Spoiling Games
I’ve been thinking about video games a lot as of late. Specifically, the way video games are written about. If we can all agree to the idea that video games are an important cultural product (and if you don’t agree, well, this post probably isn’t for you and the discussion should be saved for another [...]
Keeping A List
Inspired in no small part by Stephen Totilo at MTV’s extremely good video game blog, Multiplayer, I’ve decided to keep an up-to-date and accurate list of the video games I’ll play over the course of the coming year. Totilo has done this for a couple years running now, and I grew a little envious of [...]
A Little Morning Xbox 360 Talk
Much like a cup of very strong, very black coffee, a little bit of Xbox wakes me up quite nicely. Take this morning for example: I played a few rounds of Guitar Hero 2 and it eradicated the dull throbbing in my head from last night’s shenanigans in ways that would make any bottle of [...]
Guitar Hero DLC Blows My Mind, My Wallet
They’ve done it again. Activision has now fully committed to the unpopular wallet-raping practices they introduced with the first round of track packs for Guitar Hero 2 on the Xbox 360. Presented in packs of three songs (no, you don’t get to pick which songs), each pack costs a mildly painful 500 Microsoft points. (Note: [...]
I Wanna Rock Your Face Off
For the moment, I am going to ignore the fact that this is coming out on Playstation 2. I don’t know if this is meant to be an exclusive thing, but whatever. You know I want it on the Xbox 360, as does pretty much everyone (except, of course for people who only play it [...]