Category Archives: Games

Open letter to Gears of War players

Hey, guys. Use the microphone. It’s a ranked match. We all work together, we all go up in rank. The smart teams communicate. The stupid teams are the ones I’m on. You are not tougher or cooler or enigmatic because … Continue reading

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WoW: Mounted

One of our Tgiving goals here at Chez Amrauch was to get our Alliance characters to 40 and buy mounts. Kat’s brother Ian graciously donated some gold; I had 75g when I hit 40, so I was close, but it … Continue reading

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A Guitar Hero milestone

I’m a big fan of Guitar Hero. I’m not a terribly good player; I finished the first game on Medium but I never even knew you could do hammer-ons and pull-offs. So today I got Guitar Hero II, and I … Continue reading

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How to solve the console launch problem

It’s another media maelstrom this week as two new consoles show up on store shelves: the PlayStation 3 and the Nintendo Wii. I’m not getting either one at launch, which is new for me. I was one of those crazy … Continue reading

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Gears of War: Road to Hell

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I’m on MTV tomorrow

For those of you who haven’t seen me a while, apparently there’s a fleeting glimpse of me on camera on Monday night’s MTV special Gears of War: The Road to Launch. I was tapped for a few minutes of on-camera … Continue reading

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Why do I suck at Geometry Wars?

I’m a Robotron fanatic. I like a good game of Total Carnage. This twin joystick thing does not befuddle me. So why is everybody else a better player than I am? Seriously–I looked at my top 10 friends leaderboard and … Continue reading

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Guitars of War

I know I should be all stoked for Gears of War–and I am–but to play a little Guitar Hero II on 360 six months before it comes out? Yeah, that makes me just as happy. Love that Explorer!

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This is how we roll

Me and my Sega homies.

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I’m in PSM3!

UPDATE: Link fixed. Okay, this simultaneously makes me very proud and rather terrified. I thought it was going to be a small sidebar to a larger article. Ulp! If anybody sees this issue on sale (it’s a UK magazine) with … Continue reading

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