Thoughts of a Random Gamer

This last week has been an insane roller coaster of highs and lows, that has firmly come to a stop over a much needed weekend.  As I have mentioned before, it is amazing how much your job can have an impact on the kind of games you want to play.
Over the last five work days, [...]

Like many gamers out there, I like to start things on fire. If you’re like me… or any of us that write here at Thoughts of a Random Gamer, you’ve probably been looking for a game where you can channel your inner pyro, without the mass destruct that normally happens. I know, the [...]

Back in 2003, Valve, developers of such notable titles as the Half-Life series, Portal and Left 4 Dead, launched a utility for PC called Steam.  When it was first introduced, I was very skeptical of online delivery systems for full game downloads.  The problem was, at the time installing Half-Life 2 required the installation of Steam.  [...]

This weekend was an unplanned vacation from gaming.  What was supposed to be a brief foray home for a birthday party, turned into a full weekend affair involving business deals, tech support and a whole lot of backpedaling on promises.  For that reason I have to personally apologize to both AndyGoes and PriestBeast for having [...]

Well another great Super Bowl is in the books and the Pittsburg Steelers have once again been crowned champions of the National Football League.  It was a great game that saw drive after drive culminate into one of the most exciting Super Bowls on record.  I will have to eat a bit of crow, due [...]