by crissly | Jan 25, 2022 | Uncategorized
So, you succumbed to Wordle. The deceptively simple five-letter online word game, which went from a one-person passion project with no players in October to a full-blown web and social-media phenomenon as the new year began, is fun and challenging. It engages parts of...
by crissly | Jan 20, 2022 | Uncategorized
Ever since Cats of Zero Wing delivered the oddly worded threat “all your base are belong to us” some 30 years ago, the writing in video games has been received with varying levels of enthusiasm. Often, it’s denounced as stilted, hackneyed, and just plain nonsensical....
by crissly | Jan 19, 2022 | Uncategorized
Microsoft’s war chest is a dynamo. With revenues that rival the GDP of a small nation, it’s got enough cash on hand to buy whatever it wants. When it does, it just acquires another money-making machine. Its latest gadget? Video game company Activision Blizzard, which...
by crissly | Dec 18, 2021 | Uncategorized
This year, while the West Coast burned, the East was met with torrential, record-breaking levels of rain. My neighborhood in Western Massachusetts received the most rainfall we’d had in years, and the soaked earth bore endless swarms of pesky and bloodthirsty...
by crissly | Dec 10, 2021 | Uncategorized
Any new battle royale title needs a hook: After all, we all know the formula, and Halo Infinite‘s popularity suggests that people may be tired of it. With that in mind, here’s the hook of Iron Galaxy’s new title, Rumbleverse: wrestling, and no guns....
