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Multiplayer Pranks!

Everyone loves a little harmless fun! No one really gets hurt in video games anyway so its a fantastic outlet to let your imagination soar to new heights! Umar sits us down and lets us know how badly he will screw someone over in the gaming...
Posted 02 Sep 2010 | Editorials,Slider | 0 Comments

Critical Thinking: One Game, One Bullet, One Chance

Umar decides to place the reader in an incredibly dire situation with an improbable outcome. Can the reader handle the pressure of the question and answer correctly or will this be their...
Posted 01 Sep 2010 | Editorials,Everything Else,Slider | 3 Comments

Villian Spotlight: Kefka Palazzo

Look out John Wayne Gacy! Today on Villain Spotlight: Kefka Palazzo! Yes! An article entirely dedicated to one of the most successful and psychotic clowns in all of...
Posted 31 Aug 2010 | Editorials | 4 Comments

Games Are Not Art

It’s an observation vs interaction argument. Some art can be interacted with. Some people make sculptures that can be moved, but that isn’t changing it, just rearranging it in a way that is intended. Games aren’t meant to be observed. Games by definition, cannot be observed. You play a game....
Posted 25 Aug 2010 | Editorials | 10 Comments

Blizzard’s New World of Warcraft Expansion Targeting Their Original Player-base?

Cataclysm is on its way and it draws closer to release more information is leaking out from Beta squealers. Is it too early to assume Blizzard is pushing WoW to its vanilla roots? The information that is out there is leading this probability open for debate. What could this mean...
Posted 22 Aug 2010 | Editorials,MMO | 3 Comments

Japan, I Left Your RPGs On The Sidewalk And Changed The Locks. We’re Through!

We've all been through a lot with Japan but sometimes, despite the heartbreak, you have to let go. This is Umar's farewell letter to Japan and the closing to a nearly 20 year relationship. Their bond in the RPG world is over......
Posted 13 Aug 2010 | Editorials,Featured | 0 Comments

Game Theory with Scott Steinberg

If you are in the gaming industry, are interested in game design, and the future of that industry, Scott Steinberg's show and website offer great...
Posted 10 Aug 2010 | Editorials,Featured,Free Stuff,Movies and Trailers | 0 Comments

Frankenstein Computers Make Little Girls Cry

Being a good person is hard to do when you're a dick. Walking that fine line being naughty or nice is a difficult and narrow road to travel. Umar decides to look back at a time where he decided it was time to stop being a douche and get...
Posted 28 Jul 2010 | Editorials | 0 Comments

Defeat the Boss or Drop a Duece?

There comes a time in every gamer's life where they must make the decision to use the bathroom or continue gaming. This is Umar's recalling of a time where it seemed wiser to fight on then let...
Posted 27 Jul 2010 | Editorials | 1 Comment

Repost Rewind: The Art of the AFK

After about seven hours I was tired and didn’t want to play anymore. My office chair was small and my ass much too big. I sent a tell (whisper) to Mack letting him know I was going to A.F.K for a bit and feign death my shadow knight right where...
Posted 11 Jul 2010 | Editorials,Featured,MMO | 0 Comments

Dear Game Industry, Hire Some Real Writers

Have you ever continued playing a game that just had horrible mechanics just to find out the ending to the story? Do you feel that story is important in a game? Today, Umar cites his opinion on how strongly he feels that story can make or break a game if...
Posted 10 Jul 2010 | Editorials,Featured | 4 Comments

My Own Misconceptions of the Word Mature (Warning: This gets mature, guys.)

It seems the word mature is left loose and open for definition online. It leads many into the misconceptions of what they should be expecting in a gaming community which advertises it as such. This is one of those stories. *cue Law and Order chime*...
Posted 08 Jul 2010 | Editorials,Featured | 1 Comment

Gamer Parent’s – Bargaining

Siblings can kill a bargaining session even if they will share in whatever you are bargaining for. If they are not sharing in it chances are they will sabotage you so making sure they weren’t around was paramount....
Posted 05 Jul 2010 | Editorials,Featured | 0 Comments

Video Game Art Is In The Eye Of The Beholder

Being able to feel something emotionally towards a story is one thing many people are able to relate towards their own lives. The feeling of regret and the inability to mend past mistakes is a strong focal point in the novel Atonement by Ian McEwan where a young girl...
Posted 02 Jul 2010 | Editorials,Featured | 1 Comment

Game Music – A Love Affair

It made you feel you were going into battle and you were going to kick some ass. Sometimes I load this one up just to play the first level, hear the music and lay some smackdown....
Posted 27 Jun 2010 | Editorials,Featured | 2 Comments

There Are Games On Macs. It’s True!

