Monday: Wii gets stolen.
Saturday: Xbox comes down with the red circle of death.
Next week: DS eats my face? Thumbs lost to flesh eating virus? Mac goes on a killing spree? Your guess is as good as mine!
Tonight I’m Gonna Write Lists Like it’s 1999
Let’s just all pretend it’s still December and the media is still in the middle of its annual “best of” listmaking orgy. Thank you. And now, a pantload of lists…
Jan 15, 2008.
Top Ten Disappointing Things About Halo 3
The ten things that made me say, “For shame, Bungie. For shame…”
Nov 22, 2007.
"Is the dark side stronger?" "No, no, no. Quicker, easier, more seductive."
So there I am, standing in front of one of Bioshock’s doe-eyed Little Sisters. Her Big Daddy guardian is laying at my feet (thanks to a healthy dose of electric buckshot), and now her fate is in my hands. My choice: off the brat and become significantly more powerful, or save her, with the understanding that future foes will become that much harder to take on.
Sep 14, 2007.
Virtual Vocations – The DS as Career Counselor
Congrats, D! You’ve finally ventured forth into the pint-sized world of the handheld. But only one game?! What kind of penny ante nonsense is that? Perhaps some long-winded rambling about the best job-based DS games will motivate you to take a library-expanding trip to your local videogame emporium.
For me, the single greatest appeal of videogames is the way they allow you to take on a different persona and live an alternate life. However, judging from the success of the majority of the games out there, it would appear that given the chance, most people would like to either be a heroic sword-wielding elf, a giant leaping robot or a rocket-launcher-toting space marine.
But I guess my tastes run a bit more towards the mundane. For example, whenever D and I talk about the idea of a huge multiplayer Grand Theft Auto universe (a topic that comes up surprisingly often), I always declare that instead of strapping on some gang colours and scrapping it out for a chunk of real estate, I would much prefer to set up and run a pizza parlor where battle-weary thugs could hang out after a particularly heated street fight.
Sadly, I’ve found that – on consoles, at least – there are almost no games out there that allow me to indulge my appetite for pseudo-real life minor league drama. But that was before my four-month old daughter (read: my wife) bought me a DS for Father’s Day. Since then, my copies of Oblivion and Ghost Recon have been left to gather dust, as I’ve journeyed forth into a veritable Monster.com of virtual game careers. Future employers will no doubt be breaking down my door once they check out my new and improved resume…
Jul 23, 2007.
