Posted in PAX 07, Vacation, Video Games on Aug 24th, 2007 No Comments »
The smell of geekery is in the air. Penny Arcade Expo, the annual pilgrimage of gamers and misfits is this weekend, and I’m sitting in my Sheraton hotel room and couting down the 4 hours until the doors open. Yesterday we drove 14 hours across the Canadian Rockies from Edmonton, Alberta - spirits high, […]
Posted in Video Games, Opinion on Aug 1st, 2007 5 Comments »
GamePolitics is reporting on a brewing controversy regarding the released footage of Resident Evil 5. To the consternation of some, Capcom has selected an African village to be the target of bio-organic infestation this time around, and since the protagonist - Chris Redfield of Resident Evil 2 - is white there are all sorts of […]
Posted in Culture, Video Games, Opinion on Jul 17th, 2007 7 Comments »
E3 has come and gone and it seemed a good time to muse on an issue of personal interest to me: the time commitment required to be a “gamer”. I participate in a number of gaming related communities, and universally I find that in those groups I’m typically the individual that actually participates in the […]
Posted in Video Games, Opinion on Jul 12th, 2007 1 Comment »
While I was not blessed with the opportunity to attend this years E3 exposition, I did manage to catch most of the presentations put on by the big three: Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony. There were no big surprises this year, which was mildly disappointing. However, what was shown strongly enforced the thoughts I had on […]
Posted in Board Games, Video Games on Jun 23rd, 2007 No Comments »
Over the past few years the designer board game market has been garnering increasing visibility in the video game demographic. Microsoft secured an exclusive license for Klaus Teubers’ Catan franchise, and other games like Carcassonne and Alhambra are slated for future release on Xbox Live Arcade. However, we’re not yet at the point where I […]
Posted in Video Games, Opinion on Jun 11th, 2007 No Comments »
Like many total nerds, I often feel that my wallet has become empty long before my appetite for games has been sated. Given the large number of games that sit unplayed, this is the dictionary definition of being really stupid. However a recent story on Digg and a recent thread in the Penny Arcade forums […]
Posted in Video Games, Reviews on Jun 4th, 2007 No Comments »
Looking back to its humble roots on the Nintendo 64, one would be hard pressed to expect a series like Mario Party to make it all the way to eight editions. But here we are: a new console and a new Mario Party game. Who could have imagined it would have the staying power to […]
Posted in Family Time, Video Games, Opinion on May 27th, 2007 1 Comment »
When I can coax my sick Xbox 360 into reading discs, invariably the disc in question is Guitar Hero 2. Tonight was the first night I managed a feat of even more substantial coaxing: I got my wife to play it with me. I’m not sure which feat was more impressive.
Posted in Culture, Board Games, Video Games, Opinion, Online Communities on May 24th, 2007 4 Comments »
A recurring theme for me in the last few weeks has been the notion of tolerance, specifically in tolerating those around me that indulge in pursuits to what I perceive to be an unreasonable degree. It is utterly coincidental that I do this during the NHL playoffs when Canada, as a whole, becomes obsessed with […]
Posted in Board Games, Video Games, Opinion on May 20th, 2007 No Comments »
The past few days featured a few memorable gaming moments to share and discuss.
The Fall of Count Bleck. I finished Super Paper Mario, which ended up 3 or 4 hours longer than I anticipated it would. The level design in the game turns out to have a modicum of inconsistency, and I really would […]