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Release of the Week: GTA: China Town Wars

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 [...]

Upcoming: Red Ring of Death Edition

Over the weekend I had the outstanding opportunity to attend a church retreat at the same location that I was married.  It was the return to a place that has been the home of many awesome memories for me.  This trip was no exception.  I was able to reunite with long-lost friends, while still taking [...]

Analysis of Watchmen

Jimmy the Greek so eloquently put together a great piece on Watchmen, however, on our site we sometimes like to one up on some things, so here’s Watchmen’s one up.  Cause its that good, seriously.
Set in an alternate 1985, Watchmen takes place during Richard Nixon’s third term.  The situation with Russia is heating up, and [...]

Video Games in Libraries Part 1: Are Libraries the new BlockBuster?

Let’s face it, we’ve all went down to our local video rental place, whether it’s a Blockbuster or not, and been utterly disappointed when the game that we wanted wasn’t there. Damn kids, some of us have to work! So you go home, sad… hoping that soon, someone will bring the game back, [...]

Review: Watchmen

I haven’t read the graphic novel so I was able to walk into this movie with a clean slate.  Typically if I really like a movie I’ll read the book afterwards, but at no time will I say “the book is way better.”  The people who say that are assholes.  Regardless, I was very pleased [...]