So the dust has settled from the chaos that was E3 2010. I’m sure everyone has watched the press conferences. Read all the previews. Have formed your opinions. What’s our take? I can’t speak for my cohorts, but I have a few choice things to say about this years Gameaplooza. Microsoft Project Natal has an [...]
My English Lit teacher in high school once told me that all stories have been written. Nothing is new. In other words, she was saying that literature had no muse to create something unread before. Something new. Something novel. Something that doesn’t take from an existing work. I scoffed at the idea. I am optimist [...]
I remember when I was 5 or so I got my first game system, the NES. Even at five, I was committed to playing my games to the fullest. No manual. No cheats. No FAQs. I was a hardcore even at that age. As I grew older, I noticed myself being less hardcore. Less hardcore in the sense [...]
PAX (Penny Arcade Expo) is a convention geared toward your average gaming enthusiast. Since the inception of E3, many a gamer have been wishing for a more public event for the masses to enjoy. Simply put, it was amazing to see so many gamers converge in one spot. It was truly breath taking for me. [...]
JJ’s Choice: When I think about GOTY, I think about about one thing and one thing only: what blew me away. As I mentioned in a previous entry, I wasn’t really blown away by anything released this year. As a result, I look to my second qualification for GOTY: what I had the most fun [...]
Today, the gaming community has suffered an immense loss. Today, UGO has acquired the gaming division of Ziff Davis Media. As a result, massive layoffs occurred and many good people lost their jobs. Furthermore, important and very influential programs have now been axed as well. EGM, Electronic Gaming Magazine, one of the last and arguably [...]
It seems like every year there is a call from the community to decide whether or not the current year deserves the elusive title of “Best Year in Gaming.” The reality is that this cannot be decided unanimously; there are too many variables and too many games for every one or even a majority to [...]
Hi readers, I just wanted to put up a note here to let you know that I can finally post to the blog. Now you will be able to read my well-conceived, carefully researched, pointed, and thoughtful articles about video games. Of course, you are free to tell me that my posts are time-wasting ramblings; [...]
I broke a rule that I thought I would never break. Among the many things that annoy me, top-whatever lists are way up top. If you ever go on Digg, half of what is Dugg aren’t really substantive articles but meaningless lists. I wanted to do my own list but meaningful, at least to me, [...]
I wanted to do a snazzy title like I always do; however, I figured that this title was quick and straight to the point. Japanese Game Development is essentially crippled. Let’s take a trip on memory lane to a simpler time, more commonly known as the 80’s. I believe that it was 1983 when Nintendo [...]
