This calendar year was top-heavy with the sort of big-budget, AAA titles we usually don’t see until September. GOD OF WAR III made sense as a March 2010 game — its predecessors hit retail about the same time of year — but spring releases for FINAL FANTASY XIII, SUPER STREET FIGHTER IV and other heavy-hitters prompted a lot of clucking among the gaming...

I’ve got loads of respect for true-blue PC gamers. Heck, two of my favorite people in the world (Gameosaurus Rex and Gamegnathus) still have high-end PCs and continue to partake in great PC gaming experiences. Once upon a time, I had a machine that was on par with the consumer high-end. It was from 1994 to 1997. Ever since then, I’ve been below the curve...

Okay, so I haven’t played any games this week, sans more FINAL FANTASY VII and some NO MORE HEROES (in preparation for Jurassic Radio’s next “Winning Time” segment). So I have no reviews whatsoever. Instead, I’d like to share with you, dearest reader, a wishlist I’ve kept in my mind for years. It’s the “imaginary...

The title of this article should be interpreted as “Christian ambivalence regarding games, and Christian ambivalence regarding Patrick ‘Gameodactyl’ Gann.” Because apparently, I’m not cool enough for the other Jesus-worshiping folks. Some background: I went to a “Christian” college. I worked at a “Christian”...

My biggest hobby, besides video games obviously, is music. I play a few instruments, I’ve been in a few bands, and I go to lots of shows. And in all my musical discussions over the years with friends and as a member of Asylum at Penn State and as a moderator at musicianforums.com, I found that I had a slightly different opinion of what makes a band great live....

We embraced James Poniewozik’s “consistency is overrated” philosophy pretty enthusiastically this week when counting down our favorite games of the year, and though the idea fairly applies to interactive entertainment, it’s perhaps best employed where it began — with television. TV and the miniseries are my favorite storytelling mediums,...