Blog Posts by Chris Morris

It's game over for the oldest existing video game magazine.

Nintendo Power, once considered required reading for gamers, is calling it quits, a victim of the Internet age and a lack of support from the company whose name it bore.

Founded in 1988, Nintendo Power started as a bi-monthly publication, but went monthly in 1990 at the height of the NES's popularity. The stories were never hard-hitting -- in fact, they were mainly advertorial -- but legions of fans devoured each issue to get game tips and boast of their high scores.

(Credit: Getty Images)Nintendo seems to once again be winning the battle of the handheld gaming systems.

Sony reports it has sold 2.2 million PlayStation Vitas worldwide through June 30^th. That's not a bad figure, but it falls woefully short of the 17 million 3DS units that have been sold.

Granted, it's not exactly an apples-to-apples comparison, since the 3DS went on sale a full year before the Vita. But even with the time frame adjustment, Nintendo has gained a big lead on its competition.

Get ready for more plants, more zombies, and we can only hope more Crazy Dave.

PopCap Games has announced a sequel to its monster hit Plants vs.Zombies. It's currently planned for a late spring 2013 release.

PopCap is being fairly tight with the details (as it typically is with new games), but promises the game will include "a bevy of new features, settings, and situations." That likely means new kinds of plants and comical undead attackers.

The video game generation is about to get its own big screen love letter.

On Nov. 2, Disney will release "Wreck-It Ralph," the story of an arcade video game villain who tries to turn things around and become a hero. It's getting plenty of buzz for its playful premise, but in gaming circles, the film is better known as "that movie with more gaming cameos than you can shake a stick at."

"Wreck-It Ralph"certainly embraces its source material. Ralph will mingle with a who's who of classic video game characters on his journey, as well as several new characters developed purely for the film.

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OnLiveOnLive, the cloud-based streaming media company that many believed was the future of video games, reportedly laid off virtually all of its employees Friday, raising questions about its future.

The OnLive service is still functioning at present, and company spokespersons say that's not going to change, but some insiders say a new company is being planned to rise from OnLive's ashes.

Kenny the ClownEarlier this week, a thief burglarized the home of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, making off with over $60,000 in jewelry and materials. Police arrested a suspect, but not before he had gotten rid of some of the merchandise.

Now, police say, one of Jobs' old iPads was found in the hands of a clown.

Kenneth Khan, better known in the Bay Area as 'Kenny the Clown', inadvertently ended up with the tablet after the alleged thief, Kariem McFarlin, gave him the 64GB model as a gift.

Love it or hate it, the Xbox 360 isn't going anywhere soon. It's the oldest of the current consoles, but despite an onslaught of leaks and rumors, Microsoft has yet to officially acknowledge it's working on a next-generation system.

In the real world, it's a pretty safe bet that the next Xbox won't hit stores before Christmas 2013. That means you've got another year -- at least -- with your current model. And while it might be a little long in the tooth, there's still plenty of horsepower under the hood.

You probably already know the basics about how to effectively utilize the system to watch Netflix or find a new, worthy opponent in Modern Warfare 3, but there's a lot more your Xbox 360 can do. There are also a number of tricks to increase its performance without breaking your wallet. Here are a few things to try:

Electronic Arts takes pride in the realism of the Medal of Honor series. It appears, though, that the publisher might have made things a bit too real this time.

In response to negative feedback from press and consumers, EA has quit promoting sales of several real-world weapons that carried Medal of Honor branding and has removed a series of blog posts touting the products, which included a tomahawk and sniper rifle.