Question: what do games this holiday season and nuclear warfare have in common? Answer: if you happen to experience either one, your life as you know it is probably over. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Star Wars: The Old Republic, and Batman: Arkham City, three different types of geekery greatness, all boasting hours and hours […]
If you already have the basics covered (TV, computer, etc), then any money you spend on Black Friday is probably going to go towards entertainment. And right now, there’s no better entertainment value than Skyrim. The amount of content you get in Skyrim is estimated between 300 and 500 hours. All for $60 bucks on […]
In a gaming world saturated with online achievements, the most badass achievement has got to be “Helped Fight AIDS IRL”. How does one go about getting it? Simple: just unravel a complicated three-dimensional architecture of an AIDS-like virus that has eluded scientists for nearly a decade. The game that made this real-life achievement possible, appropriately […]
If you haven’t played the original Portal, you’re missing out on one of the biggest milestones in gaming culture. But don’t panic! It’s available for free download through Steam for Mac or PC until September 20. Even if you don’t have time to play it between now and then, do yourself a favor: download […]
It’s no secret that I’m a fan of cheap games (cheap indie games, specifically), but that doesn’t mean I sit around and play free tower defense games all day (well, not every day). No, sir, I still have a taste for the big expensive wow-me games, but sometimes I wish they weren’t so expensive. Today, […]
With the official announcement of games for Google+ right on the heels of EA’s $1.3 billion purchase of PopCap, it seems that a quiet war is slowly brewing between superpowers. A war that seems almost nonexistent on the outside, but has a dark and violent underside. So, exactly like the Cold War. Who are the […]
A lot of fellow gamers talk about their love of “hardcore” games, but they’re missing out entirely on where video games are actually headed. The future is indie.
