It's not an overstatement to say that Star Wars played a major role in making Susan Arendt who she is today. It also eventually led her to commit a crime.
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Why didn't Max Payne 2 reach the audience it so richly deserved? Andy Chalk believes it's because the game's mature themes demanded too much from a public not ready to take videogames seriously.
As game companies put more and more pressure on publications to only run positive reviews, Sean Sands suggests gamers should stop taking the review process so seriously.
Susan Arendt curses Tomonobu Itagaki and his filthy, filthy lies as she walks the Path of the Acolyte in the "easy" Ninja Gaiden II.
Buying a PC game the day it comes out can swiftly lead to a case of buyer's remorse, but Adam LaMosca believes sometimes you just have to take one for the team.
EA has earned the ire of gamers, a reputation as an evil empire, and even a lawsuit from ticked-off Madden fans, but Andy Chalk asks, has the company actually done anything wrong?
We always have something to learn from our moms, including how not to be a gaming chump.
Sean Sands examines the events that have driven the ESA into its current tailspin and wonders if the organization's fate is all but sealed.
Jordan Deam dabbles with the Xbox 360 demo for Civilization: Revolution, which he figures may as well be called Civ for Consoletards.
Malygris preps for his close-up on Canadian TV by looking a bit more deeply into the question of videogame-inspired violence.
What does your favorite game say about you? Not much, really. Your booty call game, on the other hand, provides much insight into the true you.
Could Age of Conan inspire a love for MMOGs that World of Warcraft could not?
An examination of why so few MMOGs truly innovate, and why it doesn't really matter that they don't.
With a name like Stalin vs. Martians, it has to be good. How good? "Pac-Man with guns and weird jokes and bears" good.
Jordan Deam travels 4,000 miles to party with Vikings, eat a $27 sandwich and check out Funcom's Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures.
