David Hinkle
Associate Editor - david@joystiq.com
Dave has been a part of the Joystiq network since 2006, covering gaming industry news and contributing a number of features, reviews, interviews and previews. Previously he was lead editor of Joystiq's Nintendo-focused spin-off sites, DS Fanboy and Wii Fanboy, and co-hosted the Xbox 360 Fancast. Dave currently lives in San Francisco and boasts the highest Microsoft Gamerscore on staff, which probably isn't really worth boasting about.
Dave can be reached through his email at david [@] joystiq [.] com or stalked at twitter.com/davehinkle or via his personal website at davehinkle.com. He also cooks things on the DnA Foodcast with Alexander Sliwinski at http://dnafoodcast.com
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PSA: PSN scheduled maintenance on Monday, October 15
The PSN store is about to get an overhaul next week and Sony's announced some planned PSN maintenance prior to the relaunch. This Monday, October 15, from 4am PT/7am ET until 4pm PT/7am ET, PSN will experience some downtime. If you've logged into PSN over the past few days or make some time to do ...
Select Ubisoft games 60% off on GOG right now
Whether you're simply behind on your gaming or have emerged from a block of ice after that hiking expedition in Antarctica went awry ten years ago, you may like to catch up on some of Ubisoft's PC wares. Good Old Games is making it much easier – at least on your wallet – to play ...
Analyst: Borderlands 2 sold 1.4 million in US [Update: NPD confirms]
Even though Borderlands 2 bested sales of the first game by 234%, it wasn't able to sell more copies than Madden NFL 13 in September. According to Macquarie Capital analyst Ben Schachter, 1.4 million physical copies of Borderlands 2 were sold in the US at retail since its launch – we've ...
ZombiU trailer tries to get to the chopper
How does one get to a chopper when a whole city of zombies is standing between you and the whirlybird? In ZombiU, you get it done with the help of friends – and some choice weaponry. ...
Retro City Rampage review: Love letter
It would be impossible to sit down and write out everything you love about everything. It'd be a pursuit of madness. Why would you do it? Just to have some kind of time capsule for all of your cherished memories? But what if you did it within the confines of a video game? It would be an even ...
Hackaday's custom Portal gun levitates a Companion Cube
Sure, everyone and their mother has made a custom Portal gun at this point, but the fine folks at Hackaday have raised the bar into the stratosphere. The floating Companion Cube effect was accomplished by ripping out the magnets in a floating globe, and the cube itself was created to proper size ...
PSA: US vice presidential debate on Xbox Live at 9pm ET tonight
Whether you're in it for some free Halo armor or to participate in our nation's democratic process, tonight is the second in a series of four debates leading up to the 2012 presidential election. Following the first debate between Republican nominee Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama, Romney's ...
Getting friendly in Medal of Honor: Warfighter's multiplayer mode
The US government may tell us all it's an army of one, but Danger Close games is making a good case for the buddy system. At the heart of Medal of Honor: Warfighter is an interesting co-op dynamic, where two players are paired together into a fire team. There are six different classes in total that ...
Hitman: Absolution trailer focuses on story, actors in goofy mo-cap getups
The Hitman series is known for allowing players to create their own narratives within the sandbox levels, but with Hitman: Absolution, developer IO Interactive has enlisted Hollywood talent like Vivica Fox, Powers Boothe and Shannyn Sossamon to help tell Agent 47's latest story. ...
Sleeping Dogs DLC goes street racing on October 16
Square Enix has gone on the record about several Sleeping Dogs DLC packs coming in October, and the first supplementary content pack has been dated for October 16. The 'Street Racer' DLC pack will be available for 320 MS Points on Xbox 360, $3.99 on both PlayStation 3 and PC via Steam. The DLC pack ...
