Nothing dropped more Game Informer staffers’ jaws this year at E3 than Valve’s next project. “Left 4 Dead” is poised to blow away every co-op action title to date when it drops on Nov. 4. Half an hour behind the keyboard made a believer out of everyone who played this fast-paced survival horror first-person shooter.

LOS ANGELES — “Star Trek Online” is finally going warp speed ahead.

Leaps and bounds.

Last week was an impactful week in the world of show business. And you know what that means?

Fans of Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series have only hours to wait before the final book, “Breaking Dawn,” is released.

If there's a hotter video-game genre than rock 'n' roll, I didn't get the memo. By now, almost everyone has heard of "Guitar Hero."

Hollywood to kids: Our movies glamorize smoking, but don’t start yourself.

Leslie Jordan is reprising his iconic role as cross-dressing Brother Boy in the new television series based on the movie “Sordid Lives.”

John Sayles’ 2007 “Honeydripper” has everything a serious filmgoer searches for in an independent film.

Why do movie studios continue to insist on making movies based on video games? Probably because there’s more money in it than you might think.

A grown man wearing a diaper is spun around until he can barely stand, then is made to try an obstacle course carrying pitchers of milk without spilling any. Another man, dressed like an insect, flings himself onto a giant-size “windshield” with a giant-size “splat.”

SAN JOSE, Calif. — U.S. retail sales of video games, consoles and game accessories hit $1.12 billion in May, a 37 percent rise over the same month last year, driven by the chart-topping “Grand Theft Auto” video game, market researcher NPD Group reported Thursday.

I forget things. My mind is full of crazy, tech-related facts and acronyms -- GPON, anyone? LTE? Femtocells? GPX? -- but when my wife asks me, "Hon, did you put my phone back in my purse after you charged it?" I am without a clue.

TiVo Top 25 WishList Actor rankings, for the week ending May 18. (TiVo's WishList feature allows subscribers to record all films starring a specific actor.)

One of the best features of Nintendo’s Wii is the Virtual Console, a downloadable library of more than 200 classic games. It’s a great resource for young gamers who want to see what they missed, and for geezers who wonder if old favorites were as great as they remember.