Hi folks!
I have taken down the Pixel Art page on account of it being a bit wonky while I was trying to add new assets. I’m going to take some time to fix it up and then re-post it in the near future.
In the mean time however, please a new battle screen capture from the demo of Ravager’s Fall. 
A bit of self-indulgence as I eschew gaming for the month and write about my newborn daughter.
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My first review at IGN.
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As my wife’s due date approaches I take some time to discuss the Hitman: Absolution and Tomb Raider trailer controversies and the state of gender in gaming.
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This month I discuss the Metal Gear Solid series. Link.
A little piece laying out my progression as a role playing rookie to a dedicated fan of the genre.
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The end all be all of space sims? A lesson in archaism? Or something in-between?
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My first article at the Escapist, just in time for Valentine’s Day!
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My first column of the new year! In this edition I take some time to discuss the merits and failings of licensed games. Link.
2011 was one of the grandest years in recent memory in terms of releases. The month of November alone was a smorgasbord of excellence, delivering instant classics like Uncharted 3, Call of Duty 3, Skyrim and of course, Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (was there ever a scarier anthropomorphic chipmunk?) With 2011 dead and buried we only have a few months left before the apocalypse of 2012 destroys us all. Of course, the question that immediately pops to mind? What games are coming out between now and then? Granted you could just play Skyrim until the Mayan calendar runs down but life begs for variety! Need a few suggestions? Here are the five games I’m looking forward to most in 2012. Continue reading
2011 is done and what better way to wrap it up than…a list. Yes, I know, not the most creative way to go out but why not check it out either. I have cookies…no, that’s a lie. Here’s the link.
I didn’t go into Super with any standing misconceptions. Though the concept of the film –a common day shlub donning a costume and becoming a real world “super hero”- was basically identical to that of Kick-Ass, one of my favorite films of the past few years, I had read enough about Super beforehand to know that respective tones of the two films were markedly different. Kick-Ass could be best described as an ultra-violent lampoon of the super hero genre. It had moments that bordered on meaningful, but in the end the film amounted mostly to a juvenile celebration of people being turned into bits of red goo.
Super is like the more serious twin of Kick-Ass. They’re both good, but one would rather watch Family Guy while the other is tuned into AMC (seriously, Mad Men, Breaking Bad and The Walking Dead all on one station?) They might touch on the same issues but where Kick-Ass used its subject matter as a launch pad for some good jokes and great action scenes, Super uses them to honestly explore what might drive a person to put on a costume and beat people. (Hint: they’re nuts!) Continue reading
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