Into the Fray: Parents and the ESRB

Attacking violent forms of media is nothing new, before it was video games its was movies and music, and before that it was books and plays. As human beings we are a naturally curious species and the desire to find… Read More »

Into the Fray: Who Won the Console Wars?

Console Sales Console Exclusives  Xbox 360: Like Halo the generation before it, Gears of Wars has been the killer IP that has driven the Microsoft 1st party sales more than any other in this generation. Gears has been the king of… Read More »

Into the Fray: Love and Gaming

In life there is no greater thrill than spending time with the person that you love the most. From the smallest moments to the biggest challenges, everything is exponentially greater. It is truly a life changing experience when you realize that the… Read More »

Into the Fray: Mass Effect, the Franchise that Defined a Generation

As we near the end of the current console generation I have been taking a lot of time to reflect on everything that we got to experience and about all the changes this time has brought us. We saw the… Read More »

Into the Fray: 2012 In Review (Spoiler Warning)

What a year it has been, not only for me personally but also for the video game industry itself. When I think of all the games I’ve played and all of the moments that we have experienced it makes me… Read More »

Into the Fray: Playing the Role

When you ask me what my favorite genre of game is there is never any hesitation before I blurt out 3 short letters, RPG. We’ve all played them and many of you out there love them just as much if… Read More »

Into the Fray: Videogames were my rehab

It has been said a million times by a million different people… and we’ve all heard it before. We have all known someone or been that someone to say “I love video games” and I am sure that in most… Read More »

Into the Fray: The Evolution of Control

Controllers… they are the one device that we gamers can simply not live without, we cannot even function as we used to without one. Since I was a kid I could be found with one of many gaming controllers in… Read More »

Into the Fray: The Villain in Me

It is a question that has plagued man since the dawn of time… it is the eternal struggle… the fight between good and evil. In life of course we all strive to be the hero, the one people look to… Read More »

Into the Fray: DLC and Me

It has been a long time since 3 little letters have been able to enrage a group of people, but DLC just has a way of making people angry. There are a lot of reasons that some gamers are against… Read More »