My oldest son is in the second grade.  His teacher sent everyone an email about a spelling web site a parent had found called SpellingCity.com.  The site is fantastic.  Read the rest of this entry »

This has been one damn fine week. A lot has happened this week for me as a gamer. In the past few months up until now we have seen one quality game release after another. We all have a special list of games we can’t wait until they are released. Let us take a look at what from mine has come out recently.

WAR, Fable 2, Fallout 3, Gears of War 2, and the ever oppressive WoW: Wraith of the Lich King.

I am also waiting for Left 4 Dead which I downloaded the demo for two nights ago and absolutely loved.

If you are new to my articles or have the basic tendency to go into a drool inducing coma while reading my articles you might not know that I absolutely love Warhammer Online.

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Capcom has officially released a PC demo for the latest entry into the MotoGP franchise, MotoGP08. If you are interested in checking the demo out for yourself, follow this link to the MotoGP website to download the releaesed demo. Capcom has also announced that a PS3 and X360 downloadable demo will also be released soon.

Square-Enix has released new updates on it’s offerings for the first quarter 2009. RPG fans can rejoice at a very long list of what we suspect will prove to be solid AAA titles with new entries into tried and trusted franchises. Of particular note is the release of “DRAGON QUEST V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride” on the Nintendo DS which has been posting record sales in the Japanese market. Read the rest of this entry »

Not one to disappoint, Ubisoft is posting impressive numbers for their freshly released Farcry 2 first person shooter. Built on the latest iteration of the Dunia engine, Farcry 2 looks on a solid track to rise to the challenge of besting it’s predecessor. Read the rest of this entry »

We don’t own a Wii or a Playstation or any other kind of console game at our house. We have no Windows computers so, no Windows based games. What we do have, is a Mac with two versions of Disney’s Cars games. One is comprised of a bunch of Cars related puzzle games and the other is a straight racing game. Read the rest of this entry »

We’ve recently added a new batch of Resident Evil 5 screenshots. So far this title looks like it definately won’t dissapoint us graphically speaking. Let’s just hope that the story is just as good as the game looks. Read the rest of this entry »

You need not kill a raid boss to obtain this drop. All you need to do is shell out a smooth $79.99 for the opportunity to drink from these epic steins. As announced in the Blizzard Insider #28, the folks over at 3 Point Entertainment have added to the increasingly long list of various World of Warcraft paraphernalia that you can spend your hard earned cash on. Read the rest of this entry »

EA announced today that it will be releasing premium upgrade packs for their latest hit title Dead Space. Pricing does not look to be all that bad for what you get, but I continually am frustrated about micro-charging consumers for content that they should have recieved when they shelled out $60 for the initial game. Read the rest of this entry »

Do great games require great innovation? In an industry where everyone is fighting tooth and nail to be the first to the next great idea this is question that I believe is rarely ever given a moment of thought. In the article “Viva Less Ambitious, More Accessible Games?”, writer Tim Cross poses the idea that perhaps innovation isn’t always the way to a great game. Read the rest of this entry »