Apr 152013
 
What We Learned About Watch Dogs at PAX East

While at PAX East, we had an opportunity to get an in depth look at the game Watch Dogs. Yes, the hype train is correct, this game looks to be every bit of awesome that you have seen in previews, sneak peeks and trailers all over. What we saw at PAX, however, was an exclusive [...]

Apr 092013
 
Top 10 Tuesday: Best of PAX East 2013

This year’s PAX East was a bit of a different affair for me than last year’s show. Last year there were a bunch of high profile games I was really excited to see in action, but there were far fewer games being shown this year that really had me interested. Of course there were a [...]

Mar 292013
 
Free Game Friday Returns With a Blitzkrieg Collection Giveaway!

Did you know that the RTS game series, Blitzkrieg, just had it’s 10 year anniversary? No? Well fortunately for you GOG.com is celebrating Blitzkrieg’s ten year anniversary by discounting Blitzkrieg Anthology and Blitzkrieg 2: Anthology 60% on GOG.com until March, 31st. But what is this? You are broke? You aren’t sure if you like this classic RTS series? [...]

Mar 192013
 
Top 10 Tuesday: Best Console Start-up Sequences

There is nothing more exciting than coming home from the store with your brand new video game console. That anticipation as you set it up, just waiting to see what kinds of experiences this new system can provide. For many systems, the first thing you see when finally boot it up is the start-up animation. [...]

Mar 122013
 
Top 10 Tuesday: This Year in Gaming - 1998

This week’s Top 10 Tuesday is the fourth installment of “This Year in Gaming”. This time I am taking a look at a year many people consider to be the best year in the history of gaming from a game release perspective; 1998. I’ve always heard people say this about 1998, and on the surface [...]

Mar 052013
 
Top 10 Tuesday: The Future of Mass Effect

This week marks the one year anniversary of the release of Mass Effect 3, and Bioware has chosen today to release the final piece of single player content for the game. Oddly enough, I also recently played through the game again for the first time in over 11 months, so I’ve got Mass Effect on [...]

Mar 012013
 
Coming Soon: Console Games to Expect in March

Tomb Raider Developer: Crystal Dynamics Inc. Release Date: March 5th   After the four hundredth Tomb Raider release, Crystal Dynamics has finally decided to reboot the series and start anew. I’ve always had a love for Tomb Raider in my heart, like most people I’m sure, but the recent games never hit the spot for [...]

Feb 262013
 
Top 10 Tuesday: Best and Worst of Sony's PS4 Event

This past week, as everyone that follows games was expecting, Sony announced their next generation console; the Playstation 4. I am personally very excited about the PS4, and I can’t wait for the next generation to finally begin and to put the longest console generation in the industry’s history to bed at long last. I’ve [...]

Feb 262013
 
Dysfunctional Love: Wascot

February is the month of love and while the time for chocolates, flowers and romantic dinners has passed, our coverage of certain colorful characters continues.  This week we take a look at Wascot from Super Monday Night combat.  Whether or not you had a good Valentines weekend, you’ll be thankful you didn’t run into someone [...]

Feb 122013
 
Top 10 Tuesday: Assassin's Creed III Postmortem

Assassin’s Creed III released this past November to mostly positive critical reception and a bit of a mixed response from fans. Last July I did a top 10 list of the things about Assassin’s Creed III that had me excited to play, which you can read here. Coincidentally, just days after I finished Assassin’s Creed [...]

Jan 292013
 
Top 10 Tuesday: Best THQ Games

As most people that follow the gaming industry are now no doubt aware, Toy Headquarters is no more. THQ, as most people knew them, spent most of their over 20 years in the game industry publishing mostly licensed games and kids games. However, over the past several years, THQ had made strong push towards putting [...]

Jan 222013
 
Top 10 Tuesday: This Year in Gaming - 2008

This week’s edition of Top 10 Tuesdays is the third installment of “This Year in Gaming,” but this time I decided to go with a more recent year. The last two installments have been more than a decade ago, but with the current console generation coming to close, I decided to look back at one [...]

Jan 062013
 
Gaming Award Analysis - What Makes Them Tick?

(Which awards you give is as important as the selection process of giving awards. The Philosophy behind award categories is essential for Video Game Award committees to understand.) The mission of this column has always been to analyze gaming culture and the gaming industry and a great topic around this time is end of the [...]

Jan 042013
 
Analyzing the Annualized: 2012 Edition Part 2

Annualized sports games are something that never gets the attention they deserves. They’re a nuisance to some and there’s no doubt that they never change too drastically from year to year but as most sports fans will tell you, they change just enough. Though that can’t always be said as some games seemingly churn out [...]

Jan 022013
 
Coming Soon: Console Games to Expect in January

Like most other January’s, this upcoming month is going to be quite the bore in the video game department. We luckily have Devil May Cry but no one is really sure on how that will turn out but at least that’s one game to be excited about. Also possibly coming at the end of the [...]

Dec 312012
 
Personal Top 10: Jay Malone Style

This year was a year dominated by the rise of the Arcade.  Half of the games in my top 10 were 15 dollars or less and that’s a huge testament to how big the Xbox Live Arcade has gotten in the past year. Apart from the ones on my list, other games like Fez, Journey [...]

Dec 242012
 
Unveiling the First Batch of GOTY Winners!

Here we go! The announced winners of the Game of the Year Awards. We haven’t awarded 3 awards as of yet: Online Game of the Year, Reader’s Choice and the much coveted Game of the Year. We are going to need your help with these. So keep an eye open in the next day as [...]

Dec 202012
 
Analyzing the Annualized: 2012 Edition

Annualized sports game is something that never gets the attention it deserves. They’re a nuisance to some and there’s no doubt that they never change too drastically from year to year but as most sports fans will tell you, they change just enough. Though that can’t always be said as some games seemingly churn out [...]