Don't play with me

The reviews are in

Playing a new game is like making a new friend . You might be a little unsure at first, unaware of the rules and the boundaries. You suss them out, figuring out what makes them tick, what grinds their gears, and how to progress. Then, you have your first moment of true bonding. With a new friend, it might be when you make a joke that they yes-and until you're both squealing with laughter. With a new game, it might be that first little accomplishment or moment of gameplay when you realize you're…

He sounds like a real winner

Gaming can be a great method of distraction . It can take your consciousness and chuck it far away, somewhere more fun, more palatable. Why spend all day in the human realm when you could spend all day in the Sims realm, where Bella Goth is your neighbor, you're really good at the guitar, and your house has 3 pools and no bathrooms? Why spend your time frittering away on Earth when you could be riding down Rainbow Road, drag racing your good friends Donkey Kong and Shy Guy? Why work all day at…

It's almost Halloween, which means a great opportunity to whip up some of your favorite gaming inspired costumes. We've all seen the Lara Crofts and the Marios (Goodness gracious, make the Marios stop), but what would happen if I dressed up as Baby from Super Monkey Ball? What would happen then? Or if I dressed up as a car from Grand Theft Auto? A little too obscure? Fine, I'll dress up as an arrow in homage to the arrow to the knee from that one NPC in Skyrim. People are too expected with thei…

Gamer mode locked

Gamers have a community unlike any other. They rule such large swaths of the internet that they've changed the way we speak on there. Without gamers, we wouldn't know about “noobs," we wouldn't have the “took an arrow to the knee” meme and we wouldn't call every scandal [blank]gate (I know that comes from the Watergate scandal but it didn't take off as an internet term until #gamergate). Gamer YouTubers rule the charts, streaming as a concept grew up around gamers, and memes are ruled by the wo…

Gamer mode activated

Then I took an arrow to the knee

Go ahead, play a round

Game like there's no tomorrow

Wanna go iceberg tipping?

Time flies when you're a gamer

No cheat codes needed

The summer is starting to wind down, school is starting again, and our desire to game has never once waned