Beyond the Rhetoric

This post is coming a little late, mostly because I forgot my camera bag in Stephen’s car and didn’t get it back until a couple of days ago. In any case, you might remember that I was in Seattle last weekend for PAX Prime 2011, one of the largest gaming culture expos and events in [...]

Video games have become a huge part of mainstream culture. However, a great deal of gamers only play with other people online; they don’t get the same kind of experiences as the pre-online age when you actually had to be in the same physical room as your opponent. That changes with events known as LAN [...]

As you may have heard, I’m still in Taiwan. This is my third time here, but I have only ventured outside of Taipei once. That was for a set of factory tours. Since I’m here for an extra week this time around, I wanted to make it a point to visit places outside of the [...]

The public library is a pretty amazing place, especially since they even lend out video games these days. You might remember a few months ago when I reviewed four Nintendo Wii games that I borrowed from the library. They were Rabbids Go Home, Samba De Amigo, Punch-Out!! and Grand Slam Tennis. Some were better than [...]

Just when I thought I was done traveling for the next little while, I find myself back on the road. It feels like just yesterday that I returned from the Nokia N97 mini tour and now I’m hitting up another event. By the time you read this, I’ll probably be in line somewhere, waiting for [...]