All Posts by: James

By James, June 19, 2015 Editorial, Free To Play Friday

This week I have curated for you a pair of Free To Play games that are about as opposite as could possibly be. The first game is a fan-made dating sim (sorta) featuring the cast of long-running webcomic Jerkcity.  Jerkcity… Read More »

By James, June 12, 2015 E3, Nintendo

Obviously since I’m such an industry bigshot, Nintendo emailed me their E3 schedule of events!  All times Pacific. Sunday, 6/14 7:40 AM – Live “New Content” Presentation, for Super Smash Brothers for 3DS and Wii U 2:20 PM – Live… Read More »

By James, June 5, 2015 Editorial, Free To Play Friday

Depending on who you ask, Patriots head coach Bill Belichick is either a brilliant, crafty, cunning gamesman, or the worst cheating scourge in NFL history. He is also fiercely secretive, and the Patriots are just fine with that.  So what… Read More »

By James, May 29, 2015 Editorial, Free To Play Friday

Anton Chekhov, widely considered to be a Russian writer, had a writing concept that is still called in to bear today – the fabled Chekhov’s Gun. Remove everything that has no relevance to the story. If you say in the… Read More »

By James, May 25, 2015 Editorial

Video games are a terrible medium for being respectful to a community.  Even the gun-manufacturing-backed Call of Duty series, or America’s Army, or Battlefield – games that owe their existences to the US military – screw it up. So here’s… Read More »

By James, May 19, 2015 News

As announced in the official Battlefield Twitter, BF Hardline and BF4 are both getting a full week of double experience points in its multiplayer modes! This is all platforms, all modes, all the time.  Ends next Monday.  Also, I highly… Read More »

By James, May 15, 2015 Microsoft, News

In addition to the classics of Solitaire, Minesweeper, Hearts, Spider, etc – Windows 10 will include Candy Crush Saga as a pack-in game.  Since today’s discerning office time-waster needs something new to play, and we’ve all finally figured out how… Read More »