The 
Los Angeles Lakers have an 0-2 record and went winless in the pre-season. Kobe Bryant is playing on a bad foot, Dwight Howard’s still getting in game shape and star point guard Steve Nash had to be helped off the court near the end of the first half on Wednesday after suffering a shin injury.
But according to 2K Sports’s NBA 2K13, they’re still going to win it all this season.
While 
there are roughly fifteen trillion (a conservative estimate) debates and arguments raging online about whether Disney taking over the Star Wars franchise is a good or bad thing, George Lucas’ prominent video game arm has generally been left out of the discussion.
Once a beloved studio responsible for classics like Sam & Max, Monkey Island, and of course countless Star Wars greats, LucasArts has been fairly quiet recently, failing to produce a significant hit in years.
There’s 
been plenty of speculation about when Rockstar Games would roll out the next installment of Grand Theft Auto, but precious few hard facts.
Rockstar finally pulled back the curtain a little on Tuesday, announcing via its company blog that GTA V will launch worldwide in the spring of 2013. Pre-orders for the game, which will be playable on the Xbox 360 and PS3 (but not, apparently, on the Wii U), will begin on November 5.
Parents 
hang on to the oddest treasures, usually because they’re not entirely sure what to do with old books, videos, or games.
For Harv Bennet, however, being a packrat is about to pay off big time.
Electronic 
Arts has been building up this year’s Medal of Honor: Warfighter as not only a game that would finally unseat Call of Duty from its king-of-the-hill position, but as one that would strike an emotional chord with players.
Judging by the critical reception the game is getting, however, Call of Duty has nothing to worry about — and the only emotion players are feeling is a sense of disappointment.
Nintendo 
has a lot riding on the Wii U. More than anything, it’s hoping the new console will help turn around the company’s troubled finances.
But it may not do so for a while.
You 
can’t go anywhere online without a password these days. You certainly can’t play many games without one.
Want to access Xbox Live through your PC? You’ll need a password. Logging onto the PlayStation Store? Cough it up. Playing any online games? You know what to do.
Sometimes, 
just having a copy of your most-anticipated game isn’t enough. Sometimes, you need extras.
And boy, can those extras get extravagant. While some of these sets simply toss in an art book or extra in-game content, others like to raise the bar, offering some absolutely awesome extras for die-hard fans. Here are 10 of the most desirable Collector’s Editions released this year or available for pre-order.
Desmond 
Miles is speeding towards the big screen — and he’s taking the express lane.
Ubisoft has announced a partnership with New Regency Partners for an Assassin’s Creed film adaptation. The companies hope to have a script, cast, and director in place by next summer, which could put the film in theaters as early as 2014.
A little 
quirkiness in a video game is often a good thing. After all, the repetition of wiping out hundreds of clone-like enemies or exploring levels that are eerily similar to ones you’ve just wandered through can wear down even the most dedicated of players.
But sometimes, developers charge happily into the land of absolute insanity, letting their freak flags fly as they stretch their creative muscles to keep us on our toes. In an even more surprising reality, sometimes those gigantic leaps of faith are actually a heck of a lot of fun — though sometimes, of course, they stink.
From grumpy, sentient fish to communist alien invaders, gaming’s past is littered with weird games. Here are 10 that are certainly make the short list.
Chris Morris: Journalist 