The gaming industry is a lot like Hollywood or Washington, D.C.  It’s full of characters, hangers-on, weird B-listers, and robber barons.  While everyone knows that movie stars are generally nutcases and politicians are liars by nature, we still revel in the Jerry Springer moments...

Gamers tell lies.  I know, it’s a shock to some of you, but it’s true.  Most of the time, they’re just little fibs and they’re usually told to make ourselves look cooler to our gamer friends.  I once had to explain this to a non-gamer (aka spouse) and told her...

Remember the good ol’ days of gaming when our Atari, first-gen Nintendo, and 8088Mhz PCs were just discovering color graphics and pixels were measured in the low triple digits?  Remember when you had to put quarters into machines at the bowling alley or the mall to play games? ...

There are a lot of things about games that we wish we had in real life.  Maybe it’s that awesome Vorpal Sword* or that killer Conan body builder look or that sweet chainmail bikini.  Whatever it is, we wish we had it.  It’s why we play games.  They’re a fantasy, a...

With the release of Mists of Pandaria in World of Warcraft (WoW) and that of Diablo III (D3) earlier this year, we have to ask ourselves.. which Monk is more badass? Yes, yes we do have to ask that.  Don’t contradict me, padowan. Which Race? Most of the focus on Monks in WoW has...