Welcome to the October 30 edition of e-SportsCenter! This week, the world of e-sports was a bit slow. Not wanting to deprive my readers of their usual fix, I present to you a very special BarCraft edition! If you’re already an avid e-sports fan, the hope is that you’re already familiar with the concept of
Observant readers – assuming I’ve got readers; please, don’t divest me of the illusion – may have noticed that even though a lot of my reviews focus on games as storytelling, few of them cover role-playing games, the archetypal game-as-story. Of course, part of it is there aren’t as many big-name console RPGs on the
The holiday season is arriving shortly, and as any normal holiday-loving person would do, I’ve started plotting ways to rack up my karma in time for Christmas. That’s right, Calvin has nothing on me. I know what you’re thinking: preparing for the holiday season this early triggers vivid flashbacks to Christmas decorations filling the department
You want to be the very best, like no one ever was? Well then consider a new controller for your Xbox 360. Sure, there are plenty to choose from, but what about one that brings the balance of both analog joystick and mouse? Yes, I speak of the fabled creature from the deep: the SplitFish
We talked last time about some great Halloween-themed TV shows. So this time, we’re going to talk about the Halloween movies. Now, I will miss some big ones. NOT to fear! It’s not because they’re not awesome; I’ll just be talking about the ones that have meant something to me over the years. Some of
So here we are, the release date of Battlefield 3 has come and gone. The game is being played across the globe on consoles and PCs alike. Millions, if not, hundreds of thousands of players are engaging in combat across the sky in jets, thundering across the terrain in tanks or apcs, or capturing bases as infantry.
The game has many an attractive feature, whether it be the astounding environments in which nothing short of all out warfare is waged, the sound quality which makes the player feel like they are being shot at or that there is actually a jet screaming across the sky overhead, the smooth gun play which allows the skilled pros and the new to shooter players all feel like equals, and finally the continuous leveling system that encourages players to keep playing Battlefield 3 in the effort to get that next attachment or that next vehicle upgrade.
Starcraft: Final Metamorphosis, a fan animation depicting various scenes from the Starcraft universe, is officially out today. A medley of individual vignettes, Final Metamorphosis depicts ground-level battle scenes and moments mostly from the time period of the original Starcraft, accompanied by a voice-over narration by Kerrigan. Among the apparent scenes included are Kerrigan’s battle with
Every year, like many others, I gather up my friends together about once a week and watch Halloween theme TV or movies to get us in the spirit of this spooky time of year. So with Halloween approaching, I thought I’d do a small list of fun, nerdy TV and movies that I enjoy every
You can listen to this episode on our Comic Issues channel at Anchor.fm! You know, if you say our name three times while looking into a mirror, a short Italian man appears. Well maybe not…but t’is the season for some urban legends, preferably in the scary category. Join our heroes as they overcome great fear