Category: Features
Onward, to Glory
You’d think RTS titles would have such a wealth of epic storylines. There are huge armies, forts, even villages and cities, not to mention heroes of the land, huge monsters, aliens and other such antagonists. Yet, whenever it actually comes… Read More »
Some Hellish Thoughts
I was fortunate enough this past weekend to attend the San Francisco Wondercon, a comic book convention with a dash of videogame and film celebration. After a few hours surveying the ground floor, and the cosplayers, I attended a panel… Read More »
Small Cog, Big Machine
To work as both a games journalist and a writer of fiction means my two styles of writing tend to merge more often than I’d like. Sometimes when I’m writing my own stories, I suddenly remember I’m supposed to be… Read More »
Mass Effect 2 Teaser: WTF?!?!?!!?!!?!?!!?
So I’m perusing the gaming sites on Friday night, and after I check my writing to see if anyone else commented, I go to my primary news source, and what’s the first story I see? "Your first look at Mass… Read More »
The Best of SF: The Music and Sounds of Street Fighter
In case you haven’t noticed, Street Fighter IV launched this week to great jubilation. Being a huge SF fan, I had been anxiously awaiting the game for quite some time, and I was not disappointed. The gameplay is superb, the… Read More »
Videogames are a serious business. Well, you’d think that judging by the current lack of humor in their dialogue, and the absence of any characters that fit the generic "funny" archetypes we experience through television shows, books, and… Read More »
I have been playing World of Warcraft for a few years now. The persistent world inhabited by characters I recognize and befriend is fundamental to my enjoyment of the game. There is an exhilaration from accomplishing a complex fight with… Read More »
The Greatest Achievement
As I gear up to go achievement hunting in anticipation of cashing in several Xbox titles for the latest releases, I begin to wonder what it is about achievements in videogames that leave me unable to get rid of them,… Read More »
Retro Music Love: The Genesis Era
I recently played Sonic’s Ultimate Genesis Collection on the 360. It was quite a trip down memory lane. I loved the Genesis, at times more so than my #1 console of all time, the SNES. The games were awesome, and… Read More »
Ninety Percent Certain
This morning, I logged onto IGN, and took a look at the review for Street Fighter IV. I know Martin Robinson personally, and he’s been trying to drag me into the IGN towers for months to take a look at… Read More »
