Thoughts of a Random Gamer

Background
The original Far Cry was released as a PC exclusive, first person shooter, back in March of 2004.  Needless to say, it was a hit, as 730,000 copies were sold in the first four months.  Far Cry’s world, while more linearly defined, was expansive and compelling, featuring a number of different geographical locations.  Without spoiling [...]

This week’s biggest release is a no brainer.  Killzone 2 is not only the biggest release this week, it is easily the biggest game to be released so far this year.  Ever since Sony released that slightly infamous and highly ambitious trailer back in 2005, people have been pouring over every screen shot, attempting to [...]

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, [...]

NASCAR is an American subculture that rarely gets the love or respect it deserves.  These weekend warriors put their lives on the line in the never-ending pursuit of the perfect left turn.  Up until this point, most of the attempts to make the “NASCAR experience” into a video game have resulted in an over-complicated simulation [...]

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.  [...]