Video Game Review: Fez (XBLA)

Originally announced in 2007, Fez has been in development for quite a long time. Was the wait worth it? Absolutely.

Book Review: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

While video games are my chosen hobby there are times when I somehow (between being a dad, a gamer, full time employee, and a writer) find a way to sit down with a good book. Unlike video games, reading is one of the greatest escapes and the graphics are powered by imagination where the budget is limitless and the possibilities boundless. Recently I got a chance to read Ready Player One by Ernest Cline and I was pleasantly surprised. Usually I read nothing outside of fantasy or a good Star Wars book (which is fantasy in space), but I received Ready Player One as a gift and am pleased to say the book is a genre busting success that delves deeply into nostalgia while also being witty and original.

Product Spotlight: Club Nintendo Hanafuda Cards

Everyone knows Nintendo is the creator of Mario, one of the most beloved video game characters of all time, but not as many know that Nintendo started out as a Hanafuda card manufacturer.

Video Game Review: Anomaly Warzone Earth (PSN/XBLA)

Anomaly Warzone Earth has made its way to the PC, iPhone, iPad, Android and Mac platforms and finally it has come to XBLA; but is it a good fit for the platform?

Video Game Review: Kid Icarus Uprising (3DS)

After 25 years the NES cult classic, Kid Icarus, makes a return with Kid Icarus: Uprising. Can Pit, the game’s protagonist, hang with the best Nintendo has to offer in his new portable outing?