GameInformer

In a season filled with behemoths like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Assassin's Creed 2 and Left 4 Dead 2, a lot of smaller releases get completely lost. Games that don't have a big marketing push or name recognition are typical casualties, though the periodic success of titles such as Demon's Souls is encouraging. For most of these smaller titles, however, it's a quick trip from behind a glass case to the bargain bin. Here are three recent releases that are likely to be marginalized in the holiday rush. More importantly, here are three recent releases that I think deserve better. More

One of the great parts about this job is that I often get to play and write about games that I'm interested in anyway. That doesn't necessarily make those games any better, but it's nice to be able to satisfy my own personal curiousity while getting paid. A lot of times (well, most of the time) I'll play games in my free time without any kind of work assignments attached to those games. And because I am a sucker, sometimes I want to write about these games. This blog gives me a forum to do just that. When I play something that hasn't already been covered to death, I'm going to try to write up my thoughts and share them here. For my first such writeup, I'm going to talk about Way of the Samurai 3. More

This is one of my favorite pictures, despite a couple of us looking like we fell asleep in tanning booths. If only the burgers were as tasty as they were large. Those mugs were filled with...cider. More