Category Archives: Games

Twitter stuff

Posted on April 24, 2009 by Dan

I’ve been on it for a while, and people ask “what’s the point?” Well, besides the supposition that you are so fascinating that everybody needs to hear your every thought, it’s easier than stopping to blog, and it’s like having … Continue reading →

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D&D & Me

Posted on February 22, 2009 by Dan

So here’s what I did Friday night: And I had a blast. We’ve been talking about getting a real-life tabletop D&D game going for about nine months now, ever since we found out 4th Edition was coming out and basically … Continue reading →

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Killzone 2, Edge, and “lies” (with a bit of irony)

Posted on February 14, 2009 by Dan

This week’s scathing gaming editorial comes from PSXExtreme. Ben Dutka wrote a response to Edge magazine’s Killzone 2 review. Edge is notoriously harsh in its reviews, but many people did not expect a 7 out of 10. Ben’s rebuttal is … Continue reading →

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A Fool and His Money

Posted on February 7, 2009 by Dan

If you were alive in 1991 and you had a Macintosh, you played The Fool’s Errand. It is, still today, one of the mind-warpiest puzzles games you will ever see, a monochrome, Tarot-themed labor of love from a true puzzle … Continue reading →

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Nintendo: The Town Crotch

Posted on January 10, 2009 by Dan

Okay, there’s something about game fans that has always baffled me, and a recent news event has triggered me to talk about it. Fair warning: it’s going to get vulgar. I grew up playing coin-ops and Atari 2600; all my … Continue reading →

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Some good magazine news

Posted on January 6, 2009 by Dan

The economy is in the dumper. Last year Games for Windows ceased to be a print publication. Rumors are swirling that EGM is next to go, and that 1up may be bought out. Clearly, says the internet, because Ziff-Davis properties … Continue reading →

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My Dinner with uWink

Posted on December 31, 2008 by Dan

In-between yesterday’s day-long computer massacre — the sound card took another six hours, not one, before it was tamed — Kat took me out for a meal at uWink, which is Nolan Bushnell’s latest business venture. He’s the man who … Continue reading →

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Top 10 Games of 2008

Posted on December 27, 2008 by Dan

I has come to my attention that if I do not make a Top 10 Games of the Year list, then I will lose my press credentials. Here, therefore, are my personal faves, representative of my own tastes and not … Continue reading →

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Why does EW suck at games?

Posted on December 23, 2008 by Dan

Ok, full disclosure: I pitched myself as a freelancer to Entertainment Weekly in the mid-90s when Gary Eng Walk gave the Virtual Boy (and just about every other Nintendo product he reviewed) an A in its pages. I saw that … Continue reading →

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A serious question about PS3

Posted on December 16, 2008 by Dan

Kat, as you know, is a gadget girl, but the whole lure of PS3 and Blu-ray has not been so shiny for her (even when they announced the very shiny release of Firefly). I suggested getting a console at launch, … Continue reading →