I stared down the impending doom that would snuff out my PS3. And, I think, I won. (more…)