One of the few things PC users had an advantage in was gaming... that is until Valve decided to cross the sea and enter Mac territory....
Posted 25 Jun 2010 | Editorials,Featured | 0 Comments

I Want This Motherf#$^in’ 3D Out of My Motherf%$@in’ Games!

Umar voices his opinion on the latest trend of 3D and its invasion into the modern day video game...
Posted 22 Jun 2010 | Editorials | 0 Comments

I Had 150 Pokemon But A Charmander Named Pidgey Ain’t One.

Umar shares some of the most horrifying and morale dropping moments regarding the loss of his Pokemon and future saves throughout his gaming...
Posted 20 Jun 2010 | Editorials,Featured | 0 Comments

Ode to the Evil Twin

Umar discusses the darker entities who block the path of many of video games' iconic heroes and their never ending goal to put them down for good. Put on your evil universe goatee because today is an Ode to the Evil...
Posted 17 Jun 2010 | Editorials | 0 Comments

The Lion, The Witch, and The Mouth Breather

Umar's experience with everyday Ventrilo users and his classification of their archetypes as well as his recommendations on how to remedy their...
Posted 16 Jun 2010 | Editorials | 2 Comments

E3 – Day One

Okay, so we admit we get a D- minus for day one coverage, but we will be back tomorrow for day two to make up for it so stay tuned to our Facebook and Twitter page for...
Posted 15 Jun 2010 | Editorials,Events,Featured,News | 0 Comments

SteelSeries – Pro Gaming Laser Mouse & Pad

In the real world, or at least in mine I found the XAI to work well be it surfing, FPS, RTS or MMO’s. I think the key is it functions well out of the box even if you don’t do any custom setting, but if you want to get specific...
Posted 13 Jun 2010 | Editorials,Featured,News | 0 Comments

Gamer Parents – Strength

Seven stores later with no NES in sight I just wanted to go home and quit. I felt Christmas was ruined and didn’t even want to celebrate it anymore. Nothing my mom said or did make me feel any better. I had laid down in the backseat of the car...
Posted 11 Jun 2010 | Editorials,Featured | 0 Comments

I proposed by hacking Chrono Trigger

...some might feel doing something like this is stupid or nerdy, well its nerdy, but not stupid at all. We have all kinds of strange proposals, strange to us, but not to the people involved. With shows like Bride Wars and Bridezilla I think finding two people who love video...
Posted 10 Jun 2010 | Editorials,Featured | 0 Comments

Ode to the Angry Sun

Everyone loves the angry sun from Super Mario 3 and so I give you my Ode to the Angry...
Posted 08 Jun 2010 | Editorials,Featured | 2 Comments

What happened to Gamer Television?

How about a tech show for advance people, sure it may go over the head of some, but it is one half hour out of the day where other tech people would actually want to tune in and not hear calls from Betty in Idaho talking about how her Packard...
Posted 04 Jun 2010 | Editorials,Featured | 1 Comment

Classic Gaming Beauty Pageant

We received a number of responses and now we will showcase some of them here. Let’s take a look at some of the lovely ladies of classic gaming to see if we can find a clear...
Posted 18 May 2010 | Editorials | 0 Comments

The Obsolete Gamer – Are we better gamers?

We all have changed over time and in addition new types of games have come on the scene. Women gamers and people over the age of fifty playing games are at an all time high and games have to adapt to the changing...
Posted 14 May 2010 | Editorials | 0 Comments

My Favorite Ventrilo Harassments

Need a good laugh? Check out these videos to show clever pranks done on fellow & noob gamers by the Ventrilo Harassment...
Posted 11 May 2010 | Editorials | 0 Comments

The Obsolete Gamer – The Software Hunter

Sure, sometimes when picking a title it was hit or miss. A well written description and a nice screenshot could be misleading, but for the most part after spending so much time making your decision you more often than not ended up with a game that you...
Posted 28 Apr 2010 | Editorials | 0 Comments