Owen Good commented on Niko Bellic's Backstory, at 7:10 PM on May 11 @Payne_IV: I knew I was going to do that this weekend, sooner or later. more »

Owen Good wrote To: Ash From: Owen Re: Poker, The Redemption So the realboss at the realjob is in Hawaii all week which means, woohoo, work-from-home with impunity! Oh shit, do they have the Internets in Hawaii? Did they stretch ethernet across the Pacific? Oh dammit!. , at 2:04 PM on May 11, 2008 more »

Owen Good wrote Major League Eating comes to DS this week, so you can, I dunno pack your face using the stylus while you chow down at a McDonald's on a lunch break or something. Remind me to tell you all sometime about , at 1:43 PM on May 11, 2008 more »

Owen Good wrote OK, I think I get the gist of this piece. TeamTeaBag takes a look at gaming achievements on the 360, and it's hard for me to assess the tone: Either SmellyGeekyBoy (the writer) • resents the hell out of all , at 12:51 PM on May 11, 2008 more »

Owen Good wrote Not even two weeks since its release and the ingrates at Kombo.com already have eight things they want to see in Grand Theft Auto from now on. Everyone has an ultimate GTA experience list, and I'm betting that GTA IV , at 12:27 PM on May 11, 2008 more »

Owen Good commented on Kids Won't Listen? Sic BOB on 'Em, at 12:06 PM on May 11 @KidU: I like putting BOB on the Foreman Grill. more »

Owen Good wrote This site is full of win: Game Music Jukebox. You should really give this a look. More than 120 video game soundtracks. Double Dragon. Marathon. Mass Effect. Hitman: Blood Money. Lots of stuff from 8-bit synth to full symphony scores. , at 11:53 AM on May 11, 2008 more »

Owen Good wrote Mr. Juandrful over at Kezins.com has pieced together a backstory on Niko Bellic, in a VH1 "Behind the Music" kind of biography. Counterintuitively, I should put up a spoiler alert here, because although it's all about stuff prior to his , at 11:27 AM on May 11, 2008 more »

Owen Good wrote And now for a value-added post, if you're a Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition owner, and live in the U.S. There's an offer out on the Internets for a swell DVD case for the animated series DVDs included within. You , at 10:16 AM on May 11, 2008 more »

Owen Good commented on Niko and Vlad on Saturday Night Live, at 9:54 AM on May 11 @Rotmm: You mind if I insert that at the top, in the post? more »

Owen Good wrote And to wrap things up today, here's "The ABCs of Gaming," from a t-shirt design contest at Shirt.woot.com. The contest closed this week. The latest on the site shows another shirt claiming 2nd place in this derby so, who knows, , at 2:48 PM on May 10, 2008 more »

Owen Good wrote So, Brian's 70-year-old dad took on GTA IV and took quite a liking to it. Others his age are not as enlightened or — shocker — willing to try new things, and so the series might require further explication. Helpfully, here , at 2:34 PM on May 10, 2008 more »

Owen Good wrote Reader Dead Hex found this — apparently it was posted in mid-April and we missed it? But it's a concept video that dares asks the question, what if Nintendo developed Halo 3? Oh, most of the punchlines are predictable , at 1:40 PM on May 10, 2008 more »

Owen Good wrote Slate contributor Sudhir Venkatesh is a Columbia sociology professor who has written a book about street gangs, even going so far as to run with one in Chicago for a book. So, naturally, Grand Theft Auto IV would intrigue him. , at 12:33 PM on May 10, 2008 more »

Owen Good wrote Age of Conan is going after World of Warcraft in the MMO space. It's also a vehicle for getting those hot babes Roy Thomas drew in Savage Sword of Conan into 3D animation. Seriously, the Conan franchise's sensuous representation of , at 11:52 AM on May 10, 2008 more »