When I was at Gen Con last weekend, I got a wonderful opportunity to try out play test of  Wizards of the Coast next installment in the Dungeons & Dragons franchise, D&D Next. Though it’s still in beta, and indeed at least a good couple of years away from a release, I can see with D&D...

When it came to shilling their own products back in the late 80’s and 90’s , before the internet rose to prominence, nobody did it better than Nintendo. Once a month they would release a magazine that you could have delivered straight to your house that would let you know of the latest and...

Over the past few years e-sports has really come into its own. Thanks to the popularity of high speed internet, thousands of people can stream matches of some of the best players of the world’s best games going at it in real time. StarCraft and StarCraft II helped create the interest for people, but...

38 Studios was the development company created by former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling, and was responsible for creating Kingdoms of Amalur, which was released earlier this year to modest success. As you may recall, the company went under in a horrific fashion a couple of months ago, and the entire staff...

As long as I’ve been alive, I’ve always considered myself to be a bit of a nerd. I’ve always been playing different video and board games, and I’ve always had my nose in some fantasy or sci-fi novel. During my teens, I went through an anime phase that involved many a late night of...

Over the last few years different companies have made purchasing DLC for your games easier. While most of us with credit cards tend to just plug it into the console and make our DLC purchase from the comfort of our own home, there are a few people out there for a myriad of reasons can’t do that....

Whenever a new console is released, its success depends in part upon its exclusive titles. After all, if all consoles carried the same games, what’s going to keep your potential customers from buying another system that may be cheaper and/or more powerful? It’s those exclusive titles that entice...

I love the entire Mass Effect series. I’ve followed Shepard from his humble beginnings as brand new SPECTRE thwarting Saren’s plans, all the way up to the point where he saves the galaxy. My only regret is that at some point the story has to end, and that the only thing remaining is multiplayer...