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YouTube of the Week: Blah Blah Mr. Freeman Edition

April 1, 2008 by Dave

Half Life in 60 Seconds. Spoilers, kinda?

Filed Under: Video Games, YouTube Tuesday

Inq. of the Week: All We Want To Do Is Eat Your Brains

March 24, 2008 by Dave

Last week’s poll was quite informative and surprising! First, I learned that no one under the age of 16 reads our site, so I can swear more! Hell damn fart! Secondly, the bulk of our audience is between 31 and 40 weighing at 40%, with 20-25 at 24%, 26-30 at 21%, over 41 at 9%, […]

Filed Under: Featured, Inquisition of the Week, Video Games

Some weekend Portal viewing

March 21, 2008 by Dave

Stop-motion Portal Lego video, set to the awesome end song. The CH crew will be spending this weekend playing Xbox (and maybe some Wii and other games as well), so mayhap we’ll get a chance to play some games we haven’t played before, or maybe we’ll just play a lot of Halo 3 and Rock […]

Filed Under: Critical Bits, Video Games

YouTube of the Week: ROFLMAO! Edition

March 11, 2008 by Dave

Filed Under: Video Games, Web Meme, YouTube Tuesday

Inq. of the Week: Smashing Characters

March 10, 2008 by Dave

Last week, asking about your systems operation, 77% of you responded that you use Windows… somewhere. The Mighty Mac came in second with 29%, and Loquacious Linux running in third with 20%. There was one lone “Other” vote, which I’m hoping was something exciting like a robot running his own Asimov-based operating system who is […]

Filed Under: Featured, Inquisition of the Week, Video Games

Game Review: Turok, Tur-ACK!

February 27, 2008 by guest

Quiet…. can you hear that? It’s not far off… maybe thirty yards away. That sound- it can only be one thing. The Suck. Now I’m not one to usually voice my overwhelming disappointment in a video game ( I usually save that for real people and situations) but this is one infraction I just can’t […]

Filed Under: Featured, Reviews, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre, Video Games Tagged With: FPS, Reviews, Turok, Video Games

Rock Band and Portal: Two Great Tastes Together

February 22, 2008 by Dave

Around these parts, Portal has seen a slight insurgence, thanks to me lending Bartoneus and Sucilaria The Orange Box. I actually had to get them to shut it down at a party last Saturday so that I could feed my Rock Band addiction and caterwaul through my rendition of Ballroom Blitz. This actually allowed them […]

Filed Under: Critical Bits, Music, News, Video Games

Let the selling out begin

February 15, 2008 by Dave

Guitar Hero: Aerosmith is due out in June. This confirms rumors that Guitar Hero is releasing a few versions focusing around one band per game (though the initial rumor was U2.) Are there really big enough Aerosmith fans who want to buy a whole game of their stuff? Why isn’t this just extra downloadable content […]

Filed Under: Critical Bits, News, Video Games Tagged With: aerosmith, guitar hero, rock band

YouTube of the Week: Better than a Big Gameboy Edition

February 12, 2008 by Dave

More human Tetris! Be sure to listen to the music and sounds.

Filed Under: Video Games, YouTube Tuesday

Review: “The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters” DVD

February 9, 2008 by Dave

Who knew one giant gorilla could cause so many problems? The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters is a documentary that primarily follows the story of Steve Wiebe, a laid-off family man who sees the world record in Donkey Kong and decides that he can beat it with the arcade machine sitting in his […]

Filed Under: Featured, Movies, Reviews, Video Games Tagged With: documentary, donkey kong

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