District 9: A little over-hyped

Libby and I received and watched District 9 last night, and I have to admit that I was a little disappointed. She liked the movie more than I did. My issue is with the story. If you choose to watch that movie as an allegory for Apartheid then it works fine, but if you want [...]

The World Ends with You: An emo boy in Tokyo grows up and fights some demons

I grew up on role playing games by Squaresoft. RPGs are those games like Final Fantasy and Dragon Warrior where you take control of a character, build there abilities over the course of an adventure until you fight a big, bad guy. I spent hundreds and hundreds of hours playing games like Final Fantasy 3, [...]

Professor Layton: I didn’t know studying for the LSAT could be a game.

The first game I slotted into the new DSi was Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box. Layton is a series of puzzle games for the DSi. There are two games in the series currently released in America and four out in Japan. There are six intended games in the series. Each game tells a story [...]

I’m a gamer again

After about seven years of not owning a modern game console, I have finally entered the modern age of video games. For Christmas I got a Nintendo DSi with three games- Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box, The World Ends with You, and Dragon Quest V (When writing about video games, I will link them [...]