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Do You Have a Habit of Wasting Time On Video Games?

Let's face it; games are a time investment. Self-immersion comes at the price of the money you put down and the hours you put in, regardless of whether it's some epic MMO, an arcade fighting game, or even one of the addi…
Fighters are Primitive

Of all the genres still prominent today, fighting games are the kind that changed the least. It's difficult to expand upon the foundations without the end result not looking like a fighting game anymore. (This is the bi…
Who Is Your Favorite Professional Player?

She will toss your butt across the room.You’ve probably all seen the Daigo vs Justin Wong parry comeback video by now. All too quickly, Justin, Daigo Umehara, and what they were playing became video game sensations. Thi…
Do You Pirate Games?

Editor's Note: Many thanks to head editor Joe for inspiring this note. =) Pirating games is illegal and in some cases unethical. It can take years for developers to make a game, slogging through inconsistent, brutal sch…
Games Don't Suck Just Cuz' You Slap A Big Name On 'Em

Milking the cash cow is often the primary intent with franchise titles. So licensed games have the tendency of being dismissed as tripe before they're even released. Things usually get lost in the transition and gameplay…
"That Wasn't Supposed to Happen!": Unfair Multiplayer Shenanigans

Corresponding with the release of Tekken 6 to consoles, I want to highlight the most inconceivable, absolutely wallbanging multiplayer moments in gaming: what one of my friends has dubbed "shenanigans"."Shenanigans" aren…
Does It Always Have To Be The End of The World... In Video Games?

Editor's Note: For more on this topic, check out this post. So many recent video games feature a world cataclysm or post-apocalyptic scenario as the centerpiece. The question I want to ask is “why?” I don’t care that…
Anger and Video Games

To paraphrase the comments of KefkaJ, video games are probably the only entertainment medium that tries to keep you from having fun. After all, a game wouldn't be worth playing without some kind of difficulty, and ofte…
Tecmo-Koei Announces Fist of the North Star Game for 360 and PS3

An early gameplay video. Tecmo-Koei is making a Fist of the North Star game for the PS3 and Xbox 360. Titled “Hokuto Musou”, it takes a cue from the rest of Koei’s “Warriors/Musou” series and features the series protago…
Warcraft II, Or Why My Dad is Awesome

When I first got Warcraft II as a kid, I had no idea what was sitting in my lap. My friend’s aunt got me it as a Christmas present but even though my computer had the hardware to handle current PC releases, I never used…