Over the last couple of years there have been several studies (East Carolina University (US), Imperial College (London), NIA (US Gov), and more) that have suggested that learning something that is totally new can help to stave off Alzheimer’s Disease. The two most popular suggestions have been to either become […]
Yearly Archives: 2013
220 posts
The holidays can be a joyous time, but also a stressful time. This holiday season has been particularly stressful for me, since I’m on the job market and pretty much in flux for the next few months about where I will work, buy a house, and live next year and […]
This just in: girls aren’t supposed to like things originally meant for boys, or at least not according to recent decisions perpetrated by executives and developers. Girls are not an “appropriate” audience for boys’ things. This revelation comes after executives at Warner Brothers canceled the Young Justice cartoon after the […]
Happy Holidays to you all regardless of what you do or don’t celebrate. This is the time of the year when we find ourselves surrounded by family either for a holiday celebration or simply because everyone has the day off. After you share a meal with ones that you love […]
Okay, I promise, this is the last time this year I’ll talk about it, but after several fits and starts and test games, the epic playthrough of State of Decay: Breakdown has taken over my life. Something simmering on the stove? Knock out a mission. Taking a break from wrapping […]
At last: the game I’ve waited for all year, or at least, the beginning of it: the debut episode of The Walking Dead’s second season, All That Remains, starring the young and vulnerable Clementine. For me, this episode’s release was an Event (capital E), and so I hope you’ll forgive […]
Episode 69: And Game of the Year Goes To… (“Save As” to download or head over to iTunes to subscribe) The episode where we end the year talking about our individual game of the year choices. Which would you like to spend some quality time with. Our regular co-hosts are joined […]
**Trigger warning: suicide, violence** Thanks for nothing, goodbye. Unlike the haunting message that introduces the tone of The Cat Lady, a side-scrolling horror game developed by the UK based company Harvester Games, even what small portion I have played thus far proves that this statement certainly doesn’t describe this narrative-driven […]
In our end of the year contest series we have a winner and a new contest announcement. The winner in the All I Want for Christmas contest and the new owner of a Steam copy of the puzzle platformer, Fez, is Kevin Blake. Kevin, I will be emailing you to […]
Every now and then, there are stories circulating the internet that do not necessarily have anything to do with video games that strike my interest and need a place to be written about. If you’ve been reading articles on the internet lately then you may have heard of a story […]
This week gamers all over had a good giggle when news outlets started reporting that the Tea Party Facebook group had posted an image from Bioshock Infinite that had actually been making fun of the Tea Party’s philosophical foundations. The group quickly found themselves with no lack of folks informing […]
Alex starts out the week with a Power Hour Review of Neverwinter: Shadowmantle and a challenge to anyone willing to download the game and join her for some gaming fun. On Tuesday Alisha posts about Sexualizing the Apocalypse in Zombie Games for a fresh, fun look at what it means […]
Let me start by saying the it has long been my secret shame that I have never finished a Legend of Zelda game. There, I said it, I feel better now. It’s out in the open. I feel that I can now move on with my recovery. It’s not that […]
Regardless of which holiday you celebrate (or don’t), what game or game accessory are you hoping to get your hot little hands on this winter break and play while chestnut roast on an open fire? I personally have acquired so much hardware and so many games in the last couple […]
This past Saturday Spike TV sponsored the 2013 Video Game Awards which is now rather inexplicably branded as the VGX Awards because everyone knows adding an “X” to the end of things instantly makes them cooler and more extreme and not at all gives an impression that an eleven year […]
Recently, Alex Layne shared an article on her Facebook page about how gender equality is still by and large a problem for the science fiction world of literature. It’s an interesting read, (you should go and check it out) but not the reason for this post. Instead, what frustrated me […]