Tweet Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. DOWNLOAD | SUBSCRIBE IN iTUNES A quick change of pace from Wii Wanking to pre-orders.. to great fucking deals. Listen to...

Tweet Wrestling was better in the eighties and early nineties, wasn’t it? You could have Hulk Hogan shamelessly beating a man loosely dressed as an Iraqi soldier during the first Gulf War, and everyone wore tons of face paint. It’s just long enough ago to look back on with a set of beautiful rose-tinted...

Tweet While many of you fighting fans may have been looking at the impressive gameplay mechanics of UFC 2009 Undisputed, I feel that there’s a part of the game which is going largely unnoticed (until now). Upon taking a close look at the promotional screenshots of UFC 2009, I noticed a number of...

Tweet Like Portal? Wanna play it at work?  Well I have the game for you. This week’s Dammit Game of Week is Portal: The Flash Version. Personally, I hate puzzle games.  Which is weird, because every study about female gamers tells me I should LOVE them. Guess we can’t always trust those,...

Tweet I hated on reviews last time and I think it’s time to take a step backwards.  A step closer to root of the problem.  The reason I bought such shitty games as Advent Rising and Spiderman 3.  I’m talking about previews.  Previews are an essential instrument for video game enthusiasts, but...

Tweet Released: March 17th, 2009 (US) / November 14th, 2008 (EU) Developer: Firebrand Games Publisher: Atlus (US), Focus Home Interactive (EU) Genre: Racing Pros: Plethora of Tracks, easy to pull out at for a quick stint or a long haul, easy to learn track editor, pure unadulterated fun. Cons: Repetition of...

Tweet Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. DOWNLOAD | SUBSCRIBE IN iTUNES Tonight was one hell of an interesting show. Be sure to stick around for the bloopers, as...

Tweet Release: Apr 7 2009 Developer: Starbreeze Studios Publisher: Atari Genre: First Person Shooter A week ago I shared my initial thoughts on the newest chapter in the Riddick series, Assault on Dark Athena. AoDA takes place after the events from Escape from Butcher Bay, and the first chapter will be...

Tweet CDV Software Entertainment USA and Ascaron Entertainment today announced that Sacred 2: Fallen Angel has gone gold for the PlayStation 3. Sacred 2: Fallen Angel, as you all know by now, is an action-RPG that combines a massive hand crafted game world with a unique storyline and seamless drop-in...

Tweet Early last week I wrote a piece on video games as an Artistic Medium. Continuing in that vein, I want to discuss the use of narrative in Video Games.  However, this time the discussion will revolve more around why the use of narrative is important in gaming, at least to me. What is Narrative? To...