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Random Video: Super Valve Kart 64

Remember back to the classic days of Mario Kart on the Super Nintendo and Nintendo 64? Mix in a heaping helping of Half Life 2 and you have a recipe for some Kickass Kart Shenanigans. Some ambitious modder has taken the time to recreate the world of Mario Kart, in the Half Life [...]

Three Strikes and You’re Out: Spore Controversies

Ahhh… controversy… what would a game be without controversy. For once, with a life simulation game, the controversy is not so much about the ideas of creationism versus evolution. (Which by the way, the Catholic Church says evolution is fine, but yet still issue no apology to Darwin.) This controversy comes from the [...]

Review: Too Human — Part I of II

Too Human has been the buzz of the enthusiast press and the gaming community since its release on August 19th. The title had been an epic, ten years in the making, and had been sold as the game that will reinvigorate dungeon crawling, action based role playing games for the current console generation. [...]

Upcoming: R&R Edition

The theme of this weekend has been rest and relaxation. Today, I plan to spend most of my day in my favorite position, planted directly in front of the television. Ahhh… thank goodness for the wonders of wireless internet. Most of today will be dominated by playing one of my favorite weekend [...]

What I Hate About Apple

The lifestyle. I’m guilty of this too. I bought a black MacBook and all of a sudden I was overcome with a sense of righteousness and entitlement. I became so smug that any time I had to do something computery I’d say “Oh I’ll check into that once I get back to my [...]