As a kid, towards the end of a school year, the start of summer was all I could think about. The funny thing is it would not be for the reasons the average person would think. No, the start of summer was special to me because of our l...

*Based on who I work for I must put a disclamer, My views are my own and not related to my employer.*   After another lovely year at E3, for me, there are definitely a few games that stand out. Now I know that everyone’s li...

I disappeared from Destructoid a few years back, (roughly two) because I had accepted a new position. This new position could ultimately terminate me if I were to say the wrong thing on social media and the like. I enjoy writing and r...

  It is no secret that Xbox has been on the rise ever since Phil Spencer took over in March 2014. Every E3 since then has been about walking back a PR nightmare. One that he unfortunately inherited. However, change has been happen...

You know how it is. You're jamming out in a gaming session and suddenly it hits you. Your body is saying feed me and you are thinking, just one more match. Just one more turn. So, instead of being a sensible adult, we tend to tur...

  We are all guilty of this. You just bought a game that had great reviews. Or maybe a friend convinced you to buy it. Perhaps even, it was on sale and it just looked good. No matter how you come to acquire it, upon playing t...

Yes, It's true. I am a huge Nintendo fan, yet have never played a single Zelda game. But why? To be honest I never really thought about it too much. They are well received games with an ever expanding library that is easily obtainable...

  *WARNING! Spoilers Ahead* (Star Wars Ep. 7)     "I don't play villains. I play interesting people." -Alan Rickman    I like to think of myself as a positive person. However, just as the name suggests, I ...

If you live in the modern world to it's fullest extent, you probably have some kind of alias that you go by. I often wonder how some of us get these names. Sometimes they are given to us and other times we create them in our image. If...

When confronted by the daily challenges we face professionally, personally and emotionally, we play games. I would venture to say many of us have done this. Under varying degrees of anger or frustration, we tend to look for something ...

  Being September, we are in the days before gaming chaos takes hold. The days are much longer. Whether it be work or school or both, as soon as we get home we tend to not have a specific game in mind. Now, if this was October or ...