http://www.gamesradar.com/animal-crossing-wild-world/articles/Many videogames are designed with conflict in mind, and thus revolve around intimidating, sometimes even frightening, the player. The survival horror genre has been crammed full of horrific monstrosities designed entirely to terrify their audience. Developers are so good at creating scary monsters...http://www.gamesradar.com/the-scariest-videogame-characters-that-were-never-designed-to-be-scary/Oct. 27, 2010, 11:47 p.m.Real-life shopping. Unless you enjoy shambling about like an extra in a Romero flick, it's a mostly soul-destroying activity that ranks somewhere between 'watching The X Factor' and 'tasting vomit' on our list of Things We'd Rather Not Do If We Can Help It. So it's testament to the subversive...http://www.gamesradar.com/5-reasons-why-going-to-the-shops-in-games-doesnt-suck/Feb. 11, 2010, 12:35 p.m. Pac-Man and Mario owned the 1980s. Sonic, Lara and Snake took over for the 1990s. Their games are considered classics. Their names are timeless and iconic. Their images are burned into the memory of every gamer, even those who were born after the characters themselves. Now we have another ten...http://www.gamesradar.com/the-25-best-new-characters-of-the-decade/Dec. 29, 2009, 10:12 a.m.Whoa, hang a second. The DS has been around for five years? Strange as it sounds, it’s true – the DS launched in the US on November 21, 2004 to almost immediate success, and is well on its way to outselling every other major gaming platform in history. Current numbers put the DS (and...http://www.gamesradar.com/nintendo-ds-the-first-five-years/Nov. 20, 2009, 8:37 p.m.Anyone who listens to TalkRadar knows I’m something of an Animal Crossing fan. Been playing since the first week it was released in the US some six years ago. Always found it a nice relaxing break from all the head-shotting, eff-bombing Mature games that dominate the market. Nothing...http://www.gamesradar.com/animal-crossings-dark-side-revealed/Nov. 25, 2008, 2:01 p.m.You know that phrase people use when something "stays with you long after it's over?" Nothing fits that statement better than video games, and here we've collected the seven best examples of games that leap out of the screen and infect, impede or enhance your daily existence. In other words, you're...http://www.gamesradar.com/the-top-7-games-that-affect-real-life/Aug. 4, 2008, 4:04 p.m.It's everyone's favorite time of the year again, when thousands of overcaffeinated journalists descend upon E3 with their live-blogged, 2000-word diatribes on the most minor of details. The objects of their unending speculation? The biggest games of the show, which, oddly enough, have been known to...http://www.gamesradar.com/the-top-7-games-we-want-announced-at-e3/July 13, 2008, 2 p.m.1) Rock mushroomsCustomise your Rock Band drum kit with these colourful mushroom pads. Shame you won’t be able to customise the Wii version of the game by downloading new tracks, but this is surely the next best thing. Check eBay to see when the next set is up for sale.2) KK...http://www.gamesradar.com/world-of-nintendo-28/June 2, 2008, 4:08 p.m.Most of us play games to escape reality. For a few brief moments, the trials of the material world trickle away and your only concern is how many goddamn gold coins you can collect in an hour. Then, out of nowhere, a friggin' Xbox 360 console shows up in the actual game and all your suspended...http://www.gamesradar.com/console-cameos/Feb. 20, 2008, 3:59 p.m.November 23, 2007 We hadn't touched Animal Crossing: Wild World for the last 11 months, so we thought we'd visit our town to see how everyone was doing. To our dismay, there were weeds everywhere. Feeling some weird need to see our town in order again, we thought we'd see how long it took to pick...http://www.gamesradar.com/animal-crossing-two-minute-tidy-up/Nov. 23, 2007, 12:39 p.m.While MySims looks adorable, there are many of us here who refuse to get excited about a cutesy town simulator thats not Animal Crossing. We know its coming and we cant wait until we get to send each other more messages and outfit our homes with songs that can only be acquired on Saturday nights....http://www.gamesradar.com/animal-crossing-dream-town/May 2, 2007, 4:15 p.m.Thursday 9 November 2006 To celebrate the launch of Wii and The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess in the US, Nintendo will be rewarding any Animal Crossing: Wild Worlders who go online between 17 November and 24 November with a super-special Zelda present, according to the latest issue of US mag...http://www.gamesradar.com/animal-crossing-wii-surprise/Nov. 9, 2006, 6:52 a.m.Beginning Monday, any Animal Crossing: Wild World players living near a Toys "R" Us will want to head over to the store for Nintendo's Free Download Week event. The promotion, which runs from July 23 through July 29, will enable fans to download six "exclusive virtual gifts" for free from in-store...http://www.gamesradar.com/nintendo-offers-up-animal-crossing-gifts/July 21, 2006, 8:50 p.m.Nintendo has admitted responsibility for a 'red tulip plague' that has affected many US gamers' experience of playing Animal Crossing: Wild World on DS. Wild World - currently enjoying significant success in the US - puts gamers in the boots of a cartoon dude inhabiting a small animal village and...http://www.gamesradar.com/more-problems-for-animal-crossing/Feb. 15, 2006, 6:18 p.m.