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So...it's finally officially revealed. What're your thoughts about the new console? Discuss!

This Fall, Oct 4-6, will be the second annual Escapist Expo. The expo will be in Durham, NC. The Escapistis an website that discusses gaming/geek/nerd/anime culture. Not much has been said about who/what will be there at the event this year, but myself and bluesparrow went last year and had a...

I just read this article that says SimCity's price dropped down to $31.99 at GameFly. Also, Europa Universalis 3 is available for free until April 11. That can be downloaded here.

As some of you may know, Comixology recently ran a promotion during SXSW for 700 free #1 issues of Marvel comics, which ended in a bit of cataclysmic failure due to the overwhelming response resulting in their servers crashing during the entire promotion period. The president of the site...

Just a moment ago, I noticed there have been 309797 messages posted on these forums by 18029 members. If you crunch some numbers, you (for some reason) get 6%. That means that we only account for 6% of the messages posted on these forums. Who does the other 94%? Also, of those 309797...

In 1977, Voyager 1 was lunched by NASA into space to observe Jupiter, Saturn and their moons. In 1998, it became the most-distant man-made object in space from the planet Earth. Today, Voyager 1 has exited the heliosphere. The heliosphere is the point where solar winds change and become more...

As we all know, the Humble Bundle usually is a sale of indie games for people to buy for as little or as much as they would like. Now, they are trying a weekly sale, and their first sale is Bastion. If you don't have this game, you need to get it. It's quite good. If you pay $1 you get the...

Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello is stepping down as head ofthe company, according to reports. Riccitiello announced his resignation in a blog, citing lower than expected sales this past year. Former EA president and CEO Larry Probst will be stepping in until a replacement can be found.

Mad about paying that money for SimCity because you can't play it because their servers are down? Fret not! A Kickstarter campaign has begun for a game called "Civitas." The game is supposed to be DRM-free, and have single-player offline and multiplayer online modes. The Kickstarter page...

A question/concern about the T9k motto: Shouldn't it read "Here's the plan: Don't fail." Rather than "Here's the plan. Don't fail."? I'm not an expert, but it seems to make more sense with the colon, rather than two separate sentences. It's something I notice any time I see the motto, and I...

My dad is starting to nose his way into PC gaming after spending several years playing Xbox 360. He is playing Dead Space and is having trouble playing the game using the mouse and keyboard. The set up is foreign to him and so he's thinking about gaming controllers. Aside from the 360...

Welcome to another edition of Get to Know a Gamer! After a long, long break, the series is back for another interview with one of Team 9000's Bodacious Babe, Patchouli. Patch is a resident of someplace nearby somewhere else not too far from that one area. Patch is currently working on an RPG...

Scientists at Cambridge University have announced that they were able to successfully store data onto strands of DNA. They were able to convert text files, pictures and an audio file into genetic sequences and have DNA strands created with this information. The process by which they convert...

Can the whitelist apps be edited so they don't show up on the homepage? Seeing an entire list of people's applications and no other thread posts is rather...annoying. Thanks.

Hi. My username is Moondoggy23. I'm a Libra, and I live in the US of A. It is, almost, one of the greatest nations ever. Anyways, this is my application to join Team9000's Long-Term Survival (LTS) world. I've been around here for a while, but more of a lurker than anything else, but I saw...

It has been reported that Netflix will begin stream all previous season of Cartoon Network shows Ben 10, Adventure Time, Regluar Show and Johnny Bravo. Netflix is alos going to be streaming Adult Swim shows Robot Chicken, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, The Boondocks and Children's Hospital. You can...

Here is my list of people I think are awesome. Yes, I keep a list. Yes, I'm doing this because it seems a lot of other people are revealing their list of people they think ae cool. Now you all know who exactly I think is awesome.

As most probably predicted, THQ filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, according to a statement released this morning. This article pretty much covers what's going on, and that they will still continue to operate, as per the terms of their bankruptcy. Essentially, since it is chapter 11 bankruptcy...

Peter Molyneux and his company 22Cans has a Kickstarter project for a game they're wanting to develop called Godus. There are only three days left on the kickstarter and they are short of the money needed to fund. Godus is a spiritual successor to Populous which was also developed by Molyneux...

That I seriously don't remember Alicia Silverstone playing Batgirl? All I do remember, really, are the bat-nips...the horror...