I received my copy of SimCity from Amazon on Monday.  If this had been a console game, I would have been happy that I got to play it a day early.  But as it was, I knew that… Continue reading →

Darksiders II

On Wednesday, January 23rd THQ auctioned off most of its studios and assets.  For all intents and purposes, that was the day they ceased to exist.  I’m sure you will see the name pop… Continue reading →

The JRPG (Japanese Role Playing Game, for the uninitiated) has been my favorite genre for many years.  Unfortunately it’s a genre that has been mostly neglected on the current generation of consoles, but there have still been some great… Continue reading →

This past weekend, I bought a Wii-U.

Those of you who don’t know me very well probably don’t think much of that.  Those that do are probably pointing & laughing right about now, because I’ve been saying since the… Continue reading →

…that I’ve played.  There’s only one of me, and there’s only so many hours in the day, so a lot of games that released this year I just haven’t been able to get around to.  On that note,… Continue reading →

This year is starting to wind down, so I’m going to be using my posts to call out games I think deserve special mention for either good or bad, ending with my overall top 10 games of 2012.  This… Continue reading →

Gadgets are funny things.  You can’t eat them, you can’t wear them, and although technically possible it’s not really feasible to build a home out of them.  Yet many of us claim we can’t function without them.  … Continue reading →

My newfound focus on retro gaming lately has left me pining for some of the games and consoles I once owned but decided to let go of at some point.  Some of those I don’t really miss that much… Continue reading →

Stargate SG-1 – the best sci-fi television series ever, and that’s a fact!

I am biased.  I prefer Coke to Pepsi.  I think the Stargate series is far better than either Star Wars OR Star Trek.  And… Continue reading →

This past weekend, we learned a very painful lesson in emulation – sometimes, it just plain doesn’t work.  My wife had been wanting to play Silent Hill 2.   We had looked into the recently released HD collection, but… Continue reading →