Streetcar riders looked on with puzzlement late last night, as they passed by several hundred people lined up in front of the Bay and Dundas Best Buy store in Toronto, Ontario. Was there an iPad going on sale that they had not yet heard about?

One of the criteria in Red Dead Redemption for achieving the Treasure Hunter outfit is playing blackjack at Rathskeller Fork and leaving with a profit. That doesn’t sound so bad, until you realize that the dealers in Red Dead play the game basically like a real one in Vegas would; they make you play forever.

Scott Campbell is the art director at Double Fine Productions, a video game development studio founded by Tim Schafer of Lucasarts adventure game fame. Campbell’s cartoony and light-hearted art style form the canvas of Double Fine’s critically acclaimed games Psychonauts and Brutal Legend. I spoke with Campbell at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival.

By now it's likely that you have read Roger Ebert's most recent commentary on the "games as art" argument that seems to always swirl around his personal thoughts on the matter. I'm not really sure I can add much about the article itself that hasn't already - the blog post has gathered north of 500 comments in less than two days.

While we wait with bated breath for the next step in motion control, I’m going to take a look at the humble keyboard, specifically the Filco Majestouch Tactile Click.

Sega is apparently releasing a 3-disc album compiling music from several games on its doomed Super 32X console add-on.

A few weeks ago Game Trailers posted a Wish List video for Batman: Arkham Asylum 2, running the usual gamut of gamers’ desires for a sequel. I hope Rocksteady isn't listening to them.