Play an early Portal now!

So I'm assuming that many of you have already seen this video for Valve's upcoming Portal, a first-person puzzle game in which you place two portals in a room and can walk between them. Needless to say, many people seem excited about it, and with good reason. It's these kinds of new concepts that are sorely needed in today's games. With this one game mechanic Valve can open up lots of new ways to play…

So I feel my Cranky Old Gamer side has been boiling up for quite some time now, and I guess it's time to rant before he pops. The topic in question? Final Fantasy...VII. It seems an article or blog can't talk about this game without saying 'the most popular of the series' or even 'the greatest role playing game ever'. Come on, people! Not only do I *not* feel this is the best RPG ever,…

So with the extended weekend, I decided to drag myself and a friend to the Berlin Farmer's Market, which contrary to the title is more of a flea market with stands selling all kinds of old things that only weirdos and whackjobs would want. Being at least one of those two things, I love going here to see all the vintage gaming goodness to be had. I was hoping at least two stands would have…

So with the 4th of July holiday here in the US, naturally our first thought goes to all the gaming we can get done while we have some spare time. Today I was playing some Vice City (a game I don't often pick up) and just started fooling around, killing time. After a while, I noticed I felt guilty about gaming without a purpose. After all, I have so many other games that I'm only…

So last week I went and bought a Dreamcast from my local thrift store. It's also my first Sega system. Back in the days of the great Nintendo/Sega console wars, I was firmly on the Nintendo side of the name-calling fence. Luckily, a friend of mine has a pretty good collection of Dreamcast titles that she lent to me while I work on building up my own collection. Good games like Shenmue, Chu Chu Rocket…

I mentioned in a previous post that I emailed NuShield to see if their Nintendo DS screen protectors would be compatible with the DS Lite. Here's what they had to say: "They are not. We are testing a DS lite system now. We will keep your request on file and let you know when we are able to sell for this product. Thank you for your inquiry." So there you go, much like the stylus…