Starcraft 2 Beta Tales
I’ve been in the SC2 beta since a few weeks after it started. It’s not because I’m a special snowflake; I’m just “lucky” enough to have a very unusual gaming computer setup, meaning I probably got...
View ArticleDeathmatch: Mass Effect 2 vs. Final Fantasy 13
Sorry for disappearing there. Medical issues kept me away longer than I would have liked, but I’m back now. In return for your patience, here's a GIANT SIZE project I've been thinking about for a...
View ArticleGaming in the Modern Era
Over the past few days, I have been witness to a truly mammoth failing in customer service. Having called up my local phone company to request repairs to my phone and internet, I was not...
View ArticleNO!!!! I WANT CONTENT NOT GAMES!!!!!
Hey all it has been awhile. Why? Well i got married, looking to buy a house, job changing, and just general life has been keeping me crazy busy. I thought i would post a small snipit of my blog i have...
View ArticleKnock Knock, you left your back door open!
-Warp Prism- Knock Knock, you left your back door open!Info: Armored transport craft that can ferry units across the battlefield.Can shift to Phasing Mode to project an energy field like a Pylon, which...
View ArticleDLC and You: One Gamer's Thoughts
Let me preface this entry by stating that I have never done anything of this sort, and I am not sure quite how this will turn out. I do not profess to be a great writer, so keep the...
View ArticleGoing through the Rift of DC Online
Happy New Year It has been a while from my last blog, I thought i would start off this year with 2 game reviews, so with out wasting any time lets jump right in. DC Universe Online (DCUO) This is...
View ArticleGive me one good reason why you do these things!
My issue is with leavers/trolls/scrubs/etc, not just in LoL but in HoN, dota, WoW, SC, etc... I played 15 games in LoL, and all but 3 games had 1-3 leavers per game. This has got to stop, it is the...
View ArticleEmotional Gaming - It can and will affect your life
OMG HACKER! YOU SCRUB! LEARN TO PLAY! GO DIE! I HOPE YOU GET CANCER! I CAN NOT BELIEVE YOU ARE SO BAD AT THIS GAME! JUST UNINSTALL! These are just a few things you hear, or read on the internet when...
View ArticleLiverblow Round 1: "Graphics Vs Game play"
Welcome to Liver Blow, my weekly blog which takes an issue in gaming or a general news story and punches it square in the liver! Let me start with a question, what is more important in a game: Graphics...
View ArticleLiverblow Round 2: "E3 Beatdown"
Liver blow Round 2 – E3 Beat down Originally this blog was set to be based on fan boy-ism. However, by day two of E3 it became obvious to me that I was about to get so much new material, that it would...
View ArticleLiverblow Round 3: "Fan Boy-ism"
Join me, gentle reader - as I take you deep within the bowels of Ign and Gamespot’s forums, beyond the reach of logic and reasoning, to a place where Fan Boys dwell. We shall explore their natural...
View ArticleWhat Gamers' Wallets Are Saying
I want to deal with a phrase that some people throw around when they feel that they are being treated poorly by a company: "Vote with your wallets." Pretty simple concept; if a company pisses you off,...
View ArticleOf Mice and Keyboards
Any PC gamer will be more than happy to proclaim the superiority of the keyboard-and-mouse control scheme to anyone who will listen. Most of the time, they'll shout it to anyone who won't listen as...
View ArticleClone Wars
If you want to get MMO players into a nerd rage, call whatever game they're playing a WoW clone. I mentioned this during a recent play session of Star Wars The Old Republic (more updates on that coming...
View ArticleReply All
I got a lot of responses and reactions to my previous two blog posts, so I figured I'd go ahead and address them directly here. In reaction to Of Mice and Keyboards, a lot of people seemed to think I...
View ArticleSelling Out
Mass Effect 3 is what happens when developers and publishers sell out. The game was destined to be a platinum seller based on its compelling narrative alone. We are all heavily invested in the...
View ArticleAnother Massive Effect
Not too long ago, I mentioned that gamers are very good at voting with their dollars, and that game publishers are very good at paying attention to the election results. We really, really dislike...
View ArticleGaming Economics
The internet has not yet had time to calm down from raging over the Mass Effect 3 DLC controversy, and yet there is news of another. There's another little game that released on the same day as ME3,...
View ArticleThe galaxy is saved... isn't it?
WARNING: This blog entry discusses the ending of Mass Effect 3 in depth, and as such contains spoilers galore. If you are not interested in having the game's ending spoiled for you, please close your...
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