Regardless of how you feel about GameStop, you have to admit they have some pretty great promotions and incentives, like what they’re doing for theKingdoms of Amalur: Reckoningmidnight release. Three different stores will have special guests to help fans celebrate the new release. InBellingham, MA,Curt Schilling, Founder and Chairman of 38 Studios andR.A. Salvatore will be stopping by, while Todd McFarlane will be inTempe, AZ. Finally, inCockeysville, MD, Ken Rolston of Big Huge Games will be saying hello....

I like Cooking Mama games. I really do. They’re simple, but there’s something about them that appeals to my obsessive complusive disorder. When I heard aboutGardening Mama, I thought, well, it’s technically more of the same, but I’ll probably like that too. As Nick Chester likes to say, these are good games to play while on the can. 1Upbrought news recently that Majesco just trademarked Crafting Mama, according to theU.S. Trademark and Patent Office....

Player creations to be included in insert Sweedish bookMinecraft: The Unlikely Tale of Markus “Notch” Persson and the Game that Changed Everything, waswritten by journalists Linus Larsson and Daniel Goldberg, and has been translated by Jennifer Hawkins for Seven Stories Press. It’s coming to our English-reading eyeballs this November 5th. Through interviews and investigative work, this book gives us the full rags to riches story of Notch and how he created one of the most popular games available, Minecraft....

It’s been a rocky road for Terminal Reality’sGhostbusters, but with Atari now in the publisher’s seat, it looks like thingsshouldbe plain sailing from here. Now let’s all forget our troubles with some digital images of Egon that look nothing like the actor as he appears today. I am sure he wishes he still looked like that. The game continues to not look like a massive disappointment, which is something I’m sure Atari needs right now....

More action-packed Japanese folklore inbound! The penultimate entry inMuramasa Rebirth‘s downloadableGenroku Legendstetralogy will be available in the West next week, Aksys Games announced today. A Spirited Seven Nights’ Hauntingfollows a ninja on the run from his former clan. Those pursuers will be the least of our hero’s problems, though. After running afoul of an angry spirit, a curse leaves the protagonist with only a week to live. So, what’s a ninja to do before meeting his untimely demise?...

Inspired by Grendel Project Wightis an alternate-history role-playing game about “seeing the world from the view of the hunted rather than the hunter,” according to The Outsiders CEO Ben Cousins. It just so happens that in this fantasy world, the hunted are supernatural beings capable of messing up humansreal good. This introductory clip shows a vulnerable young creature scurry to safety before transitioning over to a more powerful monster, one that glides over a fortified encampment and knocks a dude’s head off....

Smash Run enemy may portend of reveals to come Buried under all the other E3 news this weekend as the eagle-eyed observation that one of the Sneaky Spirits from the originalRhythm Tengoku/Heavenon GBA is an enemy in the Smash Run mode ofSuper Smash Bros.for 3DS. As far as I can tell, all of the enemies revealed from Smash Run thus far have been tied to playable characters, which has lead to some healthy speculation that the game will feature at least one playable character from theRhythm Tengoku/Heavenseries....

Honey, I shrunk the personal videogame development cost Last month, I had an opportunity toget some time in withSCALE, and it impressed me more than I expected. That’s saying quite a bit, considering the pitch alone got my hopes up: explore a colorful world and do some puzzle platforming with the help of a tool that lets you shrink or grow objects at will. Some of the ideas exhibited in that small slice of gameplay were extremely clever, and I’ve had my eyes on the title’s development since....

The lovely folks at Vlambeer (makers of the brilliantSuper Crate BoxandRadical Fishing) sent me the latest trailer for their upcoming addition to theSerious Samlegacy, which takes the fast-paced, backwards-running action of the first-person shooter and twists it into a retro-RPG. Allistair Pinsoffgot hookedon the combination and I’m expecting it to be a hell of a lot of fun to play. Serious Sam: The Random Encounterwill release on October 24th for Steam for a mere $4....

Sushi Go Roundis one of those types of games, likeDiner Dash, that has you hustling top speed to serve customers in a restaurant setting before they get pissed at you and leave. This scares me becauseDiner Dashis my jam, and I really don’t need any more casual titles to suck me in a wholly as that one has. Therefore, it’s my duty to ignore this title, but I do have to draw your attention to theengrishin the screen above, which I thought was pretty amazing....

While still in beta, no less Starboundhas surpassed one million sales, developer Chucklefish Gamesannounced today. Not that any of us were doubting the popularity of the sandbox title, but it sure is nice to hear confirmation that things are going well for the team. They’re destined for greatness. While I would love to dive right in after hearingDarren’s thoughts on the game, I’m sticking with my difficult decision to wait until more bugs are addressed and character wipes aren’t so problematic....

Today’s gaming setup belongs to Zoel. Zoel is a giant import collector and he has a ton of import games. He even has an imported Sega Saturn! Zoel also loves all things RPG as you can tell by all of the photosfrom his blog. Wry Guy gave showed us how to be better at Goozexing, Brian Keljore created SimToid, Necros is in for some trouble at PAX, Dead Movie Star’s new game is out and plenty more happened in the community this past week....

Walk it off [Every week, from early November through the end of 2013, I’ll report on my use of Wii Fit U and how it benefits my health.] Read Week 1’s weigh-in here. If youfollow me on Twitter, you know that I’m always on the quest for good food. I’m one of those a-holes that tweets pictures of his food all day. After one post earlier this week, one of my followers asked me if I ever ate anything healthy....