I review books as well as video games. A book takes me about 5 hours, maybe less, to play through it. I don’t ever get stuck in a particularly tough boss chapter section where either my skills or the book’s design prevent me from moving forward. I watch movies, too. I can imagine that reviewing...

This week, I was planning on playing my copy of Resistance 2: Fall of Man. But then, as part of the gaming hype machine, I saw the Catwoman trailer for the new Arkham City game. I suddenly felt like playing Arkham Asylum. Am I that easily influenced? Yeah, I guess I am. However, in my defense, Arkham...

UPDATE: I just got an email from MadCatz, offering a replacement dongle, in response to an email I sent them last week. Great job, MC! This week, I spent too much time NOT playing games. Honest, I tried. Last week, I spent some time with Enslaved and found it to be not as bad as I thought when I had first...

Enslaved: Odyssey to the West – a game that was hyped, then panned, by a majority of the sites I frequent. This is a game I actually bought, which may sound odd, but as a game reviewer, I get many of my games for review sent to my by the publishers themselves. This can lead to a bit of entitlement,...

I have too many damn games. I also just bought a house and am slowly turning it into a home. Part of that transformation lies in setting up the consoles. Part of setting up the consoles is connecting them to the TV, putting the controllers next to the consoles, and, of course, putting the games in a cabinet...

Immersion Therapy: One man’s attempt to immerse himself in the world of big name video-games, and come out the other side saner and, hopefully, wiser. MAJOR PLOT SPOILERS IF YOU HAVEN’T FINISHED THE GAME: I WARNED YOU! More Than A Feeling I just finished the main story-line of Fable II, not...

The iPhone (and the iPod Touch, but we’ll shorthand this by calling them both the iPhone) and the Wii (used to be called Revolution — too obvious?). What do they have in common? Motion sensing? Sure, but that’s not my point. Thing is, they both change the game. Not the games we play, per...

I’ve been trying for a month now to wrap my head around some unifying structure that I can put my thoughts about video gaming into. I’ve wanted to contribute to an Editor’s blog here on Games Are Evil, but just couldn’t find any theme or rationale for doing so. I want to thank the...