Gaming

Did the music just die?

  I don’t know that it’s quite that big of a thing anymore, but it’s still somewhat shocking to see Id Software has been bought. I just assumed they had enough money to do whatever they wanted for as long as they wanted. Maybe being the grand daddy of the FPS genre just doesn’t pay as [...]

There Is Only (DoW2) War.

  I’m back. Well, still here. Just been busy. Couldn’t bring myself to talk about the few controversies that have been going through the game world (He’s back, run! and this one is suing their previous employer). Life is good, I just haven’t had the urge to comment on anything really. Until today: This summer, Dawn [...]

Valve and Sony NOT sitting in a tree.

And I’m pretty damn sure there won’t be any kissing. Just a quick note in my continuing love story with Valve: “The PC and the 360 are just more straightforward. We can focus on what we want to do, which is make game experiences, instead of sweating bullets over obscure architectural decisions they make with [...]

Big Huge News

If you’re a strategy gamer (and really, everyone should be a strategy gamer), you know who Big Huge Games is. Not only did they release Rise of Nations, but they also have the ever awesome Brian Reynolds. Thankfully, I already prayed at my alter to Alpha Centurai today, so I won’t have to embarass myself doing [...]

Lets Get Jarate!

I was going to use the old darkwing duck line, "Lets…get…dangerous!", but I think I might have already used it. So I went with a bad pun instead. Win win! Side note, Jarate almost has to be influenced by Jankem, right? This is basically a continuation of the ongoing love letter I have for Valve. Not only did they [...]