The other day while perusing the web, I stumbled (literally, using StumbleUpon) across Wikipedia’s ranking of the nation’s most popular circulating print magazines. Did you know that Game Informer, Gamestop’s magazine is number four on the list with nearly million subscribers?! The first three spots are taken up by AARP and Costco publications…but Game Informer…
Category: Gamer’s Life
I am not a novelty
I see you. Staring. Staring at me. You think I don’t notice? You’re right across from me on this train; you’re not invisible. All I want to do is play Pokemon on my way to work in peace. Is it the tablet? The fact that I’m using the tablet like a game controller instead of…
Watching Wolfenstein
I enjoy watching video games being played almost as much as I enjoy playing them. Though the act of watching games can border on frustrating, especially if/when the temptation to become a backseat gamer sets in, more often than not I find it perfectly fascinating to watch another player maneuver within and manipulate a game….
Why MMO’s?
Image by Flickr User: JBLivin (cc) found yourself wondering what it would be like to actually live in the worlds of some of your favorite games? I’ve been a console gamer for almost my entire experience with the medium, only venturing onto PC for the odd RPG or Steam deal. I also played Runescape for all…
Final Fantasy VII: Finally Finished!
(Images Captured By Hatmonster) Well it’s finished. After seven years of trying to get through the game only to be distracted away from it time and again, it’s finally done. I’ve finally beaten Final Fantasy VII! It took over 45 hours spread over a month of dedicating normal play hours (as well as sneaking in…
Lead, and I shall more than likely follow
My current game rotation consists of the following: Metroid Prime LIMBO Guacamelee (thought it’s been several weeks) Pokemon LeafGreen Looking over my list, it occurred to me that the varied games on this list have one thing in common: they are mostly directionless. LIMBO actually sticks out the most in this regard as it contains absolutely no…
Using Games to Get You in the Mood to…Play Games
Many of us have been there. You know that some gaming time is coming your way, be it an hour or seven, and you psych yourself up for it. You plan to jam through game after game after game! Defeating old bosses, facing new ones! Finishing that one game from your backlog that’s been bothering…
Finishing Final Fantasy VII: June Progress Report
Images captured by Hatmonster Well it’s almost the end of June so I figured now would be a good time for the first Final Fantasy VII update. I’m happy to report that the game is moving along nicely. More quickly than I would expected given how life in the working world tends to function. As…
Metroid Prime, IT’S GO TIME! (And this time, I’m serious.)
It seems the right combination of inspiration and timing have struck in the midst of my gaming life. At the beginning of this month, my colleague Hatm0nster wrote Finishing Final Fantasy VII, in which he discussed who determined he was to complete this classic game. After reading, it made me think of how I, too,…
Destiny: How The Alpha Totally Changed My Mind
Screenshot captured by Hatm0nster (yours truly) I’ve never been happier to be wrong about a game. Never. I was all set and ready to write-off Destiny as a game I wasn’t going to like. Aside from its universe and setting, it seemed like most everything else coming out about the game was giving me reason…
VIRTUAL BASTION 