5 just-plain-weird video games

From turning random household objects into giant balls to stuffing princesses full of cake until they're morbidly obese, the video game industry has no shortage of strange ideas.

Letters for Santa

The Star-Herald, one of Nebraska�s most honored daily newspapers, has a circulation of more than 16,000 and publishes every day of the week but Monday.Scottsbluff is located in Scotts Bluff County (pop. 37,000) and is a growing agricultural and retail trade center in western Nebraska.

NEWS: Media Create Japan Game Sales: August 23 - 29

Sales continue to decline as the Obon holiday effect wears off. While Capcom’s Monster Hunter Diary: Pukapoka Ailu Village debuts atop the Japanese sales chart this week, all eyes are on Pokemon Black and Pokemon White as pre-orders continue to pick up steam. With both games due for release later this month, if Nintendo can meet demand the pair could represent the biggest-ever opening sales week ...

Fad is plain silly

In this distressed economy, parents may not be able to afford to buy their children a Nintendo Wii or a PlayStation, but, by golly, they can afford to spend a buck or two for the new craze called Silly Bandz.

Top 50 fall video games

Chad Sapieha lists the 50 games he’s looking forward to most ahead of the annual autumn rush

Saling The World: Metroid: Other M Tops Domestic Charts

Gamasutra's weekly column, "Saling The World", covers the top five sellers for every available platform in the United States, Japan, and Europe, providing an important update of sales patterns worldwide. This week's charts, with data taken from September 2nd, 2010, find Nintendo's Metroid: Other M heading multiplatform software sales in North America, while Capcom's Monster Hunter spinoff MonHun ...

Metroid: Other M Takes Players Deep into the Heart of a Legend

REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Samus Aran, protagonist of Nintendo’s Metroid™ series, is already known as one of the most iconic heroines in video game history. Now, with the launch of Metroid™: Other M for the Wii™ system today, players are about to discover more about this enigmatic bounty hunter than ever before. Combining crisp action, immersive graphics and multifaceted controls, this ...

Nintendo Dropping Prices of Nintendo DSi and Nintendo DSi XL Systems on Sept. 12

REDMOND, Wash.----Nintendo is dropping the suggested retail price of its Nintendo DSi™ and Nintendo DSi XL™ video game systems. Effective Sept. 12, the new suggested retail price of the Nintendo DSi system will be $149.99, while the new suggested retail price for the Nintendo DSi XL system will be $169.99.

Saling The World: Mafia II Leads UK Multiplatform Sales

Gamasutra's weekly column, "Saling The World", covers the top five sellers for every available platform in the United States, Japan, and Europe, providing an important update of sales patterns worldwide. This week's charts, with data taken from August 26th, 2010, find 2K's Mafia II heading Xbox 360 and PS3 software sales in Europe, while Madden NFL 11 and StarCraft II continue to lead the charts ...

Origins of the PlayStation controller

Teiyu Goto discusses how he came up with the design of both the original PlayStation, which was released 15 years ago, and its controller.