40. motion gaming – here for good or for short term kicks?

microsoft kinect video game manufacturers are always looking for new ways to keep gamers interested in their products.  and by that, i mean they’re always trying different ways to stay profitable.  it is a business, after all, and i can’t…

39. weekend short: happy halloween! …unless you’re capcom

samanosuke and jaques from onimusha 3 capcom has been responsible from some of my favorite time sinks in my lifelong pattern of gaming nerdery, actually increasing their presence in my gaming interests as gaming evolved.   in the 80’s and…

37. xbox hacks and the feds

has anyone ever approached you in disgust after you had an xbox 360 modded?  did they look down on you from their moral high ground?  was your response “well make a federal case out of it why don’t ya?”  for…

36. blizzard says it’s not cool to cheat

and i’m sure a large majority of the population would agree with that.  it’s why tiger woods can’t shill gatorade anymore.  why bernie madoff went to jail.  why everyone is suspicious of the banker in monopoly.  and it is, of…

35. happy 25th birthday, nintendo!

there’s a lot of news swirling around today on miscellaneous tech: facebook security, naturally apple stuff, windows phone 7 launch and blaaaaahhhh blah bloopity blaaaaah.  none of that news in the technical sphere should outdo something that is far more…

34. globalization and character identity crisis: devil my cry

the grown up dante we know from devil may cry 4 those of you that know me and my gaming style know that i’m a big fan of the devil may cry series – not counting devil may cry 2…

32. video games and the fall of japan

squaresoft’s final fantasy (1987) my apologies to the land of the rising sun. just off the heels of TGS ’10 (the tokyo game show for those not in the know), a few key people in japanese gaming have been saying that…

31. if you’re havin’ halo problems i feel bad for you son, i got 99 problems but a hard drive ain’t one

halo: reach back when games still came on cartridges, figuring out how exactly to play them was a no-brainer.  you put the cartridge into the slot and turn it on.  that really didn’t change at all when cartridges moved to…

30. alleged game addiction, idiotry, and more ridiculous lawsuits

20,000 hours is an extremely long time to be doing anything – even the basic function of living.  20,000 hours translates into 833 days, which further calculates out to 2.28 years.  it’s enough time complete more than half of a…

28. gaming, society, and politics: medal of honor

super mario bros. (NES) do you remember video games from the 80’s?  that’s when i played my first games – the super mario brothers / duck hunt double cartridge on a nintendo my parents bought me as a birthday present…