Riding the FAQ train

Riding the FAQ train
While they're called "walkthroughs," I've always been under the impression that very few gamers actually "walk through," point by point, every single bit of advice and strategy that exists in these documents. Since I have a profound belief in the desire of humans to be lazy and cheat their way through life, I of course ...
Now this is what I call hard-hitting journalism!
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I fought the law and the law won - Tactics A2

I fought the law and the law won - Tactics A2
I picked up Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift the other day and was initially very pleased to be playing it. I missed out on Tactics Advance on the GBA, but I am a longtime fan of the original. With about a hojillion classes, and the weapon-based learning system of FF9 ...
I here by call this meeting of the Galactic Warriors of Doom to order!
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Revolution… in reviewing?

Revolution… in reviewing?
Civilization Revolution is about to hit US game store shelves. What separates this game from the horde of other games coming out on consoles is the record amount of bugs in a console game. I kid, I kid. What it does bring to the table is an adaption of the incredibly deep ...
Yes! This is so much better than internet porn!
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My Life as a Hermitic King

Around day 100 or so it starts to become painfully clear that playing My Life as a King consists of little more than assigning spreadsheet characters to spreadsheet dungeons. As this understanding of the game mechanics slowly dawned on me, I began to go to bed earlier each day (virtual king me, not real me). Calling ...
Sounds mildly entertaining, I guess.