The Omnivangelist

Game Analysis 1: Introduction
A few years ago I took it upon myself to read some classic literature. I’m not talking Moby Dick - I read that while in high school - but rather Capote’s In Cold Blood. Despite the book’s rural Kansas setting, which would typically lead to my disinterest, something about the book compelled [...]

Summary: Fight Night is a great game. Best way to smack around your friends online.
Electronic Arts is a great company. My roommate in silicon valley worked there in San Mateo and I went on-site there many times to play games and hang out. That place was fun and the employees there really loved gaming and [...]

Summary: Lovely game which builds on the strengths of the first game.
I was a big fan of Shenmue for Dreamcast, and so I was mildly broken-hearted when the rest of the series was not allowed to continue after the Dreamcast was discontinued (which was an even bigger shame). So you can imagine my delight when [...]

It’s about time we got to sit down with Sasquatchcabbie on Xbox360 and play some of Sega’s violent cult classic shooter, The Club. Sasquatch is a Club veteran having ranked in the top dozen players on XboxLive at his peak, and before the online community thinned out.
Critics haven’t spoken too fondly of the Club as [...]

Summary: Super violent arcade shooter. The makings of a cult classic, but not for everyone.
When I say The Club has the makings of a cult classic, I mean it. It’s not great in the ways many games are great. But it has something that’s unique that seems to attract a certain kind of player to [...]

Summary: Solid game. The Fight system and mechanics allow for amazing customization
This is not an easy game, even on the easy setting. The backgrounds in the game are bare and simple, nothing to write home about, but the enemy design, especially the bosses, and the fighting system are where this game shines!

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your Nintendo DS.  Terry Bosky at the Palm Beach Post has cataloged the numerous educational games that you can run on the go.  Language coaches, brain trainers, you name it, and, weirdly, the DS has it. 
I guess it’s only natural for a device that has rotted the brains of our youth (and who I [...]