Announcing The Big Pixels
Once upon a time, a group of friends worked at a video game journalism site. Then one day, the site was no more. And they decided that they liked working together so much that they wanted to start a new site. A site where everyone has a say, everyone can write how and what they please (but still with proper grammar and accurate spelling), and a place where we can guarantee not to lose touch. And thus, The Big Pixels was born. Yet again, Pete Davison made this announcement best on his site with a...
A Collection of my E3 Writing
In case you didn’t hear, I went to E3 this year. And I wrote a bit too. The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Hands-On Final Fantasy XIV Hands-On Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Hands-On Arc Rise Fantasia Hands-On Kingdom Hearts Re:coded Preview The 3rd Birthday Preview Dungeon Siege III Preview TERA Online Needs to Come to Consoles Oh and while I was away, Gaming Angels was kind enough to publish my book reviews for Bewitched and Betrayed and Dracula is a...
Latest Feature at Kombo
There’s been a lot of talk as of late in regards to EA’s Project Ten Dollar, but the idea of digital rights management (DRM) has been steadily growing over the last year. Ever since XBLA, PSN and even Steam were released, there seems to be a heavy trend toward the possibility of all games going to the public via digital distribution. I wrote about if this is true, and this is in the works to happen, as much as I would be sad to not be able to collect physical games, I offered some suggestions to make the transition a little more painless. Movement Toward Mainstream Digital Distribution
My First Book Review on GamingAngels!
A former Kombo colleague recommended me to the staff at GamingAngels, and while they really didn’t have any gaming positions open, I listed all of my geeky loves, one of which includes fantasy novels. So I’m having my trial run of guest writing in their literature section. I read about one book a week these days, so I should keep some steady flow over there. But without further ado, here is a link to my first book review on GamingAngels, Radiant Shadows by Melissa Marr. I hope to be able to post more links to my work in the near future. Soon this site will be nothing but a giant portfolio of links to my writing. To me, that’s not necessarily a bad...
NIER review
I finished yet another game review last week for Kombo, an action-RPG called NIER, published by one of my favorite studios: Square Enix. I honestly had no expectations when it came to the game and I had really no idea what it was even about when the review copy hit my doorstep. At first I was turned off by the game due to its poorly done graphics, but it didn’t take long for the incredible story and hilarious dialogue to win me over. From my review: Again at first glance, the story seems like it’s the typical random-hero-must-save-the-world plot, but players will soon find out how atypical it is. Instead of an angsty teenager taking the lead role, the main character is a middle-aged father. He’s not out to save the world from a crazy...
Sneezies PSP Mini Review
I’ve working really hard on my review of Nier for Kombo, but in the midst of that, I was asked to review a little PSP Mini called Sneezies. If you already have this game on your iPhone, then you most likely do not need it for your PSP. It’s basically a little time killer puzzle game that is great for ticking off the seconds in long lines or waiting rooms, but I doubt anybody (especially gamers who read this blog) will ever sit down just to play it. My review went up on Friday, and it’s longer than I thought it would be for a game that only took me five minutes to explore every option. Sometimes I amaze myself how I can write numerous words about something so small. My review for Nier should be significantly longer, but it shouldn’t as long...
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