Gaming Culture

When talking to a friend recently about Valkyria Chronicles, he asked me, "was the story good enough for you to continue through the scenarios to see what would happen next?" I had to think on this for a moment, as I could not recall the story at all.

A dilapidated Villa consumed by green eyed monsters and greedy holograms is your welcome mat to the Sierra Madre Casino. Once the bombs dropped, a toxic cloud crept into the villa, sealing it away from the wasteland.

Before we begin, give yourself a pat on the back for owning an iPad. Feels good, amirite? Our day of reckoning has come. Sword...

So I am a married man. The hardships and indignation of single people are lost on me. It has been so long since i've been single, I do not really remember the issues that come with it. I have friends who have met and gotten married through World Of Warcraft and Final Fantasy XI.

Let’s get this out of the way up front: Lilly Adventure is an Atari 2600 game, and as such, it seems kind of unfair to include it in this column at all. After all, given the extreme limitations of the hardware, it’s a wonder that 2600 programmers could even produce something this good.

Halo: Reach’s second map pack, the Defiant Map Pack, is going to be released in just two days. Lucky for us, we’ve got our hands on them early and had a nice run through of the two multiplayer maps, Condemned and Highlands, and the new Firefight map Unearthed.