Al and I decided to make Friday night Game Night around the house. Game Night entails a standing invitation to the local game geek posse,... (more)

Last week's trip to the game & comic shoppe happened in the midst of a power outage that blacked out a chunk of Portland's Hollywood... (more)

Gamefly lets you rent two games at a time with no overdue dates, with the option to buy at some point. If Netflix offered... (more)

In addition to the Two Towers videogame pigout, I also got hooked on NBA Jam this weekend. Highlight: The white-bread announcer shouting "What do we... (more)

Thanksgiving weekend brought "The Two Towers" video game into the house. Now I'm curious about which other video games have strong nods to cinematic narrative conventions. Especially ones that don't require the twitch reflexes of a fighter pilot. (more)

On Alas, a blog: Half-Orc Welfare debated: "Look, we all care about the half-orc problem. Attacking motives is simply a left-wing substitute for not having... (more)

...just play with one on your computer: Play with crash test dummies in "Truck Dismount" I think Truck Dismount may be my new rationale for... (more)

Anyone else remember "Merlin"? I had one. It was flatly superior to the "train your kids to obey the flashing lights" game Simon, and... (more)

I just finished my first Cosmic Encounter Online game. It went something like this: Getting into a game was easy enough: I went to an... (more)

Tomorrow is a special day: Cosmic Encounter Online, a multiplayer Flash version of the classic board game will finally launch. It's a tough game to... (more)

I hate online gaming. The New York Times explains why. obIdioticQuote: "One of the players engaging in this automated counterfeiting, a 29-year-old financial planner from... (more)

Sensei's Library is a nice collection of Go material, including software links. It has a strong user community contributing. Nice stop. A wiki to... (more)