Actually, Adventure, the Atari 2600 game that introduced video game Easter eggs to the popular imagination, among other things, now has its second sequel. Both were programmed by Byte Knight over on the Atari Age forums, and the latest, Evil Magician Returns II got an update on Thursday delivering a third level to the… » 8/26/12 11:00am 8/26/12 11:00am

Rather burnt to a crisp here, coming out of Los Angeles, and not sure I'll be playing much of anything this weekend as I recover my mental faculties from E3. There's still a lot left to say from what we saw down there, and it's hard to break out of mental note-taking, since you can't write and play at the same time. » 6/08/12 9:20pm 6/08/12 9:20pm

You have any idea how hard it is to get off a phone call discussing options to install a heat pump, or fire insurance discounts, or school district taxes, and then pick up Prototype 2 and pretend you're still an adult? » 5/11/12 10:00pm 5/11/12 10:00pm

At the University of Texas "every Friday before finals there's a thing called 'Foam Sword Friday,'" writes Austin H., a computer sciences major at the university. Students go to the university district's main drag, cross the street during a red light, and then battle it out with foam swords. » 5/06/12 6:00pm 5/06/12 6:00pm

Freakin' nothin' for me, it looks like. » 3/23/12 7:00pm 3/23/12 7:00pm

Pitchers and catchers reported today on my Xbox 360 when MLB 2K12 arrived. 2K Sports' baseball simulation will be getting the most of my attention in preparation for a review this coming week. I'm not sure I'll have much time for anything else. » 3/02/12 10:30pm 3/02/12 10:30pm

When I travel, I usually frontload my gameplaying, trying to pack in progress in an RPG before I leave, and then kill time with handhelds in transit. But Monday, I'll be flying to Washington. My grandfather will be buried at Arlington. Forgive me, I'm not in much of a games-playing mood right now. » 2/24/12 10:00pm 2/24/12 10:00pm

Last week when I was on vacation I picked up an original Xbox from a friend (some of you may have seen me Tweeting about that.) Considering the new-release doldrums we're in, this has been as good a time as any to reacquaint myself with some games I loved on that console but haven't seen since I got rid of mine back in … » 1/20/12 8:30pm 1/20/12 8:30pm

I have always said you don't need family for the holidays, you need family for after the holidays. This weekend kicks off the long slog to March, or April if you're really in a bad climate. For those who aren't hanging around their family, it's a good time to sink into a game and punch away at the dreariness of leaden… » 1/06/12 8:30pm 1/06/12 8:30pm

This is the weekend I finally get around to playing The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Funny thing about picking it up today. » 12/23/11 9:00pm 12/23/11 9:00pm

Is anyone reading this still on campus? This was my favorite time of the year when I was an undergraduate student. I stayed at school until they threw us all out, usually going four days to a week after my last exam. There's no better lifestyle than a college town at the end of the semester. » 12/16/11 9:00pm 12/16/11 9:00pm

This week I rediscovered my love for DC Universe Online thanks to its "Lightning Strikes" DLC, to the point I was up at 1 am last night and swearing at the television when I couldn't connect to the server. » 12/09/11 9:00pm 12/09/11 9:00pm