Thoughts of a Random Gamer

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The year is 1984.  Jordan Mechner, a young aspiring cartoon artist turned game developer, decided to create a game that was as much about the animation and graphics as it was about the solid gameplay.  Using a technology otherwise known as rotoscoping, Mechner filmed his younger brother performing a series of actions such as running, [...]

Background
I played and loved the first Saint’s Row.  It wasn’t perfect but it still represented the first real sandbox/open-world game to hit the current generation of consoles.  Think of it as first time you had sex.  It was fun, but in hindsight you realize it could have been much much better.  [...]

For my final Retro Game of the Week, the original, Donkey Kong.  Some of us may be old enough to remember when it came out, not me, but I know some of you saved up your milk money to play it for hours at the local arcade.  It was the first time Donkey [...]

For all of us Xbox Live users, Capcom dropped the Resident Evil 5 demo on us this week.  I took the opportunity to get my grubby little hands on it and it looks like I’ll have yet another shooter with zombies to add to my collection come March 5.
Let me be clear; I haven’t ever [...]

Today’s post goes out as a tribute to the family of George Eisenhart Jr. who sadly lost his life over the weekend doing what he loved.
Friday night I had the awesome opportunity to go to a monster truck rally in Madison, WI.  It was the Monster Truck Nationals.  Not sure if that means they were [...]