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Release of the Week: Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II

Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and the Damned comes out this week exclusively for download on the XBox 360.  Unfortunately, this is about as exciting to me as watching paint dry.  Having spent my Valentines day with my shiny PS3, it looks like I will lose out again due to exclusive content only being [...]

Random Video: SNL Sketch Lampoons the Wii’s Waggle Controls

Anybody who has ever booted up their Wii knows that there are certain games that have controls that lend themselves to a Wii Wanking control scheme.  Well it looks like the powers that be over at Saturday Night Live have taken notice and made a skit featuring the most unlikely of characters, Alec Baldwin.  This [...]

What I Hate About Japanese Video Games

I’ve been on a limited posting schedule as of late due to a recent addition to my budding nuclear family.  Don’t start stockpiling canned goods and head to your bomb shelter at the thought of me reproducing.  I’d rather kill you so you can tell me if hell has frozen over.  My last few posts [...]

Dammit Game of the Week: Pillage the Village

Back in October, Grundy posted a game called Defend Your Castle. During my years in high school, this was my favorite flash game. I used to play it after teaching my computer teacher how to use Microsoft Office. That was until our school’s internet Nazi, locked down the internet because you can [...]

First Impressions: Halo Wars

In the past, some have asked what war might be good for.  As the story song goes, the answer is always “absolutelynothin’!” Well, with the latest installment in the Halo series from Ensemble Studios, whose other projects include the Age of Empires series, it proves that war can provide a bit of entertainment.  I, along [...]