Although I was initially skeptical of the Nintendo DS  when it launched (I thought it nothing more than an uninspired update to the Game & Watch franchise), I now continually give it much-deserved props – – mad props, even – -  for bringing a healthy dose of quirkiness into the hands of Jane and Joe [...]

If Scribblenauts doesn’t currently place high on your “Games I Must Play In 2009″ list, you hate everything that is wonderful and pure in existence. Hyperbole? I confess, a tad. But I still question your gaming pedigree. Scribblenauts is a title that’s almost doomed to disappoint the legions of gaming nerds that have inhaled every [...]

Lux-Pain is part of the terrible epidemic that has been sweeping the Japanese development scene in the past decade or so. It seems every director secretly wants to work in the anime field, but since they’re stuck in the far more challenging world of video games with nothing but blob-eyed girls and Evangelion rip-offs in [...]

Despite what parents say regarding the wonderful, beautiful qualities of all children, the fact is that as they age, they can prove themselves insufferable snots. Take grade school for instance – – chances are that if you’re reading this blog you weren’t exactly one of the cool kids. Girls and respect were the playthings of [...]

It brings me much shame as both a gamer and an a somewhat upstanding human being to confess that at one point in time, I was totally skeptical of the Nintendo DS’ ability to deliver a rockin’ mobile game experience. In fact, when the handheld was first unveiled I shouted to everyone within earshot that [...]