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Hoping for an Umloud! repeat

Normally, I wouldn't post about an event I attended more than a week ago, but when the event is for a good cause, I'll make an exception. Just before I took some time off of work, my wife and I attended the Ümloud! fundraiser in San Francisco. Held Dec. 9, [...]

By | December 21st, 2009|0 Comments

Fixing Spike’s Video Game Awards

It's hard to debate the results of Spike TV's annual Video Game Awards show when we've had so little time to play the games that won. Switching up the show's air date is just one of my ideas for making the show more relevant to gamers.

By | December 16th, 2009|0 Comments

Holiday gift guide

Holiday gift suggestions for just about every gamer on your list.

By | December 2nd, 2009|0 Comments

Rock out for charity

An upcoming fundraiser lets you and your friends flail away at fake instruments for the benefit of children's hospitals and pediatrics wards.

By | November 30th, 2009|0 Comments

“Modern Warfare 2” PSA for parents

With "Modern Warfare 2" out this week, it's a good time to remind parents that video games aren't just for kids anymore.

By | November 12th, 2009|4 Comments

Gaying up Xbox Live, PlayStation Network

Anecdotal evidence that some kids might not want to play the newest "Grand Theft Auto" episode, "The Ballad of Gay Tony," because the word "gay" appears in its title offers a glimpse at how we might keep hate-spewing kids from ruining the online games we love.

By | November 5th, 2009|0 Comments

Time for a slow-games movement?

Reading that someone finished a well-written game in just a few short hours is like hearing someone watched your favorite movie, but skipped all the "talky" parts.

By | October 29th, 2009|1 Comment

Escaping the tyranny of Metacritic

CBS's review-aggregating website is the go-to source for gamers to find out whether new titles are any good, but is it hurting sales of innovative, underdog games?

By | October 21st, 2009|2 Comments

Seeing red in “The Bigs 2”

A hitting minigame in "The Bigs 2," 2K Sports' arcade-style baseball game is sure to challenge players with red-green colorblindness, and not in a good way.

By | August 17th, 2009|0 Comments

Game to help a San Rafael arcade

Stride Gum, which seems to be making a play for the gamer wallet, has a contest running at the moment where gamers can help save one of four struggling arcades throughout the United States, one of which is Starbase Arcade on Fourth Street in San Rafael. Stride plans to award [...]

By | August 12th, 2009|1 Comment