Well it was that time of year again. This past weekend I participated in the Global Game Jam. The basic premise of a game jam is that you gather a room full of folks who have an interest in making...

I got the old board game Dungeon! for my boys for Christmas. Well not the old one. The new reprint version with the very impressive dragon on the top. I remembered it being a fun game, but that may...

I’m usually a woman. Let me come around and take another pass at that. I usually play a female. Maybe not usually. More like often. That is to say, in games where you can choose either a male or f...

Best Games -  Robotron 2084 Robotron starts at 780kmp/h and then presses down on the accelerator. Some games give people seizures. Robotron gives you epilepsy first and then gives you seizures. If...

Our kids will have childhood memories of their own. Memories that they will think are super awesome. We will scoff at them as somehow not as great or authentic as our memories. We will be wrong of ...

In a flurry of de-clutering, I went and boxed up a metric ton of magazines, some as much as 20 years old. This collection is composed of a solid PCGamer core with layers of Next generation, Play, ...

I've had cause, recently to do some video editing. Even though any editing ability I may have built up through the years has atrophied to a crippling degree, I'm still enjoying it. You can cli...

Best Games - Wing Commander Don’t bother going back. You can’t. Time has eroded this game. Wing Commander a cultural relic that pushed technology, and craftsmanship forward. It plowed, and then p...

I rode my bike this morning, yellow trailer rattling along behind me. The boys were stuffed snuggly within its canvas walls. The clear vinyl window fogged up from their breath only feet from t...

I'm just going to have a short conversation with myself, if you don't mind. Go about your business, I'll be done soon. Hey Owen. Hey. How's it been going? Can't complain. You? Been good. So I ...