Way, way back in 2010, game journalists N’Gai Croal and Stephen Totilo came up with a new twist on the tired old “Greatest Games of All Time” list, which they called “Canon Fodder.” They started with GameRanking’s (incomplete) list of the best-reviewed games of all time, which neither of them particularly liked. They […]
Hyperspace Delivery Boy! never got the audience that it deserved.
Mind you, this is how nine out of ten retrospectives begin, but this is an extreme example. Back when digital gaming libraries were starting to get established, I cataloged my collection over at Gamespot. It had a feature that let you see how many other people […]
Pet peeve of mine: back when I read Gamespot, I noticed that every year – bar none – they claimed that it had been one of the best years for gaming since X (usually 1998). They had no sense of relativity. It was embarrassing.
That said: 2011 was, in my opinion, the best year for gaming since, […]
Note: This entry assumes some knowledge of the Elder Scrolls world. For a good primer, check out A Pocket Guide of the Empire, Third Edition.
I’ve always wanted to start a band, despite having little interest in making music. I just want to NAME the band. Narrowing down the near-infinite possibilities to a single combinations of […]
Cannon Fodder: “War has never been this much fun.”
Cannon Fodder 2: “War has only been this much fun once before.”
I have no idea if I’m going to get Diablo III – I’m tempted not to just because of Blizzard’s fuck-you attitude to single player gamers – but it’s made me hunger for Diablo II, which I played in 2000 but never got around to finishing. I traded for a copy of the Battle Chest, […]
A little late to the party here – blame the vacation and my own stunning ability to procrastinate – but here goes.
This is going to be an in-depth comparative analysis. By which I mean that I’ll be stacking up Human Revolution alongside the original Deus Ex (and, when I feel like it, Invisible War) and seeing […]
I just had an epiphany. I don’t need to finish games.
Which sounds incredibly stupid when you realize that I’ve been leaving games unfinished ever since I started gaming, as every gamer without OCD is wont to do. But it’s finally, really hit me. Let me explain.
I just finished playing Yakuza, a cult PS2 game that […]
If that isn’t a sexy headline, I don’t know what is. But seriously: digital gaming libraries (or DGLs) are one of the most useful gaming resources to emerge from the internet in the last decade.
What is a DGL? In its most basic sense, it’s a spreadsheet that’s easy to use and plugs into preexisting databases of […]
I did not expect to take over two weeks to get another real entry here. Sorry for the delay – things are moving ahead on getting a Full Time Job, which will theoretically cut my posting time but in practice shouldn’t much, since I mostly do it on the weekend anyway.
There’s also material. I have half […]
