It’s a scenario 
most gamers are familiar with: You sit down on the couch, vowing that you’re only going to play for 30 minutes or so. What seems to be a few minutes later, you look up to check the clock and literally hours have gone by.
Did you accidentally discover time travel? Perhaps you had a narcoleptic incident? Nope. Instead, it appears that your brain has just been screwing with you.
My Little Pony, 
Hasbro’s colorful line of equine toys, is back. And the rainbow horses are galloping towards Azeroth. Seriously.
Two fan-made online games, My Little Pony Online and Equestria Online, are both set in the fictional world of the “My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic” television series, currently in its second season on The Hub cable network.
Frodo, Gandalf and 
Aragorn might have stolen the spotlight on the big screen, but there was a lot going on in “The Lord of the Rings” that didn’t involve the Fellowship.
While the movie tie-ins to the epic fantasy saga may be (temporarily) exhausted, the gaming world isn’t anywhere close to being ready to walk away from the franchise. And Warner Bros. Interactive has found a way to keep it alive by digging deep into J.R.R. Tolkien’s tomes.
The cost of war
is high at Electronic Arts, but the rewards are even higher.
Battlefield 3, the company’s answer to industry juggernaut Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, has burst out of the gate by selling 5 million copies in its first week alone. That’s a record for EA and enough to make it the industry’s best launch this year — though it probably won’t hold that title for long.
Richard Garriott’s a 
busy guy. He’s a newlywed. He’s a private astronaut. He’s building a mansion while selling his old one. He’s currently living in New York while running a 25-person game development studio based in Austin, Texas.
It’s clearly a lot for one man to handle. That’s why the man many still think of as Lord British has a robot helping him make sure everything is attended to.
Even if you’re a 
little old for trick or treating, there’s no reason not to make the most of Halloween. Oct. 31 is one of the biggest party nights of the year — and while costumes are critical, so is getting your pad set up for the shindig.
But dim lighting and store-bought spider webs don’t really create a creepy atmosphere these days. To really spook your guests — and have them talking about your ghost and ghoul gathering for the rest of the year — consider this severed handful of hi-tech gadgets.
Historically, gamers 
get new consoles every five or six years. Like cell phones, game systems have a planned obsolescence — and each subsequent generation offers eye-popping new features that reinvigorate sales.
But as the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 start to get a bit long in the tooth, neither Microsoft nor Sony has uttered a word about their plans for new systems. And while Nintendo’s Wii U will hit stores next year, there’s a considerable amount of debate over whether that machine is truly “next gen.”
Though the 
company has had its share of ups and downs over the years, Nintendo has been a profitable company for as long as it has been reporting earnings.
That streak will end this year.
John Belushi played 
several memorable roles in his too-short life: Blues Brother, killer bee, samurai short-order cook, frat house legend.
But he never played a character in a video game.
Social game maker Entertainment Games is changing that, as the man many remember as Bluto has been revived as a playable avatar in ‘Retro World’, a free-to-play game that lets players walk in the shoes of their favorite celebrity icons.
Get ready to 
play in Rockstar’s sandbox once again.
The developer has formally announced that Grand Theft Auto V is coming, though in true Rockstar fashion, that’s about all it has to say so far.
Chris Morris: Journalist 