The Xbox Spring Showcase wasn’t all about the latest titles. Microsoft Game Studio head Shane Kim spoke with The Reboot’s Rio Pesino and several other members of the media about a number of topics, including the Xbox Newton controller rumors, Blu-Ray, digital distribution and the evolution of ...

Videogame chain Game Crazy held a number of Extreme GTA Experience Parties to celebrate the launch of one of the most anticipated games for 2008, Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto IV. GTA IV has received rave reviews from just about every video game Web site out there, including ...

There’s no doubt Rock Band and Guitar Hero have changed the way videogames are played. The casual and hardcore gamer are paying big bucks for plastic guitars, drums, mics and downloadable content and both games have been hugely successful at retail since they were released late last ...

Martin Leung, also known as the Video Game Pianist, gained worldwide recognition for playing video game themes on the piano. He’s best known for the 2004 video of him playing the theme to Super Mario Bros. blindfolded. In this episode of The Reboot, Leung performs a ...

Video Games Live is a festival highlighting some of the most popular video game music soundtracks performed by top orchestras and choirs. Super Mario Brothers, Sonic the Hedgehog, Halo, Mass Effect, Bioshock and Metal Gear Solid are just a few of the games featured at every show. The ...

Video Games Live was in San Francisco, CA, offering full-symphony-orchestra treatments of some of the most popular video games. Fans in attendance were given a special performance, as VGL played the theme to the popular Nintendo game “Metroid.” It was only the second time Metroid ...

Looking for the perfect video game to buy for Christmas? The Reboot’s got you covered. Last year, the big question was which video game console to buy, and gamers had to choose between the Nintendo Wii, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. This holiday season, it’s all ...

About 18,000 people attended the inaugural Entertainment for All Expo video game event in Los Angeles, CA. Attendees were able to play hundreds of games at the event, including Metal Gear Solid 4, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, NFL Tour and Guitar Hero III: ...

Kongregate is the hottest new game site on the Web. More than 1,000 games. Traffic that more than doubled from last month. Hot games that lots of people are talking about. A co-founder that came from Electronic Arts. Meet Jim Greer, co-founder of Kongregate and learn what’s up in ...

Thousands of people in the videogame industry are expected to meet in San Francisco this week for the Game Developers Conference. The five-day event will feature keynote speeches, workshop sessions and panel discussions. Companies including Sony, Intel and Microsoft are attending this year’s show. PodTech’s Rio Pesino spoke with Conference Manager Jane Pinckard about the event and whether its trying to be the new E3, which used to be gaming’s biggest expo.

In the video game world, there is this idea that games are just for boys. That’s not the case in today’s gaming realm. Recent reports have revealed that 20-percent of “hardcore” gamers are women and that two-thirds of roughly 117 million active online PC gamers are ...

The Consumer Electronics Association predicts that video games will bring in more than $12 billion dollars this year. In this podcast, CEA’s Sean Wargo talks with PodTech’s Rio Pesino about the growth of the industry, the impact next-gen consoles will have on the gaming market and comments on the ...

Legends of the videogame industry share their thoughts on working for Atari during the early years. Al Alcorn, Eugene Jarvis, Steve Ritchie, Ed Rotberg and Dave Sheppard discuss the stories behind the creation of some of the classic Atari coin-op arcades and why they chose to be a part ...