At GenCon I had the pleasure of finally meeting the awesome folks at The Game Crafter in person and they asked me to do an interview with them! So here it is! http://news.thegamecrafter.com/post/31060659319/come-with-me-to-glendale-arizona-to-have-a-chat Thanks, TGC!

I mostly keep quiet when matters become political, but something is happening tomorrow that I think everyone should be aware of and understand fully. Tomorrow, major hubs of internet information and traffic will shut down temporarily to demonstrate what is likely to occur if the currently proposed United States bills, namely Stop Online Piracy Act [...]

Well… If you haven’t heard yet, Blizzard has made some “decisions” about their upcoming blockbuster game, Diablo III. Which is obviously going to leave the industry forever changed and players irrevocably anointed with the power of the rainbow. People have been griping about this game since the day it was announced. Griping isn’t quite a [...]

All the people who said it would never happen can now form a line behind me to kiss my… …Oh, hello. Well, it finally happened. The most legendary case of vaporware in the history of gaming has at last coalesced. After nearly fourteen years, Duke has arrived. If you haven’t gotten your hands on it [...]

Mind you, I haven’t actually gotten my hands on any of this yet, but I wanted to talk about what Nintendo announced today; their highly anticipated new console. …And they’re calling it the WiiU (Weeoo?) Anyway, it’s quite interesting. It looks like they’re blending technologies between the Wii and the Nintendo DS, as the controller [...]

According to MMOChampion, the release date for World of Warcraft: Cataclysm is December 7th. Announcement source is apparently from Business Wire, not an official press release, at least as far as I have seen. Hopefully I will have time to come back and enjoy it. And now for the mystery bonus! (This belongs in a [...]

It has been a crazy past couple of weeks so I am a little behind on the latest and greatest. As far as informational updates go, I have been at the doctors office and hospital lately way more times than I care to, for both myself and for my wife who should be giving birth [...]

It seems like only weeks ago that we went to Blizzcon 2009, and now the next round is on the horizon. Hopefully we will be fortunate enough to cover the event this year as well! More on that as it develops. From the press release: BLIZZCON® 2010 ANNOUNCED Blizzard Entertainment’s fifth BlizzCon gaming celebration to [...]

Diablo 2! Remember that game? The ladder was supposed to reset annually, and allegedly this one is 11 months late, but it’s happening. Tomorrow, all ladder characters will be moved to non-ladder and the ladder will be reset. This may not be interesting to a lot of you, but for someone like me who lost [...]

From the Press Release: Blizzard Entertainment Begins Closed Beta Testing of StarCraft® II: Wings of Liberty™ Blizzard Entertainment announced today that the closed beta test for its highly anticipated real-time strategy game, StarCraft® II: Wings of Liberty™, has begun. Thousands of gamers around the world have started to receive invitations from the company to participate [...]