Commander’s Log: Stardate 122807 Hard to believe it’s been a month since the last Mass Effect post – December was so busy! Well, I’m still early in the game – maybe a dozen hours or so. I’ve finished the quests at the Citadel and have traveled on to the frozen planet of Noveria. The graphical [...]
So, it’s been a while since I posted. Basically, the nuttiness of the holiday has simply been keeping me busy as heck. We started painting the kitchen in December, and ended up racing to get everything buttoned up before the holidays. There’s still a little touching up to be done, but we at least got [...]
After my friends’ weekly Halo 3 session last night, I had a chance to try out the recently-released Burnout Paradise demo. I was so impressed that I had to do a quick write-up. For previous fans, note that I’m new to the Burnout franchise, so view my comments in that light. Criterion has created this [...]
Many fans will be delighted to hear that Jordan Weisman’s new company Smith & Tinker has licensed the rights for the Battletech, Shadowrun, and Crimson Skies properties back from Microsoft. Here’s a link to the press release. Go Jordan! Can’t wait to see what his next move will be.
During my commute this morning, I listened to GameSpot’s “The Hotspot” podcast. This week, the GS editors addressed what issues they could involving Jeff Gerstmann’s firing, and tried to defuse some of the community’s perhaps misguided ire. After hearing their take, I’m not sure I am entirely convinced of CNET’s motives, but the GameSpot editors [...]
IGN AU just posted a big writeup on the forthcoming Ghostbusters game after being treated to some hands-on time and a tour of the Terminal Reality studios. The more I hear about this game, the more my Twinkie grows. You see, my family and I are huge Ghostbuster fans. I mean, my son christened our [...]
2K recently announced that we’ll receive not only a patch this week, but also some new DLC for their excellent, wonderfully atmospheric shooter. Both PC and 360 platforms will receive these updates. I’m quite glad to hear this news, as I’d stopped playing Bioshock in anticipation of some fixes. The game control had been designed [...]