Console Gaming

Harry Potter Games

If you’re considering renting any Harry Potter games, especially the newly released Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, I would like the person nearest you to slap you across the face. Go ahead; ask them to do it. You’ll appreciate it when you come back to your senses.

I say this because […]

Review of God of War 2

It’s been awhile since I’ve reviewed a console game, enamored as I always am with World of Warcraft (my warlock hit 70 the other night ). However, at my wife’s request, I took a short break to return to my gaming roots with a title I’ve been meaning to check out for awhile: […]

Review of Bully

My wife and I decided to rent Bully last week when X-Play gave it a five out of five. Now, I occassionally disagree with their assessments (and I’ll surely contradict them some in this review), but I take notice when they pull out the perfect score. As a long-time fan, I know they […]

Final Fantasy VII: Dirge of Cerberus

I love Final Fantasy. I have ever since the bygone days of Final Fantasy II, which is to say I’ve been playing the genre for the better part of my life. Naturally, I was excited when they started remaking my all-time favorite installment, Final Fantasy VII, into a movie, Advent Children, and a […]

Shadow of the Colossus

The story of a warrior with nothing but a sword and his trusty horse battling giant monsters to rescue his lost love, Shadow of the Colossus comes off as original and nostalgic at the same time. Few games come close to this sort of simplicity while remaining enjoyable.

Perhaps the most striking aspect of the […]

Kingdom Hearts II

Though we never entirely lose interest in it, my wife and I need to occassionally take a break from World of Warcraft along the lines of conventional “too much of a good thing” wisdom. So, on one of our rare free weekends, we decided to pop by the store and pick up this little […]

Nintendo a Capella

I found this clip a few years ago while I was in college. Considering the prevalence of a Capella groups at my college and my own love of video games, I was absolutely thrilled. See if you can identify the songs as they sing them. They’ve got a few from Super Mario […]

Resident Evil 4

There was an old game on the Super Nintendo named Shadowgate that always used to scare me. The eerie music, the fear of the unknown, and of course the possibility of dying at every turn for the slightest misstep added up to a tension that few games could achieve at the time. Very […]