Thoughts of a Random Gamer

Background
The Street Fighter franchise dates all the way back to 1987.  The original Street Fighter was an arcade game that chronicled the main character Ryu, as he worked his way through a worldwide martial arts competition.  After the game received mixed reviews, the brilliant minds at Capcom dedicated the next four years to making one [...]

It’s been over a month since I wrote the first installment in “What I Hate About Fanboys.”  There was a holiday and I had a move, but here I am finishing what I started.  In part 1 I discussed my gaming background and the tendency of fanboys to project their shortcomings on others.  Part 2 [...]

Merry Frinkin’ Christmas a week early everyone.  Since next week, I won’t be doing a Dammit Game, I decided to go for the Christmas edition this week.  Do you have any idea how many stupid Christmas flash games there are out there?  Luckily I didn’t feel like doing anything at work today, so I had a chance [...]

Over the last two months I’ve been going through the processes to purchase a house. I’m coming down to the final stretch and between down payments, closing costs, startup costs and Christmas, my wallet is getting pretty thin. What’s a gamer to do with a crappy economy, low paying job, new monthly expenses and an [...]

Last week you read while I picked through the failures of the New Xbox Experience.  I found it amusing to read your comments because many of you thought that I owned either a Wii or a Playstation 3.  Just to inform you, I have never owned either of those consoles.  Also, many of you overlooked [...]