Jack Thompson has been officially disbarred!  Not much to say here: just that it's time to party!

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Before I start, I'd like to preface this by saying that what I'm going to say right now isn't the most popular sentiment out there. However, I have to respond to this silly fucking article. In recent years, it's become rather fashionable to bash the whole of GameStop Corporation for their “evil” pre-ordering and used game policy. Personally, while ( Read more... )

Well, Spore's been out for a while, and with the exception of people complaining about DRM, there seems to be a huge divide, at least if Meta Critic is to be believed. Meta Critic has the game at 85% based on 45 reviews, but the game rates 4.7 with users. Now, we're going to be liberal and give the game a full extra point to excuse people ranting ( Read more... )

With the announcement of a 5-install limit for Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 and the problems legitimate consumers have had with Spore, people are once again railing against the evil that is DRM in the PC gaming landscape. Indeed, no form of copy-protection has been able to prove effective, and nearly all of them have proven bothersome, from the ( Read more... )

 
With installs fast becoming a mandatory hindrance for PS3 users, I decided to get a new HDD for it. 320GB, I figured, should be enough. If I only knew what I was setting myself up for.

So I go home from the local Tiger Direct outlet and set about upgrading. At first t was easy enough to just take the caddy out. However, things stopped being easy ( Read more... )

Recently, Katherine Fletcher over at Channelflip Games has shown us what she believes to be the ten worst games of all time.



With some obvious picks and some less-than-obvious selections, Katherine has created a well-rounded sampling of some of the most atrocious crap to ever "grace" the gaming industry.  While hers is qite a list, I thought I'd ( Read more... )

For the longest time, I've been a defender of Mr. Ben Croshaw.  I'm not a fan of most gaming media, which is little more than marketing for the major game companies.   However, Yahtzee's so-called "critiquing" style has gotten old.



The problem with Yahtzee here is that he's approaching E3 with such a negative agenda as to reduce himself to the ( Read more... )

As many of you may have heard (probably from Nintendo fanboys gloating), Nintendo Wii has overtaken the Xbox 360 as the best-selling console in North America. This while software - especially 3rd party software other than Guitar Hero - continues to lag ridiculously behind the Xbox 360. To call it odd is an understatement.

( Though this generation hasn't exactly played out normally in general... )

For the few of you who may not have head, Final Fantasy XIII will be headed to the Xbox 360. Not only that, but Europe and North America will see the 360 version released on the same day as the PS3.

( And the sorrow and gnashing of fanboy teeth ensued.... )

Hello again, everyone.

Sorry I took such a long break, but after my last few non-review posts caused so much crap, I needed to get out of the blogosphere for a bit. One can only take so much drama. Anyway, these last few months, I've been giving Second Life a spin.

( oops, forgot the cut. :) )