'Tis the season ,and another iteration of Call of Duty is upon us. If history is any indication, Black Ops 2  is going to undoubtedly earn a billion dollars by the end of Christmas, which is great! It’s the American dream to create something that everybody will like and sell it by the truckloads, kind of like McDonald's. So is Call of Duty the McDonald's if video games? I don’t know, it’s not my place to say. But as a gamer, it is my place to say if I will enjoy BlOps...

With the VGA 2012 surprise announcement of Dark Souls II, From Software directors Tomohiro Shibuya and Yui Tanimura, may have pushed a few buttons amongst the hardcore lot of DS fans around the world. Their minds certainly blown from the unexpected reveal, it wasn't long before Dark Souls' enthusiasts began picking apart the trailer…and some did not like what they saw. "There's characterization!", they cried. "You can see their faces! And what's with...

Written on the DNA of many a gamer, especially those who are now married and with families of their own, is a bright red logo: Nintendo. Regardless of the Atari's place in the world at the time, it was the original Nintendo Entertainment System that truly made gaming a viable industry and home hobby. Fast forward 30 years, after countless Super Mario Bros. adventures, and Hyrule dungeons, and you arrive to the modern age of gaming. The post-2000s have been somewhat rocky for the Big N....

On December 8, news broke of Street Fighter X Mega Man, a free, officially backed by Capcom, fan game wherein the Blue Bomber goes against Street Fighter's mightiest World Warriors…or something like that. No, ever-loyal Mega Man fan, you are not dreaming; Capcom is making an effort to celebrate Mega Man's birthday…sort of. Four days prior however, the mega-festivities were already underway… So, if you'll indulge me, cue the Mega Man 2 Intro Theme… In the...

Okay, Assassin’s Creed 3, I admit it, you did a lot of things right. Following the AC2, Brotherhood, Revelations triumvirate, you were dangerously close to following CoD into the annual-installment-without-improvement paradigm. But then you went ahead and gave us a new setting, a new hero and freaking naval warfare. I admit it, you did good, kid. However, you can still do better. And we aren’t going to tolerate another four years without a revolution (pun intended) so to speak. We do not...

With Black Ops II in stores now, I couldn’t help but wonder of all the games I have to yet play before I even break the seal on my copy…not to mention the games that been spinning inside of my Xbox 360 for weeks now. Not that this year was full of must-play titles like Q4 of last year, but for me, the illustrious FPS series has fallen to bottom of the mountain as opposed to the summit where it once stood. I realize that I am a minority in this line of thinking, and that Call of...