Video games have always played a large role in my life. Some, my wife included, have drawn the conclusion that video games take up too much of my time. I’ll freely admit that I have a problem. It apparently could be worse since I have never played Shenmuie or however one spells …
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The Strange Joys of Not Gaming
Tuesday, December 14th, 2010 by jakeReview – Burger Island
Wednesday, September 8th, 2010 by jakeI recently [not recently – Ed.] spent a good portion of my Memorial Day weekend remembering our fallen soldiers by playing Burger Island with my daughter.
“Do you want a turn making milkshakes, daddy?” she asked in a cute manner.
“I will do it! I will do it for those that died at Normandy!” I cried.
And …
Making Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Truly Rule
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010 by jakeThere are a whopping two arcade machine series on Earth that I can beat consistently on one purchase, regardless of sequel number or difficulty setting: Soul Caliber and Marvel vs. Capcom.
The key to Soul Caliber, you see, is Maxi and his awesome ability to start spinning his nunchuks, never pausing for a break as …
Mathematics and Games
Thursday, May 6th, 2010 by jakeCryptic’s Genius Relationship with Furries
Wednesday, September 16th, 2009 by jakeI have to give Cryptic Studios some credit: Realizing the current flood of MMOs on the market and the presence of another game that they helped develop in the exact same subgenre would hurt their sales, they created a business model for their newly released Champions Online that can thrive with as few as …
Getting the Batcave Right
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009 by jakeNow that videolamer has become the haven for misfit and under appreciated games, a review of perhaps the year’s biggest release seems out of place and wrong. As such, no review of the excellent and entertaining Batman: Arkham Asylum will be drafted by me for inclusion on this website. Besides, the internet is …
Review – Hearts of Iron III
Monday, August 17th, 2009 by jakeParadox Interactive is becoming known in the innermost of hardcore gaming circles as “the only grand strategy gaming company left on earth,” a level of praise earned by their constant desire to take giant swaths of history and make games out of it. Instead of reading this, you could in fact be playing what …
THE YEAR… OF SEQUELS, Part 2!
Thursday, June 18th, 2009 by jakeAh, creativity. Useless, overrated creativity.
Once, back in the past, a man had an original idea and he took it and he made a form of mass media out of it and people loved it. They loved it so much that they decided he shouldn’t work on finding something new to give them, he …
Review: UFC 2009 Undisputed
Friday, May 29th, 2009 by jakeFor the past few days at my house there has been a severe outbreak of Black-on-Black crime. I am not proud of this. I worry about my future, about everyone’s future. It is already getting worse. The violence once contained to just certain groups is already spreading. Asian-on-Black. …
Review – Dwarf Fortress
Thursday, April 9th, 2009 by jakeFreedom, sweet freedom. Hours disappear, days melt away, weeks pass in a blur.
Having returned to a society that is busy imploding into an apocalyptic mess that any supervillain would be proud to have caused, I find myself spending my few sober hours preparing for the end of the world. And also playing video …