From the (Cluttered) Desk of Mikey: Dear Insomniac Games

Dear Ted Price and the crew at Insomniac Games,

Firstly, before we get into the reason behind this open missive, I’d like to thank you for the countless hours of high quality entertainment you have provided me. From the carefree days of  charging after sheep across meadows in Spyro’s homeworld, to the horrors of the Chimera charging after Sgt. Hale through the streets of ‘50’s Britain in Resistance: Fall of Man, your company has been a beacon of innovative, original and engrossing video gaming that is unmatched in quality and presentation in today’s market. Continue reading…

Review – Portal 2

The release of Portal 2, much like the game itself, was a veritable overload of hype, frustration, and amazement. Those of you familiar with the original Portal remember the spectacularly positive critical response after its release, but no one could have expected the exceptional level of awesome that is found in Portal 2. As Doug Lombardi, director of marketing at Valve so eloquently put it, “Portal was a test bed. Portal 2 is a game.”

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L.A. Noire Is More Than Just a Pretty Face

Detective stories have long been the bread and butter of Hollywood. From the film noir classics of the 30s and 40s that helped make Tinseltown what it is today, to the highly acclaimed C.S.I. franchise which has been the most popular dramatic series on television for over a decade, cop dramas make up the very framework of Hollywood, Los Angeles, and entertainment itself. Americans’ obsession with the boys (and girls) in blue has long been a profitable basis for both film and gaming and Team Bondi and Rockstar Games look to cash in on that fixation with their upcoming release, L.A. Noire.

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Golgotron’s Guide to Gamer Gifts

With the holidays already in full swing, the heat is on to grab the perfect last-minute gifts for all the gamer dudes and dudettes in your life. So we at Golgotron compiled a collection of the greatest gamer gadgets on the market, sure to please even the pickiest video game enthusiast.

From training programs to exercise devices to controller and keyboard mods, each one of these amazing items is Golgotron Guaranteed to revolutionize your game. So to make your shopping list a little bit simpler, and your favorite gamer a lot happier this Chrismahanukwanzakah, here’s the roundup of the best gamer gifts for the 2010 Holiday Season, in no particular order.

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Play2Improve: Female FPS Players Everywhere Rejoice!

It has been said that women can’t play first-person shooters because they don’t aim when they pee. It’s scientific fact. Luckily though, video game developers have recognized this horrible affliction and have already begun taking the steps necessary to help female FPS gamers everywhere. Coaching software and training applications are being developed and refined more and more each day, and soon there will be no excuse. With the help of these innovative tools and services, gaming scientists are hopeful the misogyny inherent to FPS gaming can one day be controlled, possibly even reversed.

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Need for Speed 2010: In Hot Pursuit of Burnout

PlayStation 3, PC and Xbox 360 are gearing up for the soon to be released online racing revolution Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit. This is the first NFS game the UK based company Criterion Games has attempted, and if you are familiar with any of the Burnout games, you’re right to be feeling as aroused as I am.

Announced at the Criterion booth at E3 earlier this year, the company most recognizable for their highly acclaimed Burnout franchise has garnered tremendous hype for this game, and I am frothing in anticipation.

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Minecraft Goes Half-Platinum

Minecraft, the quintessential sandbox PC game, has sold over 500,000 copies of the game as of this Friday, October 29, 2010. Developed by Swedish-based company ‘Mojang AB,’ the insanely addictive indie hit has garnered millions of registered users, while still being only in the Alpha phase of development. With promises of the beta to come shortly, and many new updates and re-designs in the works, the popularity of the software is almost guaranteed to expand. Thus raising the question:

Do you Minecraft?

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