Floribular

Floribular makes me wonder if people will ever stop coming up with new grid-based, match-3 casual games. Is there any limit to the number of potential variations on the theme that spawned Bejeweled?

June 23 - 27

It has to be said that there are a ton of games coming to market this week.

Prognosticating the MMO the Mouse Built

I love Disney. Not the company, which is increasingly reaching to foul and loathesome depths in its push to get marketoys into the hands of little girls. Not even the man, though obviously he was a person to respect.

Embracing My Inner Mainstream Gamer

That’s it. I’m buying Madden ’09, and I’m not going to feel bad about looking forward to it anymore.
Conference Call

GWJ Conference Call Episode 89

Metal Gear Solid 4, Video Game Buy In, An Interview With John Carmack, A Missive From The District 97, Your Emails and more!

Wii Fit

In the last few years, an increasing amount of my time has been dominated by three completely independent activities: 1: Entirely sedentary work (in which I am lucky to include gaming) 2: Time with my family (often outdoors) 3: Extremely aggressive exercise This trifecta has, with the emergence of the Platinum Age of Gaming (which started with the launch of the Wii and continues to this day), beco

The Last Stand 2

Depending on where you work, the gruesome sights and sounds of The Last Stand 2 may be completely inappropriate. It's a dark, bloody game in which thousands of disgusting zombies slowly overwhelm a small band of survivors.

June 16 - June 20

We'll be keeping it short and sweet this week. There ain't much to talk about anyway.

This is How I Roll (my d20)

The normally convivial social activity that is pen and paper gaming has a dark side. Not dark like “murder/suicide pacts in the steam tunnels” dark.

Oh Warlock, Where Art Thou?

This past weekend I fired up World of WarCraft for a brief and familiar respite from this all too real reality, and was met by digital malfeasance most foul, though I didn’t realize it immediately. I am impressive enough in the speed of my keyboarding, but my lack of equally impressive accuracy leaves me no stranger to the incorrect password dialog box.

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