All I Want for Christmas is to Murder People with Da Vincian Gadgets: An Assassin’s Creed 2 Wish List

When that first footage of Ubisoft’s Jade Raymond playing one of the first demos of the original Assassin’s Creed came out, I was immediately interested. In fact, it’s the game that convinced me to buy an Xbox 360. The game had some really interesting mechanics like the passive and active modes of the face buttons [...]

Video Games – Still Fun!

Red Faction: Guerrilla

We’ve been meaning to write more around here, but as we’ve both been taking summer classes and working, those opportunities are fewer. Hell, for me, even opportunities to play games are limited to late night sessions that I usually regret as I wake up the next morning to head in to work. [...]

The Fraternity of Third Person Action Games

If game characters had their own personal ad section on Craigslist, I can imagine that as of the past few years a lot of the postings would sound a little like this:

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LOOKING FOR A LITTLE ACTION? – m4w – 28

Some people call me a mercenary, but I’d like to think I’m just a [...]

My Father: Hero of Hyrule (A Non-Mushy Tribute)

Today was a beautiful day here in Michigan. So, when class got out early, I decided to take a bike ride. On this ride, I decided to listen to the Experience Points podcast. It’s always a short podcast, but that’s because Jorge and Scott usually pick a topic, give it a “serious, but not humorless,” [...]

Saying so Much by Saying so Little

Sean and Bryan have both been playing some multiplayer games recently, and have each formed some different opinions on how they view them. These articles are diverse, but not necessarily opposing, ideas regarding online multiplayer gaming. Read Sean’s article here.

In today’s generation, you are hard pressed to find games that do not have any sort [...]

My Dream of a Multiplayer Utopia

Sean and Bryan have both been playing some multiplayer games recently, and have each formed some different opinions on how they view them. These articles are diverse, but not necessarily opposing, ideas regarding online multiplayer gaming. Read Bryan’s article here.

I’ve had this dream for a while. In my dream, I come home from [...]

I Find It Kind of Funny, I Find It Kind of Sad

The harbinger of death, now for the whole family!

Earlier this week, the National Institute for Media and the Family chided Nintendo for losing its family friendly image because Sega is publishing the hyper-violent action title MadWorld exclusively for the system. I first read about this over on USAToday’s Game Hunters blog, and I had [...]

I Think “Irked” is the Proper Word to Use Here

Here in the lovely realm of Communication Studies that I call my home, as well as in the world of some other social sciences, we’re pretty big on stereotypes. Stereotypes give us these preconceived notions that tell us how we’re going to act with other people. Yes, stereotypes are often painted in a negative [...]

The Mii Effect – Ripples in a Pond

I originally wanted to just write a short post on how I was pleased to see that Microsoft was using the Avatars as a system of advertising, but not making it horrifically blatant. I’m just glad I was able to get a top hat and dress my guy up like a geeky, white version [...]

Princes to Princes, Part Two: Parables and Parrying

So, apparently I don’t have a good understanding of the word “tomorrow”. I started writing about Prince of Persia monday. I also started catching up on 30 Rock, and that was very much conflicting with me wanting to write a blog post. Then the season 5 premiere of LOST happened, so that threw me [...]