Another XBOX ONE blog...
The dust has settled, the talk has quieted down, and the Xbox One is real. It has been over 48 hours since the reveal of Microsoft’s new console and the new system has a ton of bells and whist... more
The dust has settled, the talk has quieted down, and the Xbox One is real. It has been over 48 hours since the reveal of Microsoft’s new console and the new system has a ton of bells and whist... more
Hunter S. Thompson has been called one of the most influential writers of the 20th Century and the Mark Twain of his generation. What he left behind is a trail full of drugs, violence, and the... more
To set you to the mindset of The Phantom Menace, you have to take a look back at the year 1999. The Matrix came out, Justin Timberlake was in a boy band, and everyone was looking forward to a ... more
Ubisoft has to get some kind of medal for putting Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon in the hands of gamers. Not only did they release it as an arcade title using the Far Cry 3 engine, but giving us somethi... more
Games have the unique ability to tell a story with the player experiencing it. Ether storming the beaches of Normandy, or being a spy in the 60s. Most games like to bring a sense of realty to the... more
Violence has been a touchy subject on the video game industry for a while now, as more games get increasingly violent, the question of what is too far gets asked. BioShock Infinite seems to be th... more
Ken Levine returns to the world he created with BioShock Infinite. When the original BioShock came out in 2008, it received many awards and it's been called one of the greatest games of all t... more
Let’s face it: scarves make anything cool. Case in point, Fred from Scooby Doo. Do you think he became the leader of the gang because of his brains? Hell no. It’s because of that devilishly sty... more
It's actually risky to reboot an iconic character. Not only do you need to bring fresh ideas, but to make sure that he character still has those traits that make the character memorable in the fi... more
I’m going to this month, and to be honest, I’m really nervous. It’s my first GDC. Hell, it’s my first big convention. I mean, I’ve wandered around Comic Con down in San Diego a couple of times... more
Good games that are based on or inspired by movies are hard to come by. Due to the fact the game often is scheduled to be released when the movie is released, there is not a lot of time to make s... more
A few weeks ago, Sony announced that there will be a major conference concerning the future of PlayStation. Throughout this time, it has been suggested that it will reveal the PlayStation 4. We... more
Yesterday I was let go from my volunteer writing job at Press2Reset. I know that I probably shouldn't complain about a prior "employer", but my emotions are running high and I needed somewhere to... more
When ever a game comes out, did you wish that it turned out differently than what was released? Of course you do, look at Aliens: Colonel Marines. How would you make it if you had the chance to c... more
With Valentine’s Day—the contrived greeting card holiday day of love and romance—upon us, I figured now would be the perfect time for us gamers to reflect on those characters we desperately w... more
I had a very bizarre dream last night, and it got me thinking about the snowball effect in the media. While I won't go into much detail about the dream itself, it was about me riding on a horse... more
While the internal specs for the new Nvidia Shield are impressive, the device faces a significant uphill battle if it wants to be a worthy contender in the handheld market. To succeed in a c... more
I recently finished my fourth playthrough of (I previously wrote about ), but only on my second of . Why is that? According to public opinion among gamers (and the games’ ), is an inferior p... more
Dear Mr. Sports Fan, One of us is weird, the other normal. The same media idolized one and vilifies the other. You may not know it, but we are just like you. So please stop treating us like... more
As they say, a picture can tell a thousand words, and each of these pictures tells one of the major gaming stories of 2012. Resident Evil 6 tries to please everyone; please... more
When I originally started the Pour One Out series, my plan was to spotlight various multiplayer games with interesting concepts that failed to find an audience. Multiplayer games or modes that at... more
With talks about this generation ending in the next year or two, I thought it would be cool to look back at some of the new IPs that came from this generation and list down my favorites. There ha... more
Super Monday Night Combat April 19 2012 Super Monday Night Combat, sequel to the moderately popular XBLA game Monday Night Combat, was one of the first major attempts to bring first-person-sh... more
I skid to a stop inches from a ledge, guided only by the feint glow of my torch. I've been in this section for far too long, the ghost will show up any minute and negate all my progress. It's too... more
I have this big secret in my life that, up until recently, I’ve never really felt comfortable sharing with others. I say ‘secret’, but there were definite signs. Glimpses of my lifestyle occasio... more
I've started a new series of blog entries that I'm going to call Impressions Journals. In these articles, I will keep a faux journal of sorts in a stream of consciousness style as I'm playing thr... more
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=O_sCpIpNxiU A video review of the Indie puzzle/platformer Colour Bind. Colour Bind is available on Steam for $9.99. more
I have never finished a Zelda game. The Zelda formula loses its appeal over the course of a 40+ hour adventure, and I stop playing after reaching a point of contentment with the game's story an... more