Month: June 2011

It’s always a shame when a game that breaks new ground and re-interprets old ground in fresh ways sells about three copies. Beyond Good and Evil is one such game. This was a game that had it all: strong story… Continue Reading →

DC comes out with a cartoon…, erm, “animated feature” movie every other month or so. The basic formula is pretty simple. Take an established story (aka “retcon”) from the DC Universe, animate it, hire some pretty decent voice actors to… Continue Reading →

So… what are you reading and/or watching? I’m feeling somewhat ambivalent about the DC Universe’s reboot/revamp (Seriously… we’re, what?, 8  years away from Action Comics #1000… that’s something that will never be achieved ever again… unless Detective Comics pulls it off… Continue Reading →

So… What are you playing? I’m playing the HD updated version of Beyond Good and Evil and remembering exactly *HOW* awesome this game was. Golly, it’s good.

Golly, this week was a corker. Everything that could have been anthropomorphized started making all sorts of decisions that I, myself, would not have made. This culminated in me having no more intellectual energy and therefore being pretty much useless tonight with… Continue Reading →

First off, I should acknowledge one of the disclaimers that shows up whenever one finds oneself in a discussion about video games. “For a superhero game” follows most descriptions of any given game being good. “Batman Vengeance was pretty good… Continue Reading →

Hey, those (both) of you who read me but not the main page, there is a Diplomacy game a-brewin’ and they need one more player. Check out here for details.

With the new Green Lantern movie coming out next Friday and Infamous 2 coming out last Tuesday (argh, I need more time!) it’s got me thinking about superheroes… specifically, superhero video games and, yes, how much they tend to be less… Continue Reading →

In searching for the perfect commercial for Saturday, I stumbled across the Dark Tower commercial starring Orson Welles and thought “I’ve found it.” Then I noticed that they had embedding turned off for some reason I can’t fathom. Depressed, I… Continue Reading →