Recent content by bchampnd

I'm not a big online gamer but one thing I've always felt is that all online games should have matchmaking options where you can choose your play style - serious, casual and beginner. Serious for the hardcore people where winning is everything, casual for the people who want to win but it's not...

I am a big sports fan and, consequently, I was for a long time a big sports gamer because I always get antsy for the start of each sport season. When this generation of consoles rolled around, however, the games I played most during the PS2 era - Madden and NCAA - regressed badly. It's only in...

There have been some big discounts on the basic game even pre-launch though. I picked it up on Green Man Gaming for $36. At that price, I think it's worth a Day 1 buy even for those people that hold out for GOTY or complete editions of games (I'm one of said people).

This is just of a retread of the old debate of whether ________ is art or not. Music is art in the form of sound (yes, there are better definitions but that's not the point I'm going for here). Objectively, the answer to the question of whether ___________ is art/music or not is simple: yes...

I think the real missed opportunity was not releasing this a few months before Diablo 3. It would have cleaned up on the people itching for some Diablo who just couldn't wait. On top of that, Torchlight 2 is aggressively priced at $20 so it would have moved a ton of copies (I guess digital...

I have had my 80GB fat model since 2008 - on of the ones that came out after backwards compatibility was removed and before slim models were announced. Still works well enough but hard drive space has dwindled and it doesn't seem quite as fast as it once did (probably because I downloaded a...

I am in the process of building my first gaming PC - and by that I mean I've ordered the parts - so decided that if I'm blowing a ton of money on hardware I might as well get some software to play on it. Here's what I've picked up (all prices in USD): Darksiders - 4.99 Terraria - 2.49...

I want to pick this up but I've got plenty of quests left to do (finished main storyline and Companions) so hopefully once I get through all of the guild questlines the price will have dropped a bit. If you got Skyrim for the PS3, don't hate on the timed exclusive. Just enjoy the "free" games...

That is what I was thinking about also. What words are deemed profane for the purposes of the study. Are they going with Carlin's 7 dirty words or are they including things like damn, hell or taking the lord's name in vain (religious university so figured that last one might also be considered...

That does kinda suck for the non-HD crowd. I always found split screen worked better on the old SDTV's but that was probably because it was a lot more common to see 50" SD sets than it is to see HDTV's that large even today. And to the people talking about the amount of non-HDTVs still in...

I think it's incredibly misguided for any civilian to hate his or her nation's military. Unless, of course, that military has been used against a nation's own citizens, or you have a personal - not philosophical - reason to hate it. (Examples: Personal - You or someone close to you was in it...

Pretty good deal. I'd bite if I didn't still need to play ME1. Played ME2 on PS3 but only recently got a 360 so didn't have opportunity to play the first game until now. If this game is $29.99 already, it's got $19.99 written all over it for summer or holiday season.

I completely agree that the price for a download should be lower than the price for a physical copy but I don't really see it happening. Take a look at the e-book industry since it is almost the exact same concept. When Amazon started off and was selling best sellers for $9.99, everybody was...

Just because you aren't an American doesn't mean you know any less about the limitations on freedom of speech than most Americans, including educated ones. Most Americans don't understand what freedom of speech really means unless they've taken a class on Constitutional law in college or law...

Nice review. I'm happy to see that you haven't shied away from the sports game reviews after the NCAA 12 incident. I'm sure sports games don't get too many hits on here, besides maybe the review for Madden so then all of the anti-sports gamers can check the score and scream and whine about...