I won't preface this with some self-aggrandizing thing about how bad of a year 2017 was and how I found solace in video games or whatever. I think we've all heard enough of that and I've got nothing particularly profound to add but I will preface by saying that over the last couple years my time and my drive to play games has severely diminished. I attribute it mostly to just getting older and...
Finally, it's the list you've all been waiting. Move over, John Carpenter. Get in line, Stardust. It's time to reveal the true games of 2014. But let's get something out of the way real quick. 2014 kind of sucked. It was a down year for playing games and it was a horrific year for anyone who enjoys talking about video games on the internet. Despite this and against all odds, there were some goo...
When talking about sensitive issues on this site, I'm very careful in the way I choose my words. How you say something is usually even more than what you are actually saying. People don't like to be lectured. They don't like be mocked. If you want someone to listen to you, you have to try to understand where they're coming from. I think it's something that a lot of people in this industry get w...
Lists. I love 'em. You love 'em. I have 'em. You have 'em. I try to summarize my thoughts on music every year around this time for a few reasons. For one, I really like music but I also do it because it's difficult. I find expressing why a song or album is great to be really hard sometimes. Saying why something sounds good to you is a very personal and interesting thing. So, I challenge myself...
First off, sorry for another long weepy post about Ryan. I know the forums have been overloaded with them and I hope that I can offer some sort perspective worth reading but no promises. I couldn't just write nothing though. I'm sorry if this sounds corny or overly dramatic or whatever. I'm fairly sure it does but oh well. I've got a couple ways of dealing with stress or sadness in my life. One...
In some ways, Kanye West’s 2010 album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy seemed like a giant, lavishly produced, bombastic apology or as close to an apology as Kanye would ever get (i.e. he’s made some mistakes but let’s face it, he’s still the shit). It was an intensely personal look into the life of Kanye West, albeit a fantastical version of it. In between his usual brags like “I don’t need y...
So, my rap game awards blog post from a few days ago got a pretty okay reception on here, despite it not being as fleshed out as I planned. I was hesitant to write too much because I wasn't sure if anyone was willing to read it but now it seems like there's a least a couple people on these forums willing to talk hip hop so let's try something new. I don't want to bite on Big Ghost's gimmick her...
So, here's a dumb idea I had. I like rap music and I like Giant Bomb's GOTY awards. So, what if I combined the two and created a bunch of arbitrary categories to talk about my favorite rap music of the year? Dumb, right? Well, let's do it. BEST NEW CHARACTER RiFF RAFF The future Jody Highroller got his start back in 2009 on MTV's From G's to Gents as "MTV Riff Raff." Not only did he have the te...
I know this is pretty late but for some reason, this year I felt compelled to write up something about my favorite albums of the year. It's not like it was a particularly stand-out year for music or anything but I never really attempted to write down my thoughts on music I like. So, I thought this could be an interesting experiment. Also, it's just kind of fun. 10. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs Pre...
I wasn't going to originally post this as a blog but since I saw a couple other people do it, I'd thought I would throw mine in. Not that it's much different from most of the other people's lists. Oh, and to get some extra hits, Uncharted 2? Fucking suck it. Anyways, here we go: Best of 2009 My top ten games from 2009. Keep in mind while reading this that I have no played every game this year a...