Gears of War 2 is set to be one of this year’s hottest game releases. Its namesake released two years ago to huge critical acclaim and remains one of the most visually impressive titles on the Xbox 360. With the sequel everything was promised to be improved in every aspect. With all the other impressive new games on the scene this month, Gears of War 2 doesn’t really need to bring its A-Game in order to get decent sales – It could have pulled that off on residual excitement alone. Luckily for us though, Epic Games did not rest on its laurels for the sequel and actually tried to push beyond the hype and existing loyal customers in an attempt to actually expand its fan-base.

As nice as Gears of War was when it originally made the scene, it is no secret that it had its share of problems. Multiplayer, for instance, was an undercooked afterthought. Most notably though, story was sorely missing in the original. With this franchise turning in to a signature series, a lot more effort was invested this time around in order to make it a deeper and richer experience. Though, of course, not perfect, this sequel just may have accomplished it’s much touted goal of being in improvement in all aspects over the original. continue…

If you couldn’t tell by the weather that it was autumn you can tell by the avalanche of new blockbuster games. Today marks the North American release of Fallout 3 – a highly anticipated game having already won numerous awards before it was even complete. We first got hands on this game at X08 in Toronto earlier this year and were excited by what we saw even in that early and limited demo build.

The original Fallout by Black Isle Studios won a lot of awards too and is still recognized amongst the best games. This sequel has seen the franchise switch developers to Bethesda Softworks – the same developers of the much celebrated Elder Scrolls series. With a pedigree like that this post-apocalyptic RPG certainly has a lot of expectations to live up to. continue…

Don’t worry. This post is ’safe for work’ despite what your imagination may be telling you. Apparently there is a book called “Lego for Adults” available online to purchase which outlines how to build weapons out of Lego. One of the actual shooting guns is features on the cover to whet your appetite and the book itself even features a slide-action magazine-fed crossbow pistol. This book may be limited edition too. Word on the street has it that after 1050 copies of the book were printed there was some legal action forbidding further use of the Lego trademark. While this rumor may be planted to drive sales, you might want to pick this book up anyway now that Lego is an arms race. You wouldn’t want your enemies to get this information before you after all.

David Wiggins Has built this monster DeWalt-16 which is some type of unholy lovechild between a DeWalt nail-gun and an M-16 Rifle. If he could make it shoot nails, we could drywall like a pro. As it is, it shoots bullets. the Magazine is even edited to mimic a DeWalt battery pack. Nice work David.

Finally, you can now fence your food even if it’s not stolen with this new barbecue sword. Swashbukle your way to cullinary greatness with agile and elegant precision, unlike those brutish blasters. Mask included, presumably to help protect those you love.