Review: Angry Birds SPACE

SPACE: The final frontier.  Or is it?  For all those that just about played Angry Birds to the point of admitting yourself to a rehabilitation clinic, prepare to take another fat dose of bird slinging fun.  The makers of Angry Birds have gone galactic and tossed in a bit of education on top of it.  WTF?  We’re going to subconsciously […]

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Review: Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations — Ninjas are better in orange

Hi.  My name is Briana Lawrence and I — deep breath — am a Naruto fan.  Well, that’s not entirely true.  I’m more of a recovering addict.  My fangirl mind has become exhausted with the series and, recently, I haven’t felt the excitement I use to feel oh so many years ago back when Naruto was a wee little lad […]

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Hands on Preview: Confrontation (PC)

For those of you who love tactical RPG’s that combine the feeling of Diablo and Warhammer, your opus may have just arrived.  Confrontation, a tactical RPG developed by Cyanide Studios, brings you directly into the fantasy universe of Aarklash.  It is here that a fierce campaign is waged between the heroic Griffin faction, the insidious Scorpion faction, the ferocious Wolf […]

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Dr. Geek: Treating Video Games like Cigarettes

Every so often, it seems another politician seeks to spend his or her political capital on an endeavor aimed at curtailing video games.  In the 1990s, such endeavors led to the formation of the Entertainment Software Ratings Board (ESRB) and the rating labels for video and computer games.  After the formation of such a self-regulatory system, companies and states have sought […]

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Review: Street Fighter X Tekken – A dash of Street Fighter, a pinch of Tekken

  Once upon a time there lived an adorkable gamer girl who enjoyed her fair share of hadoukens, sonic booms, and spinning bird kicks.  One day, the young girl strolled into an arcade — back when they still existed outside of malls and movie theatres — and discovered a concept that blew her mind: the fighting game crossover.  X-Men vs […]

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