The first TV console I owned was a Playstation, which my brothers and I got for Christmas sometime around the year 2000. A few years later, I saved up some lawn-mowing money to buy an SNES on eBay. Great decision. Since I splurged for Super Mario All Stars (remakes of all 4 NES Mario games)…
Let me walk you through it, because it’s a bit tricky at first. Paradox Entertainment is a company that claims to own the rights to several characters created by late author Robert E. Howard — though these claims are generally dismissed as the books have lapsed into the public domain.
100 Film Favorites – #27: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (Edgar Wright, 2010) Okay…so, way back in Post #63, I emphatically declared Wreck-It Ralph to be the best video game movie ever. Well, it has some competition. Based on the graphic novel series by Bryan Lee O’Malley and directed by Edgar Wright (Shaun of the…
In college, I learned how to play Settlers of Catan and loved it. A few years later, I got Dominion and Ticket to Ride. From there, my board game collection (and addiction) quickly expanded. We have a shelf stocked full of games of many sizes and varieties. Hardly a week goes by where my wife…
3/5/12, 3:02 PM – At midnight tonight, Mass Effect 3 is released. I will be sharing thoughts (and maybe screenshots) as I play through the game. On this post. If you’ve been paying close attention, you will have noted that I declared Mass Effect 2 my favorite game of all time, an assertion that still stands.…
This is part of my 2011 wrap-up series, A Few of My Favorite Things, in which I discuss what I enjoyed the past year, regardless of when it was released. #7 Europa Universalis 3 PC game, 2007 The previous entry on this list earned about $1.4 billion. This entry probably earned about 0.1% of that. It’s…
This is part of my 2011 wrap-up series, A Few of My Favorite Things, in which I discuss what I enjoyed this year, regardless of when it was released. 11. Mount and Blade: Warband PC game, 2009 When I think of indie games, I think of twee platformers and lo-fi tactical games. I think of Darwinia…
This is part of my 2011 wrap-up series, A Few of My Favorite Things, in which I discuss what I enjoyed this year, regardless of when it was released. #14 Portal 2 Video game, 2011 I normally don’t buy games near their release dates, but Portal 2 was an exception for a few reasons. First, I…
I have a confession to make, and that is — despite my love of movies and music and television and books and video games and the like — I tend not to be very up to date on my media consumption. There’s simply too much for me to pay attention to, and it usually costs…