Tweet Perhaps Mom was right back in high school. According to a study by the DC-based National Sleep Foundation, Americans across the board are missing out on precious Zs due to the use of electronics the final hour before our face meets the pillow. With technology now so portable, using a smartphone or...

Tweet Last week at GDC, the fine folks over at Brain Candy let me sit in to see their latest game-in-progress, Fray. Coming to PC and Mac, the game is a fast paced simultaneous turn-based strategy game developed using the Unity Engine. The developers told me that they wanted to push this engine, used for...

Tweet Early reports from Japanese retailer Enterking state that flash cart use could cause the 3DS to be bricked by future firmware updates from Nintendo. In reference to purchasing used systems, Enterking makes mention that they won’t buy 3DSs with unsupported software as there is a chance that...

Tweet Finally in the hands of US gamers after a 15 year wait, Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation brings a close to the Dragon Quest Zenithia trilogy following the earlier releases of of Dragon Quest IV and V for the Nintendo DS. Not to surprise anyone but Dragon Quest VI is a Dragon Quest game; for better...

Tweet Bioware’s epic dark fantasy RPG is back this week in its second installment. Dragon Age: Origins put gamers in the boots of a Grey Warden, an ancient order bent on repelling the evil darkspawn back to the bowels of the Deep Roads. Unlike that other Bioware RPG series, Dragon Age II won’t be...

Tweet Judging by the results of last week’s poll, the Wii is not bringing on the fun to many households. These results really start to make one question what Nintendo can do to recoup their lost audience. Is it time for new hardware, maybe a different set of motion controls, or will better third party...

Tweet It is time to get excited for the triumphant return of Keri!  She is back, along with Ross, Chris, and Blake, talking about the exciting news of GDC week.  Some of the topics on the hit list included the new user generated content for Infamous 2, Apple finally unveiling the iPad, and the announcement...

Tweet It is time to target a specific group of gamers: the role players. Specifically, those whohave played JRPGs. There was once a time when the only way you could enjoy an in-depth story, crazy blue eyed characters with purple hair, and a game that would not be bested unless you sunk 40+ hours meant...

Tweet Nothing kills my gaming mojo like boss fights, especially boss fights that have multiple phases and take several minutes to play. When you’re playing a game, you often set a nice a groove to your playing style as you’re trolling dungeons, assassinating the Borgia, or shooting zombies,...

Tweet Valve has never been coy about the fact that Steam is an ever-evolving ecosystem of PC Gaming.  Originally launched back in September 12th of 2003, the platform was first used to handle the launch of Valve’s premier game, Half Life 2.  Though it was a disaster at first, the software suite has...