I love you, BlazBlue. I loved you last year when you first invaded consoles. I loved your music. I loved Rachel. And now, a year later, I love your sequel. Yeah, that’s right, sequel. All this time I thought BLAZBLUE: CONTINUUM SHIFT was little more than an expansion. Two new characters and some gameplay mechanics being balanced. Right? Wrong. BBCS, like...

I usually fill my weekly segment with a review of a game. Unfortunately, CRISIS CORE: FINAL FANTASY VII is a much more involved (read: longer) game than I expected it to be. So enjoy this personal piece in its place, and forgive me for a very “bloggy” post. Growing up, I was near-addicted to videogames. Most children want to go outside and have to be told...

A funny thing happened on the way to the FTP server. We had a top five for this week — our favorite swords and sorcery games — to match our planned discussion of “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.” I explicitly remember recording all 25 minutes of it. I even remember pausing it after my mom, who’s visiting my place this week,...

Awesome, in-your-face limited edition. If you don’t have it already, we feel sorry for you. On June 30th, Aksys Games published two console versions (PS3, 360) of the arcade 2D fighter BLAZBLUE: CALAMITY TRIGGER. Living more than 50 miles away from a major city, I never had the opportunity to play this particular fighter on an arcade cabinet. But, being a...