The pitter patter of rain falling onto Scout’s floating island, a patchwork of wood and metal, steadily increased as the craft neared the dock. The two worlds collided gently enough and while Scout secured the mooring, Aesop jumped ashore. As the companions began...
Kenney Newville
Mastering the Game | Review
Breaking past the Sega Master System-reminiscent cover and pushing through some illusive editorial errors, Mastering the Game is easily my favorite labor of love in a sea of personal and professional self-help books. Author Jon D. Harrison has done what I (and I...
Video Games: A Waste of Time?
As a married father with a full-time job, I don't have a lot of free time. What little free time I do have is distributed - albeit unevenly - across reading, working on projects for Geeks With Wives, catching up on movies or TV shows, entertaining quirky academic...
Review: Freedom Wars
Since the game was originally announced, Freedom Wars has been - justifiably - compared to the Monster Hunter series. At the end of the day, both games plop you into a hub-world where you create and modify equipment to venture out into other mission hubs to defeat a...
Destiny: A Different Take
As of this post, I have a level 8 Hunter, a level 12 Titan, and a level 20 Warlock. According to the Destiny companion app, I have spent 20 hours and 6 minutes in game. In a world that is finding itself increasingly busy with each passing day, Destiny makes...
More Than A Feeling – My Rocksmith 60-Day Challenge – Week 1
This post is for week 1 of the Rocksmith 60-Day Challenge. To start at the beginning, click here to be taken to the introductory article. In June of 2007 in Kansas City, Missouri, a world record was broken for the most people playing the same song simultaneously....
More Than A Feeling – My Rocksmith 60-Day Challenge
I have a very unsuccessful history with learning musical instruments. I've tried my hand at piano, violin, flute (Jethro Tull did it, so shut up), and electric guitar. Sure, I've owned/still own a harmonica, but I'm saving that for my inevitable stint in prison. It...
Review: Wolfenstein: The New Order
You're going to be doing one thing and one thing only: killin' Nazis. I can remember playing Wolfenstein 3D on my dad's computer when I was much younger. Although I didn't obsess over the keyboard for hours on-end, I enjoyed the fast, nauseating gameplay. The...
The Witcher #2 Review (Dark Horse)
The Witcher #2 Dark Horse Comics Writer: Paul Tobin Artist: Joe Querio Color by: Carlos Badilla Geralt of Revia returns in Paul Tobin's The Witcher series by Dark Horse! (Slight spoilers from The Witcher #1 appear.) When we last left Jakob and Geralt they were...
The Witcher #1 Review (Dark Horse)
The Witcher #1 Dark Horse Comics Writer: Paul Tobin Artist: Joe Querio Color by: Carlos Badilla Geralt of Revia returns in Paul Tobin's The Witcher series by Dark Horse! As an enthusiast of the two Witcher games, I was eager to jump into Tobin's The Witcher to join...