Blog: Alaska Video Gamer
Escape from this Butcher Bay
Published June 30, 2009, 11:01 a.m.
In 2004, a little-known company by the name of Starbeeze Studios showed off one of the best looking games anyone had ever seen (at the time) in the Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, and unlike some great looking pieces of software that remain vaporware for years (Duke Nukem Forever), they actually released it in just a few months. Read more and add a comment
How the mighty Sonic has fallen
Published June 1, 2009, 11:36 a.m.
How bad is the latest Sonic game, Sonic Unleashed? Read more and add a comment
E3 Awesomeness
Published June 1, 2009, 10:33 a.m.
For those of us that follow video game new closely, this is the biggest week of the year, as companies announce all their big titles at the annual E3 conference. Microsoft is getting things underway right now with some giant announcements. 2 comments
Kids today
Published April 26, 2009, 4:45 p.m.
So last weekend, I finally fired up Resident Evil 5 for some online co-op. I played through some co-op chapters with a very helpful Frenchman, who didn’t even surrender to the zombies once, and because of this, I won’t say anything bad about the French for at least a week, starting…. Now. Read more and add a comment
Saving money the hard way
Published April 26, 2009, 4:28 p.m.
Most of the time saving money on games is as simple as using a coupon or finding something marked down in a store. Other times it takes some work, some haggling, and some serious arguing with douche bag store managers. This is a story about saving money the latter way. Read more and add a comment
The weekend in gaming
Published April 17, 2009, 6:30 p.m.
It's the first Saturday and Sunday I've had off in about a month and the girlfriend (who overall is pretty tolerant of my hobby) is out of town for the next few days. But rather than use this as an opportunity to hit up the town and see what kind of trouble I can get into, this is going to be an epic weekend for gaming. Read more and add a comment
Learning to love Resident Evil 5
Published April 16, 2009, 11:29 a.m.
I’ve found one of my favorite games of all time in the Resident Evil series, and yet, it’s also one of the franchises I’ve most hated over the years. It’s with that in mind, that I hesitantly picked up the latest installment, Resident Evil 5, last week. 4 comments
