LAS VEGAS – Celebrity gamer Adrianne Curry was kicked out of San Diego Comic-Con last year for wearing an Aeon Flux costume that the police department found too revealing. But she’s determined to wear that custom-made costume again this year. Curry also reveals what she has in store for cosplay at the biggest convention for comics and games in this exclusive video interview, in which she’s dressed as TEKKEN fighter Christie.

Throughout the history of video games, the oldest stereotype surrounding the industry has always been do violent video games affect player behavior and personality. It is a known fact that people who play games are exposed to more violence than the average consumer. From nuking entire civilization to obliterating players online, it’s has become more and more common now that games are more focus on squarely providing violent action. For this reason alone, parents have long held an underlining negative attitude towards the industry and those who stand by it, but is this criticism injustice or have developers gone to far? Should government step in?

LAS VEGAS – Namco Bandai and Paramount Pictures have released a new trailer and concept art from Digital Extremes’ Star Trek game. The award-winning game casts players for the first time ever as Kirk and Spock in an original co-op experience. Set in the new canon of director and producer J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek (2009) reboot, players will be immersed in the game’s rich story and action-packed combat. Check out the trailer and concept art below.

The organizers of Classic Gaming Expo announced today that the 2012 Classic Gaming Expo will be held August 11 and 12 at the recently renovated Plaza Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.  The show’s historic ties with Las Vegas, and specifically the Plaza Hotel, made it the obvious choice to play host to this year’s convention.

I have to be honest, if a series feels like it’s sitting in a rut, going through the same motions over and over with hardly any evolution in gameplay, I actually cheer on the idea of revitalization.  And, boy, was Ridge Racer in need of that.  Ridge Racer V wasn’t a bad game in itself, and Ridge Racer 6 had its moments, but since that point, the series has sat in neutral with its over-drifting system and lack of anything fundamentally new.  Even Ridge Racer on the PlayStation Vita felt like a half-finished retread, despite its online capabilities.  But the second you pop in Bugbear’s Ridge Racer Unbounded, that mundane feeling fades away.  This isn’t the same old ride around the block.  It’s an entirely new beast.

There are games that require you to meet certain criteria to get the most out of them, and then there are “grind fests”, those gaming experiences where you have to toil away at a game, making certain adjustments and completing mission after mission until you get that proper tool that allows everything to click together, making the experience either worth it or leaving you wondering if it was worth the effort.  Armored Core V, the latest in From Software’s long-running mech series, easily fits in the latter category, and rather than being a mech game that provides the kind of mech action that a casual audience can get into, it instead directs its attention to the die-hards that live and breathe customization and working with others to trash the opposition.  There’s nothing entirely wrong with that, except it really limits the game’s appeal.

When it comes to racing games on the PlayStation Vita, you have a lot to choose from, between the kart racing shenanigans in ModNation Racers, the futuristic action of Wipeout 2048 and the sim Formula 1 madness of F1 2011.  But it wouldn’t be a launch party without Ridge Racer, and Namco has managed to push another edition out the door in time to appease the PS Vita owning masses.  Now the question is, is it enough?