I don't like to think of myself as a jingoistic or xenophobic person, but I can't deny getting that warm, fuzzy feeling inside when I reflect upon...
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Ah, Diablo, the game that launched a thousand imitators. Ever since 1996, when Blizzard's vaunted hack-and-slash RPG was released, hardly a year has...
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Ah, childhood. An idyllic time with no cares or responsibilities... unless you happen to live inside a Japanese RPG. I'm not sure why it is, but the...
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When it comes to any long-running and cherished video game series, you can usually break down the list of games into three categories, to whit: 1....
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Duke Nukem. Serious Sam. That guy from Doom. These are the names that have come to exemplify video game badassery: bold eradicators of demonic and...
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Wolfenstein 3D. The game's very name evokes a simpler time, a time where gameplay in three whole dimensions was worth noting in the title. While it...
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In another article, I sang the praises of game designer / all-around Adonis Tim Schafer, and noted the correlation between the decline of LucasArts...
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I like to think of myself as a cold, logical, and utterly emotionless being, but I confess to having a soft spot in my heart for Sunset Riders. Of all...
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Let me tell you about the greatest video game character ever. And no, it's not Mario, or Link, or Gordon Freeman, or any of those other voiceless...
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