Bullies, Videogames and Overcoming
Let’s start the day out on a good note, shall we? Caine Smith, a Haltom City TX resident, is bullied. A lot. Instead of lashing out or giving in, he’s raising awareness of his own plight ...
EA Loses Online Passes
Even better news today! EA is getting rid of the absurd ‘online pass‘ program, apparently largely because of ‘customer feedback’. Huzzah for the consumer! Pessimistic minds mi ...
300 Games, No Feedback
I was going to write about the Final Fantasy VIII HD remake this morning, but then I saw something far more interesting than a remake of a shitty game from the PSX area that is little more than the d ...
The Year of Luigi Continues
It’s a great year to be a Luigi fan. Luigi’s Mansion is apparently pretty awesome, and now there’s a full New Super Mario Bros. game featuring Luigi. Did I mention there’s no ...
Guilty Gear’s New Trailer
Arc System Works, developers of Blaz Blue and Persona 4: Arena, are returning to their roots with a new entry into the Guilty Gear series called Guilty Gear Xrd -Sign- which continues the trend of bi ...
The XBOX Reveal
Today’s the day, folks. Microsoft finally goes from having an “unannounced next generation system” to showing us what they’ve been working on for all these years. Are we excit ...
Saya no Uta Hits the Mainstream
Over at Kotaku they’ve done a review of the classic horror visual novel Saya no Uta. I meant to post about this yesterday but the XBOX One conference kind of took over. Regardless, this is a so ...
YouTube Reacts: Grand Theft Auto V Edition
There are few things I love more in this world than the “YouTube Reacts” series. Wonderfully acted and full of contempt for the YouTube comments section, it’s a perfect thing for a w ...
Microsoft on Backwards Compatibility
Hey, look, something I can finally agree with Microsoft on: backwards compatibility! Don Mattrick told the Wall Street Journal that wanting backwards capabilities is “backward.” And I tot ...
BioShock Infinite Heroclix
Booker. Elizabeth. Daisy. On your tabletop. Coming Summer 2013. 20 sculpts available from a starter pack or gravity feed. Fight against your friends on the streets of Columbia. Josh and I will stop pl ...
In Defense of Microsoft
Apparently I’m going to be the lone voice on the interwebs that comes to the defense of Microsoft and the Xbox One. Let me preface this by saying that I do own a 360 and love it like the child ...
Missing the Point: Saya no Uta Edition
Kotaku has an article up today discussing the disturbing horror game Saya no Uta and how empathy with the monster ruins any sense of horror. He argues that ” it’s hard to fear what you un ...
