It�s pretty obvious that the suits at MLG have nefarious and grander plans for competitive gaming and the proof is their decision to build an arena off the coast of Hong Kong to hold multi-national tournaments. I�ll be blunt and say that no...

Disrupt the market. That�s something swarmy MBAs like to say all the time when talking about their latest products. I hate this term, because I have heard it so many times from suits when describing their ultimate plans, it has lost its rel...

In the late 1990�s arcades were in their death throes in the U.S. Arcade games, that once held an edge in terms of their technical ability against home consoles and PCs, were slowly but surely being usurped by better technology being releas...

I never cease to be amazed how even though videogames have come so far in terms of mainstream acceptance, there are times when I must contain myself accordingly when showing my enthusiasm for my favorite past-time. At a former company, I h...

�Same as the old boss? Let�s hope not for Xbox One fans and game fans in general. After just under a year of monumental missteps regarding the Xbox brand and direction, Microsoft has seemingly done something right. After touting everythi...

Don�t you love �where are they now shows?� Nothing makes us feel better about ourselves than watching someone that had it all and pissed it all away. Child actors, teen popstars, mega athletes, you name it. Humans love to see our heroes fai...

First off, I don�t condone the misuse of controlled substances. One should only use prescription drugs under the supervision of a doctor, unless that doctor is named Dr. Feelgood, in which case, you�re not taking a prescription medicine, bu...

Anders Breivik, the Norwegian mass murderer convicted for killing 77 people is threatening a hunger strike if he�s not given a Playstation 3 among other creature comforts. Apparently, he believes his current Playstation 2 is too juvenile an...

They say the grass is greener on the other side. I hate that saying, people who say that deserve to get punched in the throat, and yet it�s what I keep telling myself when I think of the PS4. It�s not that I feel that I made a major mistake...

Full disclosure, I�m not a Superman fan. He�s a goody-two-shoes with no flaws and I hate that. I want my superheroes to have flaws goddamn it! Horrible disgusting wart-like flaws and everything thing that goes with it. I want to be able to ...

A week and a half ago, I read a fascinating article about lucid dreaming and hardcore gaming. In this article, a psychologist Jayne Gackenbach (Gesundheit!)�posits that hardcore gamers often have more instances lucid dreams. In other words,...

Over the holidays, my wife, daughter, in-laws, and I took a vacation to Disney World to help get our minds off a very long and trying year. I�m being completely transparent when I say that I wasn�t necessarily thrilled to be away during the...

With the news coming out of Japan of Nintendo missing it�s marks fiscally for 2013 by some sizable margins, and their stock taking a hard hit, many people have come out with their �The end is near� sandwich board signs. Nintendo fans have c...

I don�t do game reviews, so I�ve decided to outsource that to some of the world�s most iconic celebrities, both living and dead. Today, I�m happy to announce that the late great Liberace will give his take on one of the most well received m...

Sony�s marketing plan seemed pretty simple with the launch of PS4. Announce powerful new hardware. Keep mouth shut. Let competition stick foot in mouth. Contradict competition. Win the next-gen before it even starts. � Pretty slick plan as ...

Metal Gear Solid 5 is still 3 months away, but the ESRB has recently released some details of the content in the upcoming game. Nothing out of the ordinary regarding ESRB releasing details early, as this happens all the time. It�s not until...

Who doesn't love a train wreck? 2013 had a fair amount of them. For every triumph there was a cock-up of epic proportions. Sure, there were plenty of great games, exciting announcements and a new console generation was born, but there were ...

My intention for this post initially was to retell my Christmas past, present, and future as a cheeky retelling of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. I quickly realized after a few paragraphs that it was utter shit and a horrible idea. It ...

CHRISTMAS TIME! CHRISTMAS TIME! CHRISTMAS TIME! Hey did you know it Christmas time? That magical time of year when Christians all over the globe celebrate the birth of our savior by overspending on gifts until we fall under the weight of bo...

The battle on the snow swept mountain was intense. Bullets and tracer rounds buzzed passed my head by fractions of an inch. I was pinned down. My only option was the abandoned warehouse. I made a run for it. Exposed, out in the open, bulle...

I don't believe in ghosts and evil spirits. That has been hammered into my psyche at a young age by an incredibly old school father. However, I can't explain the odd phenomena that has been occurring since getting my Xbox One, and in partic...

I got some news other day that was hard to swallow. The company that I work for, a multinational organization that rakes in billions of dollars a year has hit "tough" times and needs to make "tough" decisions. This is what we were told duri...

With the recent release of Call of Duty: Ghosts, Activision is sure to have another hit on their hands. It's pretty much a given that they will sell millions of copies and it'll be on top of the charts for weeks to come. Frustratingly enoug...

I'm sure many readers are well aware by now that a nude digital representation of Ellen Page is viewable on PS3 exclusive Beyond Two Souls. The images are floating around online and as the case may be, can only be viewed in the game itself ...

I like to fancy myself as an open minded individual. I freely admit that I was not always an open minded person. Matter of fact, I would say that at one time, I was the poster child a very narrow minded individual, shallow individual, who m...

I was flipping through the channels on the old boob tube this evening when I passed something that caught my eye. It appears that E:60, a sports related newsmagazine program on the ESPN network is doing a history of sports and videogames. ...

A little over a week ago, news came out that China is lifting their 13-year ban on console gaming. In a nutshell, a "Free Trade Zone" has been created with the sole purpose to create jobs, maybe stir some economic reforms, as well as luring...

What pray tell is a "Lax Bro"? I realize that some may not be familiar with this special breed, as they're originally from they North East, but they are expanding to other areas of the country. Thanks to the internets, I was able to find th...

The "Great" War was neither a "War" nor was it "Great". Discuss Amongst yourselves. You're not funny anymore Mike Myers. Actually, it was a horrific war paid for by the lives of countless men and women that set in motion many things that ...

Another unfortunate tragedy has occurred and the traditional media reacts predictably, with a knee-jerk reaction blaming videogames. This is no laughing matter, but how the media is handling the coverage of this situation is quite frankly a...