Timothy Torres is a jack…of a few trades. Besides maintaining his personal pop culture blog, Grump Factory, he regularly writes for comedy site Julius Bloop, draws comics, tickles the ivories, and even reads books without pictures on occasion. He also performs improv, and acts in his spare time. In his spare, spare time, he plays anything and everything with pixels and polygons, and writes about it.

Hands-On: Ys Seven

Nihon Falcom and XSEED Games bring Adol Christin’s latest adventure to the states.

Hands-On with Castlevania: Lords of Shadow

Borrowing heavily from past Castlevania titles and today’s 3D action games, Lords of Shadows is an engaging title.

Scott Pilgrim game soundtrack hits iTunes

Charming bleeps and bloops for your portable music player.

Review: Persona 3 Portable (PSP)

Everything we said in our in-depth preview holds true. The music’s lovely, the anime-style graphics look nice and crisp, and combat’s swift and often challenging. Persona 3 Portable’s a great game.

Review: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game

Ubisoft Montreal’s neo-retro brawler suffers from a few quirks, but the outstanding gameplay, graphics, and music make it a must-have downloadable title.

Hands-On with Metroid: Other M

The Team Ninja developed Metroid: Other M puts a fresh spin on the Metroid franchise, but is that what Samus die hards want?

Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together to PSP

Square Enix is finally reviving the Tactic Ogres brand they absorbed so very long ago, and they’re getting a dream team together to do it.

Hands-On: Persona 3 Portable (PSP)

Atlus didn’t just shovel out a quick port, they put a lot of work into miniaturizing such a good game, making it even better for vets and new fans alike.

Review: 3D Dot Game Heroes (PS3)

3D Dot Game Heroes does well as a charming homage to 2D games of yore, but is a bit heavy-handed in its Zelda tribute.

E3 2010: Hands-on with Vanquish

Sam Gideon suits up in Vanquish, a purely single-player experience from PlatinumGames and Shinji Mikami (the mastermind behind Resident Evil 4 and God Hand).