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Whether they’ve advanced menacingly toward our camera lenses, hidden their faces when we look at them or just sort of hovered aimlessly, ghosts have been a semi-constant threat in videogames almost since the medium was invented. One of the great things about games, however, is that they’re a way to explore unusual viewpoints – and every once in a while, they give us a chance to see through the eyes of these undead phantoms, and find out what it’s like to flit insubstantially through an earthly plane that’s perpetually, almost comically afraid of us.

Only a handful of games have actually offered a chance to see things from the proverbial Other Side, but these are our favorites...

It is required by law that every fitness videogame published after 1978 must include an attractive female in tight clothing on its cover, regardless of actual content. This naturally got the attention of our boner, as most things eventually do, and launched us on a Quixotic quest to discover which videogame fitness coach will best service your insatiable autoerotic needs. But buying fitness games can be embarrassing, so rehearse this simple script before entering the store...

When did professional darts players attain to the status of WWE stars, playing to stadiums full of screaming fans and strutting into the place with an effing intro? Bluster aside, there is no way that holding a Wii remote like a dart is “realistic.”

EA Sports Active is officially not a game. It's a fitness program for Wii. We got sent a copy - complete with leg strap and funky stretchy band thing- so we thought we'd indulge in a little 20 minute workout. By the time we'd finished we were one big soggy sweat sack of quivering muscles. But we'd burnt some calories and had some fun doing it. So we had the brilliant idea of making a video of us going for the burn with EA Sports Active. And

It is required by law that every fitness videogame published after 1978 must include an attractive female in tight clothing on its cover, regardless of actual content. This naturally got the attention of our boner, as most things eventually do, and launched us on a Quixotic quest to discover which videogame fitness coach will best service your insatiable autoerotic needs. But buying fitness games can be embarrassing, so rehearse this simple script before entering the store...

Getting the call to design, build, and promote one of the world’s most popular games is a big job; doing it on a brand new system takes to a different level…

It’s one thing to visualize all the cool stuff you want a new game to do; it’s quite another to get it up and running on a brand-new hardware platform. Here’s how the hard parts came together…

No matter how much planning and testing they do, the dev team for Vita’s FIFA launch title can never be sure exactly how their game will be received by the public...

In our second episode of Box Score, Richard Grisham speaks with Matt Prior, the producer and “main man” behind EA Sports’ big FIFA launch title for the PlayStation Vita...

E3 2009 is alive and kicking, and T-Dar is bringing you the first of many updates from the show floor. Up first is a look at Batman: Arkham Asylum, Just Cause 2, Aliens vs Predator, Microsoft’s Natal motion tech, the big three press conferences and oh so much more.