Mar 17, 2013

You know, I don’t mind when people writes articles stating their opinions about “traditional animation being dead” or that certain studios are doing away with their 2-D animation divisions. It is the truth after all, especially when it pertains to the once powerful House of Mouse, Disney Animation Studios. We all have seen that in recent years the studio...

Feb 19, 2013

Recently, at DICE, industry analyst Jesse Schell made a bold statement that shook the gaming community. He stated that releasing a game demo can cut the sales of the game by half. That got me thinking about game demos. Then I got to thinking about the demo for Etrian Odyssey IV, which I’ve recently played (and wrote about), and how he does have a point...

  On Tuesday, November 6, Americans went to the polls and voted for a new President, members of congress, and other offices. The headline the next day was that President Obama had won re-election by a decent margin, gathering over 330 electoral college votes to the challenger Mitt Romney’s 209. There was a lot of talk on every TV network that Obama’s...

Jul 25, 2012

  Today I decided to write about a topic I am slightly more obsessed with than most rational people – TV episode titles. These days, many people don’t even know the episode titles for their favorite shows, despite the fact that they’re more accessible than ever when you buy DVDs or watch shows on Netflix or Hulu. It used to be much more common...

Jul 23, 2012

  I love the FLGS! For those of you who don’t know what it stands for, it’s Friendly Local Gaming Store. People can argue that they’re an endangered species – growing up there was a hobby shop right across from my elementary school, and there were three or four hobby or dedicated gaming shops within fifteen minutes. Ah, the salad days! With...

May 9, 2012

  An article over at I4U cites the opinion of JP Morgan analyst, Mark Moskowitz, that Apple Television is not coming in 2012. We are talking about an Apple branded television, not the nifty little hockey puck sized media streamer that goes by the name of Apple TV. A few years back, I joined the Apple cult. I wouldn’t classify myself as a fanboy, but I...