If Earth is ever 
attacked by waves of slow-marching aliens, Richie Knucklez might be humanity’s greatest hope.
While he’s been playing Space Invaders since he was 11 years old, the Flemington, NJ arcade owner had the best game of his life earlier this month. The best game, in fact, of anyone’s life.
An unidentified actress 
is suing the parent company of the Internet Movie Database for over $1 million for revealing her age and refusing to remove it after she requested the site do so.
The actress, who is using the alias Jane Doe in the suit, is seeking $75,000 in compensatory damages and $1 million in punitive damages from retail giant Amazon, which owns the popular Hollywood database.
For the first time 
since 2004, Apple has fallen short of Wall Street’s earnings expectations.
The company reported earnings of $7.05 per share in its fourth fiscal quarter. While that represented a 54 percent gain in net income, it was still notably less than the $7.39 analysts had expected of the company. Shares fell roughly 6 percent in after-hours trading.
While there’s no 
question that Dark Meadow is much too violent and scary for young players, those looking for a good scare and decent action could do a lot worse. Using the same graphics engine as the hit Infinity Blade, the game looks fantastic and features detailed, creepy monsters. What makes the game really stand out, though, is its story. Moreso than most games in the App Store, this game is as much about plot as it is action, with well-written and well-acted voice segments from your largely unseen in-game ally. Better still, the game doesn’t repeat itself in that script.
The game’s not without faults, though. When you die, you’re sent back to the beginning (with your stats and items intact), but if you’ve progressed through several areas, that’s more than a bit frustrating. And the battles are generally the same, and get old after a bit. The concerns are minor, though. Fans of action and horror games both are bound to find plenty to like here.
If you’ve played 
Hungry Shark on your iDevice, you’ve pretty much played Jaws Revenge. While the game is infinitely better than the first game based on the Steven Spielberg film classic, it’s not really breaking any new ground — and the game it chose to mimic wasn’t a great one to begin with. This update is admittedly better than Hungry Shark, but it, too, ultimately gets repetitive — even with the still-haunting John Williams music playing in the background.
Monster Warrior makes 
no real effort to break new ground. It’s a proud Fruit Ninja clone, but that doesn’t make it a bad game. FIlled with monsters (that aren’t the least bit scary), it’s a nice seasonal take on the app store standard that doesn’t lose any of the fun factor. Like its inspiration, it’s a game you want to keep playing to beat your previous score. And with four different game modes, there’s plenty to keep you coming back.
Last weekend, 350 
of the world’s fastest “speedcubers” gathered in Bangkok at the World Rubik’s Cube Championship in hopes of setting a world record.
None did — but even if they had, it would have been a tainted victory, as a robot invented by a pair of engineers just stole the crown.
Reality shows are entering the video game world.
Bunim/Murray Productions, creators of “The Real World” and “The Challenge,” have announced plans to team with CBS Interactive division GameSpot to launch “The Controller,” an online show based on Electronic Arts upcoming action shooter video game “Battlefield 3”.
While some may 
have grumbled that the latest iPhone didn’t have a 5 at the end of its name, that doesn’t seem to have stopped them from running out to get one.
Apple reports that opening weekend sales of the iPhone 4S have set a new record, selling more than 4 million units over its debut weekend. That’s more than double the amount the iPhone 4 sold when it hit shelves.
The living room 
television set is starting to look a little long in the tooth.
With hundreds of TV channels to choose from, thousands of on-demand shows at people’s fingertips (plus thousands more from third-party services like Netflix and Hulu) and a near infinite amount of online content fighting for viewers’ attention, the way consumers interact with their sets is severely outdated.
Chris Morris: Journalist 