RETRO AFFLICTION UPDATE: My new podcast explores this topic at great length: CHECK IT OUT I was maybe 13 or 14 years old when I first held a Game Boy in my hands. A childhood friend (you know, the one on every block you’re intensely jealous of, who nabs the hottest toys the day they’re released and ultimately is the reason you’ve become an early adopter who buys all the latest gizmos and gadgets and consoles the second they’re available, isn’t it?) Wait, where were we? Ahem… Not soon after I’d held that Game Boy in my hands, I received one for Christmas. The...

Last week I openly confessed my love for portable gaming, but I knew the act of touching my PS3 and 360’s power buttons would inevitably go beyond the Netflix and Blu-Ray flirtation phase once again. This past weekend, it did. In late November of 2008 I loaned Rock Band 2 and a fake plastic guitar to my little brother, after practically killing myself during The Endless Setlist. I’d had my fill, I was satiated. This past weekend, however, an unrequited urge to once again bang those plastic skins washed over me, and I rented the disc and set up a rock-date with Rob and Gabe. The first half...

“I feel like by the time a game comes out now, I know everything there is to know about it…But at that time, (a game) got a 2 page preview in EGM maybe once…and then got a review. And that was all you’d ever know about that game until you got it in your hands. Now we’re inundated with information.” -A Life Well Wasted, Episode 1 “Back in ‘92, ‘93, ‘94, when Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, NBA Jam…400 page issues that everyone remembers so fondly…you would just sit on your bed and absorb every single thing. Because at that time,...

You know how everyone and their little brother in the geek world is fascinated with unboxing? I’m not enamored by the trend. But I’ll tell you what thrills the crap out of me: Getting stuff like this in the mail: (Yes it’s an older pic, but hey I just started blogging again!) There’s nothing more amazing than starting a gaming website from scratch, and suddenly having enough clout that companies like Disney, EA, Ubisoft, and Activision send you reviewable titles in the mail – ahead of their retail release date. That’s my geek-out version of unboxing. From now on,...

[flashvideo filename=/video/tigerhighlightreel.flv /] It’s all Pete’s fault, really. Stay with me on this… You see, Pete is the Senior writer of our PS3 arm over @ Games Are Evil, and he’s a damn fine wordsmith. My role as Evil Editor obviously dictates that I oversee almost all the content and reviews before they go live on our site. When we received Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf 09 (shall we say Tiger 09 for short?) from EA, Pete started playing the hell out of it. When it came time to peek at his review draft, I added the obligatory screenshots, formatting, and some light...