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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...
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...
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....
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...
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......
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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*...
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....
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...
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....
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Ode to the Angry Sun
Everyone loves the angry sun from Super Mario 3 and so I give you my Ode to the Angry...
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...
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...
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...
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...
