This is ridiculous. Completely, utterly ridiculous ( Read more... )

I was surprised when they announced that Diablo 3 was coming to consoles, but thought nothing of it. After all, if the game is as disappointing as ever, does it really matter what hardware is being used to run it? Then I started reading the reviews, and what I learned actually has me excited to play this game again ( Read more... )

It's been over a year since I last played Diablo 3, and until now I had absolutely no interest in ever playing that game again. The reason why is short and simple: it stopped being fun ( Read more... )

Shin Megami Tensei is a long-standing RPG series, as old and venerable in its native country of Japan as the Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy series. It wasn't until Nocturne, the third title in the main series which was released in 2004, that Western gamers got to (legally) experience the SMT universe. Western gamers are probably most familiar with ( Read more... )

This is a subject I've been meaning to talk about for a while. Lately I've been reading reports on gaming sites about people claiming that certain games are racist, or promote racist stereotypes. The three biggest examples I can name off the top of my head are Resident Evil 5 being set in Africa, Far Cry 3 being set on an island filled with black ( Read more... )

After having just finished reading a book, I went looking for something else to read. If you're curious, the book I just finished is The Hollow City, by Dan Wells. I'm quite fond of Mr. Wells's work, despite its flaws. I'd recommend reading his John Cleaver series, starting with the first book, I am Not a Serial Killer. If you like that series, I ( Read more... )

So I got Borderlands 2. I'd pre-ordered it and have been playing it obsessively ever since. I play as Axton, the Commando, and have recently finished True Vault Hunter Mode. All that's left at that point is to kill the bosses repeatedly for a chance to get rare, legendary equipment ( Read more... )

Following in the wake of the Darksiders, the story chronicling the journey of War, Horseman of the Apocalypse, Darksiders 2 has us once again riding forth into battle. This time another Rider takes center stage, and his name is Death ( Read more... )

Here are my spoiler-free reaction notes for The Dark Knight Rises.

Things I liked:I enjoyed Nolan's interpretation of Bane, which I think does justice to the character. If your only exposure to Bane was from the Joel Schumacher film, you'd think he was a juiced up meat-head with barely two brain cells to rub together. In the Batman cannon, though ( Read more... )

Before we begin, I should be upfront about one thing: I hate military shooters. I'm actually not a fan of shooters in general, which gets kind of awkward in a medium where you can hardly take two steps without tripping over one. Military shooters, however, I have a special distaste for. On the whole, video games' take on armed conflict far too ( Read more... )