Welcome to Five by Friday! Apparently July 8th has been given the designation of Video Games Day, so we’re talking about our favorite video game protagonists. PC or console, you name a game and between the three of us it’s highly likely that at least one of us has played it. We’ve traveled Skyrim, we’ve wandered Thedas, we’ve somersaulted […]
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Best Fictional Places to Spend Your Summer Vacation
Today marks the first official day of summer, (though if you live anywhere like us you’ve already been experiencing summer levels of heat for a few weeks now) and thoughts start to turn to vacations and relaxing instead of work or school. And while I’m not in school anymore and summer vacations seem like nothing […]
Creative Soundtracks for the Attention Span-Impaired
If you’re anything like me, you can’t get anything done in a soundless vacuum. The opportunity for distraction is far too great. Someone walking by, the sound of construction nearby, a conversation at the next table… no matter where you are, the possibility of your focus being anywhere but on what you’re working on is […]
Reviewing BioWare’s Three Dragon Age: Inquisition Single-Player DLCs
Dragon Age: Inquisition is the third installment of the award-winning Dragon Age series after Dragon Age: Origins and Dragon Age 2. Those of us who have played these games from the beginning and have grown fond of the world of Thedas and the people who inhabit it were thrilled to get the game when it […]
Five by Friday: Top Five Classic Video Games
Welcome to Five by Friday! If you haven’t heard, there’s a (admittedly terrible looking) video game movie called Pixels releasing this week. And while neither of us have any desire to pay for the movie, it got us talking about our top five favorite classic video games. Join us in the comments or on your own blog–we’ve […]
Mass Effect: House Rules
This article contains spoilers for the Mass Effect franchise. If you have yet to play it, tread carefully! There’s no denying it: Mass Effect is my favorite game franchise of all time. I’ve played the game a ton of times, making different choices along the way. I have played as both renegade and paragon, and […]
Last Week in Geek 9/1-9/7
Around the Web There are rumors that Greg Berlanti (executive producer of both Arrow and The Flash) is in active development for a possible Supergirl tv show. With Berlanti behind this production we have high hopes that this series could find a home on a television network in the near future. This year marks the 40th anniversary […]