The King of Kong

I get uncomfortable anytime the mainstream media examines gaming culture. It's tied to the shame that lies at the heart of being a nerd. For example, I can't really enjoy Dungeons & Dragons if I can't be a little ashamed of it, and that probably stems from how I embrace the outsider status I pretend to have.

Medal of Honor: Airborne

Are you to give up the fight and let this vast body of our wealth go to ruin? I do not believe it. - Richard Parks Bland

Too Young To Be This Old

Those who say that fear is the mind killer are wrong my friends. It's age. Age, which is relentless as a foul tempered badger and more tenacious than Elliot Ness holding an envelope of bank receipts with 'Money Al Capone Laundered' written in the margins.

2007 Donation Drive Winners!

The 2007 Gamers With Jobs drive is over and we can't thank you guys enough for all your support. We're humbled by your dedication to the site and the community it holds, we're going to work out butts off as usual to bring you the best we have to offer every week.
Conference Call

GWJ Conference Call Episode 50

Heavenly Sword, Jeanne d'Arc, Quake Wars, Bioshock Lead Developer Ken Levine Co-Hosts!, No Bioshock Spoilers, The Donation Drive Winners! and more!

Pulling the Plug

"Did you see this?" I ask Jess. She's sitting across from me at the kitchen table. We're engaging in a rare moment of weekend peace. The kids are watching "Danger Rangers," their lips hanging slack from chewing mouths on the couch. Fresh coffee. Newspaper.

Sept 17 - Sept 21

So begins the time of year when publishers unleash the flotsam that will pack retail shelves for the holiday season's poorly informed and foul-tempered buyers. If you think it's too soon to start thinking about the holiday buying seasons then I can only say one thing for sure about you: you're not a retail executive or game publisher.

It's Just That Simple

Dear developers: stop taking the cool out of cool features!

200th article - A Moment's Navel Gazing

Maximum Verbosity, which was woefully misnamed Daily Elysium at the time, was first published on January 15th 2003, squeezed right between the announcement of a new Asheron's Call 2 patch and news that Firefly had been officially cancelled, and the fact that GWJ has pretty much outlived those other two franchises is not a point lost on me.

Donation Drive '07 - Update

A brief update for our 2007 Donation Drive and prize giveaway. We are on our 10th day of the drive, and we've already exceeded the amazing generosity of 2006. We are impossibly grateful, not just because we like money but because as our costs increase you guys step up in amazing ways to help us continue to grow the site.

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