Now 10% More Absorbent than IGN
It's a sad, sad state of affairs when Kotaku's RSS feed has more than double the number of items per day than the CBC news feed. Every day, Google Reader churns out hundreds of items for me to read, read more...
Can video games exist without conflict?
In light of the videogames controversy concerning violence being overused, tasteless and dangerous to young children, I tried to rationally explore and ponder on the situation. Let me start this by read more...
The MMO effect
Since when did all of PC gaming revolve around World of Warcraft? I mean, looking at it's unprecedented dominance in the PC market for the past couple of years is impressive yes, but is it really read more...
I love u mum!
My mum was the 1st person to introduce the world of console gaming to me. She bought for my birthday a Genesis way back in 1989 with Sonic and Altered Beast. Mind you $200 then was a princely sum to read more...
"Haha! Now I shall reveal my TRUE FORM!"
I’m sick of it.
I’m tired of game writers, who not only have the cheek to put the player down a linear adventure full of irrelevant side-quests and escort missions full of read more...
On Bizarre Product Placement
Used well, I have no problem with product placement. Nikolai in GTA4 can get refreshment from as much Sprite as he wants, and I wouldn't balk at a Wendy's bag in an office in Syphon Filter. Heck, if read more...
Havok-ood time with the Force
Physics is the elusive foundation that our reality is built upon. Every interaction in nature whether it be a sub-atomic collision, wind blowing leaves of trees, or something as large as a star read more...
Succinct statements pertaining to games
A perusal of the GR blogs of late, and usually anywhere video game discourse occurs, will reveal a couple of issues rising to the top of the discourse. And these issues usually get a bad whiff, read more...
Slumped
I know this happens to most people every once in a while, but that knowledge doesn't make this any more entertaining. See, I've recently hit a bit of a gaming slump. There are read more...
What ever happened to non-hyped games?
This has been a topic on a number of other blogs but I still have to agree on some point. Back in 2005-2006, a few games for the DS and GBA came out with almost no hype or very little announcements read more...
Simple Pleasures and Retro Memories.
I feel like I watch too much of the same movie lately. What movie you ask? Why, none other than "The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters." This was a DVD that I actually won in a contest read more...