Keepers: Point Blank

Keepers is a weekly segment in which I discuss games I’ve played that I’ve seen fit to keep after playing. I generally sell a game that I’ve finished, so the only reason I keep one is because I plan to replay the game some day. Classifying a game as a “keeper” is generally a badge […]

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Thoughts on Import Games

I’d never before played an import game. This whole thing was really kind of an accident. Wait – I’m not making any sense. Lemme ‘splain. No, there is too much. Lemme sum up. I’d been wanting to play Prototype for a while, and when I found a copy the PC version on EBay for $20 whereas it’s […]

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Gripes about Street Fighter 4

I’ve been trying to limit my posts about Street Fighter to one per week, but I’ve been playing the crap out of the game, so it occupies a good bit of the video game namespace in my mind. And although I’ve been having a lot of fun with it, I do have some complaints I […]

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Tetris: From Russia With Love

Video game documentaries aren’t very common. Many people are aware of King of Kong, but how many people can name even one other? Enter Tetris: From Russia with Love, a documentary about Alexi Pajitnov and his creation of the classic game Tetris. You probably know that the game was created by a Russian in the days […]

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