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360 Friday Night Fights: Larp Edition

Lets take a journey into the world of larp (live action role-play). The first time I ever heard of larping is when my friend in high school kept yelling �lighting bolt�. In my confused state he explained that people dress up and act as if ...

 
 
 
 

The Forgotten

One of my newest rituals in life is to go thrift store shopping searching, for furniture and other relics. I really have my wife to thank for getting me into thrift store shopping, because at one point in my life I found it to be boring. I...

 
 
 

Aaamaazing!: Rock Band is Just Simply Fun!

Rock Band is one of those games that is fun to play no matter what. It is one of the few games in my library where it is as fun to play sober, as it is drunk. Most of the time when I get drunk, my gaming skills plummet faster than Charlie ...

 
 
 

Jonathan Holmes Zombie Marathon Results!

To start off I would like to thank Saphodravingo and Kauz for posting fundraising for Jonathan Holmes. If they had never posted on their blog�s about the robbery, I would have never thought to do a Zombie Marathon in the first place! A gre...

 
 
 

Zombies Marathon For Jonathan Holmes

Jonathan Holmes is a person I have always trusted when it comes to game reviews. Jonathan always seems to point me in the right direction, when it comes to his reviews. I got Bit.Trip Flux and Pokemon Black because of his outstanding writt...

 
 
 

Being Poor Sucks, but Here are Some Tips

Lets face it, I have very little money, and a list of video games that never ends. Each month the backlog of games gets bigger and bigger and my cash flow gets tighter. I am trying to become a social gamer, so anytime my gamer friends want...

 
 
 
 

Post PAX!

After a nine-hour bus trip back to DC from Boston at 10:00PM I was so happy to see my wife passed out in bed. The calls from her every night around eleven made me miss what was going on back in DC, and yes, I got teary-eyed at one point. Ev...

 
 
 

PAX Prep

Just as Christians and Jews have Jerusalem and Muslims have Mecca, gamers have PAX. This will be my first trip to the holy land of gaming conventions, where gamers can just be gamers. My journey will start next week on Thursday morning at ...

 
 
 

Call of Duty:Black Ops has a Community?

Josh Olin is Treyarch�s community manager the man who�s job it is to do what the fans want and get the good name of Black Ops out there. He is usually blasting away at Twitter or telling you all the hard work they do just for the fans. The...

 
 
 

Casual? Who are you calling Casual!

I was inspired by my friends blog from Klei Entertainment that games are simply more than just "fun". The word casual makes most gamers cringe but I am here to say why the word casual does no justice to casual games. Casual is a term used...

 
 
 

The Silent Hero

(SPOILER FOR RED DEAD RED REDEMPTION IN FIRST PARAGRAPH!) The main character in most video games always has something to say. John Marston, the main character in Red Dead Redemption, showed that video games can have the same narratives as ...

 
 
 

Interview with Gnomic Studios

I interviewed Gnomic Studios on their first released game for Xbox Live called Square Off. If you haven't already played this game yet please make sure to pick it up since it is only one dollar! When was Gnomic Studios founded? Early in ...

 
 
 

Gaming Addiction Vs. Enthusiasm

Five years ago I was in my college dorm room in North Carolina sitting at my computer for 8 hours straight. I did not move for anything, food, water, or even take a bathroom break. Why was that? Well I had become addicted to the MMO City ...

 
 

About Gaming in Publicone of us since 9:37 AM on 02.17.2011

Back in the 1987 a bastard child was born. His name was Jacob and since then he has been gaming and leaving angry remarks at the world. A Virginia native who can only beat his head in as he feels caught between a "Hardcore" and "Casual" gaming world.