Archive for the 'Gaming' Category

My Year in Video Games

Monday, January 5th, 2009

Well, another year has passed. 2008 was a busy year for me (and largely a good one!) — I took a new full-time job, I got engaged, I went on my first cruise, I visited Switzerland, I moved to Brooklyn, I redesigned cDebris,  I adopted another cat, I helped plan my wedding, I got married, [...]

Review - Fallout 3 (PC)

Sunday, December 7th, 2008

The Short Version

Platform: PC
One Word: Apocalyptic
Two Words: Incredible Depth
Worth It: Yes
Scale: terrible | poor | fair | good | great

The Long Version
Fallout 3’s the first game I’ve given a “great” to on this site, a rating I don’t expect to use often because, frankly, it’s thrown around far too easily by most game journalists. Most [...]

On Charitable Causes

Monday, November 17th, 2008

Well, we’re nearing holiday season, and like many other Americans, the holidays often serve to remind me that there’s a whole big world out there full of people less fortunate than myself. Each year I try to make some donations - the amount of which varies based on how I’m doing that year. It’s something [...]

Too Many Games!

Monday, November 10th, 2008

My god, I hate the Christmas season from a video-gaming standpoint. This isn’t 1999, when I was single and my “social life” was going to Outback Steak House with a bunch of other GameSpy nerds before coming back to play video games for the next five hours. Uh … you know what? Frankly, I’m glad [...]

Ordering a New PC

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

The one thing I hate about being pretty computer-knowledgeable is that whenever the time comes to upgrade, I inevitably end up talking myself into building my own machine, even though I am really past the time in my life when I enjoy doing so. I often wish I could just order something, pull it out [...]

On Portal and Being a Stubborn Jackass

Friday, September 5th, 2008

I have a shocking confession to make, or at least … shocking to people who play video games, which I suspect is the vast majority of this site’s small audience: I have yet to play Portal.
I know, I know … many people consider it to be 2007’s Game of the Year and it’s received almost [...]

Review - The Darkness (Xbox 360)

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

The Short Version

Platform: Xbox 360
One Word: Grim
Two Words: Gleefully Brutal
Worth It: Yes
Scale: terrible | poor | fair | good | great

The Long Version

So, if my fiancée Charlotte was a little skeeved out by collecting hobo meat in the Penny Arcade Game, you can imagine how thrilled she was as I wound my way through this [...]

Review - On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness Episode 1

Friday, August 8th, 2008

The Short Version

Platform: Xbox 360
One Word: Entertaining
Two Words: Budget Quality
Worth It: Yes
Scale: terrible | poor | fair | good | great

The Long Version
“You’re collecting hobo meat?”
“Yeh. You know … from hobos.”
“That’s disgusting!”
“… they attacked me first!”
She glanced at the screen again, then turned to the kitten sitting beside her and said, “I don’t think [...]

The Most Shameful of Secrets

Monday, July 14th, 2008

I have a painful admission to make. I’m addicated to a … a … golf game! I feel so white, and rich, and old. But it should be noted that I’m not addicted to PLAYING golf. No, I’m far too uncoordinated for that — I have a hard time walking around the house without bumping [...]

Professor Layton And The Curiously Good Game

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

I recently wrapped up playing Professor Layton and the Curious Village on my Nintendo DS. It’s an interesting title … probably won’t appeal to everyone, since not everyone digs brain teasers, but the highlight of the game for me wasn’t so much the collection of puzzles as the overall design vision behind the game. It’s [...]