Phoenix Games

The house should have been condemned. In my junior year of college I lived with two other guys in a house that looked like Freddy Krueger...

I've never "chatted" with Pictochat. I am typically a lonely gamer. I play games online from time to time and my friends like ...

This game came out on my birthday, March 9. I had been reading up on the game months before. When I learned it came out on my birthday I was...

It was a dark time when I realized Playstation 2 games were slowly starting to die out. Xbox 360 was the superior console and Playstation 3 ...

A few days ago I was waiting in line at one of the mediocre food places at my college when I overheard two girls talking. One sounded quite ...

When I play this game today, I pretty much just laugh the whole time. It’s an entire video game revolving around the 7UP logo. For the entir...

Tom is a veteran of the Iraq war who talks too loud, says dumb things when he's drunk and has a variety of tattoos that can only be desc...

Regular readers of this blog know my wife is not a gamer. She grew up on books and vegan cooking. I had an Atari and pork chops. Together, w...

I'm sure to bet on a loser every time. It never fails. Sporting events. Dog track racing. Feats of strength or endurance. You name it, I...

My favorite genre of games is role playing games. I have also always been a huge fan of action/adventure games. I never used to like shooter...

In the summer of 1987 I was 15 years old. A child of Maryland, I spent as much of my summers as possible at Ocean City. It's a resort to...

While my daughter and I watch Sesame Street something about Elmo has been giving me the creeps. Who does he remind me of? Why is that face s...

I love Disney. They were my favorite movies when I was a kid and I still love to watch them today. I have the songs in iTunes, and they are ...

I knew Chrono Cross was the sequel to Chrono Trigger, but there was another game that was related to one of my favorite series. It was a sid...

This game had me at "Rain Dogs." "Rain Dogs" is one of the better albums by Tom Waits. People who don't know Tom Wai...

I brought my shiny new PS3 home on a warm day while my wife was still at work. I knew I had at least three hours of interruption-free gaming...

I’m not good with anything that is meant to be scary. So, of course, I go and buy games like Silent Hill and Rule of Rose. I’ll be OK the fi...

The freedom, power and sense of independence is what drew me into wanting my first car. Until I could drive legally, I drove anything I coul...

I was six years old in 1994 when the game Final Fantasy VI (back then, it was Final Fantasy III in North America) was released for the Super...

I clearly remember the thrill of it. I had my own money, and I was buying my first video game for myself. I worked hard for this moment. I s...

Not only do I write for this blog, but I read it too. Yes, it's true. I'm always interested in reading what others have to say about...

There are video games and then there are VIDEO GAMES. Some of them just transcend an entire generation of gamers. Street Fighter is one of t...

My favorite holiday has to be Christmas. I just love the feeling of the season, the lights, the music and just being together as family. Whe...

There’s been at least a couple of times in this blog I’ve written about a guy named Joe Q. The “Q” is short for Quattrucci and “Joe” is shor...