Thoughts of a Random Gamer

With great numbers of electronic toys comes the desire for increased control.  A couple weeks ago, I made the decision to better organize my music, videos, and pictures on my computer by installing XBMC (Xbox Media Center).  XBMC is a cross-platform, open source media center application that is fairly configurable and supports skinning.  [...]

This week’s Dammit Game of the Week is Dodge. The object of the game… to dodge. I have no idea how you’d figure that out!
Anyway… For fans of Geometry Wars, this is a simple way to get your fix at works. You pilot a little blue ship who’s only weapon is [...]

Background
Resident Evil 5 is the follow-up to the ever-so-popular Resident Evil 4. In this installment, Capcom brings the two protagonists Chris Redfield and Sheva Alomar of the Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance (BSAA) to Africa to uncover another controversy involving Umbrella Corporation. The story is well told, including important elements of foreshadowing, recall of previous events [...]

Many of us are familiar with some of Robin Williams greatest movie accomplishments.  Jumanji, Mrs. Doubtfire, Hook, Flubber, Patch Adams, Night at the Museum, and Dead Poets Society to list a few.  A recent search of hulu the other day brought up a gem of a film from the early 1990’s that I never knew about: [...]

It isn’t very often that a game for a portable system becomes the release of the week.  Don’t get me wrong, Pokemon was the real deal back in the day, but that pales in comparison to this week’s release.  It’s just that games for the portable systems are made for the people riding in the [...]