As we enter the age of mainstream digital distribution for video games, via not just Steam but devices like the iPhone, DSi and PSP Go I believe we’ll be entering a new era of buyer’s remorse. (more…)
June 9, 2009
May 11, 2009
Game Diary - May 11, 2009: Change of Order

Over the weekend I learned how to turn my new PS3 into my old one. As I made the transition I had to make a surprising choice that got me wondering yet again about a feature the current consoles lack. (more…)
May 4, 2009
Game Diary - May 4, 2009: ‘MadWorld’ Falls Short

How could a game ever be a hit if it doesn’t feel like a hit? (more…)
May 1, 2009
Game Diary - May 1, 2009: Last Day Off

It’s my last vacation day before I start at Kotaku, so I’m not going to waste too much time writing a Diary.
Nope. (more…)
April 30, 2009
Game Diary - April 30, 2009: Fear Of A Console Death

It started with a mobster falling through the floor of a bank, arms waving as he plummeted to blackness and as my PS3 stopped running “The Godfather II.” It was going to end, I feared, in the death of my Sony super-console.
Yesterday, I stared down the impending doom that would snuff out my PS3. And, I think, I won. (more…)