Category: Columns
A game you wish you could play, but suck at My first instinct for today’s answer was Counter-Strike, but upon further consideration, I would much rather be a better Left 4 Dead 2 player. That choice is simply a matter… Read More »
Favorite stress-relieving game I’m not one to feel the effects of stress very often or very severely, so I rarely consider what game or games might be my go-to stress-relief games, if any. I think for me, a stress-relief game… Read More »
Favorite game based on a movie/book/comic/etc. This one is a no-brainer. Obviously Goldeneye 007 is the best film-to-game translation of ALL TIME (at least in my little world), and is one of the games I’ve played the most… ever. As one of… Read More »
A game you are proud to have beaten I’m not big on the concept of "beating" games. I rather consider my games’ end states to be more completion than victory; I experience a game’s content from beginning to end instead… Read More »
A game that you wish you more people would’ve played There are, of course, many games that I wish would have been played by a greater number of people. Whenever I encounter a surprising title that has flown entirely under… Read More »
A game you constantly want to replay There are a few that fall under this category, but who knows how many times I would list Demon’s Souls and Braid if I just threw them out there whenever they crossed my… Read More »
A game that changed your opinion about something For today’s entry, I was initially thinking along the lines of political or philosophical perspectives somehow influenced by some magnificently meaningful video game, and my brain was working overtime to figure out… Read More »
Halo: Reach Scribblings
I’ve never been a big Halo supporter. Throughout the years, though, I felt like my arguments against the franchise had grown thinner and thinner simply due to lack of interest and real, hard analysis, even though I have played every… Read More »
The game you are most content watching someone else play There are many games that I don’t particularly enjoy playing, but it takes a special kind of dichotomous masterpiece to play abhorrently enough to keep me away from the controller,… Read More »
A game that you hate Peggle. I can’t STAND Peggle. It is nothing but a pointless waste of time, and what some might call "playing" this supposed game is in no way rewarding, yet it’s still popular for some strange… Read More »
