Too Much Awesome

If you’ve been reading this site for a while, it’s no secret that Chris (whom I just happen to be married to) is good at videogames. As someone not particularly skilled in this area, it’s convenient for me to keep him around to kill the stupid final boss on his first try (you know…the one [...]

If I could be so bold as to call myself an expert in any game series, it’d have to be Super Mario. My favorite games tend to consistently be games with Mario appearing, especially if such title is a platformer, and while my new favorite is Super Mario Galaxy 2, my previous favorite for nearly [...]

Let’s face it. Everyone was on Snow Miser’s side. Even if you can’t stand snow days, there’s no denying that walking outside to see what would have been an all too familiar neighborhood completely blanketed in white during the holidays is a pretty site. But what if you’re not the snowman making, snowball fighting, sledding [...]

If I told you to give me one member of your family that you could absatively possolutely assure me would always love you no matter what, I’m guessing a good 99% of pet owners out there would say their pet wins the spot. Let’s face it, even when we get mad at them, they love [...]

Trilogies. Is there anything better? Usually, yes. Trilogies have a tendency to crash and burn in the final chapter, or even worse, they add a second trilogy with Midichlorians. Video games tend to throw off the shackles of the trilogy framework in favor of long-running franchises. However, we have some definite instances of trilogies that [...]

The world is a very different, very scary place these days. Thankfully, video games are mostly blissful escapes from that harsh reality. But what if aspects of the real world started creeping into the fantasy realm? Here are ten ways the real world would ruin the video games world.

The idea of all my favorite Nintendo stars fighting each other in one big game was a concept I never imagined would become a reality. Even now I’m a little skeptical that it really exists, and furthermore, that it’s straight-up awesome. But somehow Super Smash Bros is a real thing and for that I couldn’t [...]

Welcome to my first attempt at offering tips and tricks to a popular video game. For me, I’ve always felt as if I was a fairly good game player, but I was never sure if that translated to teaching. We’ll find out today as I offer Tips From a Grandmaster for one of the best [...]

Okay, you know what I’m about to say. I’m about to have a joygasm for at least two full single-spaced Word document pages and none of it is going to be a surprise to anyone. Super Mario Galaxy 2 is a good game, end of story. I’m not even the only person saying this. But [...]

If you’ve been following along, I spent a day talking about Mario’s 2D career, then quickly followed it with a chat regarding his 3D endeavors. The next day was all about the spin-off series that spawned from Mario’s greatness. And then we took a Sunday drive with the Mario Kart series. After that it was [...]