Archive for Category: Columns
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[NSFW] Ctrl-Alt-Del: The Animated Series: In Review, Part II: Diary of a Madman
Columns by Stuart Gipp on 
1 Ctrl-Alt-Del: The Animated Series isn't as irredeemable as it's made out to be. It's much, much worse. Ep 1x2: Avoiding Work.
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Quantum Geek: Episode 25 – Game Over
Columns by Michael Ridgaway on 1 Alli was waiting for Tom as his forces reached the entrance to the Enemy’s camp. “Yeesh, if I didn’t know any better, I’d say you and Rick were about to make out back there.”
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What the Crap?: Your Money’s No Good Here
Columns by Mark Freedman on 5 A wise man once said, "mo' money, mo' problems." This may be true in real life, but how does it stack up in videogames? Perhaps it would be better to say "mo' types of money, mo' problems." If you've
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Minus the Pudding: The Best of Xbox Live Indie Games
Columns by Paul Franzen on After the last couple of games I had to play for "Minus the Pudding" (see the end of this article), I'm not sure I have it in me to write any more novel-length intro paragraphs. What you see is what you get. Come read about some games, or whatever. I don't care anymore.
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Captain Eric’s Psychic Thumb Feature Presentation
Columns by Eric Regan on Welcome to another tantalizing edition of the THUMBS that judge the games of the future! We are, as you may know, in the midst of a bit of a summer lull, with many of us eagerly awaiting the many
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Gamera Obscura: Maison Ikkoku: Omoide no Photograph
Columns by Jeff Day on MAN, IT SURE IS HOT OUT.
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[NSFW] Ctrl-Alt-Del: The Animated Series: In Review, Part I: Diary of a Madman
Columns by Stuart Gipp on 3 Ctrl-Alt-Del: The Animated Series isn't as irredeemable as it's made out to be. It's much, much worse. Ep 1x1: Television Dominance.
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[NSFW] … of the Month: Unsexy
Columns by Matt Gardner on 10 I thought to write an article chastising you all for being such terrible, terrible people for what I now refer to simply as W.C. 2011, but a few things have happened that have set me on a different course. One, it’s been months since that tragedy, and, as with any months-old tragedy, I’ve mostly forgotten about it. Two, I have something much more future-relevant I’d like to talk about.
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Poor Player’s Paradise: Free-to-Play Extravaganza!
Columns by Christian Porter on 6 The past few weeks have seen an explosion in news about free-to-play games. Tons of big-name games have gone, or are going, free-to-play, and cheap bastards like me couldn't be happier. PlayStation 3
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Gamer Girlfriend: Clash of the Titans
Columns by Vangie Ridgaway on 4 It sucks to be a low-level character in D&D. Sad, but true. Your hit points are crap, you have no money or magic items, and your most impressive spells do exactly 1d3 points of damage per casting. I mean, OK, it’s not like the challenge ratings of the monsters you’re fighting are very high either, but still. Best-case scenario, your character is kind of a weakling but still gets a decent hit or two in per encounter. Worst case scenario, he’s completely useless (seriously, try playing a Level 1 Monk sometime and see how much you like being the only person in the party who can’t hold a weapon properly).